March 06, 2013
— Ace I started this Twitter hashtag and couldn't quite get it working. It's actually a more difficult joke than I initially guessed.
So, that's where you guys come in. Can this joke be rescued?
I had noted that besides Python and The Office, there's actually not much British stuff that's actually funny. Some British guy (or an Anglophile) objected and named a whole bunch of supposedly funny British sitcoms.
They all sounded made up to me. Stuff like "Yes, Minister" and such. Like parodies of what Americans would think British TV consisted of. So I started making up my own:
Barclay Mews
The Duchess & the Dollymop
Reginald's War
Humprey Pye, Private in the Her Majesty's Territorial Army
'Ere's Your Bumbershoot, Love
'Allo 'Allo (which turned out to be a real British TV show, of course)
The Quite Remarkable Claims of Tuppence Twaddle
Paddington Station Belles
Oo, Me Bleedin' Corns Are Killing Me
Samantha Snogs
Well I Say! (a game show about famous quotations)
Bob's Yer Uncle!
Now you go.
By the way I have an Epic Comedy Premise much better than this but I want to write it up as like a real comedy thing, with .jpg's and fonts and everything, so that's going to take some time.
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Posted by: logprof at March 06, 2013 01:50 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2013 01:51 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Y-not at March 06, 2013 01:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Lord of War at March 06, 2013 01:52 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 06, 2013 01:52 PM (eKiiX)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 06, 2013 01:53 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: Y-not at March 06, 2013 01:53 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 06, 2013 01:53 PM (eKiiX)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at March 06, 2013 01:54 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: tasker at March 06, 2013 01:55 PM (r2PLg)
A dozen pensioners compete in challenges to decide which six of them must proceed down the NHS "Liverpool Care Pathway."
Posted by: Stu-22 at March 06, 2013 01:55 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Scott P at March 06, 2013 01:56 PM (y8Jbu)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at March 06, 2013 01:56 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Johny Come Lately at March 06, 2013 01:56 PM (KqwSL)
Understatement of the year. Even Benny Hill and Monty Python has a lot of dead shit in it. My brother loves Mr. Bean and his wife gave him a DVD pack of one season of shows which we all had to watch last time I was at home around Christmas.
I went to sleep.
Hope he isn't reading this.
Posted by: Vic at March 06, 2013 01:56 PM (53z96)
Posted by: Heath Ledger at March 06, 2013 01:57 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Leopold "Butters" Stotch at March 06, 2013 01:57 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: VKI at March 06, 2013 01:57 PM (TKoA3)
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 06, 2013 01:57 PM (X6akg)
I'll add: Absolutely Fabulous, and Spaced (starring and co-written by Simon Pegg as a comic book writer/dork).
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's hi-cap assault diaphragm at March 06, 2013 01:58 PM (7xeJQ)
Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at March 06, 2013 01:58 PM (ZWvOb)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 01:59 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 01:59 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at March 06, 2013 02:00 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: f2000 at March 06, 2013 02:00 PM (abiX9)
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 06, 2013 02:00 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 06, 2013 02:00 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:01 PM (qyv02)
"Lord Nelson would fucking weep at the buggars we've become"
I see that as more of a variety show.
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 06, 2013 02:01 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: logprof at March 06, 2013 05:51 PM (+iA5G)
Liked Are You Being Served. Good cast, and the babes were babilicious.
Posted by: Meremortal at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: filbert at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (NaNKB)
38 “Atheism is to theism as not stamp-collecting is to stamp-collecting.”
What! I don't recall hitting the post button!
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (VgkUy)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: tasker at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Jollyroger at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:02 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Sean Gleeson at March 06, 2013 02:03 PM (OthyU)
Posted by: Meghan's McCans at March 06, 2013 02:03 PM (xfWVe)
Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 06, 2013 02:03 PM (FleVr)
Scoots to the Left - Meet Barnaby Scoots, an old lovable socialist newspaper editor!
Mind the Wickets - An elderly couple, the Wickets, provide euthanasia services to their bed and breakfast guests. Hilarity ensues.
Cockles and Spaniels - True tales from the files of the Northern Essex Cocker Spaniel Rescue Services.
