B741 From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 716 posts, RR: 1 Posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 969 times:
My favorite comedians are Robin Williams, Dennis Miller, the late Sam Kinison and Rodney Dangerfield. For British comedy, Some Mothers Do Have Em' and On The Busses with Stephen Lewis, Reg Varney and "Jack". Let's hear who your favorites are.
FLYtoEGCC From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 947 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 963 times:
I used to like Peter Kay but a lot of material is getting tired now. He needs something else good to come out soon. My favourite at the moment, by far, is Paul Merton. He's brilliant.
Favourite comedy would have to be Only Fools And Horses, although I also absolutely love Men Behaving Badly. I think Martin Clunes is absolutely great, and I see his character, Gary, as a great role model! Which is probably a bad thing...
FLYtoEGCC From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 947 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 955 times:
Unfortunately Paul O'Grady no longer does Lily Savage! I also thought "she" was good. Although his daytime TV show, imaginitively entitled "The Paul O'Grady Show" is funny and very entertaining.
Arniepie From Belgium, joined Aug 2005, 1265 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 881 times:
Stand up comedy
-Bill Hicks
-Eddy Murphy
-Urbanus (first 10 years)= local famous comedian
-Theo Maassen (I feel sorry for all you guys not understanding Dutch because you are definitely missing something)
TV-series
-Blackadder (all series)
-Bottom
-yes minister!
-in de gloria (best ever, no competition)(Belgian sketches show)
Funniest movies
-Peter sellers in the Pink Panther
-...?
Aerorobnz From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 6326 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 876 times:
Rowan Atkinson, for individuals stand up comedy and Blackadder.
The Blackadder series are brilliant as far as shows go, but I love a lot of different UK comedies because they all have an individual humour that most US comedies have found hard to replicate.
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 868 times:
My all time favorite (not only British) comedy is "Trigger Happy TV"! Sorry, but there is no other TV show that makes me rolling on the floor like this, excellent humor! I really hope that they will broadcast new episodes of it, it is freaking hillarious!
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 19, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 837 times:
A comedian to look out for right now is Omeid Jalili, the self-styled only Iranian comedian in the UK. He comes on stage as an Iranian railing at the absurdities of western life, and usually maintains that for about 15 minutes. But that's all, because as he says, he can't do the accent for any longer than that. In reality, he's rather posh, having switched into comedy from being a management consultant!
He's very, very good.
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
I saw him recently on something and he is good, definitely one to watch out for in the future.
No British comedy lisiting would be complete without mention of the "Carry on..."
series of films, particularly the earlier ones, and the Ealing comedies. Both are quintessentially British and so the humour may not travel well.
MTChemNerd757 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 230 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 816 times:
Hands down for me it's John Cleese, Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers. Graham Chapman was pretty damn hilarious, too. While we're at it, I'm also a fan of Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean and Black Adder). And Bill Cosby. And Eddie Izzard. And......
Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5286 posts, RR: 35 Reply 24, posted (8 years 1 month 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 804 times:
Has nobody here seen The Good Life from the late 70s? The script was superb, and Penelope Keith's Margo/Margot has to be one of the funniest characters ever on TV. And, of course, where would we be without Jennifer Saunders' Edina and Joanna Lumley's Patsy in Ab Fab???????????????????
25 OzGuy: You can't beat Dawn French in the Vicar of Dibley, but the guys from The Sketch show are pretty friggin hilarious...
27 Orion737: I love the oldies Dads Army and Are you being served?
28 AirbusA346: 'Whooo, Whooo, Whooo Fudge' - Peter Kay - Live At Boltons Alberts Hall. Peter Kay always. Tom.
29 DL021: Can't talk now, Mr. Hill and I are on the way to the Ministry of Silly Walks to demonstrate the latest idiocy. Say, is your parrot sleeping?
30 DL021: Can't talk now, Mr. Hill and I are on the way to the Ministry of Silly Walks to demonstrate the latest idiocy. Say, is your parrot sleeping? No? Well,
31 ScottishLaddie: Yes he's good, as is Peter Kay. But no-one will ever beat Billy Connolly!
32 N1120A: zum geburtstag Anyway, For standups, I am all about George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Jeff Foxworthy (what can I say, we all like something lame), Gallagh
33 ANCFlyer: My hero! British Comedians - Rowan Atkinson and Benny Hill . . . it's a tie.
34 PH-KCA: Great British comedy: The Royle Family Absolutely fabulous "Darling! Sweetie!" French And Saunders Vicar Of Dibley Gimme Gimme Gimme The Thin Blue Lin
35 Srbmod: Denis Leary ("No Cure For Cancer" is still funny as hell 13 years later) Ron White (A bit: My dog ran away for like 10 hours, and when he got home, ju
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!!!), I can afford to be a strict conservative humour-wise, therefore it's Monty Python all the way
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