british comedy sucks

[J-dye]

brits have the most unfunny sense of humor :mellow:

[J-dye]

agreed

[J-dye]

+1

[Biggles]

Compared to what? :huh:

[Barbarossa]

Worst troll ever :no:

Not you biggles, the other chap :smilie4:

[J-dye]

:emo:

[thebazzla]

what British comedy have you watched to come to this conclusion

[manker]

what British comedy have you watched to come to this conclusion

The Mighty Boosh, I shouldn't wonder.

[thebazzla]

what British comedy have you watched to come to this conclusion

The Mighty Boosh, I shouldn't wonder.well then i have to agree with him unfortunately. although technically i haven't seen any of the episodes :)

[Barbarossa]

Cross-fred jokes ftw :happy:

[Qlix]

Couln't agree more. I can't stand brit TV, in any forms.

[Something Else]

Examples of what comedy you have seen.

[manker]

Couln't agree more. I can't stand brit TV, in any forms.
Well, you can't write in English very well.
I imagine that your disability may hamper your enjoyment of UK TV.

[Proper Bo]

Couln't agree more. I can't stand brit TV, in any forms.
Well, you can't write in English very well.
I imagine that your disability may hamper your enjoyment of UK TV.

I doubt it, benjamin seems to enjoy it.

[Biggles]

The Germans have just bought Allo Allo

:blink:

not sure how that will work.

[Barbarossa]

Guten Tag, Guten Tag?

[thebazzla]

The Germans have just bought Allo Allo

:blink:

not sure how that will work.me wonders if they have ever seen it :)

[Artemis]

If british comedy is so crap, how come so many american programmes are copies (very bad ones) of british comedies. Ever seen a british copy of an american comedy show ?

[Mr JP Fugley]

Worst troll ever :no:

Not you biggles, the other chap :smilie4:

Nah.

Least imaginative, maybe but not wurst.

[100%]

English comedy requires understanding the English language.

[kaffeine]

If british comedy is so crap, how come so many american programmes are copies (very bad ones) of british comedies.
Exactly. Like coupling, for example. British comedy ftw.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Amateur rodding,:noes:

[100%]

please sire, show us a hint of pro roddery.

(make swift)

[Mr JP Fugley]

I gave it up, formal announcements were made.

[manker]

I gave it up, formal announcements were made.
:o

No-one told me that I won.

[100%]

Yes i can understand why, the woosh smilie feels abused.
however
could you maybe teach me evolve into the double edged one liner statement.

Later maybe add the third level into one statement?

[Alien5]

brits have the most unfunny sense of humor :mellow:

Don't watch it then, or do something else :mellow:

[100%]

Does it require reading books in order to understand Brit humor?
or merely tv series?

[Alien5]

he decided to attack both British comedy and their sense of humor. :huh:

[Mr JP Fugley]

I gave it up, formal announcements were made.
:o

No-one told me that I won.

Indeed, it was one of those leave with your dignity moments.

Yes I could have gone on, maybe had one more big payday but ultimately what would it have done for my heritage, my legend.

Accept that the young ones have to come thro' and bow out with dignity, that's what I say.

[manker]

:o

No-one told me that I won.

Indeed, it was one of those leave with your dignity moments.

Yes I could have gone on, maybe had one more big payday but ultimately what would it have done for my heritage, my legend.

Accept that the young ones have to come thro' and bow out with dignity, that's what I say.
You probably could have played on for a few years in the lower leagues, but :cry:

[Mr JP Fugley]

Indeed, it was one of those leave with your dignity moments.

Yes I could have gone on, maybe had one more big payday but ultimately what would it have done for my heritage, my legend.

Accept that the young ones have to come thro' and bow out with dignity, that's what I say.
You probably could have played on for a few years in the lower leagues, but :cry:

I didn't want to be that guy.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:st1XN7D6KmF-cM:http://www.bdgamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/owen_ball_balancer.jpg

[manker]

Well that's understandable. Not even Michael Owen wants to be Michael Owen.

