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mandymoochops Oct 8th 2011 4:37 pm

Favourite comedies / comedians
 
Ones that really make you laugh out loud

Blue collar comedy tour guys (watching it now - a real tonic for a stuffy head!)

Blackadder

Billy Bailey (particularly on Never mnd the buzzcocks)

The4BellsLondon Oct 8th 2011 5:35 pm

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Outnumbered - new series just finished in Uk

Eddie Izzard

Greenhill Oct 9th 2011 3:25 am

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The Fast Show

The IT crowd

Jack Dee

And most things by Chris Morris





Tangram Oct 9th 2011 3:41 am

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Dara O'Briain
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey

Oink Oct 9th 2011 3:54 am

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Jimmy Carr
Bill Baily
Jerry Sadowitz
My nan.

Bali2010 Oct 9th 2011 4:16 am

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Greenwing
Vicar of Dibley
BlackBooks
Mock the Week
Not the nine o clock news


Dara O'Briain
Jimmy Carr
Michael MacCyntyre
Dave Gorman

Flogger Oct 9th 2011 4:19 am

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I can only think of steptoe and son and Eric morcombe:(

Should get out more.

ultrarunner Oct 9th 2011 9:08 am

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Only fools and horses
upstairs / downstairs
On the buses
Love thy neighbour
mind your language
Fawlty towers
Allo Allo
till death us do part
Banzai
Bernard Manning
Rising Damp
The two Ronnies
The Catherine Tate show

Monique_in_Canada Oct 9th 2011 9:28 am

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Only Fools and Horses
Vicar of Dibley
Men Behaving Badley
Harry Enfield (post stavros loadsa money)
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Catherine Tate
Little Britain (not the vomit sketch)
The Royle Family
Fatty Owls
Blackadder (season 2)
One Foot in the Grave
Ab Fab
Dinnerladies

ultrarunner Oct 9th 2011 9:49 am

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Hale and Pace
Carry on Films
Alas Smith and Jones
The young ones
Have I got news for you

ireland2canada Oct 9th 2011 10:16 am

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Dylan Moran.

dbd33 Oct 9th 2011 10:18 am

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True Blood makes me laugh. There's nothing like a newsreader evisceration to get one chuckling.

Alan2005 Oct 9th 2011 11:14 am

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I don't really have a favourite - I only have those I despise, mainly:

Eddie Izzard ("I wear make up, now please laugh at me for being so edgy" - unfunny attention seeking tosser).

Billy Conolly (unfunny scotch twat).

The4BellsLondon Oct 9th 2011 12:11 pm

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9666530)
I don't really have a favourite - I only have those I despise, mainly:

Eddie Izzard ("I wear make up, now please laugh at me for being so edgy" - unfunny attention seeking tosser).

Billy Conolly (unfunny scotch twat).


He doesnt always wear makeup. (thats edde not Billy! )

Almost Canadian Oct 9th 2011 1:25 pm

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Lee Mack

London Mike Oct 10th 2011 2:02 pm

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 9666680)
Lee Mack

Mitchell and Webb (go to YouTube and search under 'the pitch' by these guys)
Fast Show
Fry and Laurie
Monty Python
Also hate Eddie Izzard, though did like his Death Star canteen sketch.

JamesM Oct 10th 2011 2:30 pm

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The Office : Both versions

Extras

Flight of the conchords

Ali G absolutely nailed it in Britain before heading to the US.

pdarwin Oct 11th 2011 12:33 am

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OK - what about Canadian comedies then?

Corner Gas.

Erm . . . that's it.
I can't stand Billy Conolly either.

Tangram Oct 11th 2011 12:58 am

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Originally Posted by pdarwin (Post 9668947)
OK - what about Canadian comedies then?

Corner Gas.

Erm . . . that's it.
I can't stand Billy Conolly either.

Isn't the phrase "Canadian Comedies" an oxymoron ?

mrtomsterman Oct 11th 2011 3:33 am

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Dara O'Brian. Michael Mcintyre, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles and Stewart Francis.
Shows: Mock the Week, whose line is it anyway :)

ultrarunner Oct 11th 2011 4:01 am

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Originally Posted by Tangram (Post 9668984)
Isn't the phrase "Canadian Comedies" an oxymoron ?

Not if you are a Canadian :rofl:

Bali2010 Oct 11th 2011 8:15 am

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I find spooks amusing for the number of very public assassinations in london.

