Comments on: Is British Humor Highly Overrated?

By: Rmnks

Rmnks — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:01:00 +0000

I’m British and Little Britain USA is bad ( not without some funny moments however). But Little Britain (the first few series’) is good, so not really a relfection on British humour. Russell Brand is shit and a waste of space. Jonathan Ross is also a talentless shit. Alan Carr is the best out there.

By: Daniel Knight

Daniel Knight — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:39:27 +0000

Hated red dwarf, what the hell was going on when that guy took the test, like he acted all weird, like he was dying, then slapped his hand print on the paper and passed out, what the hell???????? Someone wanna explain that?

By: sunny

sunny — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:13:52 +0000

litte britain is absolute shit, only retards seem to like it, im british btw and ive never really met anyone that liked it who wasnt under 10 years old, or an ugly teenage girl (strange combination), Russell Brand to is shit, not funny one bit, women seem to be attracted to him and laugh flirtatiously during his shows, men dont seem to show much of a reaction, mr bean is shit but amazing compared to the previous 2, sasha baron cohen is funny, although he has made some bad stuff, just going back and watching his show, you’ll know hes funny, eddie izzard takes a while to get to his punchlines but he is funny, ricky gervais ive never thought was funny but alot of people seem to like him, so whateva… hes not exactly funny but hes not really unfunny either, kinda in the middle, and then monty python ive never seen because im born after the 1960s, so i dont know

By: klokabell

klokabell — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:38:26 +0000

nonsense, the guy that plays him took the idea and went way overboard.

By: klokabell

klokabell — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:28:45 +0000

man we frankly blow the socks off of the rest of the world when it come to comedy. but then i would imagine most americans think that about america and the french about france. Garth Meranghi’s darkplace is sheer genius, the office untoucable (I saw your version :/) we also made black books, peepshow, the life of brian, da Ali G show, spaced, shaun of the dead + hot fuzz, popworld when Simon Amstell did it, the Fast Show, then theres the Two Ronnies + Morecombe and Wise for your oldies, Frankie Boyle (look him up), Dylan Moran, David Doherty and Stewart Lee for your stand ups, to name a few. What you’ve listed is very narrow and not a true or fair reflection of British comedy. It’s like us saying “America’s stupid, they made Friends, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler” though I did read the rather unfortunate list that made up the 5 movies that influenced you most and the statement that Eddie Izzard is the funniest British person alive makes me devalue your opinion on anything funny. I mightgander ound your site to see if you are but I amn’t holding my breath
I do apoligise for Mr Bean and in particular Little Britain. You’re lucky you didn’t get Bo’ Selecta (a few gems in a pool of shit isn’t worth it)

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:28:09 +0000

Little Britain USA is godawful. I literally don’t think I laughed even once, and I gave it a shot with 3 episodes thinking maybe they’d find their way. Now I think I will watch them all because it’s like a gory car wreck and I can’t look away. But the overriding question I have is, who is this show written for? americans? british? do they really think saying all americans are fat and stupid over and over is funny? to who? I don’t know… I would be shocked if they renew this abortion.

By: lindeman

lindeman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:20:21 +0000

To me Chris Morris trumps all British comedians- the day today, brass eye and jam are my desert island discs. Plus most of the things that any of the cast has been involved with since- Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Steve Coogan, Stewart Lee, Armando Iannucci…

All of that plus the league of gentlemen and Mark Wootton make up the best of British comedy today.

Agreed Little Britain is appallingly written (but i still quite like them both as performers)

By: PsYcHo BiTcH

PsYcHo BiTcH — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:28:36 +0000

ANYTHING BRITISH REALLY TICKLES MY STRAP-ON PICKLE.

WHAT CAN I SAY?

I’M A SUCKER FOR MR.BEAN.

BUT THEN AGAIN, I’M EASILY AMUSED AND EASY TO PLEASE.

I WATCHED THE MOVIE “THE LOVE GURU” AND ALTHOUGH THE PEOPLE AROUND DID NOT LAUGH, I WONDER…IS IT THEM THAT JUST DONT GET HUMOR OR DO I LACK TRUE COMEDIC INSIGHT?

I ARRIVED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS THEM.

I LIKE JEFF DUNHAM AND CARLOS MENCIA.

By: Singinho

Singinho — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:48:57 +0000

I’m surprised Friday Night with Jonathan Ross hasn’t caught on over there, I know you Yanks love talk shows and this is a great one – plus loads of American guests appear on it, and it’s hilarious.

Also Alan Carr is really quite a funny stand-up, Jimmy Carr and Peter Kay aren’t bad either. Over here, the funniest shit on TV tends to be played out in a quiz show format these days, for some strange reason. Mock the Week, Have I Got News for You, 8 out of 10 Cats and QI probably best portray British humour, so they’re worth a watch – I’m sure you can find them on YouTube – don’t know if you guys can access BBC iPlayer or 4onDemand from Channel 4.

Also, check out Peep Show, Fonejacker and Harry and Paul.

Little Britain is ok for the first episode, maybe the second too, but it gets very repetitive and you can almost see the 2 guys running out of ideas as each series progresses.

Sacha Baron Cohen is hilarious – yes, the Ali G film was shit, but everything else he’s done so far has been comedy gold. And to help you make up your mind about Ricky Gervais, check out his podcast – the guy’s too funny.

By: Bobby Finstock

Bobby Finstock — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:11:42 +0000

I have never watched it. I did find it on tv and am going to start tivo’ing some episodes.