adidasss

As I lay slouched on my couch today watching Little Britain, it occured to me that the brits and the yanks have a very different sense of humour. It seems to me that the british sense of humour has always been on the cutting edge, always pushing the boundries; from Monthy Python, through Blackadder, The new statesman and the new stars, Da Ali-G show, Little britain, Peep show, The office. American humour, save for South Park ( I can't think of anything else at the moment ), has always been a bit more conservative I think. Sure, Will and Grace make me laugh, but there's nothing really new about it.

It also struck me that the best british comedians are absolute wackos, if you stop to look at any episode of Little Britain, you could easily conclude that those two ( geniuses ) are completely insane, but since they wrap their insanity in a comedic tv show, they get away with it.

So, which do you preffer? I'd have to guess that americans are gonna go for their type, seeing as how they're not really exposed to anything outside their hermetic society, and anything that does manage to get through is of course adapted to suit them ( why buy The office and make an american version when you can easily just buy and show the original series? They can't understand the english accent? )


Oh and Urban, I finally get it, Daffyd, the only gay in the village joke... ( wasn't very impressed with The peep show though, well at least the first episode ). Oh and bloody hell, I can't belive it's all two people in Little Britain, that blond bloke would be a perfect drag queen, he has an unbelievably androgenous face.

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Have you seen the League Of Gentlemen?
That is insane!!!

I can't comment on which is best...I'm biased.
Although, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' is one of my favourite comedy shows.

Eveytime I meet an American, it's not long before they refer to Monty Python, so I think they do appreciate British humour, even if they don't fully understand it's nuances.
And I'm not being condescending with that above statement. It helps if you can understand the English psyche, which I believe Americans don't fully.

adidasss

I think I did see the League of Gentelmen, but I think it was a bit too far out there for me...

Little Britain type of show isn't exactly new, I remember a couple of years ago they were showing a similar sketch show, different comedians, but similar sketches, there was a woman at the cash registery ( I'm almost positive this isnt the correct term ) that analysed each customers groceries and made fun of them? Anyone know what I'm talking about?

If americans don't understand the british psyche, how can croatians? You think it's a european thing maybe? Or maybe we've just been exposed to that kind of humour for a long time and have gotten used to it. The croatian telly was one of the first to show Monthy Python ( and that was back in the commie days which is pretty amazing considering the censorship that went on back then ).

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The Britsh version of the Office owns the American version. Hands down.


That is all.

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someonecompletelyrandom

I prefer Michael to David, Jim to Tim and Dwight to Gareth. But I actually really like both shows.. Ricky Gervais executive produces for both and has a hand in writing, so I don't think their needs to be competition between the two shows.

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jibber

wierd, not the version that aired on tv. and yes, i can recite the whole opening rap word for word, and i expect so can everyone else from my generation who grew up with that show.

I find both of them (american and british comedy) to have their good shows and bad shows. All the ones already mentioned, scrubs, curb your enthusiasm, arrested development etc. are the ones I think are the best of american comedy.

My favorite british show hasn't been mentioned as far as i saw, has no one else watched pheonix nights or is it just generally considered as absolute trash? Dont care either way, i find it hilarious

oh, and whoever mentioned aussie shows to be bad, you should see canadian tv. neighbours and home and away are oscar worthy compared to laguna beach.

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You have got to be joking...

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They are two very different people. David sees himself as this hillarious, artistic, genius and is more arrogant and seems to be nice to people only for the sake of the cameras.

Michael is more geniune and really wants to be friends with everybody because he never had alot of friends growing up.

Both hillarious, but different kind of people entirely.

Sneer

Yeah i know, but for what the Office is supposed to be Brent's character is absolutely perfect. Micheal is too nice, i dont actually find him that funny.

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