British TV Comedy

[sch00lteacher]

Why don't they do re-runs of Benny Hill?

Is the "Young Ones" still in production? I loved that show, used to be on MTV.

Don't need to say anything about Monty Python, or Fawlty Towers. Two of the best shows ever.

I have always sort of had the hots for the blonde on Absolutely Fabulous.

Why is it that we love Mr. Bean, but don't have a clue who Black Adder is?

Thank God for BBC America.

 

[alexander tzara]

Ah, it's a pity you only get BBC. You're missing out on Ali G, Spaced, Father Ted 'n' lots of other stuff.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

GOODIES

Goody goody yum yum.

 

[Spinaroonie]

I love Up pamplona!

 

[batter]

my fav's

i love British comedies....i have been a fan for years
Are you being served
Faulty Towers
Black Adder
Mr. Bean
David Allen at large
Benny Hill
Keeping up Appearances
but the best of all i think is Monty Python

 

[p_p_man]

Only Fools and Horses
Porridge
Men Behaving Badly
Absolutely Fabulous
3 point 2 Children
My Family (with the gormless older kid)
Red Dwarf
The Brittas Empire

 

[registered "^^"]

The British have a fantasic sense of humor!



















Just look at the Queen......that proves it!!

 

[p_p_man]

The British have a fantasic sense of humor!

Just look at the Queen......that proves it!!

Don't call us. we'll call you...

Next!

 

[Ezzy]

I can't be bothered to chase it down...

Ah, it's a pity you only get BBC. You're missing out on... Father Ted 'n' lots of other stuff.

But Father Ted is on one of our TV channels in Utah... I have also seen other shows includding reruns of Benny Hill but not on the BBC America channel.




EZ

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

I couldn't live without my BBC

I gotta have my Cold feet and goodness gracious me

 

[p_p_man]

Re: I couldn't live without my BBC

and goodness gracious me

I like the uncle. "You bought it for how much? Why didn't you come to me..."

The guys a scream...

 

[JennyOmanHill]

British humor rocks

"Monty Python"
"Fawlty Towers"
"Keeping Up Appearances"
"Absolutely Fabulous"
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..."

ohhh and something with Rowen Atkinson and one of the actors from the film "The Full Monty".. a police station?

Wish I would get BBC anything on my cable in nyc!

 

[pabloback]

most of the stuff you guys have said you like is at least 20 years old
father ted is excellent
i bet a lot of you smegheads have never seen red dwarf either
[starring chris barrie]
or the brittas empire
[starring chris barrie]
goodness gracious me is fantastic , it is a shame it is a niche comedy aimed at an ethnic audience
[cheque please!]
kevin and perry go large


oh how could we all for get only fools and horses
we are all plonkers

 

[Guest]

 

[Natalie Nessus]

we are all plonkers

What is that?

 

[Guest]

Nessus...

 

[pabloback]

when it comes to brit slang

you people are so dumb
none of you know what a minge is
and you have no idea what a plonker is
sheeeeesh

 

[Guest]

 

[PHANTOM5875]

Benny Hill was my absolute all time favorite ( Damn I miss him. Why did he have to die? That was VERY inconsiderate of his fans don't you think?)

Monty Python was hard to beat as well.

There are several ones on now that are wonderful. I really Brittas Empire right now.

Haven't seen a Benny Hill rerun in serval years now that you mention it. Wonder why.....?

 

[pabloback]

benny hill was taken off tv in the 80's by the political correct brigade for being sexist , a new york cable tv station made a few after that .
benny died a broken hearted man
the crusade to get him off tv was started by a left wing commedian called ben elton , he attacked benny to make a name for himself . elton was then attacked by billy connolly for trying to censor humour , connolly arguing that the only rule in comedy is that it should be funny , regardless of the topic.
ben elton has proceeded to now write material that is very similar to all he despised in benny hill . after bennys death there was a rennaisance in his work and he is now revered as a comedy genius

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

i cannot get enough of goodness gracious me

i don't think i've laughed soooooooooooooooo hard in my life when that show cums on

 

[PHANTOM5875]

benny hill was taken off tv in the 80's by the political correct brigade for being sexist , a new york cable tv station made a few after that .
benny died a broken hearted man
the crusade to get him off tv was started by a left wing commedian called ben elton , he attacked benny to make a name for himself . elton was then attacked by billy connolly for trying to censor humour , connolly arguing that the only rule in comedy is that it should be funny , regardless of the topic.
ben elton has proceeded to now write material that is very similar to all he despised in benny hill . after bennys death there was a rennaisance in his work and he is now revered as a comedy genius

I didn't know that! Benny Hill WAS a comedic genius. That man used to make me laugh so hard I'd damn near stop breathing. He was one of the few human beings that I would have traveled cross country to see in a live performance. I loved his work THAT much.

I don't get some of the shows mentioned in the above postings and others I do. I REALLY love British comedy.

Long may they make us smile!

 

[scylis]

you're such a smee.. a smee.. a smeeeeee heeeeeeeeeeeeee!

(my vote goes for the crimson short one)

 

[T.H. Oughts]

"Black Adder"

*I've got a plan so cunning, you could pin a tail on it and call it a...........*

Ok, who knows the end of that one?

 

[Desert Amazon]