British humour or American humour?

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

As a whole I normally prefer British. But Scrubs is my favorite show ever.

[Atomic Boo]

British humour for me!

i love the office, i have the whole of series 1 + 2 and its amazingly clever, how you suddenly get the long silences when a bad joke is told, and the people there are really dumb

 

also i watched wallace and gromit the other day and it was laugh a minute

it appeals to kids and adults

[Girly hiyaz!~ Gamer]

I prefer American humour ANYDAY.

[RATM_4_EVA]

Napoleon Dynamite...Nuff Said :awesome:

[gaggle64]

There are a couple of good US shows around at the moment like Family Guy and Simpsons. Scrubs is OK. Friends, Cheers and Fraiser were all great too. Will & Grace is complete crap though. I think UK humour is much better overall, simply because it's so much more intresting and varied. Love Potion is one of my current favourites, I always look forward to Have I Got News for You and I simply can't wait for the next series of Bremner, Bird and Fortune. I also hope they make another series of Monkey Dust or The Peep Show, one of the finest sitcoms ever made. Those great satirical skits they do on Radio 4 rock too. Did anyone hear the show about the PR gurus trying to help improve the image of a local superstore? Currently living in a small town with a frankly oversized Tesco's, I hadn't laughed so hard in ages. When was the last time an American comedy show made light of large American corperations? Show me a US satire on the Coca-Cola Company, and I'll hush up.

[Hellfire]

Well I really love Monty Python, Mr Bean, Black Books,Fawlty Towers , Black Adder and the office. America has Scrubs, Simpsons,Futurama,Family Guy and lots more. So... I dont know and I dont care as long as I get to laugh.

[blumeanie.]

I will have to go old skool - the kenny everitt show, in sickness & in health , the young ones, the two ronnies, smith & jones, hale & pace, only fools & horses and porrige. American- different strokes, fresh prince of belair, the addams family, beavis & butthead, the cosbys and i strangely remember the waltons being a bloody good laugh for some reason . The best british humour of all - billy connolly- no contest .

[Atomic Boo]

3rd series of little britain anyone???

[Kurtle Squad]

British humour is most obviously better. There are only a few good American comedy's (Friends, E.L.Raymond). The, thing is, America is adopting more british comedy into some of their comedy's.

My Family was written by an American

[jayseven]

My Family was written by an American

What? More than one person writes the shows.

[dukkadukka]

The, thing is, America is adopting more british comedy into some of their comedy's.

My Family was written by an American

erm, that doesn't really prove your point

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

3rd series of little britain anyone???

It was awful. Season 1 is the only good one.

[Tyson]

Black Books, Blackadder and Nevermind the Buzzcocks are awesome while most American humor is based around sexual jokes, ie Friends, Will & Grace.

 

British humor it is.

[dukkadukka]

It was awful. Season 1 is the only good one.

you've seen season three?

[Atomic Boo]

i didnt think the 3rd series of little britain was out yet

but i think its really good, but i dont know why they dropped ray mcooney at the hotel cos that was hilarious

"id love to say yyyaaaayss but im afraid its a no"

[Raining_again]

Is it just me that doesnt get little britain at all?

[Apple_NdiB]

Is it just me that doesnt get little britain at all?

 

Nope, I can see where they're coming from but I think the satire is too blunt to warrant any laughs.

[Ashley]

Little Britain is shite. Well now it is. Every episode is the same character, saying the same catchphrase but in a different sitch. So damn repetative.

[Atomic Boo]

i see what you mean, but ive only seen the first series....loved it

[Kurtle Squad]

erm, that doesn't really prove your point

 

Hahaha...yeah, I know, It was just an example (and I do know they're written by more than one person, he's one of the main guys though).

I can't really explain how I mean, but if you look back on older American comedy's, they're shit generally. It's only recent ones that are good AND add a more british comedy in there aswell, I don't really know how to explain it.

 

And yes, I also can't really get into Little Britain. The Fast Show repeated things, but they were repeated in a funny sort of way.

 

Is it me or has no-one mentioned the League of Gentlemen? That RULES. I didn't think I'd like it origionally, but I really got into it.

 

also i watched wallace and gromit the other day and it was laugh a minute

it appeals to kids and adults

It is. The best bit is the Arson joke, hahahaha. I still prefer The Wrong Trousers though

[Shorty]

Brass Eye... Paedogeddon, a classic which will never die... just remembering the jokes makes me giggle even years later. No American satire could ever dare do that....