[beaverchimp]

Couln't agree more. I can't stand brit TV, in any forms.

As opposed to Swedish TV?!? Let me think of all those Swedish televisual greats. Nope, there aren't any. There must be too many long words in our programming for you. Maybe you'll understand one day.

[Snee]

Couln't agree more. I can't stand brit TV, in any forms.

As opposed to Swedish TV?!? Let me think of all those Swedish televisual greats. Nope, there aren't any. There must be too many long words in our programming for you. Maybe you'll understand one day.

:blink: seen lots have you?

Inbreds, lol. Fucking idiots.

[colbert]

Mr. Bean > all other English comedy

[Squeamous]

To be fair, J-dye may only have seen some Brit sitcoms, and if he's seen any made in the last 10 years (excluding The Office/Extras) then he's probably justified. Anything with Amanda Holden in is generally shit, as a rule of thumb.

[beaverchimp]

As opposed to Swedish TV?!? Let me think of all those Swedish televisual greats. Nope, there aren't any. There must be too many long words in our programming for you. Maybe you'll understand one day.

:blink: seen lots have you?

Inbreds, lol. Fucking idiots.

Inbred? Fuck you. Not loads anyway as it happens - but i have heard half the bands on that scrobble list of yours enough to know that they are absolute turd. The Longpigs?! Hahahahahahahahahaha. Lets play fair, the world doesn't seem to be clamouring for Swedish TV exports now does it? Like the UK or the States. Pipe down fuckwit.

[Biggles]

To be fair, J-dye may only have seen some Brit sitcoms, and if he's seen any made in the last 10 years (excluding The Office/Extras) then he's probably justified. Anything with Amanda Holden in is generally shit, as a rule of thumb.

He has prolly never seen Terry and June or Love Thy Neighbour :dabs:

[manker]

:blink: seen lots have you?

Inbreds, lol. Fucking idiots.

Inbred? Fuck you. Not loads anyway as it happens - but i have heard half the bands on that scrobble list of yours enough to know that they are absolute turd. The Longpigs?! Hahahahahahahahahaha. Lets play fair, the world doesn't seem to be clamouring for Swedish TV exports now does it? Like the UK or the States. Pipe down fuckwit.
Even if it was a pointless digression, the inbred is right about the music list :sly:

I duno about Swedish TV, it could be orsum for all I know. I tend not to lambast something I've never taken the time to watch.
I've seen some Swedish (language) porn and it was win. A James Bond style porn film with a proper plot, plane crashes and some other things.

[Artemis]

A James Bond style porn film with a proper plot, plane crashes and some other things.

you watch porn films for the plot ? :blink:

[manker]

To be fair, J-dye may only have seen some Brit sitcoms, and if he's seen any made in the last 10 years (excluding The Office/Extras) then he's probably justified. Anything with Amanda Holden in is generally shit, as a rule of thumb.
I tend only to watch telly if Mulder tells me to download it - but The IT Crowd is fucking fantastic.

My missus didn't like it but you seem more nerdy than her. I think you might lol :smilie4:

[manker]

A James Bond style porn film with a proper plot, plane crashes and some other things.

you watch porn films for the plot ? :blink:
How in a holy hail of shrapnel did you extrapolate that from my post.

[Squeamous]

To be fair, J-dye may only have seen some Brit sitcoms, and if he's seen any made in the last 10 years (excluding The Office/Extras) then he's probably justified. Anything with Amanda Holden in is generally shit, as a rule of thumb.

He has prolly never seen Terry and June or Love Thy Neighbour :dabs:

It seems you've found the crack in my argument.

[Squeamous]

I tend only to watch telly if Mulder tells me to download it - but The IT Crowd is fucking fantastic.