Posted by: Dang at March 06, 2013 02:04 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 06, 2013 02:04 PM (Rcoex)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:04 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Average Joe at March 06, 2013 02:04 PM (bN5ZU)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 06, 2013 02:05 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:05 PM (LCRYB)
But......SEQUESTER!
Posted by: tcn at March 06, 2013 02:05 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 06, 2013 02:05 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:06 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 06, 2013 02:06 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:06 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Sean Gleeson at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (OthyU)
"Fawlty Towers". One of the funniest comedy shows EVER.
"As Time Goes By", genuinely funny and sweet, too.
My mom raves about "No, Honestly", tho I've never seen it.
British humor is one of the best. I love it, personally.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Cato the Elder at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (sZwqG)
Are you being served? I think ALL the people who were in that are now dead, it's so old. But it was hilarious. "And I am unanimous in that".
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (4TZNh)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 06, 2013 02:07 PM (9P+hO)
Posted by: Serious Cat at March 06, 2013 02:08 PM (UypUQ)
What's All This , Then?
Historical figures from Britain's past come on the TV show and mock the disaster that is the present state of the country.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch at the Ides of/ at March 06, 2013 02:08 PM (RFeQD)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:08 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: The Dude at March 06, 2013 02:08 PM (vJdyz)
Heh. Was with an old boyfriend and another couple in Dover many years ago *cough* and stepped into a pub. Spoke to the bartender and someone muttered, "Bloody Colonists."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Cato the Elder at March 06, 2013 02:09 PM (sZwqG)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 06, 2013 02:09 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2013 02:10 PM (9f7i8)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:10 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 06, 2013 02:10 PM (Lq5WC)
Posted by: beach at March 06, 2013 02:10 PM (XYSwB)
Posted by: oblig. at March 06, 2013 02:10 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: Croaker at March 06, 2013 02:11 PM (W72X7)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 06, 2013 02:11 PM (Lq5WC)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 06, 2013 02:11 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:11 PM (UOM48)
I love it when all the backbenchers are obligated to stand up and say "Harrumph."
When John Major was PM he had teh snark in a big way.
Posted by: jc at March 06, 2013 02:11 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 06, 2013 02:12 PM (SUKHu)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 06:05 PM (LCRYB)
Improved.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's hi-cap assault diaphragm at March 06, 2013 02:12 PM (7xeJQ)
Posted by: The Stig at March 06, 2013 02:12 PM (b6TD9)
Posted by: clemenza at March 06, 2013 02:12 PM (m3kwT)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2013 02:12 PM (9f7i8)
Posted by: Sean Gleeson at March 06, 2013 02:12 PM (OthyU)
Posted by: beach at March 06, 2013 02:13 PM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 06, 2013 02:13 PM (jucos)
My Three Blokes
Ice Road Lorry Drivers
Let's Send One 'Round The U-bend
Oy- Garuff, Aw Rye?
All For A Pack Of Fags
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:14 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: The Stig at March 06, 2013 06:12 PM (b6TD9)
________________
See the episode with the F150 where one of the advantages of owning an F150 in America is incest is easier in a pickup than a sedan. Bloody hillarious mate.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 06, 2013 02:14 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's hi-cap assault diaphragm at March 06, 2013 02:15 PM (7xeJQ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjCkcAmzDc
Posted by: AmericanBTGoG at March 06, 2013 02:15 PM (tQVAz)
Posted by: Meghan's McCans at March 06, 2013 02:15 PM (xfWVe)
Posted by: Dang at March 06, 2013 02:15 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 06, 2013 02:15 PM (+z4pE)
Actual, real, and funny Brit comedic offering I can't believe anyone hasn't yet mentioned: The Mighty Boosh! Very difficult to describe, infinitely compelling. And the original Frye and Laurie show wasn't half bad either. (Honestly, I even enjoyed The Two Ronnies, frightful as that is to admit.)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 02:16 PM (wJliR)
This Week On Science - "The 2 Richards"
A chemical analysis of the remains of Richard III and Keith Richards.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 02:16 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:16 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: Cicero, Semiautomatic Assault Commenter at March 06, 2013 02:16 PM (FleVr)
Posted by: Guido at March 06, 2013 02:17 PM (A0wk8)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2013 02:17 PM (9f7i8)
Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at March 06, 2013 02:17 PM (6WVi+)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 06, 2013 02:18 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 06, 2013 02:18 PM (Lq5WC)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 06:16 PM (wJliR)
Liked the radio version of Boosh than the tv show (wish they did more radio shows than what they did though)
Posted by: The Dude at March 06, 2013 02:19 PM (vJdyz)
Local PBS has been playing As Time Goes By once a week for the past 10 years. I think that show only ran for 3-4 years when it was made. You'd think they might change it to something (anything) different after all this time.