If there are no posts from me after Weds, I may have been caught up in the cross fire.
;)

Oink Oct 11th 2011 8:19 am

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Originally Posted by Bali2010 (Post 9669774)
I find spooks amusing for the number of very public assassinations in london.

If there are no posts from me after Weds, I may have been caught up in the cross fire.
;)

There's a guy on here who knows first hand about all this sort of thing. He could tell you if it's realistic or not.

geedee Oct 11th 2011 8:20 am

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The Fast Show
Little Britain

Anything with Steve Coogan (especially as Alan partridge)

ultrarunner Oct 11th 2011 10:12 am

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Originally Posted by Bali2010 (Post 9669774)
I find spooks amusing for the number of very public assassinations in london.

If there are no posts from me after Weds, I may have been caught up in the cross fire.
;)

May be it refers to another London.....there are a number of Londons out there after all :D

Monique_in_Canada Oct 11th 2011 3:11 pm

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Originally Posted by geedee (Post 9669789)
The Fast Show
Little Britain

Anything with Steve Coogan (especially as Alan partridge)

have ya seen the trip??

geedee Oct 12th 2011 12:55 am

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Originally Posted by Monique_in_Canada (Post 9670336)
have ya seen the trip??

No.... is it worth a rent? I saw the trailer and it looked a bit, er, slow.

Bali2010 Oct 12th 2011 9:51 am

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Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 9669983)
May be it refers to another London.....there are a number of Londons out there after all :D

indeed, though the one in Ontario didn't strike me as full of intrigue


Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9669783)
There's a guy on here who knows first hand about all this sort of thing. He could tell you if it's realistic or not.

....starts searching for 'MI5' username

:)

Lorna_D Oct 12th 2011 12:09 pm

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Catherine Tate, especially her old woman sketches.
Corner Gas
Lesley Neilson used to have me in stitches
Jim Carrey,
Caroline Rhea - comes from having kids who watched too much Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Victoria Wood
Jen Saunders and Dawn French

mandymoochops Oct 12th 2011 4:40 pm

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9669783)
There's a guy on here who knows first hand about all this sort of thing. He could tell you if it's realistic or not.

Probably not, people like that are always in the SAS. They are not allowed to tell you anything.

Almost Canadian Oct 13th 2011 4:16 am

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Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 9672314)
Probably not, people like that are always in the SAS. They are not allowed to tell you anything.

Really, what about:

SBS
14 Int
JSG
SO13
SO19
Jack and Jill?:p

You need to tell De Belliere (or what's his name), McNab, Ryan, McCallian, Lofty Wiseman, et al that they are not allowed to tell anyone :p

Oink Oct 13th 2011 5:18 am

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Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 9672314)
Probably not, people like that are always in the SAS. They are not allowed to tell you anything.

Unless they're in the Canadian version then apparently its the complete opposite.

JamesM Oct 13th 2011 5:24 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9673269)
Unless they're in the Canadian version then apparently its the complete opposite.

Is that version "watered" down for Canadians?

jericho Oct 13th 2011 6:15 am

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Louis CK is by far my most favourite comedian right now.

Check out this snippet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

ultrarunner Oct 13th 2011 12:41 pm

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"As time goes by"...Judy Dench is a Fox ;)

tracys Oct 14th 2011 5:23 am

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Big Bang theory
Black Adder
Fools and Horses
Vicar of Dibley
Frasier
Friends
Not Going Out
Open all hours
The Middle
Modern Family
Idiot Abroad

Michael McIntyre
Dave Allen
Lee Evans
Lee Mack
Miranda

ultrarunner Oct 14th 2011 6:24 am

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Vicar of Dibley was on PBS yesterday...the episode where they had all the animals in the church

Dave n Ailsa Oct 15th 2011 4:59 am

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Michael McIntyre has me rolling on the floor laughing.

I used to loathe Alan Carr. Hated his voice and general presence, but then I accidentally heard him on the radio while sitting in traffic, and, oh my god, I laughed. Sometimes you just have to let stuff in :rofl:

Favourite American show - Modern Family. Absolute brilliance, not to mention yummy mummies ;)

UK - Steve coogan as Alan Partridge.... AHAAA! :D

French and Saunders still have it.

And Billy Connolly is not a Scotch Twat! :sneaky:





He's a Scottish Twat :p


I used to love him, but he's way past his prime.

expatdoris Oct 15th 2011 5:04 am

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New series of Rab C started this week, still as mad as ever.

Dave n Ailsa Oct 15th 2011 5:20 am

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Just reminded me of another one I used to love, but has sadly departed.

Rikki Fulton. Fond memories.


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