Funniest nation?

[boringanarchy]

Unless they polled an equal number of people from each country, they still would have had a massive sampling bias just due to the different online populations of each country. American results would dominate, since they're by far the largest group online.

Actually, I would expect predominantly British site to have a British bias, rather than an American.

Anything on the internet I would expect to have an American bias, since they're by far the largest group represented online.

Actually Alexis rates this among top sites in countries outside the US. It's outside the top 1,500 for US, but top 200 for UK for instance.

 

[UmJammerSully]

Huh, I think America is very funny, but not the "funniest". I would say that goes to Ireland or England.

True, America is "funny". But I still think America doesn't grasp "comedy". In that the drama and the pity of life.

Really? Go watch the dinner party episode of the American office or any Richard Pryor stand up and tell me American comedy doesn't understand black comedy. I think people just have a problem admitting when America is the best at something

Also in case you say the office is British the original show was in fact British but the American counterpart stopped recreating the British episodes half way through the first season. It has greatly surpassed the original show

Was almost with you till you wen't and claimed the American Office is even on a frikkin par with the British one. And then you went that one step further and completely lost me. Unless this was some seriously esoteric dark humor, in which case you just won.

I second this. I honestly found the UK Office "mildy amusing at times", but the US Office...Wow... It's an abomination and should not exist. Imagine if we did a British version of Friends or something. It's exactly like that.

Lol either you've never watched it and are forming and uneducated opinion based on pure bias or you just have very strong opinions about a television
program.

Or I'm just exaggerating for shits and giggles. I don't have strong opinions on it, like I say, I don't even really like the UK Office. The only reason I'm even mentioning it is because it's kind of annoying to see a very British show being Americanized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanization]. Something that's probably fairly difficult for American people to understand (I don't mean that in a patronising way).

I also really don't like Steve Carell even before I saw US Office so yeah, I guess I am bias too.

 

[LongAndShort]

Speaking as a proud Australian with English and Middle Eastern heritage, I'd say that Ireland is the funniest country. Don't get me wrong, America has produced some funny stuff and people, I just think the Irish (and the British Isles generally) have produced better, but that's just my opinion (and sense of humour), or how I'd vote.

Not very proud if you're not nominating us mate. I'd tell ya ta go back where ya came from, but that'd raise all kinds of serious medical and logistical issues

Hey, hey, I know we're fucking hilarious. We're some of the funniest people in the world. But apparently this survey asked people to vote for countries other then their own, and I was saying how I'd vote. I was simply providing context for my decision.
And that's the story I'm gonna stick with.

 

[Scrubiii]

The article says that, according to a survey, "American's are the best at making people laugh." I can't help feeling that the people who took the survey were referring to things like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY8u54jFubM&feature=related

Regarding the guy at 0:59 and the woman after him... I just don't know what to say.

 

[Twilight.falls]

America is pretty funny. Lots of good humor from us.
England is pretty funny too. What with the trolling of terrorists, playing Darth Vader's theme when that one politician visited and so forth.
North Korea is funny in how inept their ruler is. They're not that funny otherwise.

 

[Wadders]

Australia are fucking hilarious. They have our British sense of humour, coupled with an accent that was made to make comedy.

Anyone seen Angry Boys on BBC recently? It's fucking brilliant and it's Australian.

Another great example of Australian hilarity is the film Chopper. Check it out. Now.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Britain. When a british person talks, they become the cutest and most un-threatening person on the Earth. (Except for Yahtzee. He makes me question humanity while he speaks.) I love the accent and their little phrases.

 

[Dr.Susse]

I'd give it to England over America.
The world looks to America for a lot of entertainment so if a comedy that's goodish comes out we hear about it more than any other nation and that type of thing nurtures better writers.

But England has some of the best humour around as a whole.

In the end comedy is subjective and that's a joke.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Huh, I think America is very funny, but not the "funniest". I would say that goes to Ireland or England.

True, America is "funny". But I still think America doesn't grasp "comedy". In that the drama and the pity of life.

Really? Go watch the dinner party episode of the American office or any Richard Pryor stand up and tell me American comedy doesn't understand black comedy. I think people just have a problem admitting when America is the best at something

Also in case you say the office is British the original show was in fact British but the American counterpart stopped recreating the British episodes half way through the first season. It has greatly surpassed the original show

Was almost with you till you wen't and claimed the American Office is even on a frikkin par with the British one. And then you went that one step further and completely lost me. Unless this was some seriously esoteric dark humor, in which case you just won.

PS: Black humor and you forgot Bill Hicks? Shame on you!

The American Office is leaps and bounds better. It combines wit, awkward realism, and belly laughs (which the British office lacked). People argue they made the American version more low brow but honestly just because the humor was dryer on the British office does not make it better. I mean it was good but sorry America beat England with the office. It is really easy to claim the original I better than the adaptation but if you actually watch both it is easy to tell the American version has a stronger cast and a around staff that is deeply connected to their target audience.

Sorry not a Bill Hicks fan.

At this juncture I nominate you and your opinion as proof that America really is pissfunny as all fuck. You made me laugh so hard a fuckin cornflake came out my nose. They should have cast you in the American Office, then I would have coughed up a lung with all the laughing I otherwise failed to do...

Oh yeah and that apology was totaly nessicary btw. Not being a Bill Hicks fan... shame on you...

Glad my opinion means that much to you. The American Office is better than the British Office, but the British Office is still good. Not going to change my mind on this.

