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Packinalength
03-21-2005, 07:49 PM
What in your opinion is the best?
After alot of thought I've decided for me it has to be 'I'm Alan Partridge' particularly the first series. Closely followed by Father Ted
that keith barrett show. what a scream!
father ted really gets on my nerves now, although i used to like it.
alan partridge is cute
jesikhaviolet
03-21-2005, 10:38 PM
there's too many great ones! red dwarf, monty python, black adder & the goodies are probably my tops.
my favourite comedian is without doubt bill bailey though
jesikhaviolet
03-21-2005, 10:50 PM
cute... in the same way that many strange fluffy creatures are.
FrEaK_HiPpY
03-22-2005, 08:21 AM
I Think Blackadder Series 2 & Goes Forth are the best but the others are funny, Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson are espescially* funny:p
*spelling may be wrong!
Ginglymus
03-22-2005, 11:07 AM
Alan Partridge,Blackadder definately.
pinkonion
03-22-2005, 12:06 PM
alan partridge, especially when he loses the plot with tony hares and runs out of the restaurant with the cheese. Smell my cheese, i've got cheese!
Packinalength
03-22-2005, 06:03 PM
alan partridge, especially when he loses the plot with tony hares and runs out of the restaurant with the cheese. Smell my cheese, i've got cheese!
SMELL MY CHEESE YOU MUTHA!
blindhobosam
03-22-2005, 06:16 PM
monty python or blackadder
and bill is also cute because of his conspiratol beard...
matthew
03-22-2005, 07:13 PM
I was watching the best of the Catherine Tate show last night..not realy a 'classic' cuz a lot was not funny second time around .. but i suppose thats true with a lot of 'classic' comedy??.. She is realy funny anyway and is not afraid to take the piss out of all social types. I especialy like her 'granny'.. I think another episode is on next week.. go watch.. you will laugh out loud at least 3 times i promise*.
*subject to terms and conditions
i saw that too. i like her chav!
"are yow disrespectin' ma family innit blud?"
"do i look bovvered?"
matthew
03-22-2005, 07:24 PM
i saw that too. i like her chav!
"are yow disrespectin' ma family innit blud?"
"do i look bovvered?"
hahahaha yeah i like her.. A agressive version of the character in little britain i think a lot more truthful in many ways. I like the couple who go on about how 'mad' they both are.. i think they were in bed in the last episode... She is realy funny.
man when they were doing the silent laughter thing! i was literally laughing out loud crazily at that one.
hahaha, the dog was called a 'King' Charles spaniel, not a 'Prince' Charles spaniel....w00t lol ah crumbs.
Carlos
03-22-2005, 09:58 PM
has anyone herd the goon show. the radio progeram, its so funny.
has anyone herd of mich hedgeburg he does stand up an hes wiked!
Claire
03-22-2005, 10:04 PM
click: Does my face look bothered? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/video_clips/catherinetateshow_999040216_1.shtml)
Claire
03-22-2005, 10:08 PM
I love Ab Fab :D
This particular clip (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/video_clips/absolutelyfabulo_7770095_1.shtml) reminds me a little of me and showmet :p
Ellie-Rose
03-23-2005, 05:12 PM
I like a nice dose of SlackBladder now and then
gillianwind
03-23-2005, 05:17 PM
Well i have a lot of choices there I like Father Ted, Last of The Summer Wine, Are You Being Served, Vicar Of Dibley, Keeping Up Apperences,and As Time Goes By, but my favorites are Coupling, Ab Fab, and My Hero. Even though My Hero is like the stupidest show I have ever seen in my whole life.
paulfreespirit
03-23-2005, 05:20 PM
blackadder is a classic .just wondering if anyone remembers any of these 1=on the buses 2= bless this house 3=steptoe and son 4 =the lovers 5=rising damp 6=george and mildred 7=open all hours ........those were the days
ekul le chet
03-23-2005, 05:27 PM
no ones mentiond only fools and horses!
paulfreespirit
03-23-2005, 05:35 PM
yeah" only fools and horses is a classic that i forgot to add . ........paul you plonker.............luvley jubly
matthew
03-23-2005, 06:30 PM
blackadder is a classic .just wondering if anyone remembers any of these 1=on the buses 2= bless this house 3=steptoe and son 4 =the lovers 5=rising damp 6=george and mildred 7=open all hours ........those were the days
I have heard of all of those..steptoe and rising damp have to be my fave out of the lot.:)
'On the buses' ..... they don't make 'em like that anymore
Thank God.:rolleyes:
ahhh carlos YES THE GOONS!
"you deaded me!"
"i got it written down on a bit of paperrr"
hehe eckles and bluebottle rock! we have a few of the scripts at home
http://people.bath.ac.uk/mn1sgm/images/alan-p1.gif
Jackanackanory!
blindhobosam
03-23-2005, 09:15 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Jackanackanory
Carlos
03-24-2005, 03:01 AM
wow u have scripts lozi? i geues ona arainy day you can make a radio programe eh.
steptoe n son is a cool one, but y did u say open all hours an not porridge poridge is far supirear to open all hours.
u know ren an stimpy is wiked! im sure as i recal one of them would die every episode.
Packinalength
03-24-2005, 12:50 PM
http://people.bath.ac.uk/mn1sgm/images/alan-p1.gif
Jackanackanory!
