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"I'm gonna show my age here. I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny! " Oh that programme was the best! I still watch snippets of it on YouTube sometimes. Hilarious! | |||
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"Family guy and dead pool ... that’s it, the sit coms like friends etc, in my opinion are about has funny as genital warts " Is family guy the cartoon one? I don’t find that funny at all. | |||
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"It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to " Trivia: the American show M*A*S*H had canned laughter but when shown in Britain it was removed. Watched an episode with it and it was so out of place. | |||
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"I'm gonna show my age here. I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny! Oh that programme was the best! I still watch snippets of it on YouTube sometimes. Hilarious!" Absolutely brilliant wasn't it!! | |||
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"The master US comedian, who was actually from Eltham in London was Bob Hope particularly in the 1950s and 60s. But he had a vast team of writers. Married with Children was astonishingly well written and is available online; at least the gems are. The American sitcom that tops them all, is: Sergeant Bilko, aka The Phil Silvers Show, aka You'll Never Get Rich. The comedy is now dated, but the situations are hilarious. It would be impossible to overstate the care and precision with which Bilko was developed and executed by Nat Hiken. " Also a difference between American shows and British ones. American shows have a 'writer's room' with a team writing the show whereas British shows just have one or two writers. | |||
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"Family guy and dead pool ... that’s it, the sit coms like friends etc, in my opinion are about has funny as genital warts Is family guy the cartoon one? I don’t find that funny at all. " Ye it’s the cartoon .... I haven’t come across many women that do find it funny, perhaps that’s a gender thing ? But then again I can’t stand the simpsons or American dad and that is wrote by the same people ... | |||
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"It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to Trivia: the American show M*A*S*H had canned laughter but when shown in Britain it was removed. Watched an episode with it and it was so out of place." It was very popular in my native country | |||
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"It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to Trivia: the American show M*A*S*H had canned laughter but when shown in Britain it was removed. Watched an episode with it and it was so out of place. It was very popular in my native country " I think all of the American "comedy" shows use the same recorded laughter | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks" This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. " I'm with you on Ricky Gervais! How can someone be so famous for being so crap at his job ? | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. " I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain. | |||
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"Cheers. Everybody loves Raymond. Frasier. Probably more but can't remember right now. " Someone above me reminded me...Seinfeld.. | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain." I’m in good company then! What comedy you *do* get? | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain." I wasn’t a fan of Ricky Gervais until I watched the afterlife. | |||
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"Cheers. Everybody loves Raymond. Frasier. Probably more but can't remember right now. Someone above me reminded me...Seinfeld.." Taxi | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain. I wasn’t a fan of Ricky Gervais until I watched the afterlife. " Yes but that little smug face that he pulls about every 30 seconds (which appears to be the basis of his show) ! | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain. I’m in good company then! What comedy you *do* get? " Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Seinfeld, Cheers, Father Ted, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Frasier, Blackadder off the top of my head ... | |||
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" I wasn’t a fan of Ricky Gervais until I watched the afterlife. " Good acting there, yes... I’ve also enjoyed a few episodes of Extras... but the rest... dear me, it’s all cringe cringe cringe! there is the speech he gave at the Golden Globes last year... | |||
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"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all.... It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though. Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain. I’m in good company then! What comedy you *do* get? Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Seinfeld, Cheers, Father Ted, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Frasier, Blackadder off the top of my head ..." Ah, you see, Blackadder was even more difficult for me to “get”! I do like it though, apart from the last one with the war. Blackadder goes forth... Fawlty Towers is amazing. And Seinfeld will always have a special place in my heart! | |||
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"I do like Curb Your Enthusiasm which is embarrassment humour similar to Ricky Gervais style and a little of Fawlty Towers. (though not as good as either) " Curb is genius. | |||
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"It's certainly different. There are some American comedies I have really enjoyed, such as Cheers, Frasier, Spin City, Big Bang Theory and Parks & Recreation. They are few and far between. I never found Seinfeld funny, or Friends. Luke" Millions of Americans never found Seinfeld or Friends funny either. | |||
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"I'm gonna show my age here. I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny! " I think this was about the only American TV comedy series I found funny. The rest of it seems so cliché. Laughs have to be signaled by canned laughter. Large groups of writers making comedy by giving the characters funny lines rather than funny situations. I’ve spent some time in America and worked with Americans, not one of them seem to get office banter. | |||
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"Superstore community Brooklyn 99 all superb and better than most English comedies. " Forgot about Community. I'll throw in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League. | |||
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"Off the top of my head, all of the below have frequently brightened my day: The Office US Parks & Recreation Modern Family Life in Pieces Pen15 The Middle Big Bang Theory A.P. Bio Frasier Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm " I love Life in Pieces !!! | |||
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"Does it exist ? Watched various usa “comedies “ liked “the middle “ but the rest I just can’t laugh at ,,, the worst is Friends " As a Yank here in Dublin, I can say no. We take ourselves much too seriously and we are not witty by any standard. That said, I don't get British humour at all. Irish humour makes me piss myself laughing too hard. | |||
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"2 and half men, Charlie sheen episode's. Absolutely hilarious....." Now THAT is a good joke. Nice one! | |||
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"The master US comedian, who was actually from Eltham in London was Bob Hope particularly in the 1950s and 60s. But he had a vast team of writers. Married with Children was astonishingly well written and is available online; at least the gems are. The American sitcom that tops them all, is: Sergeant Bilko, aka The Phil Silvers Show, aka You'll Never Get Rich. The comedy is now dated, but the situations are hilarious. It would be impossible to overstate the care and precision with which Bilko was developed and executed by Nat Hiken. " Ah a connoisseur I'm only going to add Cheers. Great, great cast. | |||
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"2 and half men, Charlie sheen episode's. Absolutely hilarious..... Now THAT is a good joke. Nice one!" Yeah suppose you have to have a sense of humour to watch it | |||
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"The golden girls Seinfeld Curb your enthusiasm Arrested development Broad City Workaholics 30 rock Parks and rec Saturday night live Etc etc " Broad city is quality! Surprised someone listed it on here! | |||
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"Does it exist ? Watched various usa “comedies “ liked “the middle “ but the rest I just can’t laugh at ,,, the worst is Friends As a Yank here in Dublin, I can say no. We take ourselves much too seriously and we are not witty by any standard. That said, I don't get British humour at all. Irish humour makes me piss myself laughing too hard. " Ehhh... says who? Black and Jewish Americans have a great culture of humor and wittiness. The y have produced some of the greatest comedians. And this nonsense about American humor doesn’t translate and vice versa is just that— nonsense. If that weren’t the case, Chris Rock and others wouldn’t be playing to sold out shows in the UK and Eddie Izzard and others wouldn’t in the USA. Besides, does every single Individual in the US or conversely in the UK have the same humor? No. It’s why half the people I know can’t stand “Friends” and think it’s overrated and unfunny, and the other half (or quarter..or whatever) think it’s funny. | |||
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