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is definately the best in my opinion, whilst I enjoyed Friends and the odd episode of Frasier I am definately in the camp of Brit is Best when it comes to comedy. Who's your favourite? Peter Kay? :thumbup:

favourites
Little Britain
Pyschoville
League of Gentlemen
Phoenix Nights
Max and Paddy

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I vote for Sean Lock.

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You can't beat a bit of Partridge...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&f...&v=JVWHaMbbzGs

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The americans have had a couple of amazing comedians, Bill Hicks, George Carlin and of course Matt Stone and Trey Parker..very different humour, great social critics. Pizze Be Upon Them.

Bill Bailey
Eddie Izzard (well, his early days)
Jeremy Paxman
Psychoville/League of Gentlemen
Frankie boyle (Scottish..but yer'all the same)

Perhaps because I'm not English, might be a cultural thing..but I can't stand Peter Kay. And whats with this moronic Harry Hill guy winning best comedian awards? He's total rubbish

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Porridge
Phoenix Nights
Early Doors
Most of Vic and Bob

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PMQs
HIGNFY

Ooops, sorry, that's satire

Now this will show my age ...

TWTWTW
Hancock's Half Hour
Steptoe & Son
Dad's Army (gentle but genius)
Drop the Dead Donkey
Open All Hours
Are You Being Served
The Good Life
Till Death do Us Part

And

Vicar of Dibley
Yes Minister

Last but not least ...

AbFab!

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have you seen his new show? The Trip with Rob Brydon?

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can't stand Harry Hill! absolute rubbish if you ask me. Frankie Boyle is one of my favourites I have to say.

more memorable shows

Inbetweeners, Benidorm, recently a good one is Whites

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Patsy!!! yup another great! some good choices there :)

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My personal faves are :-
Jack Dee
Billy Connolly
Rufus Hound
Dave Gorman
James Corden

In terms of sit-coms I can only think of a few really funny British shows like Gavin & Stacey and The Office. But I never fail to fall about laughing at some US ones like Scrubs, Two & A Half Men and Friends!

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Black Books
Yes Minister
Porridge
Blackadder

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How could I have forgotten Blackadder???

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me too! loved it and I love Gavin and Stacey :thumbup:

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Fav comedian got to be Frank Skinner.

Fav comedy shows not already mentioned Peep Show, The Smoking Room and The Think of It.

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Perhaps because I'm not English, might be a cultural thing..but I can't stand Peter Kay. And whats with this moronic Harry Hill guy winning best comedian awards? He's total rubbish[/QUOTE]

I agree and i'm English! I like -

Jason Manford
Russell Kane
Ed Byrne
Eddie Izzard
Jimmy Carr
John Bishop
Danny Bhoy

Also love Fonejacker

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Didn't Kittykat initiate a similar thread only a few weeks back?:confused:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ight=comedians

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maybe she did and maybe I missed it so I started another one ;)

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In no particular order:

Blackadder
Dad's Army
The Good Life
Alan Davies
Eddie Izzard
Jason Manford
Rory Bremner
Caroline Aherne
Bill Bailey
The Goodies
Julian Clary
Pete & Dud
Mark Steele
Morecambe & Wise

:)

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I've got all the time in the world for a bit of Jimmy Carr. His arrogant approach appeals to me greatly for some reason.

Used to like Peter Kay and Lee Evans, but they've turned out to be one trick ponies unfortunately.

As for television programmes, i'd choose Fawlty Towers & Only Fools & Horses over any of the rubbish that's shown these days.

The likes of Little Britain, Gavin & Stacey and Inbetweeners aren't a patch on the old stuff.

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Frankie Boyle.

funny as ****

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Peter Kay a one trick pony?

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I agree with that.

Listen to the jokes in his 2 standup DVDs and then watch phenoix nights. All the same material.

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Absolutely.

It's all the same old "listen to me play on my accent and talk through my nose, because it made you laugh on the first 2 dvd's" - I got bored of it pretty quickly.

Sure, Phoenix Night and Max & Paddy were amusing, but they're not comedy genius by a long shot.

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Plus One is worth downloading. It's is very weird, but I couldn't help watching it.

It's a C4 production. Can be found on the 4OD website.

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Couldn't find it on my 40DD website.

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My current fav's are
Ideal with Johhny Vegas, IT Crowd and The Inbetweeners. :thumbup:

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can you send me the link? I'll take another look for you.

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Inbetweeners was absolutely hilarious! Have you seen Benidorm?

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Benidorm is great. spoiled only by that slug Vegas.

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he has been binned this year :thumbup:

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Not yet I'll check it out first then might download them if they are any good.

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used to think billy connolly was fab, but he seems to have lost it now...just watched live in london 2010 and it barely raised a smile...he seems to have gone very safe...that said, he is old now, can't believe he's 67...

MM, xx

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in this day 67 is hardly old ;)

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Canadians have the best comedians.

Here's my Brits...

Peter Sellers
John Cleese (sp?) or anyone involved in Monty Python
Benny Hill
Prince Charles (I like his global warming and PETA-type skits)
Douglas Adams
Clive Anderson
Sacha Baron Cohen
Rowan Atkison
Dudley Moore (Lovable one hit wonder)


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Canadians???

You kidder...

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delusional :rolleyes:

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well it's still after retirement age...i think...whatever, he was pretty crap...

MM, xx

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Balls of Steel was hysterical too.:rofl:

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He's got to that stage where he laughs more at his jokes than the audience does. Mrs Billy ought to tell him, she knows a thing or two about that sort of thing.

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Far from delusional... Many of the States' best comedians hail from Canada. Often they aren't listed as Canadians because they eventually change their nationality after achieving fame.

Jim Carrey
Phil Hartman
Terrance (South Park)
SCTV
The Kids in the Hall


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_​Canadian_​comedians

particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/​canadians/​comedians.html


Mind you, I'm not Canadian... and the above lists aren't at all complete. In the states it's a pretty well known joke that their best comedians are from Canada. The joke being that the Canadians are so frozen and bored, that comedy is a survival skill.


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