In general, the British are funnier, but they have yet to get a comedian that tops Carlin.
Monty Python comes close though...
Monty Python comes close though...
I think american and british comedy are identical where they are terrible and differ only slightly where they are brilliant; what I am replying to is 'plucky little uk'.SlickBoy said:you decide.
also why you think that? and any favourites you would like to add.
The plucky little UK vs the huge america/ns. let the war over the atlantic begin!
You have taken the words right out of my mouth.MelasZepheos said:Come on,
Red Dwarf, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Mr Bean, Johnny English, 'Allo 'Allo, This Is Not The Nine O Clock News, That Was The Week That Was, QI, The Full Monty, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Dad's Army, Blackadder, Only Fools and Horses, the original Whose Line Is It Anyway, Porridge, Father Ted, The Vicar of Dibley, The Inbetweeners, Ali G, Black Books, Shameless, Mock the Week, never Mind the Buzzcocks, Outnumbered, Spike Milligan, Benny Hill, Spaced, The Office, Extras
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Frasier, Friends, Cheers, The Big Band Theory, How I Met Your Mother, assorted progams stolen from the British.
Not saying that the American shows aren't funny, or that I don't enjoy them, but for sheer quantity of classic and modern comedy, the British have exclipsed the Yanks for years.
That's not really a fair comparison. American Pie is not really a satire, it's a Teen sex romp movie.Henkie36 said:Movies? American Pie vs. Hot Fuzz. Right...