My missus didn't like it but you seem more nerdy than her. I think you might lol :smilie4:

To be honest, I'm prone to making rash judgements on points of hatred and then sticking doggedly to them for no rational reason. I experienced that after seeing a trailer on the telly for it.

[manker]

I tend only to watch telly if Mulder tells me to download it - but The IT Crowd is fucking fantastic.

My missus didn't like it but you seem more nerdy than her. I think you might lol :smilie4:

To be honest, I'm prone to making rash judgements on points of hatred and then sticking doggedly to them for no rational reason. I experienced that after seeing a trailer on the telly for it.
I suppose it's not to everyone's taste but the first episode of the second series made me hurt with the lols. (I think that's the one. It was where they went to see a gay show at the theatre anyway).

Also, I've just remembered that Green Wing is orsum.

[tralalala]

brits have the most unfunny sense of humor :mellow:

Well, all I have to say to you is STFU. You obviously get crappy TV over in your deserted island on which you happen to be residing. Otherwise, you might be referring to knock-knock jokes or whatever...

Anyways.. I'll stick to my first demand..

STFU.

[Cheese]

Also, I've just remembered that Green Wing is orsum.

Apart from the second series which was shit.



Obligatory list of British comedy I like:

Black Books
The IT Crowd
Green Wing (1st series)
Mighty Boosh
Snuff Box
Darkplace
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Monkey Dust
Spaced
Nighty Night
Alan Partridge


. . . and some others I forget.

[Biggles]

Spaced was funny and Black Books is orsum.

[Barbarossa]

Welsh people are very fond of "Gavin and Stacey", and I'll agree that it is quite amusing.

New series starts on sunday :happy:

[manker]

Also, I've just remembered that Green Wing is orsum.

Apart from the second series which was shit.



Obligatory list of British comedy I like:

Black Books
The IT Crowd
Green Wing (1st series)
Mighty Boosh
Snuff Box
Darkplace
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Monkey Dust
Spaced
Nighty Night
Alan Partridge


. . . and some others I forget.
I've never heard of a lot of them - I'd be tempted to download some except that The Mighty Boosh is on your good list when it's blatantly shite.
Noel Fielding's cameos on other shows promised me so much yet he delivered so little :no:

Altho' I think I've seen Darkplace mentioned as being goodly a few times.

[Cheese]

Apart from the second series which was shit.



Obligatory list of British comedy I like:

Black Books
The IT Crowd
Green Wing (1st series)
Mighty Boosh
Snuff Box
Darkplace
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Monkey Dust
Spaced
Nighty Night
Alan Partridge


. . . and some others I forget.
I've never heard of a lot of them - I'd be tempted to download some except that The Mighty Boosh is on your good list when it's blatantly shite.
Noel Fielding's cameos on other shows promised me so much yet he delivered so little :no:

Altho' I think I've seen Darkplace mentioned as being goodly a few times.

Darkplace has Moss from IT Crowd (and who cameos in Mighty Boosh) in it as well as the guy who takes over the company in the second series, Matt Berry. Man to Man with Dean Learner is a spin-off of Darkplace.

Snuff Box is Matt Berry again, alongside Rich Fulcher (both were also in Mighty Boosh).

Nighty Night is a dark comedy with the other one from Mighty Boosh, Julian Barrat's missus in it.

All funnier than a rabbit with aids.

Mighty Boosh rawks btw.

[Proper Bo]

monkey dust was quality. fact.

[Cheese]

monkey dust was quality. fact.

Didn't they actually have a rabbit with aids in that?

[manker]

I'm not a big fan of Matt Berry (didn't know his name before). His way of talking in italics is kinda funny but it grates now. Moss'd make up for him tho'.

There's no torrent of Darkplace in uknova, the nzb I found is too old so I'm gonna have to get it off thebox - and my ratio sucks there :dabs:

[Something Else]

Anything by Chris Morris is great.

TheDayToday
BrassEye
Nathan Barley
and a few more....

