Is British Comedy On a Downer?
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Mart
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Do you mean the camp one with lots of women and nasty Japanese? That was "Tenko".
Mart
Mart
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Wink Wink
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Fawlty Towers, Two Ronnies, Open All Hours, Porridge, Monty Phytons Flying Circus, Q Series,The Good Life, Dads Army, Citzen Smith, Alas Smith & Jones, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Black Adder,Only Fools & Horses, Butterflies............... just a few.
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jj
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
All of which were 20+ years ago: which would seem to prove the point.
LOG was brilliant, The Office more a painfully-acute satire than comedy, Phoenix Nights v good, recent 'lad+ladette' 'comedy' has been universally awful- but hey, they'll watch any old self-referential shit straight after the pubs shut......
I quite like 'My Famiy': the team-writing at least means they get a reasonable number of good gags per show, and Lindsay/Wannamaker/the geeky loon son are all pretty talented. But it hardly challenges, I suppose.
LOG was brilliant, The Office more a painfully-acute satire than comedy, Phoenix Nights v good, recent 'lad+ladette' 'comedy' has been universally awful- but hey, they'll watch any old self-referential shit straight after the pubs shut......
I quite like 'My Famiy': the team-writing at least means they get a reasonable number of good gags per show, and Lindsay/Wannamaker/the geeky loon son are all pretty talented. But it hardly challenges, I suppose.
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the Monkey Wrencher
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
There's some shameless comedy revisionism taking place here today.
Dick Emery? To the Manor Born? My Family?
It always makes me laugh when us British folk delight in saying: "the Americans have no sense of irony". Let's see....... The Simpsons, Senfield, Curb your enthusiasm.....Fraiser........
Dick Emery? To the Manor Born? My Family?
It always makes me laugh when us British folk delight in saying: "the Americans have no sense of irony". Let's see....... The Simpsons, Senfield, Curb your enthusiasm.....Fraiser........
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steve56
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
message to wink wink,glad you remembered not the 9 oclock news etc that yorkie sketch still has me rolling about with laughter,and various 2 ronnie sketches.
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Wink Wink
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May be as an older person I find the older comedy better than today's output.
Of today's The Office is Humorus, without being "side splitting"
My Family has a very good cast, with some very good set ups.
ITV can't seem to make a decent comdey to save their live's.
My favorite American comedy's have been M*A*S*H & Taxi.
Of today's The Office is Humorus, without being "side splitting"
My Family has a very good cast, with some very good set ups.
ITV can't seem to make a decent comdey to save their live's.
My favorite American comedy's have been M*A*S*H & Taxi.
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
for the love of god, please try and remember - when you make a post it attaches to the person who's post your reading, NOT the person that you happen to be thinking of!