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 06, 2013 02:19 PM (4TZNh)
Holy crap. I had completely forgotten about "Dave Allen at Large." Haven't seen it since I was a kid 30 years ago but I still remember the theme song.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's hi-cap assault diaphragm at March 06, 2013 02:19 PM (7xeJQ)
holy shit so did I, and now I think I remember the theme -- like a fanfare of Important Sounding News Horns right?
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:20 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 02:20 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:20 PM (uhftQ)
"Embarrassing Bodies."
Oh my.
If they would have run that in the US, there would be no Obamacare....
Posted by: shibumi at March 06, 2013 02:21 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: sifty at March 06, 2013 02:21 PM (p39GY)
I've only seen a couple of their sketches but they reminded me a lot of The Upright Citizens Brigade (which I consider funny but most people I know seem to hate).
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's hi-cap assault diaphragm at March 06, 2013 02:21 PM (7xeJQ)
Posted by: Juhnny at March 06, 2013 02:21 PM (vnL7t)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 02:21 PM (yhYn1)
To tell you the truth, though I don't even think Monty Python is really funny. No way is it as funny as its rep.
Maybe it's the over-whelming laugh track that makes me react negatively because some of the shows I think are kind of funny--Fawlty Towers, Black Adder--but again, not as funny as their fans think they are.
The Queen in the second Black Adder series, I like. And the WWI series, as with the Office, is good because of the poignancy.
Some of the Brit shows are excruciating. Red Dwarf? Ugh. I actively dislike that show. It's like negative funny.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at March 06, 2013 02:22 PM (m2IdD)
Yes, Minister
Yes, Prime Minister
Monty Python
Fawlty Towers
Spaced
Office (UK)
Extras
An Idiot Abroad
Black Books
The Young Ones
Good Neighbors
Posted by: JohnF at March 06, 2013 02:23 PM (ascb8)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:23 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 06, 2013 02:23 PM (w+Dvf)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 02:24 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: Clarence Carlisle Salsbury Quentin-Sykes Cavendish III at March 06, 2013 02:24 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 02:25 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 06, 2013 02:25 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:25 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: tasker at March 06, 2013 02:25 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:25 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: SarahW at March 06, 2013 02:26 PM (LYwCh)
Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 06, 2013 02:26 PM (Rv7K2)
Bangers Mash, Private Detectives
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 06, 2013 06:24 PM (BuSM
****************
Bangers Mash. "Follow the hiilarity of british meatball surgeons and their wacky sex life"
Posted by: Guido at March 06, 2013 02:26 PM (A0wk8)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:26 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:26 PM (uhftQ)
>>I think you all can blame my effed up sense of humor on British comedies.
Oh yeh.
5 years old and galloping around making coconut/horse clomping sounds.
And now I comment here.
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 06, 2013 02:27 PM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:27 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: Real Joe at March 06, 2013 02:27 PM (PD2ad)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:28 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: wte9 at March 06, 2013 02:28 PM (6Tcdo)
"The Chesterfields of Chesterfield"
Either a comedy-drama or a decorating show...
"Latrine Captain Edgar Thomas"
What really happens in the British Army...
"Katie: A Maid Of Uppity Banks"
Adventures of a bonnie young maid.
"Maiden Master"
A woman who dresses like a man to claim an inheritance, and her butler.
"H.R. Pufinstuff"
Oh wait, that's real, and also very funny.