I respect your opinion (which is aparently involves mocking me), so why don't you try to respect the opinions of others.

Also, I am not American. So I am more proof that people from Rotherham are funny...nice try though.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

Of course the US is the funniest. Just listing US comedians we love is a thread itself. Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Steven Wright, Richard Pryor, George Carlin. There are writers such as Mark Twain, Joseph Heller, Mark Vonnegut. Playwrights such as David Ives. Musicians such as Yankovic. There are cartoons like the Simpsons, South Park, Archer, the Venture Bros., the Looney Tunes, and Futurama. Seth MacFarlane catches a lot of shit, but the man himself is truly hilarious. The list goes on. No other nation can match the volume and variety of consistent quality produced by the US.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Huh, I think America is very funny, but not the "funniest". I would say that goes to Ireland or England.

True, America is "funny". But I still think America doesn't grasp "comedy". In that the drama and the pity of life.

Really? Go watch the dinner party episode of the American office or any Richard Pryor stand up and tell me American comedy doesn't understand black comedy. I think people just have a problem admitting when America is the best at something

Also in case you say the office is British the original show was in fact British but the American counterpart stopped recreating the British episodes half way through the first season. It has greatly surpassed the original show

Was almost with you till you wen't and claimed the American Office is even on a frikkin par with the British one. And then you went that one step further and completely lost me. Unless this was some seriously esoteric dark humor, in which case you just won.

PS: Black humor and you forgot Bill Hicks? Shame on you!

The American Office is leaps and bounds better. It combines wit, awkward realism, and belly laughs (which the British office lacked). People argue they made the American version more low brow but honestly just because the humor was dryer on the British office does not make it better. I mean it was good but sorry America beat England with the office. It is really easy to claim the original I better than the adaptation but if you actually watch both it is easy to tell the American version has a stronger cast and a around staff that is deeply connected to their target audience.

Sorry not a Bill Hicks fan.

At this juncture I nominate you and your opinion as proof that America really is pissfunny as all fuck. You made me laugh so hard a fuckin cornflake came out my nose. They should have cast you in the American Office, then I would have coughed up a lung with all the laughing I otherwise failed to do...

Oh yeah and that apology was totaly nessicary btw. Not being a Bill Hicks fan... shame on you...

Glad my opinion means that much to you. The American Office is better than the British Office, but the British Office is still good. Not going to change my mind on this.

I respect your opinion (which is aparently involves mocking me), so why don't you try to respect the opinions of others.

Also, I am not American. So I am more proof that people from Rotherham are funny...nice try though.

Not dissing you, just your taste. Hell, I tell my girlfriend her taste is shit cuz she watches The Vampire Diaries, and I still fuck her, so rest assured I don't take personal taste into account when judging the value of people. You're allowed to like what you like, just as I'm allowed to like laughing at what you like

Wow. There goes your credability.

Man you are just not a nice person. Aight well, we are done here. Good talk mate.

 

[Dekkaz]

Huh, I think America is very funny, but not the "funniest". I would say that goes to Ireland or England.

True, America is "funny". But I still think America doesn't grasp "comedy". In that the drama and the pity of life.

Really? Go watch the dinner party episode of the American office or any Richard Pryor stand up and tell me American comedy doesn't understand black comedy. I think people just have a problem admitting when America is the best at something

Also in case you say the office is British the original show was in fact British but the American counterpart stopped recreating the British episodes half way through the first season. It has greatly surpassed the original show

It has nothing to do with that at all. The Office is originally English, it's written by Gervais, not really American humour. The thing is that The Office US now is terrible. The English office lived and died great, never a bad episode, every episode perfect. The American office had its moments but it will never come close to the English office. To top it off, season 7 was not needed, the series crashed and burned sadly.

Yes, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy. These people were all hilarious. "were". If America is to win funniest nation then they need Comedians now that are funny. I'd rather scrape my eyeballs out with a cheese grater than watch SNL. Granted though, America has a lot of funny people but nothing as funny as back in the 80's or 70's. Jason Sudeikis is the toast of the comedy town and I can't stand his smug guts.

I still don't think America is the funniest nation. Let's be honest, the funniest Comedians in America (not racist) are black. Comedy stems from evil and horror, not happy jumpy SNL people.
The real Comedians are black as they have pasts filled with horror and great sadness. Personally that's why Irish comedians are the best in the world, simply put.

This is not an "America sucks" post or anything, it's that I feel that America won this based on the horribleness of shows on TV. It's all about money, which ruins shows. Big bang is terrible, Two and a Half men is dead, the Simpsons stopped being funny ages ago, Family guy is going, south park is nothing compared to early-middle seasons.

I think American shows die with no dignity, all stretched out for corporate gain. It ruins them. Let's be honest, most Americans don't grasp black humour, look at how they've kicked Gervais off the Golden Globes for a few little jokes.

For a country that is apparently the funniest, barely any have a sense of humour.

 

[C95J]

England, without a shadow of a doubt, is the best

I watch a few American comedies, they are really funny, but I am a big fan of a certain, old English comedy group, and many others. So England still wins it for me.

Also, I am a fan of Japanese humour as well, just all the stupid stuff they come up with, it's hilarious

 

[Zantos]

I put it to them that they've never heard scousers. Scouser stand up comedy is the bomb! England would come way higher if they went to Liverpool for some comedy, providing the judges didn't get stabbed.