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Lenny are you a cop?!?!
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Why the FUCK is that funny? I didn't laugh once. British humor is so unfunny.
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British comedies are lame..Every Pom is Lame... their idea of Chillin is Sitting Around drinking Tea.. HOW THE FUCK is that chillin..
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But, what if they're drinking ice tea?
*starts the CD "people laughing: volume 2"* |
There are two kinds of British humor:
1. Bone-dry, genuinely intelligent humor like Red Dwarf or Blackadder. 2. Men dressed in women's clothing. The first can be ridiculously funny, but isn't necessarily always, the second makes me want to vomit. |
And then there's the British humour of guys like Peter Kay and Jasper Carrot. And the horribly sarcastic humour of Jack Dee who gets picked on every year during comic relief...:p
It's a weird little clip that. The great thing is though, it's from BBCAmerica. Chances are it was directed by an American. Don't forget the humour of Fawlty Towers and Monty Python...they're classics.
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Monty Python movies are funny. Flying Circus needs to be wiped from all collective human consciousness.
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Why? They're weird, I give you that, but they are good. You don't find the Dead parrot Sketch, or the Bruces, or the 4 yorkshiremen (OK, maybe the Parrot Sketch in "And Now For Something COmpletely Different) in any of the films. There are loads of great sketches that are only found in the Flying Circus series.
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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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Exactly!!
You may hear the 3 or 4 Spanish Inquisitions on the CD collection, but not in the films! Quote:
Talking about the Pope...he did what in the woods?! Quote:
Also, the Flying Circus shows Yorkshire life in't mill...something you don't really see in the films unless you watch The Meaning of Life. Quote:
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Having the Pythons without the Flying Circus is like having Fawlty Towers without Basil, or Blackadder without Blackadder...it just can't be done! Quote:
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Maybe you just haven't seen enough (or the right) Flying Circus to like it. There are some really good skits.
I do agree that the movies are better, though. The best parts about Flying Circus is quoting it with friends. We'll be sitting at work, and someone will ask for a cigarette. I'll pipe up, "I will not buy this record... It is scratched." What? "Oh, I will not buy this... tobaconnist... It is scratched." |
Have you ever seen Jabberwocky?
Now that is a terrible film. Directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Palin and a load of other wannabes who try to hard to be like the Pythons. There's one seen that looks like a rip from Holy Grail (We've found a witch, may we burn her?!). Would you count The Wind in the Willows as a Python film? Starred: Palin, Cleese, Jones and Idle. It was made a few years ago...so obviously didn't star Chapman. Gilliam was nowhere to be seen. Jones - Froggy Palin - The Sun Idle - Ratty Cleese - Court Lawyer ---------- You just can't beat 'em. "My hovercraft is full of eels." "Do you want...want to come back to my place? Bouncy, bouncy." "I am no longer infected." Last time I was over at my friends house we ordered a pizza. His room overlooks his front door. Pizza man rings the doorbell. "Hello? 'oo is it?" "I got a pizza here for 118 Bankside Lane." "I'm sorry, we already got one." "Pardon?" "We already got one!" Really funny...but we missed out on pizza... |
My favorite British comedy is Coupling, brilliant! I have the first three seasons on DVD
Not so funny now that Jef is gone :( |
Coupling??
To say it's a BBC program, I've never heard of it. What's it about? |
It's about dating. The way it goes back and forth and shows things from the guys' perspective and the girls' perspective adds a unique humor.
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Sounds like a good idea. I'll have to watch it sometime.
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