Posted by: 5Cats at March 06, 2013 02:28 PM (EbYrW)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (NzBQO)
this is awesome, he just doesn't give a fuck now- in it to win it
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: scrood at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (wvPFe)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (hA+ft)
Oh, shit...that was funny.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2013 05:52 PM (GsoHv)
Right out of the f'in' gate....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Serious Cat at March 06, 2013 02:29 PM (UypUQ)
Posted by: beach at March 06, 2013 02:30 PM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Meghan's McCans at March 06, 2013 02:30 PM (xfWVe)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 06, 2013 02:30 PM (Rcoex)
this is awesome, he just doesn't give a fuck now- in it to win it
Love the chewing sounds. He's operating on sheer willpower now. The balls on him.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:30 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: beach at March 06, 2013 02:31 PM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Guido at March 06, 2013 02:31 PM (A0wk8)
"Spend A Penny"
"Barnaby Ridge"
"Wanker's Hotel"
"Kitty Underbridge"
"God Save The Queens!" Gay lifestyle drama.
Posted by: 5Cats at March 06, 2013 02:32 PM (EbYrW)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 06, 2013 02:32 PM (j2lYi)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:32 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:32 PM (8sCoq)
*has the vapors and faints*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at March 06, 2013 02:32 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 06, 2013 02:32 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Meghan's McCans at March 06, 2013 02:33 PM (xfWVe)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 06:32 PM (LCRYB)
Cheeky monkey- we call 'em 'birds'
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:33 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: joejm65 at March 06, 2013 02:33 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:34 PM (9XBK2)
yes but I love her
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:34 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2013 02:35 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 02:35 PM (eHNxr)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:35 PM (9XBK2)
Steevy,
I had some luck years ago using Excel. Minor functions would work, such as cut-n-paste, but the file size would explode exponentially. Now that Microsquish owns visio, it may not be that way. or it may not work at all.
Also, check Autodesk's website and see if they have a utility...
Posted by: Gunslinger at March 06, 2013 02:35 PM (4S7hN)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:35 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:36 PM (UOM48)
I like them too, what's her name?
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:36 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: beach at March 06, 2013 02:36 PM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 06, 2013 02:36 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:37 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 06, 2013 02:37 PM (Rv7K2)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:37 PM (9XBK2)
Banger & Mash
Bubble & Squeek
Mushy Peas
Black Pudding
Posted by: filbert at March 06, 2013 02:38 PM (NaNKB)
I have the visio viewer add-in for IE and it blows. I need to open the file and print with some decent line weights.
Posted by: sTevo at March 06, 2013 02:38 PM (VMcEw)
Where's Your Towel??
Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 06, 2013 02:38 PM (Rv7K2)
Posted by: Truman North, last of the famous international playboys at March 06, 2013 02:38 PM (I2LwF)
i like her but she needs to be dirtier like that british bird.
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 02:38 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 06, 2013 02:38 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 02:39 PM (ZgBZU)
Alan Carr hosts his very own entertainment chat show, packed with topical chat and comic news. Each week the comic is joined by celebrity guests who settle down for a natter.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:39 PM (UOM48)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:39 PM (9XBK2)
Check for yourselves.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at March 06, 2013 02:39 PM (WGOcs)
Posted by: SH at March 06, 2013 02:39 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:40 PM (qyv02)
What "One Wolrder" can resist logic like that ?
Posted by: Kenneth Trentadue at March 06, 2013 02:40 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 02:40 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:41 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 02:41 PM (oxIUw)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 06:40 PM (jE38p)
And we have to start speling.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:42 PM (qyv02)
Minister: "Will you give me a straight answer to a straight question?"
Lackey: "Well Minister... as long as you're not asking me to resort to crude generalizations and vulgar oversimplifications such as a simple yes or no, I shall do my utmost to oblige.
[Minister stares at him in disbelief]: "Is that yes?"
Posted by: Ron Penfound at March 06, 2013 02:42 PM (Q1DS+)
Hosted by Lyndsay Honey and Stacey Lacey
This new panel show is Have I Got News For You meets Confessions Of A Pornstar, and is hosted by the boss of Loaded TV himself, Paul Baxendale Walker.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (vzLhi)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: NCC at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (svwAc)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (5PMD3)
I like food that looks like it could still fight back.
