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Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:45 pm
by bigchap
But i like you
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:54 pm
by steve56
does anyone recall the camp one?[honky tonk?]
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 2:36 pm
by Mart
Do you mean the camp one with lots of women and nasty Japanese? That was "Tenko".
Mart
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 3:18 pm
by Wink Wink
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.
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 3:25 pm
by jj
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.
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 3:32 pm
by the Monkey Wrencher
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........
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:24 pm
by steve56
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.
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:30 pm
by Wink Wink
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.
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:30 pm
by woodgnome
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!
Re: Is British Comedy On a Downer?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:36 pm
by steve56
barbara was ok,quite fancy her anyway