British comedies
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Again, unable to comment being british. You yanks have some great comedy though, as well as invetning stand up.. Curb your enthusiasm is excellent, as was much of Seinfeld and Frasier. If you want to try some british comedy that almost certainly hasn't made it to the US, have a look at Chris Morris's stuff, like Blue Jam (Radio)[^] , Jam (TV, didn't quite translate, still good)[^]. The League of gentlemen[^] was pretty good too, though now suffers from the fact that everybody quotes it :) Ryan
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Ryan Roberts wrote:
The League of gentlemen[^] was pretty good too, though now suffers from the fact that everybody quotes it
You absolute bastard! Are you saying my tag line has "jumped the shark!" :) Now I'm going to have to change it.....bastard.
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Yeh, the US can certainly put out some funny shows - I caught the first episode of My Name is Earl last week and it was very, very funny. Can't wait to see more.
Yes, absolutely. It has some of the best actors on tv right now, in particular the woman who plays his ex wife, she's unbelievably good at comedic acting to have never been in anything I can recall before. That and Arrested Development are standouts from the U.S.
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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Yes, absolutely. It has some of the best actors on tv right now, in particular the woman who plays his ex wife, she's unbelievably good at comedic acting to have never been in anything I can recall before. That and Arrested Development are standouts from the U.S.
"Hello, hello, what's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here! This is a Local Shop for Local People, there's nothing for you here!" -Edward Tattsyrup
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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Paul Watson wrote:
Absolutely
Having said that ;P Absolutely Fabulous doesn't do anything for me. Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Same here. One of those shows where the characters are so grating and annoying, i just can't get past it to appreciate the jokes.
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Although I like some of the British humor a lot, Sledge Hammer has to be one of the funniest series I have ever seen. Well worth renting the DVD's, if you can find them. (Haven't been watching telly a lot lately, so can't comment on the newer programs, but some of the Black Adder stuff also qualifies for greatest ever in my book.) Debugging - The high art and magic of cussing errors into 'features'
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
SimonS wrote:
Anyone else share this view?
As a Brit, of course I do ;-) You may also want to check out 'Porridge' and 'Spaced'. Two comedies that I've just been watching again on DVD. I still think 'Spaced' is the best sitcom in the last 10 years, better than 'The Office' and 'Extras'. Of course, 'Frasier' does give Brit comedies a run for their money. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Please tell me you copy-pasted that from somewhere and it's not from memory. :omg: Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Yes I copied and pasted it from a lyrics website. However I only did that to save some typing as I can quite easily sing the whole song. With appropriate accents. :-D :blush: regards, Paul Watson Ireland Colib and ilikecameras. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN! -- modified at 14:55 Wednesday 18th January, 2006
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
If serial comedies also counts then Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are my favourite. It's full of typical english humor and I relly like it. For example: Jim Hacker: "Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: - The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; - The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; - The Times is read by people who actually do run the country; - The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; - The Financial Times is read by people who own the country; - The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; - And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is." Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, what about the people who read the Sun?" Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits." Does anyone else like this serial comedy? "Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy." -Margaret Thatcher
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And don't forget The Young Ones. It was so outrageous that I've only seen it aired once in the US. QRZ? de WAØTTN
They used to play it on MTV years ago, I think. BW
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they cancelled Arrested Development
WOOHOO!!!!! YEAH!!! ALRIGHT!!!!!! Now if only they would get rid of that stupid show called Fear Factor and then maybe TV would be half watchable again. Am waiting for the return of Prison Break.
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
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Fawlty Towers still the best ever. Wish was on TV in USA.
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
US and British comedies are different - we don't have anything equivalent to Scrubs for example. I never liked The Office but love Ricky Gervais's live shows particularly "Animals" :laugh: The tigress is here :-D
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ahhh, there is something brilliant about British comedies compared to American ones. Already rewatched The Office (the original) and Fawlty Towers this year and busy watching Extras at the moment. I'm not sure if I prefer the style of Ricky Gervais or John Cleese, but British comedies are the best. Anyone else share this view? Cheers, Simon > blog:: brokenkeyboards > my opinion of VS05 :: here > CV :: PDF > skype me! :: SimonMStewart
Can't believe noone has mentioned Father Ted and RedDwarf!! james
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Yeh, the US can certainly put out some funny shows - I caught the first episode of My Name is Earl last week and it was very, very funny. Can't wait to see more.
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How could you leave out "The league of gentelmen" and "Little Brittain"? I like the ones you mentioned of course. I would have to say that I am a huge fan of the UK "The office" and was cold on the U.S. version at first when they were copying the original UK scripts, but I've been watching the U.S. version again recently and it's definitely funny and worth watching in it's own right.
"Hello, hello, what's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here! This is a Local Shop for Local People, there's nothing for you here!" -Edward Tattsyrup
John Cardinal wrote:
"Little Brittain"?
Love it .. we get good mileage from the skit where (think its a bank scene) the guy is sitting across a desk from Bank manager who types a request into the computer, looks at it, and the reply is always the same ..."computer says nooooooooo" in a deadpan face/voice (we use it when utter fools approach the team wanting some miracle performed) 'g'