Oddly, most British food eventually does.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (Qxdfp)
If E'er I Saw London
Good For a Wag
Lads from Shropshire
Oh, Tabitha! (A lovable mop from the city kibbutzes her way through the pasture-land, winning hearts)
Jolly Good Rumpus featuring Ricky Gervais
and last but not least:
Uncle Jimmy's Secret Basement Fun
Posted by: oneisnotprime at March 06, 2013 02:43 PM (MarbK)
Posted by: CozMark at March 06, 2013 02:44 PM (WAHqd)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:45 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 06:43 PM (jE38p)
Why yes dear, I am.
You should write more, you know. It wouldn't kill you.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:45 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 02:45 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: jeannebodine at March 06, 2013 02:45 PM (x0dlI)
About a prostitute with a heart of gold...
Posted by: JarvisW at March 06, 2013 06:44 PM (E7Iyp)
LOL
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 06, 2013 02:45 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 02:46 PM (wJliR)
Fitting, then, that Rand Paul is about to fall asleep on his feet filibustering.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:46 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:46 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:46 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Tuna at March 06, 2013 02:47 PM (M/TDA)
There has to be a muzzie version of Keeping Up Appearances. Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 06:37 PM (UOM4
You know Mrs. Bucket's slutty sister, who wears sexy clothes and comes on to every bloke she meets? In the muzzie version, Oslow kills her for dishonoring the family. Comedy gold!
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 02:47 PM (7FqJH)
Who do they make the butt of all their political snark? The Queen?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:47 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:47 PM (9XBK2)
He has. Why do you think he's here?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 06, 2013 02:47 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: 4TZNh at March 06, 2013 06:07 PM (4TZNh)
--Anytime the inevitable double-entendre popped up, often Mr. Humphries did not even have to say anything to be uproariously funny.
Posted by: logprof at March 06, 2013 02:47 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: sTevo at March 06, 2013 02:48 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 06, 2013 02:48 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: Guido at March 06, 2013 02:49 PM (A0wk8)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 02:49 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 06, 2013 02:49 PM (Rv7K2)
The Corking, Smashing Brilliant Adventures of Reg and Nigel Smalls
Posted by: gswhite71 at March 06, 2013 02:49 PM (WNgYT)
Posted by: L, elle at March 06, 2013 02:50 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2013 06:48 PM (p/cQy)
I thought so too....but it looks like no.
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 06, 2013 02:50 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 02:50 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: L, elle at March 06, 2013 06:50 PM (0PiQ4)
Thanks!
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 06, 2013 02:50 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 06, 2013 02:51 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: troyriser at March 06, 2013 02:51 PM (vtiE6)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 06, 2013 02:52 PM (uhftQ)
Posted by: beach at March 06, 2013 06:13 PM (XYSwB)
--That's Stephen Merchant, the co-creator (and of The Office). He was barely in The Office, but he makes Extras. The episode when he had to take a dump at the end of his date was a riot.
Posted by: logprof at March 06, 2013 02:52 PM (+iA5G)
Who do they make the butt of all their political snark? The Queen? Americans. Posted by: filbert at March 06, 2013 06:48 PM (NaNKB)
No, while they make fun of us, they're also tougher on their own pols (Tories and Labour) than any "comedians" here are on teh Won.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 02:53 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2013 02:53 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:53 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 02:53 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: SH at March 06, 2013 02:53 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2013 02:53 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Fritz at March 06, 2013 02:55 PM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 06, 2013 06:50 PM (UOM4
pro or con
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 02:56 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Scott P at March 06, 2013 02:56 PM (y8Jbu)
Ahem. It is shameful that the Huffington Post has Paul's filibuster at the top of the page, but no reference is made here.
STAND AND FIGHT!!!!
Let's keep a ticker going for how many hours this goes. THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS.
Kudos, mucho kudos to Rand Paul. FORCE THE FUCKING ISSUE.
I am actually very excited to see how this goes.
