Funniest nation?

[Superior Mind]

How the fuck do you rate what is 'funniest' when humour is 100% subjective.

 

[Plinglebob]

I agree that while America exports the most comedy by a wide margin, the people of the UK are funnier because pretty much everyone does comedy unconciously. Things like dramatic understatement, wit and sarcasm are pretty much built into the British psychie with (almost) everyone recognising, using and appreciating it.

 

[Latinidiot]

How can a body of land be funny?

Italy is shaped like a boot, that's pretty droll. And Florida totally looks like a penis.

I'm gonna go with The Netherlands, just because I think Dutch people sound funny.

Our comedy is very deep.

Well, it used to be, anyway.

Let me rephrase: We have a few very popular people on stages, who are funny, and yet very confronting.

 

[MrShadowzs]

I think we are kind of funny but not quite #1 i'm going to say England, mostly because of Monty Python but i digress

 

[ryai458]

You guys wanna hear a funny joke? France.
Sorry couldn't help myself.

 

[Sigma Van Lockheart]

I?m kind of shocked that England only came 7th with Charlie Chaplin and all the satire we have. Oh and monty python.

 

[ThisIsSnake]

It's a tough call for me personally.

I'm more exposed to British humour culturally, including commonwealth comedy.

American has Chris Rock, Reginald D Hunter (who we are slowly stealing), Rich Hall (who we are also slowly stealing), Dave Chappelle and Bill Hicks. Britain has Frankie Boyle, Ross Noble, We Are Klang and Stewart Lee. Ireland has Dara O'Brien, Ardal O'Hanlon, Jason Byrne and Ed Byrne. Australia has Jim Jeffries and others I forget the name of.

It's a toss up between those 3 >.<

 

[Lord Kloo]

I have to say I rarely find Yanke comedy funny (friends and some good comedians (ie Rich Hall) being the exception ) compared to British comedy, the likes of the comedians that we put up on shows like Micheal McIntyre's Roadshow or Live at the Apollo is just unbelievably funny..

 

[IndianaJonny]

How can a body of land be funny?

Italy is shaped like a boot, that's pretty droll. And Florida totally looks like a penis.

I'm gonna go with The Netherlands, just because I think Dutch people sound funny.

*Ahem*

Spoiler: Europenis

It's bigger.

Imagine if we did a British version of Friends or something. It's exactly like that.

... go for it. I'm sure it would be better than the original Friends.

"And God Britain made Man is his own image" (A few years before Friends):

Spoiler: The Young Ones:

 

[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

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.

Nah, America is the funniest nation and not a single episode of the British Office was perfect or any TV show for that matter.

But i'll agree that America does not know when to let shows die. That's why Arrested Development and Seinfeld are considered some of the best comedy series, because they ended while on top.

And let's give this black humor thing a rest ok? Sure I love it as much as the next guy, but not all comedy stems form evil and horror. Some of it comes from pure imagination.

 

[Mike Laserbeam]

Well done USA!
Personally? I prefer the comedians of Great Britain, but humour is entirely subjective, so what does it matter?

 

[Colour Scientist]

Ireland probably didn't rank because we laugh at our own jokes while most other nations don't really understand what we're talking about.

If there's a God, he's quite cruel.
He made us one of the ugliest countries in the world and then didn't even give us humour, dammit.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I would hope America's the funniest after all the I hate America and laughing at us the other countries do.

But seriously... I'm oddly not caring, just cause it makes sense when yout hink about it.

 

[TheIronRuler]

I can tell you who's the least funny nation.
Germany! Because southpark said it.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

Are they kidding?! Germany is sooooo the funniest nation!

I completely agree. The more serious they try to be the funnier they get.

England's pretty funny too.

EDIT: I totally forgot about DENMARK. Denmark is totally the funniest country of all time. No matter what they say it's instantly hilarious.

Do you find this funny? I believe you are thinking of the happiest country in the world
Anywho. It's hard to say which country is the funniest. You should be measuring the ... funniness (is that even a word) per citizen, not for what TV show is the funniest, although that would probably be impossible to do.
I have to disagree with Germany being the least funny country in the world. Seeing that I live pretty close to the German border, I, almost daily, meet Germans, and I have German friends... which I find boring... but anywho, not the most boring. I would probably say that North Korea is the least funny nation in the world...

... oh, nevermind. I always found Kim Jong Il extremely funny for some weird reason that I can't explain

 

[dogenzakaminion]

I'm sorry WHAT?? The US is the funniest nation in the world? Granted they have some good comedians but what about England? Lee Evans, Ross Noble, David Mitchell, Sarah McGillan, Graham Norton, Lee Mack, Markus Brigstocke, I could go on and on. Personal opinion here of course, but Germany is also a really funny country, it just only works if you understand the language and culture/history, which very few foreigners do.

Also, how is Obama the funniest leader? I have one word: Berlusconi

 

[snowpuppy]

D: British comedy is the best!

 

[FinalDream]

Great Briton FTW!

This is an outrage!

 

[Malo_Tux]

Someone gets a testicle related injury every 20 or so seconds in San Fransisco

 

[Thedayrecker]

I don't know...

Have you seen the stuff that comes out of North Korea? (Besides crippling government oppression?)