[Cheese]

I'm not a big fan of Matt Berry (didn't know his name before). His way of talking in italics is kinda funny but it grates now. Moss'd make up for him tho'.

There's no torrent of Darkplace in uknova, the nzb I found is too old so I'm gonna have to get it off thebox - and my ratio sucks there :dabs:

I've got it on my hard drive, I'll burn it off and get CG to post it to you.

[manker]

Thanks, Chebus> Very kind of you (and CG even tho' she won't be aware of it yet) :happy:

My subconscious hinting was more for an alternative download but this is way better. Dvds in the post >*.

[Cheese]

I had to leave a torrent open for a couple of weeks to get Darkplace. Same thing for Snuff Box. This was last year like so I have no idea on the availability now.

Nighty Night I had wanted to watch since forever when I heard about it last month, couldn't find it anywhere and then Virgin had it on their channel what you press the red button on and choose stuff to watch.

[manker]

Virgin had it on their channel what you press the red button on and choose stuff to watch.
Sounds like something off of Star Trek :unsure:

[Proper Bo]

monkey dust was quality. fact.

Didn't they actually have a rabbit with aids in that?

I can't remember, I haven't watched it for loiyke a brazillion years:unsure:

I've got them all on teh pc tho' so I might have a monkey dust marathon soon:smilie4:

[Proper Bo]

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible was good too. I managed to get it off demonoid (in shitty rmvb format) after asking the chap to seed it again.

[Snee]

:blink: seen lots have you?

Inbreds, lol. Fucking idiots.

Inbred? Fuck you. Not loads anyway as it happens - but i have heard half the bands on that scrobble list of yours enough to know that they are absolute turd. The Longpigs?! Hahahahahahahahahaha. Lets play fair, the world doesn't seem to be clamouring for Swedish TV exports now does it? Like the UK or the States. Pipe down fuckwit.

1) bitching about music have fuckall to do with the thread, and nor does it in anyway reinforce whatever deluded argument you have going, and you know, it's not my fault you have no taste/are an idiot, and 2) Most countries don't do subtitles or dubbing very often, and swedish isn't exactly a world language. Countries with people who can read subtitles and watch something at the same time (I'ma assume that doesn't includes loltastic jackasses like yourself), or who do dubbing (ie Germany for one) do buy some swedish programming (turns out some of it is pretty popular in germany as well, tossers though they may be, dunno and don't care about the rest of the world).

But to be absolutely fair, this thread isn't about swedish TV either, you fucking idiot. It's only you who started complaining about it, on the off-chance that some guy with a swedish flag on him might be from sweden, which normally isn't the case with flags, around here. And then you went after music. What's next?

Inbreds, lol, like I said.

[Snee]

Even if it was a pointless digression, the inbred is right about the music list :sly:

Not my fault you only listen to punk. Me, I listen to lots of stuff 'cos I'm multicultural, like, and some other pretentious stuff I can't dream up right now :snooty:

Smart money says the inbred enjoys rap, and awesome awesome stuff like Metallica and/or the blackeyed peas.

Or maybe the Arctic Monkeys (the singer sounds like the, lol), lolol.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Phoenix Nights as well, people. What about Phoenix Nights.

"We're losing a fighting battle here."

[vinny73]

i actually thought Phoenix Nights was funnier than The Office. vey much underrated in my opinion. great British comedy.

[Squeamous]

I suppose it's not to everyone's taste but the first episode of the second series made me hurt with the lols. (I think that's the one. It was where they went to see a gay show at the theatre anyway).

Also, I've just remembered that Green Wing is orsum.

I'll have a peep if it comes back on terrestrial. Never heard of Green Wing :unsure:.

[TheFoX]

The main problem with British Comedy is that it is written in a subtle manner, and requires a level of understanding often not found in people who think a staple diet is a burger and giant coke.

British comedy is exported throughout the world and has one ingredient that most other comedies lack, and that is the absence of slapstick. Most foreign comedy relies on gags of the moment, whereas British comedy can be built up over the course of the show.

