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Yeah Al murray is terrible. I still cant believe they fired Clarkson just for punching the help. Politeness run a muck imo
Yeah, there was a lot of lousy telly about in those days. But we watched it anyway, 'cos there was literally nothing else on .....It's true we have no decent sitcoms anymore, but in reality they've always been few and far between anyway. I used to love the 70s & 80s sitcoms as a kid, but looking back on them now, they were mostly fuckin dire - e.g. 'On the buses', 'Man about the House', 'The Liverbirds' - though I think 'Rising Damp' was a classic, as was 'Porridge' and 'Only Fools & Horses'
What did you think of A Touch of Cloth? That had an Airplane-style bombardment of gags, visual and spoken, that really called for a second or third watching to be sure you did not miss any of them. Still definitely all very British, though. Whereas The Thin Blue Line really put the Plod in Plod .....Also, whereas we tend to excel in satire and irony, the Americans excel in parody, such as the 'Airplane' and 'Naked Gun' films.
Yeah, there was a lot of lousy telly about in those days. But we watched it anyway, 'cos there was literally nothing else on .....What did you think of A Touch of Cloth? That had an Airplane-style bombardment of gags, visual and spoken, that really called for a second or third watching to be sure you did not miss any of them. Still definitely all very British, though. Whereas The Thin Blue Line really put the Plod in Plod .....
Was that the one with the (ambiguously but not) lesbian detective? I thought that was really good, especially the endless sight gags, Dat Dere Youth Centre was a good 'un. I never liked much older British comedy aside from Are You Being Served? and Fawlty Towers which I still watch all the way through once a year or so. A lot of it seemed a bit sort of safe and samey. Funnily enough I mostly watch US comedies now, stuff like Arrested Development and Always Sunny in Philadelphia though both shows have a lot in common with Touching Cloth as far as sight gags, recurring jokes and puns go. Feel like comedy is becoming a lot more unified now due to everyone being on the internet all the time, sort of takes away the boundaries, introduces people to new stuff, a lot of the people I find genuinely hilarious online are American though I don't get the sense of humour of the lounge and think EADD is like it is probably due to it being smaller, people knowing each other IRL and the relatively small number of active posters among other things
I never got into that, think cos my Dad used to watch it endlessly (still does according to Mum) and it just bored me though always crack up at the chandelier bit..
LOL.. I read that as Chandler and was about to make a right tit of myself and tell you he was in friends. :D
Someone mentioned the Lee Mack sitcom earlier (Not Going Out). It's one of those so-bad-it's-awesome affairs, so give it another go and you may grow to like it...
I can't stand any of the American sitcoms, but I appreciate the fact that I'm in the minority here. Only US comedy that I actually enjoy is Family Guy.
There are very few cross overs from Europe into the lounge which is American humor in a nutshell.
The Lounge isn't "American humor in a nutshell"; such a thing doesn't exist.
The Lounge is a clique of (mainly US-based) people who think being nasty to each other is funny and the only way to be accepted. It has nothing to do with "American HumoUr".
The UK and the US both have a sliding scale of shit > genius comedy stuff on TV. Many of my favourite comedy performers & shows are American.
Yep America is on top when it comes to media and entertainment in general.
Yep America is on top when it comes to media and entertainment in general. Outside of 60-70s British rock,top gear,couple aussie bands, and donovan I cannot think of a single piece of media I consume that is not American. Maybe Vice I think they are Canadian, but I can only take so much pop journalism. Alasdairm is a pretty regular poster in the lounge is Scottish originally but has become Americanized, and while he tries to hang I do not think he fully understands the deprecating humor. TL is Humor and not Humour so that in its own right is a great distinction.