Recommend me some British comedy.
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Doctor Who is increadibly funny, and just the greatest show ever in my opinion,
And Merlin, recomend you check it out
And Merlin, recomend you check it out
Monkey Dust was awesome, the 2nd and 3rd series will never be released on DVD because the creator died and his widow (who holds the rights) didn't approve but it's not hard to find on YouTube etc.
Brasseye
That Mitchell & Webb Look
Peep Show
Armstrong & Miller
Red Dwarf was good up until about S7 but then the budget got bigger than the comedy writer's talent...
Black Books
Green Wing
Spaced
Mock the Week and Newswipe are both good topical shows... as was Spitting Image in its day.
I'm not a huge fan of Ricky Gervais as I find his stuff a bit cringe-worthy...
Standup: Russell Howard, Frankie Boyle, Omid Djalili (who also has his own sketch show) Josie Long is quite good (and a friend of mine).
Honourable mentions to Dara O'Briain and Andrew Maxwell (both Irish but lived in England a long time and do a lot of English gigs & TV shows).
Brasseye
That Mitchell & Webb Look
Peep Show
Armstrong & Miller
Red Dwarf was good up until about S7 but then the budget got bigger than the comedy writer's talent...
Black Books
Green Wing
Spaced
Mock the Week and Newswipe are both good topical shows... as was Spitting Image in its day.
I'm not a huge fan of Ricky Gervais as I find his stuff a bit cringe-worthy...
Standup: Russell Howard, Frankie Boyle, Omid Djalili (who also has his own sketch show) Josie Long is quite good (and a friend of mine).
Honourable mentions to Dara O'Briain and Andrew Maxwell (both Irish but lived in England a long time and do a lot of English gigs & TV shows).
Blackadder is a must, My Family, Monty Python, Anything with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in, Allo Allo, Morcumbbe and Wise (proper good oldies), the Carry On films, the IT Crowd, Peep Show, Being Human (dark supernatural, but still kinda funny), Two Pints of Lager and a Pack of Crisps, Something called Growing Up I think, A Bit of Fry and Laurie (or Laurie and Fry, I forget), QI and Have I Got News For You (for intelligent and political satire), Gavin and Stacy, Monkey Dust (for some really dark humour), as for comedians to watch - Ed Byrne, Rod Gilbert, Billy Conelly, Dara O'Brien, Russell Howard - and I hope this helps you...
Peep Show is probably my favourite comedy of the millennium so far.
Also, try some panel shows, QI, Would I Lie to You, You Have Been Watching, Mock the Week, check out YouTube. And anything with David Mitchell, aka the funniest man alive if John Cleese was dead.
Also, try some panel shows, QI, Would I Lie to You, You Have Been Watching, Mock the Week, check out YouTube. And anything with David Mitchell, aka the funniest man alive if John Cleese was dead.
I CANNOT BELIEVE no one has said the following yet:
COUPLING!!!!!
Especially the first two series.
You seriously want to laugh, watch the episode 'The Man with Two Legs'!
COUPLING!!!!!
Especially the first two series.
You seriously want to laugh, watch the episode 'The Man with Two Legs'!
The Mighty Boosh
The IT Crowd
Snuff Box
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em
The Office (old series)
Black Books
and of course...you guessed it, Blackadder.
Sorry, what's that? You're not really a Boosh fan? Oh...
...
Watch it again.
The IT Crowd
Snuff Box
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em
The Office (old series)
Black Books
and of course...you guessed it, Blackadder.
Sorry, what's that? You're not really a Boosh fan? Oh...
...
Watch it again.
If you think any of those are emo masturbation material you clearly haven't seen them...or don't understand them. Same difference.mattman106 said:He said comedy not emo masturbation materialTheHitcher said:
Anything by Monty Python, Chelmsford 123, Asylum (Julian Barratt, Simon Pegg, Norman Lovett), We are Klang, The Mitchell and Webb Show. I guess there are quite a few more but too many to list.