That's not to say that slapstick isn't in British comedy. The Young Ones and Bottom are excellent examples of slapstick, while shows like One Foot In The Grave, Only Fools And Horse, and The Vicar Of Dibley are shows that use integrated comedy.

Even our stand up comedians are rated some of the best in the world. Jim Davidson, Lenny Henry and Billy Connolly are three excellent stand ups that come to mind. In fact, Billy Connolly is regarded as one of the worlds greatest stand ups, who is able to turn real world simplicity into such explicit material.

Anyway, if British comedy is such crap, then why are Paramount, Universal and the other big US giants buying up the rights to distribute British comedy.

[Proper Bo]

Jim Davidson?:no2:

[Something Else]

:lol: racists.

[beaverchimp]

Davidson is a master of subtle, layered, politically astute comedy. He's a man with a finger on the pulse. For real. My favourites would probably have to be Chris Morris and Coogan. I even really liked Nathan Barley. Peep Show is quality as well i think, if very painful. Anyway Snee, if being multicultural is what makes you listen to The Longpigs (still!) then i'm going to have to familiarise myself a bit more with Davidson and probably Bernard Manning. See you've got a bit of, er, Bodyrox on there as well you chump. Bet you've got serious love for the Swedish House Mafia fromage haven't you? Not surprised you've got a beef with the Germans with all the quality dance music they're knocking out at the moment.

[Squeamous]

I quite like Longpigs :unsure:.

[beaverchimp]

Even if it was a pointless digression, the inbred is right about the music list :sly:

Not my fault you only listen to punk. Me, I listen to lots of stuff 'cos I'm multicultural, like, and some other pretentious stuff I can't dream up right now :snooty:

Smart money says the inbred enjoys rap, and awesome awesome stuff like Metallica and/or the blackeyed peas.

Or maybe the Arctic Monkeys (the singer sounds like the, lol), lolol.

Not the sharpest tool in the box are you Snee? The lead singer of The Arctic Monkeys isn't called Monkey, he's called Alex Turner. Plus, you must be proper cool if you listen to pretentious music. And Snow Patrol.

[Snee]

Not my fault you only listen to punk. Me, I listen to lots of stuff 'cos I'm multicultural, like, and some other pretentious stuff I can't dream up right now :snooty:

Smart money says the inbred enjoys rap, and awesome awesome stuff like Metallica and/or the blackeyed peas.

Or maybe the Arctic Monkeys (the singer sounds like the, lol), lolol.

Not the sharpest tool in the box are you Snee? The lead singer of The Arctic Monkeys isn't called Monkey, he's called Alex Turner. Plus, you must be proper cool if you listen to pretentious music. And Snow Patrol.
If only you'd gone to to school and learned to read properly :(


The inbred does listen to them, HAHA.

[Snee]

I quite like Longpigs :unsure:.

On and on is good, only one that stuck with me, really.

The rest is so-so.

[beaverchimp]

You're right Snee, if i had have gone to a school that taught me to read your writing i wouldn't have canned all that cash on Further and Higher education and would instead be whiling away the days licking windows on public transport with your pals. We all make mistakes though don't we?

[brotherdoobie]

...This thread is sooooo... yesterday.



-bd

[lovewalrus]

Faulty towers - Saxondale - Shameless and of course Roland Rat

how can you argue with pedegree like that..?

[Something Else]

Faulty towers - Saxondale - Shameless and of course Roland Rat

how can you argue with pedegree like that..?

Because it's not spelled correctly. :unsure:

[Alien5]

lol :pinch:

[Something Else]

Faulty towers - Saxondale - Shameless and of course Roland Rat

how can you argue with pedegree like that..?

Ewe pedegree muesli ewe. :shifty:

[lovewalrus]

Faulty towers - Saxondale - Shameless and of course Roland Rat

how can you argue with pedegree like that..?

