Oooh, you are awful

[Howyoudoin]

I hate canned laughter but after a while I can 'tune it out'

American humo(u)r ?
Seinfeld - always good, often brilliant. Have been binge-watching on Prime
Loved 'Married with Children' when it was on UK TV - seemed to be subversive compared with the awful 'morality tale' bland US sitcoms
What about the animated stuff? Simpsons and Family Guy
Stand-ups? Bill Hicks, Jerry Sadowitz (OK he's a bit Scottish too)?

Ha. You have a similar (some would say dark or warped) sense of humour to me AC.

Surprised to haven't chucked 'Curb' in there with Larry David?

HYD

[Howyoudoin]

I hate canned laughter but after a while I can 'tune it out'

American humo(u)r ?
Seinfeld - always good, often brilliant. Have been binge-watching on Prime
Loved 'Married with Children' when it was on UK TV - seemed to be subversive compared with the awful 'morality tale' bland US sitcoms
What about the animated stuff? Simpsons and Family Guy
Stand-ups? Bill Hicks, Jerry Sadowitz (OK he's a bit Scottish too)?

Be careful what you wish for, here is a slice of Big Bang without the laughter track...weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ib889nSZVU

John

That's horrible.

Like when you tell a joke that you think is really funny but it falls completely flat and the tumbleweed rolls past. Stuff of nightmares.

HYD

[Gaggsy]

Surprised to haven't chucked 'Curb' in there

Curb Your Enthusiasm is up near the top of my list. It's one of those shows where the central character is so awful or socially inept that you cringe your way through, almost peeking through your fingers at the television in horror at the anticipation of what he's going to do next. There's several shows like this but this one does it the best. I recorded the last series on Sky but found myself putting off watching it in a kind of 'saving this for best' / 'it's too brilliant/awful to watch now' kind of way. It's a love/hate relationship I guess.

Talking of Jerry Seinfeld, I watched the first few episodes of Comedians in Cars Drinking Coffee last night on Netflix. Found myself laughing out loud at times. Good stuff, no laughter track, and the bonus of only being about 15 minutes long.

Gaggsy

[AleisterCrowley]

I hate canned laughter but after a while I can 'tune it out'

American humo(u)r ?
Seinfeld - always good, often brilliant. Have been binge-watching on Prime
Loved 'Married with Children' when it was on UK TV - seemed to be subversive compared with the awful 'morality tale' bland US sitcoms
What about the animated stuff? Simpsons and Family Guy
Stand-ups? Bill Hicks, Jerry Sadowitz (OK he's a bit Scottish too)?

Ha. You have a similar (some would say dark or warped) sense of humour to me AC.

Surprised to haven't chucked 'Curb' in there with Larry David?

HYD

I have heard it's really good, and an obvious choice for a Seinfeld fan - but it's not (as far as I know) on Amazon prime yet !!
(Yes, I have no TV/Netflix/cable/satellite/whatever. Luddite)

[Howyoudoin]

I hate canned laughter but after a while I can 'tune it out'

American humo(u)r ?
Seinfeld - always good, often brilliant. Have been binge-watching on Prime
Loved 'Married with Children' when it was on UK TV - seemed to be subversive compared with the awful 'morality tale' bland US sitcoms
What about the animated stuff? Simpsons and Family Guy
Stand-ups? Bill Hicks, Jerry Sadowitz (OK he's a bit Scottish too)?

Ha. You have a similar (some would say dark or warped) sense of humour to me AC.

Surprised to haven't chucked 'Curb' in there with Larry David?

HYD

I have heard it's really good, and an obvious choice for a Seinfeld fan - but it's not (as far as I know) on Amazon prime yet !!
(Yes, I have no TV/Netflix/cable/satellite/whatever. Luddite)

Seems to be available here but I don't know enough about Amazon Prime to know whether subscribers get it for free: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curb-Your-Enth ... B00G137VTI

HYD

[AleisterCrowley]

No, sadly I'd have to pay (shudder) money to watch it.