Posted by: Prescient11 at March 06, 2013 02:56 PM (tVTLU)
I'm going to be away for a few hours. If Rand is still speaking then, I will be even more impressed. Fight on.
Posted by: SH at March 06, 2013 02:57 PM (gmeXX)
About a landscaper...
Who meets a prostitute with a heart of gold...
(Ace, THAT could be its OWN meme IMO )
Posted by: JarvisW at March 06, 2013 02:58 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: jakeman at March 06, 2013 02:58 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 03:00 PM (Nfpnr)
Posted by: teej at March 06, 2013 03:00 PM (xDlyw)
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Never Was Wears Prada at March 06, 2013 03:00 PM (jopHG)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 06:31 PM (LCRYB)
Ahem........
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 06, 2013 03:00 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2013 06:31 PM (LCRYB)
Ahem........
Posted by: Tami at March 06, 2013 07:00 PM (X6akg)
Aaaaand of course....he posts.
Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 06, 2013 03:01 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: L, elle at March 06, 2013 03:01 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 06, 2013 03:01 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 03:01 PM (Nfpnr)
About Kipper, a prostitute with a heart of gold.
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2013 06:41 PM (oxIUw)
Love the Red Dwarf reference, thanks.
Posted by: troyriser at March 06, 2013 03:02 PM (vtiE6)
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Never Was Wears Prada at March 06, 2013 03:03 PM (jopHG)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 06, 2013 03:03 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: L, elle at March 06, 2013 03:04 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Nigal Tufnel at March 06, 2013 03:04 PM (E7Iyp)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at March 06, 2013 03:04 PM (fscec)
Posted by: zsasz at March 06, 2013 03:05 PM (MMC8r)
No one's gone with the British penchant for understatement yet. How about:
Need You Have Done That?
Trifle Rude, Is It Not?
Well, Actually, No
Do You Really Think So?
It Would Be Ever So Much Nicer Were You Not Here
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 03:06 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at March 06, 2013 03:06 PM (fscec)
Posted by: Andrew S. at March 06, 2013 03:06 PM (H0TdU)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 06, 2013 07:01 PM (Gk3SS)
Good. Then we can demand that citizens take a literacy/current events test before they vote. Works both ways...
Posted by: joejm65 at March 06, 2013 03:07 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: Seriously you guys at March 06, 2013 03:07 PM (ntNJz)
Christine Keeler: Wine connoisseur, Soviet spy, and high-end prostitute to Britain's ruling elite.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 06, 2013 03:07 PM (ndqJC)
Ace, you should retitle the Post "Made Up British Pron Titles"
The Adventures of Spotted Dick
The Cheek of Her
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 03:08 PM (7FqJH)
No one's gone with the British penchant for understatement yet. How about:
Need You Have Done That?
Trifle Rude, Is It Not?
Well, Actually, No
Do You Really Think So?
It Would Be Ever So Much Nicer Were You Not Here
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 07:06 PM (wJliR)
Quite.
*sips*
Posted by: Seriously you guys at March 06, 2013 03:08 PM (ntNJz)
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 03:08 PM (Nfpnr)
Posted by: Tuna at March 06, 2013 03:10 PM (M/TDA)
*sips*
Posted by: Seriously you guys at March 06, 2013 07:08 PM (ntNJz)
Indeed.
(sips while arching eyebrow)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 03:11 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 06, 2013 03:12 PM (dSE0q)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 06, 2013 03:13 PM (5PMD3)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 03:15 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 06, 2013 03:16 PM (dSE0q)
So far, no Reagan hate either, aside from the Russians understandable fear of him. One episode even had the male Russian spy telling his wife/spy partner that "they don't turn out socialists here [USA]," which makes me all nostalgic for the 20th century.
Posted by: Mayday at March 06, 2013 03:16 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 03:18 PM (Nfpnr)
So far, no Reagan hate either, aside from the Russians understandable fear of him. One episode even had the male Russian spy telling his wife/spy partner that "they don't turn out socialists here [USA]," which makes me all nostalgic for the 20th century.
Posted by: Mayday at March 06, 2013 07:16 PM (F3s39)
--There was a marathon last Friday night that showed the first 5 episodes (even though I was recording them, I still was glued and stayed up until 2:30 in the morning), so you missed it. Tonight's the sixth.
