Eastbound

Well you know what they say , If you cant beat them ........join them

Judy in Calgary

They don't get British humour.

It's okay, you can get by for your first 27 years in Canada. After that you can think about registering for a remedial class.
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clynnog

Sorry, it was meant to be ironic. Despite having lived in Canada since age 17 (I'm 44 now), my sense of humour is still 5 time zones east of where I am.

The two shows I listed are Canadian craptastic comedy at their worst.

Throw in some general shows such as Beachcombers, Street Legal, Riverdale, Definition, and you have a pretty dire selection in terms of Can Con.

iaink

Apologies for my irony deficiency..I think I have some pills in the bathroom cabinet for that...

Regarding Canadians and Brit humour... so many canadians have british descendants and rellies, I think they get it more than they let on. There are certainly pockets of canadian TV, like PBS and Vision that cater to the canadian britcom market anyway.

Souvenir

I think Little Mosque can be quite good at times. The demise of Air Farce is long overdue.

I treated myself to the DVD collection of The Office recently. Sublime. I have a highly developed sense of humour. It takes a lot to make me giggle. The Office reduced me to tears.

Atlantic Xpat

The film 'Hot Fuzz' did the same for me recently. Nothing to do with Canadian humour on any level.

iaink

Thats 'cos its ball achingly funny

I hate to admit it, but I think I prefer the US version of the office. I did download season one of the UK office, and I just find David Brent to be agonisingly embarrassing... I guess I empathise with the people he is inflicted upon too much to find it really laugh out loud funny too often, although it certainly has its moments. I can see why it has a cult following though, its certainly groundbreaking. I just found Extras to be a lot more my cup of tea.

kate white

Judy the canadians dont have a sense of humour full stop, we found that out from day 1.

iaink

You must know a different bunch of them to me then...

clynnog

FYI....it is on sale this week at the airplane hangar masquerading as a store for $25 I think (or it maybe labelled as 25$ where you are). That is Season 1,2 and the Christmas special.

My wife finds the Office excruciatingly painful to watch due to the awful characteristics of the main characters (a la Alan Partridge, Saxondale two of my other fave's), but she was a bit choked up at the end of the Christmas special when Tim went off into the sunset with the lovely Dawn Tinsdale.

clynnog

The assimilation is almost complete....final question.

Wayne and Shuster...comedic geniuses or utter crap.

kate white

I guess so the people here dont talk to people and we found that the only ones who do talk are the english scots and the welsh, if your not canadian they dont want to know. only 2 neighbors will say hi and the other will walk on past unless they want to know your business and I have 2 words for that p&o. maybe when Lloyd gets bigger than a 45 minute drive round the town people will talk more but I doubt it, sad really

Souvenir

Souvette didn't get the first episode at all. I kinda did and realised that it was really an introduction to the characters. She buggered off to another TV while I watched a further three episodes and got the hang of the thing. I persuaded her to come back for another look and she, like me, pi$$ed herself over the appraisal scene. She works in federal government. She can relate.

The Office is, in my opinion, not only very funny but extremely clever in its concept.

Souvenir

Dunno. Never seen them.

BristolUK

I do remember those names from the 60s, so they must have been on Brit TV.

There's a lot of humour in TV ads. I like the Canadian car chase with the cars stuck in snow. There was a good one for beer where the guy was insulting Canada and Canadians, completely oblivious to what was happening around him.