SPICE WORLD!
pinkonion
03-24-2005, 04:33 PM
so many classic partridge moments
big plate scam
stealing the traffic cones
cock piss partridge written on the side of his car
impaling his foot on the fence at the health club and throwing and passing out during his presentation.
MattInVegas
03-24-2005, 04:51 PM
I think Jimmy Carr is pretty damned funny!
purplemoonbeams
03-24-2005, 04:51 PM
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Father Ted
are those my feet?!
the_sweet
03-24-2005, 05:09 PM
favourite comedy, Monty Python and Blackadder. Favourite comedian; Eddie Izzard!
DoktorAtomik
03-24-2005, 05:11 PM
Skip to the end....... S P A C E D !!! Bloody philistines :p
AT98BooBoo
03-24-2005, 06:01 PM
Monty Python rocks! Are you Being Served? Allo' Allo' , and Fawlty Towers make me roll on the floor. Gotta love that British sense of humor. Its much more witty than many American TV shows and movies. Saving Grace is a wonderful movie as well.
matthew
03-24-2005, 06:16 PM
I think Jimmy Carr is pretty damned funny!
Not when he turns up on every darn show on TV... not realy my taste as he is too clever for his own good .. his jokes are to obvious and you can see them coming from 3 miles.. he does almost the 'perfect joke' for the situation he is in. Nothing is realy off the cuff with him...imho. Saying that if he was not so slimey and 'knowing' i probably would like him.
I love the Leaugue of Gentlemen.. can't wait for the film..
the_sweet
03-24-2005, 07:45 PM
Skip to the end....... S P A C E D !!! Bloody philistines :p
how could I forget Spaced. *hangs head in shame*
Claire
03-24-2005, 07:51 PM
how could I forget Spaced. *hangs head in shame*
me too
_see_
03-24-2005, 07:54 PM
i think the mighty boosh is the best new comedy by far...at first i thought nathan barely was rubbish but oh lord was i wrong!!!
Ginglymus
03-25-2005, 06:27 PM
Nathan Barley is genius, sometimes.
Blinkandimgone
03-26-2005, 11:42 AM
i met Tony Robinson from blackadder the other month in Ottakers for a book signing-hes a really nice person!i think Father Ted is great aswell
blindhobosam
03-26-2005, 02:22 PM
you met tony robinson?!?!?! that's so great, i want to meet him he's so cool
Spuff
03-29-2005, 02:09 AM
I thought Red Dwarf was fantastic. Low budget, awful effects yet the energy was always present.
But indeed, Blackadder is probably the best.
Lonely Goatherd
03-29-2005, 02:46 AM
My favorites are Red Dwarf and Goodnight Sweetheart. I did not like Black Adder.
showmet
03-29-2005, 03:26 AM
I didn't get where I am today by overlooking the fall and rise of reginald perrin (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/f/fallandriseofreg_7772565.shtml)...
Mike D.
03-29-2005, 03:46 AM
I enjoy the Office.
freakwentflyer
03-29-2005, 04:06 AM
God I miss England. Left when I was 18, Dec. 1975.
Would love to see some of these shows you're talking about. They would play more English programs over here in the states, if you people knew how to speak so yanks can, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE SAYING!!!! Hell, I saw Trainspotting, and even I had a hard time understanding.
HippyFreek2004
03-29-2005, 05:28 AM
I can understand them most of the time....but Scouse+helium= What the fuck's he saying???
I absolutely love Bill Bailey, but as far as just television shows, I love Monkey Dust, Look Around You, Fawlty Towers, Anything Monty Python, Black Adder, and Keeping Up Appearances...:)
Syntax
03-29-2005, 07:01 AM
I like Monty Python, Hitchhiker's Guide and Discworld. Do they count as British Comedy?
Power_13
03-29-2005, 04:59 PM
They would play more English programs over here in the states, if you people knew how to speak so yanks can, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE SAYING!!!! Hell, I saw Trainspotting, and even I had a hard time understanding.
That reminds me of a great old program from BBC2
Rab C. Nesbitt!
The Scottish accents in that were so strong, I think my dad was the only one in the family who had a clue what was going on. Great show, anyway :D
Blinkandimgone
03-30-2005, 11:03 AM
When i met Tony Robinson, i found out that he was surprisingly short!but hey,hes still great
nesbitt? scotland? james nesbitt and yellow pages. i used to think he was cute. lucky i changed my mind. he's too old anyway. ahem...
woo i met an elf guy with the most amazing eyes yesterday woop:) his pupils were huage and he's been in court for drink driving on a motorcycle though:eek: *gasp*...oh but his eyes mmm
drinkupyourcider
03-30-2005, 11:33 PM
Skip to the end....... S P A C E D !!! Bloody philistines :p
(hippie_girl here)
I was reading through the posts and couldn't believe that it wasn't until this page that somone mentioned SPACED!!!!! Fanbloodytastic!!! :D
drinkupyourcider
03-30-2005, 11:35 PM
(hippie_girl here.. again)
Ahhhh I'm jumping on the 'I love Bill Bailey' band wagon too :D And seeing all the mentioning of Mr. Bailey... all I have to say is...
BLACK BOOKS!!!!
Marvellous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
DoktorAtomik
03-30-2005, 11:38 PM
BLACK BOOKS!!!!*worships at the altar*
Actually, me and the Atomikette plan to open a bookshop someday. Bernard's kinda my role model.
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