Posted by: logprof at March 06, 2013 03:18 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Tuna at March 06, 2013 03:20 PM (M/TDA)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Princess Margaret. Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 07:15 PM (wJliR)
Margaret, surely you've heard that God is an Englishman. As such, he's there, but has been made redundant, is on the dole and really can't be arsed to help a silly bint like you.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 06, 2013 03:20 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 03:21 PM (Nfpnr)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 06, 2013 03:24 PM (dSE0q)
Marmite On My What? (starring Malcolm Muggeridge)
Ready, Steady, Goooooooooohbloodyhellthat'sJimmySavillenevermind
Oo's That Wit Me Crown Jools (also starring Malcolm Muggeridge)
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 03:28 PM (wJliR)
Modern Toss and Garth Marenghi's Dark Place are as funny as anything ever to be broadcast, and those are fairly recent. The Mighty Boosh and Snuff Box are funny shows and Boosh especially is highly imaginative, both of those being fairly recent as well. The IT Crowd is genuinely funny, and that's very recent. Not Going Out isn't half-bad, either, and that's in production still.
Blackadder from the '80s is practically a force of nature, it's so very funny and compelling, though the first, Medieval season isn't altogether as funny as the later three. Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, also from the '80s, are awfully good as well, although obviously those are political comedies and semi-serious, not straight-ahead comedy.
Fawlty Towers from the '70s is as funny as Monty Python's Flying Circus ever was, only in more conventional and sitcom format. And Are You Being Served? from the '70s and '80s is much funnier than anything rerun for decades on PBS has any right to be.
The Goon Show from BBC radio the '50s is as funny and imaginative as any comedy anywhere ever was, and in fact Python is the legitimate heir to the Goons, some of the Pythons having practically made a study of it in their boyhoods.
That list isn't exhaustive but it's a start. There's not really a unitary "British comedy", in the same way that Saturday Night Live and The Cosby Show don't come out of some same, single strain of American comedy. A person might catch an episode of Keeping Up Appearances which is a very particular, gentle, almost pastoral sort of British comedy, and compare that against SNL and conclude that "British comedy" just isn't funny, but that's to compare apples and oranges.
Posted by: Andrew at March 06, 2013 03:28 PM (HnnlX)
Posted by: Peta, 23, from Essex at March 06, 2013 07:26 PM (oCdqI)
--Is that what they call Honey Boo Boo in Old Blighty?
Posted by: logprof at March 06, 2013 03:28 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Peta, 23, from Essex at March 06, 2013 03:30 PM (oCdqI)
And as a Top Gear fanboy, I would watch the everloving shit out of it.
Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at March 06, 2013 03:30 PM (aozUR)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 06, 2013 03:30 PM (7h5MH)
--
I had all the episodes DVR'd, but watched the first one last weekend. Then I stayed up all night watching the others too, just like you.
I've gotten to the point that I DVR new shows and wait until there's at least 3 or 4 episodes broadcast, and see that it hasn't been canceled yet, before I invest any time in them. I'm hoping it draws a healthy audience, and it's good to know they've already announced a 2nd season.
Posted by: Mayday at March 06, 2013 03:31 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 06, 2013 03:33 PM (7h5MH)
Posted by: Tuna at March 06, 2013 03:33 PM (M/TDA)
"A Teashop in Horsham"
About a discrete bawdyhouse masquerading as a high street teashop. A take on the old line "My aunt owns a Whoreshop in Teasham . . . "
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 03:35 PM (Nfpnr)
Posted by: naturalfake at March 06, 2013 03:37 PM (G9qZk)
Wartime, and the world's fate hangs in the balance. The story of one unit that was called.....to serve. Hugh Grant, Hugh Jackman, and Hugh Laurie are.....
HER MAJESTY'S PRIVATES
Posted by: A. Pendragon at March 06, 2013 03:37 PM (wJliR)
Posted by: formely known as twinkle star at March 06, 2013 03:42 PM (eKSgT)
Posted by: Peta, 23, from Essex at March 06, 2013 03:48 PM (oCdqI)
Posted by: Peta, 23, from Essex at March 06, 2013 03:51 PM (oCdqI)
Posted by: Lyford at March 06, 2013 04:04 PM (C0fy8)
A bit slow moving but definitely creepy.