Ewe pedegree muesli ewe. :shifty:


whatever he said... :huh:

[Snee]

You're right Snee, if i had have gone to a school that taught me to read your writing i wouldn't have canned all that cash on Further and Higher education and would instead be whiling away the days licking windows on public transport with your pals. We all make mistakes though don't we?

My pals sound a bit weird, tbh.

manker, dan, JP etc, you should like stop licking windows. Though I suspect they must be tasty indeed if I'm doing it.

Further and higher education where you are from must mean something else than what it does around here :idunno:

We usually learn how to read and write properly before we go for our degrees, around 'ere.

I should have gone to your school, it sounds awesome.
That deciphering you did with my post was genius. I'd never have known I'd said the name of the singer from arctic monkeys was "monkey" if you hadn't spotted it.

Did they teach you rhetorics as well? 'cos you've got mad skills in that department. When in doubt, try something irrelevant, like.

I suspect the punctuation is on purpose, too.

[beaverchimp]

Haha. 'Rhetorics'. You are fucking stupid. I have absolutely no doubt that education of any description has a different meaning where you're from. It must be some sort of weird unattainable dream. I'm not too sure you actually know what you're writing, but if you get a few more L's and O's in there you'll just confuse yourself to the point of styling it out - in your own tiny mind. Squeeze a few more inbreds in there and you can feel really powerful and hard. King of the world! Except when it comes to trying to breed in anyway yourself you fucking no-mark. Look forward to more witty gags tomorrow mastermind.

[Snee]

Haha. 'Rhetorics'. You are fucking stupid. I have absolutely no doubt that education of any description has a different meaning where you're from. It must be some sort of weird unattainable dream. I'm not too sure you actually know what you're writing, but if you get a few more L's and O's in there you'll just confuse yourself to the point of styling it out - in your own tiny mind. Squeeze a few more inbreds in there and you can feel really powerful and hard. King of the world! Except when it comes to trying to breed in anyway yourself you fucking no-mark. Look forward to more witty gags tomorrow mastermind.

:glag:

Priceless. You really don't read what you write, yourself. Do you? :blink:

To sum it up for you:
Someone complains about TV in (I assume) your country, so you start bitching about TV in another country (TV, which you don't really seem to have a clue about), which possibly might be the country some other inbred agreeing with the first guy is from.

Then you tried going after some audioscrobbler statistics of mine (I guess your music is serious business indeed), and finally you managed to try and call me stupid, by evidence obtained through the magic of misinterpretation.

"I know you are, but what am I?" works well as a counterargument in kindergarten, I'm sure, btw. It isn't really working out very well for you here, though.

[J-dye]

snee is actually a retard . i mean a real retard . right snee?

[Squeamous]

Oi! This is a thread about British comedy sucking! The correct response is to laugh it off in typical British self-effacing yet condescending style, not prove you have no sense of humour :rolleyes:.

[Biggles]

snee is actually a retard . i mean a real retard . right snee?

You still haven't said who/what you found unfunny. You never know, we might agree with you....longshot I know :shifty:

[J-dye]

snee is actually a retard . i mean a real retard . right snee?

You still haven't said who/what you found unfunny. You never know, we might agree with you....longshot I know :shifty:

monty python , office and many more :mellow:

american comedy shows ftw

[thebazzla]

you don't like monty python or the office you are hard to please and what is this
many more show.who starred in that

[J-dye]

its the way they speak i hate the most

[thebazzla]

who do you like then

[J-dye]

texans

[thebazzla]

no comment

[J-dye]

mr bean is nice . maybe thats coz he doesnt talk much

[kittybewm]

british accents :wub:

[Proper Bo]

there's like a brazillion different british accents:unsure:

[Biggles]

there's like a brazillion different british accents:unsure:

and that is just in Geordieland.

[Proper Bo]

there's like a brazillion different british accents:unsure:

and that is just in Geordieland.

true.