QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz1 vsmith- I'm surprised you rated HHGTTG as #8 [considering the quote in your signature]. Granted, it was not as slapstick or corney as the others, but it certainly had a 'cerebral' edge to it, lots of 'injokes' and references to catch. And Marvin is absolutely the funniest ! "Life! Don't talk to me about life".
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QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith OHMYGOWD! FAWTLY TOWERS How could I forget that one! Maybe I can edit the list!
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Top Ten Briti***V comedies: 1. Monty Python's Flying Circus [:D] Sorry Mookie but if ya can't laugh at the "confuse a cat" or the "dead parrot" sketch theres something wrong and I suggest heavy doses of psychotropic medication [:o)]. 2. The Young Ones[}:)] Most of you will not know this one but the rest who do know watching Vivian, Rick, Neal, and Micheal could be seriously harmfull to your health. I actually injured myself falling off my chair laughing at the "Bambi" episode. 3. The Benny Hill Show[;)] See others postings. 4.The Good Nieghbors[:)] Young couple decide to chuck the rat race and turn their suburban home into a farm...very, very funny. Look for it on video. 5. The Black Adder[^] (all 5 series, Black Adder I, Black Adder II, Black Adder the party of the Third part, Black Adders goes Forth, and Black Adder goes Back and Forth) Rowan Atkison verbal wit at his very, very best. Western European history was never funnier. 6. Bean[:p] Again Rowan Atkinson only this time physical humor, every episode is a homage to silent comedy greats Keaton and Chaplin. 7. The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy.[8)] Sci Fi skewered with a lightsaber up its catflap. You'll learn why its dreadfully inportant to know where your Towel is , and the the Answer to the Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is in fact, 42! 8. Red Dwarf Again Sci Fi humor 3 million years in the future with a rastafarian astronuat, a complete prat of a hologram and a cat-man whos great-great-great x 1000 grandmother was the ships mascot. 9. The Goodies 70's Hippie humor at its very best (Kitty Kong episode), very rare to see it on this side of the pond. and 10. The Alexie Sayles Show. Again very rare to see on this side, but very pointetly barbed humor at the expense of Iron Maggies government. Hey it my list and I'll put down what I thought was the funniest. There are others including some I've completely blanked out on, so if you can add to it feel free.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....Anyone remember the English program..."On the Buses"...I thought those two fellows were some of the best comedy on TV at the time.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie Now there was a Brit that was truly funny! Mookie
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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Kinda like watching re runs of Monty Python, its was off the wall and funny then, sorta tame now. The new crop of stand ups, Chris Rock, guys like that, did in the tongue in cheek humor that forced you to think about what was said. George Carlon did that a lot, you had to think about what he was saying, like his seven dirty words routine. Then, it was shocking, but made some sense, from his standpoint. Now days, you hear those words on HBO regularly. Did have one of the great big flower decals plastered to my bedroom wall, does that count? And a poster of Goldie Hawn. Stay Frosty, Ed
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