Posted by: Whitehall at March 06, 2013 04:12 PM (1+mGd)
Chiller and Camilla's Open House (Prince Charles and Camilla entertain at home)
Posted by: Decaf at March 06, 2013 04:23 PM (Dqox6)
Posted by: Dave M at March 06, 2013 04:27 PM (ZJMnR)
Posted by: Ogre at March 06, 2013 04:27 PM (pB/G3)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 06, 2013 04:48 PM (9P+hO)
Alistair Wanklin Tours Amsterdam
Mr. Alistair Wanklin is an actual real reporter for FOX News radio. Seriously.
Posted by: CozMark at March 06, 2013 05:07 PM (nDeB2)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 06, 2013 05:14 PM (g5wi5)
for the late night shows:
A Tuppence in Your Twat
What's This Thing Called, Love?
In Her Majesty's Cervix
Buns, Jane's Buns
Posted by: Pip Pip at March 06, 2013 05:36 PM (hnhBR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2013 05:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Jeanne of the North at March 06, 2013 06:17 PM (gdYKA)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at March 06, 2013 06:21 PM (fscec)
"A Pie and a Pint"
About an overly traditionalist pub landlord and the eclectic villagers who frequent his pub.
Posted by: Aleac Leamas at March 06, 2013 06:23 PM (Nfpnr)
--------
Huh?
Black Adder
Red Dwarf
Fawlty Towers
The Young Ones (with chemical assistance)
Benny Hill (with alcohol)
Posted by: Y-not at March 06, 2013 05:52 PM
Young Ones is funny, but hasn't aged well. The band of the week bit is just filler and Alexi Sayle sucks whatever funny there is completely out of everything he's in leaving a massive vacuum of suck. Cut those bits out and you have about half of a very funny show.
Bottom, with Mayall and Edmondson is pretty good and be better than TYO, but only because Sayle doesn't infest it.
Jeanne noted Reginald Perrin which is quite good. Dad's Army is good, but it went on a bit too long.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum gets better after about season 4 and is pretty funny when they hit the front lines.
Open All Hours is very good and consistent for it's entire run.
One show that has been largely forgotten is "Citizen Smith". It was a send up of wannabe communist revolutionaries in some backwater suburb. Great stuff.
Ripping Yarns is good. Steptoe and Son was ok for a laugh.
Posted by: otho at March 06, 2013 07:33 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at March 06, 2013 07:42 PM (fscec)
Posted by: STV at March 06, 2013 09:06 PM (3+gs6)
Warning: There's an american remake/rethread on MTV; stay well clear of it.
Posted by: Flithy Scandi Snowbilly at March 06, 2013 11:13 PM (7td2q)
Posted by: Zorachus at March 07, 2013 04:25 AM (I+gbU)
Posted by: Rich M at March 07, 2013 06:26 AM (nx7CT)
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Posted by: irright at March 07, 2013 08:46 AM (8GKDa)
Posted by: Paul at March 07, 2013 11:18 AM (I18xd)
http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/
Posted by: glide55 at March 07, 2013 12:53 PM (Z2aee)
Top Gear is always funny.
There's also:
Oi! Guvna!
The Real Housewives of Westfordshire
and Give them the boot: car talk with David Willem
Posted by: KC Masterpiece at March 08, 2013 07:23 AM (UQuFF)
Eric the Half a Tank - Also due to defense cuts, Britain's only army tank - a new advanced solar model shared jointly with France on a rotating basis - is deployed to Afghanistan where it manages to roll 100 yards before becoming immobilized by a cloud.
Para Para - On the initiative of Nick Clegg, Britain's newly formed parachute regiment consisting entirely of disabled troops, deploys to Afghanistan. The unit's only quadruple amputee parachutes into an Al Qaeda training camp taunting the astonished terrorists with "Chickens!" on her way down.
Posted by: TrueNorth at March 08, 2013 08:50 AM (OSYe3)
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