[johnstevens77]

Did no one listen to the Goon Show? I thought it was hilarious!

john

[tjh290633]

You mean like the Great Pevensey Bay Mail Train Robbery?

TJH

[LadyGagarin]

Great stuff. Thx. Only the English can giggle non-stop at that ridiculous tosh, so funny.

Well the Germans love this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVd_VLO9xcc and are often amazed that we Brits don't know it.

Slarti

Oh, I've heard about this from Germans but never seen it before - it's actually funnier than I expected. Especially with the introduction where he has to spell out for the viewers, auf Deutsch, the fact that Miss Sophie's friends are all dead...

With all due respect,
LadyG

[LadyGagarin]

Ok, a few goodies there, but I give you and in no particular order, class, brilliance, humour, intelligence and total stupidity and rate us a cut above (most) of that lot and always will. Yes, pro-British and proud of it, so "shut that door" as showing my age.

Keeping up appearances
Absolutely fabulous
Mr Bean
Auf Wiedersein Pet
Only fool and Horses
Blackadder
Fawlty towers
Monty Python
Are you being served
To the manor Born
red dwarf
Allo allo
As times go by
Porridge
Dads army
Open all hours
Steptoe and sons
hi-de-hi
Black adder
The two ronnies
Billy connolly
Sykes
Detectorists
Minder
Terry and june

On the Buses
Some mothers do have em
Rising Damp
Till death us do part
Vicious
Yes prime minister
Dave allen show
Lary Grayson show
Tommy cooper. Not like that, like that.
Morecambe and Wise show
Peter Sellers, the goons and gang
Peter cook and dudley
Benny hill show
harry enfield..loads of money.

I will get my coat now.............................rule Britannia. At least I didn't mention, listen with mother and the flower pot men. Anyone go back that far? A few of us left I believe.

Oh, Branmin <sigh>. First of all, you've incorrectly included multiple shows such as To The Manor Born, As Time Goes By and Keeping Up Appearances, in a list of comedies. Next you'll be claiming Last of the Summer Wine was one as well.

Second of all, since when was Dave Allen British?

With as much respect as I can muster,
LadyG

[LadyGagarin]

Much Binding in the March
TJH

Is that a euphemism for something? And am I about to get deported for the not knowing thereof?

With all due respect,
LadyG

[LadyGagarin]

Changed times?

I was served in Sainsburys yesterday by a perfectly efficient woman at the checkout till. But why did she have a moustache?

Just wait until we're forced to import hormone beef under a trade deal!!

BH

Very funny but I'm a little confused as to which hormone-based scare to believe - I thought we were all supposedly imperilled by industrial quantities of soy in our food and waterborne contraceptives taking away our manhood? I used to be called Laddy Gagarin, you know.

With all due respect,
LadyG

[XFool]

Meet the Huggets?
Ray's a Laugh?

[PinkDalek]

[Second of all, since when was Dave Allen British?]

I don’t think anyone said he was. Branmin appeared to be praising The Dave Allen Show (a British Broadcasting Corporation production).

Edit: ... and his Mother was English.

[panamagold]

Let's not forget our own, our very own - da dah - "The Clitheroe Kid"

[tjh290633]

Much Binding in the March
TJH

Is that a euphemism for something? And am I about to get deported for the not knowing thereof?

With all due respect,
LadyG

You are obviously far too young, LadyG.

A mythical wartime RAF station, with Kenneth Horne as the CO, Richard Murdoch as the Adjutant and Sam Costa as the Station WO. "Good morning, Costa, and how are Emilie's twinges?". Precursor of Round the Horne, which you might remember.

The real RAF Station, Moreton in Marsh, contributed nothing except part of the name. I was nearby at RAF Pershore, flying Oxfords, in 1952.

TJH

[AleisterCrowley]

"Binding" was (apparently) forces slang for complaining/moaning

[tjh290633]

"Binding" was (apparently) forces slang for complaining/moaning

Never heard that, but the expression "a bit of a bind" for some task or regulation was well used.

TJH