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Do any of think that British humour is worlds apart from the American homuor?

neffy;635274 wrote: Do any of think that British humour is worlds apart from the American homuor?


Do the British have humor?

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zinkyusa;635276 wrote: Do the British have humor?

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and there is me trying to be polite:wah: :wah: we have a humour if you look close enough

zinkyusa;635276 wrote: Do the British have humor?

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No but what do I know

minks;635278 wrote: No but what do I know


we do have a hmour it is just in the back ground thats all:)

ok americans are really funny





well wise guy is ,batty boy can be ,ww is





but we have bill sikes :wah: :wah:

jimbo;635282 wrote: ok americans are really funny





well wise guy is ,batty boy can be ,ww is





but we have bill sikes :wah: :wah:


nice one jimbo

Sure I think the Brits are a funny lot. I just can't figure out how to make them little Chinese fellars laugh. I get some pretty good groans at times but thats abou ti.

jimbo;635282 wrote: ok americans are really funny





well wise guy is ,batty boy can be ,ww is





but we have bill sikes :wah:


Oh we do!! And I love Bills humour :-6



And I hate the fact that Jimbo always uses up the quota of smilies lol

neffy;635274 wrote: Do any of think that British humour is worlds apart from the American homuor?


No question about it, it's different. How? I'm not sure I can adequately explain what I perceive is a difference, but I will try. Example---I love Mr. Bean, I think he is hilarious, but his films have not done real well here in the states. Perhaps he's too silly? Billy Connely, another of my favorites, but his accent may be hard for many Americans to digest. There is more slapstick humour with British comedy I believe. Maybe the major problem is not speaking or understanding the use of different words (Tea for Dinner) (Bum for Ass) (Lift for Elevator) and so forth. I personally like some of the subtlety of British Humour, but I suspect others don't catch it.

Lon;635298 wrote: No question about it, it's different. How? I'm not sure I can adequately explain what I perceive is a difference, but I will try. Example---I love Mr. Bean, I think he is hilarious, but his films have not done real well here in the states. Perhaps he's too silly? Billy Connely, another of my favorites, but his accent may be hard for many Americans to digest. There is more slapstick humour with British comedy I believe. Maybe the major problem is not speaking or understanding the use of different words (Tea for Dinner) (Bum for Ass) (Lift for Elevator) and so forth. I personally like some of the subtlety of British Humour, but I suspect others don't catch it.


i agree lon,i love billy connely but i even find what he says sometime hard to understand.Not keen on mr bean.I love Becker now that really makes me laugh:wah:

From Eddie Murphy to Eddie Izzard it's all different but maybe because us Canucks get bombarded by both US and British everything we find humor in both sides.

minks;635303 wrote: From Eddie Murphy to Eddie Izzard it's all different but maybe because us Canucks get bombarded by both US and British everything we find humor in both sides.




thats why you are sooo funny minks i have lost count of the amount of times you have had me crying with laughter





good thread by the way

Lon;635298 wrote: Maybe the major problem is not speaking or understanding the use of different words (Tea for Dinner) (Bum for Ass) (Lift for Elevator)


Or indeed, "fanny" and, erm, "fanny". I am not trying to be vulgar, you must understand.

minks;635303 wrote: From Eddie Murphy to Eddie Izzard


Eddie Murphy? Please spare me. Who is Eddie Izzard?

Bill Sikes;635310 wrote: Eddie Murphy? Please spare me. Who is Eddie Izzard?


din't say I liked him personally

here is an izzard clip.

Lon;635298 wrote: No question about it, it's different. How? I'm not sure I can adequately explain what I perceive is a difference, but I will try. Example---I love Mr. Bean, I think he is hilarious, but his films have not done real well here in the states. Perhaps he's too silly? Billy Connely, another of my favorites, but his accent may be hard for many Americans to digest. There is more slapstick humour with British comedy I believe. Maybe the major problem is not speaking or understanding the use of different words (Tea for Dinner) (Bum for Ass) (Lift for Elevator) and so forth. I personally like some of the subtlety of British Humour, but I suspect others don't catch it.


How about "fag" for "cigarette." That took me a while to get used to. :wah:

I love Mr. Bean! Hysterical. I think one of the reasons the show didn't do well here is because he rarely talks. Look at stand up comedy in the U.S. All they do is talk. Mr. Bean is more like classic humor, whereas a lot of U.S. humor relies on being crude or the shock value. So, to many Americans, Mr. Bean is probably boring. That's my theory anyway.

laneybug;635341 wrote: How about "fag" for "cigarette." That took me a while to get used to. :wah:

I love Mr. Bean! Hysterical. I think one of the reasons the show didn't do well here is because he rarely talks. Look at stand up comedy in the U.S. All they do is talk. Mr. Bean is more like classic humor, whereas a lot of U.S. humor relies on being crude or the shock value. So, to many Americans, Mr. Bean is probably boring. That's my theory anyway.


i dont think American humour is crude,in fact i thinks the British humour is sometimes gutter level.Which dont get me wrong that makes me laugh,but i dont like smut

jimbo;635282 wrote: ok americans are really funny





well wise guy is ,batty boy can be ,ww is





but we have bill sikes :wah: :wah:


Oh...... oh....... Why are we only allowed 4 smilie thingys in a darn thread????

laneybug;635341 wrote: How about "fag" for "cigarette." That took me a while to get used to. :wah:

I love Mr. Bean! Hysterical. I think one of the reasons the show didn't do well here is because he rarely talks. Look at stand up comedy in the U.S. All they do is talk. Mr. Bean is more like classic humor, whereas a lot of U.S. humor relies on being crude or the shock value. So, to many Americans, Mr. Bean is probably boring. That's my theory anyway.


For a side splittingly funny film with not a word spoken try to find a copy of "The Plank" :-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062133/

I think the British humour is fantastic, when I was younger I loved Norman Wisdom, Carry on movies, The Kenny Everett Show, Benny Hill, Dick Emery, Some Mothers Do Ave Em, I think if you look back smutty innuendos has always been around, I have no idea why people think the British are prudes, I think we are far from it.

:-6 :-6

Pinky;635379 wrote: I agree, we're quite liberal compared to many places!


I remember joking in a bar in Florida, my brother and I were in full flow (bro is like another Jim... yep a pi55 taking sod:D ), the looks and stares we were getting was unbelievable, I just don't think they 'got us' at all, by the time we explained the jokes/innuendos they wasn't funny anymore:-5 Mind you the drunker I got the funnier I found it, that they didn't think we were funny

Bryn Mawr;635373 wrote: For a side splittingly funny film with not a word spoken try to find a copy of "The Plank" :-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062133/


I agree Bryn.........

Pinky;635386 wrote: I totally get what you mean! It's hilarious when other people don't get it!

As long as I'm getting it, that is. *snigger*:sneaky: :wah:






what has your sex life got to do with it pinks

dubs;635385 wrote: I agree Bryn.........


Love it, I remember watching that years ago :-6

dubs;635385 wrote: I agree Bryn.........




i dont think eric is as funny as our bill

Of course the Brits have humour (sic).



God: Every time I try to talk to someone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy"...



Sir Galahad: Is there someone else up there we can talk to?

French Soldier: No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.



Sir Lancelot: We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril.

Sir Galahad: I don't think I was.

Sir Lancelot: Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril.

Sir Galahad: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.

Sir Lancelot: No, it's too perilous.

Sir Galahad: Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.

Sir Lancelot: No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on.

Sir Galahad: Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril?

Sir Lancelot: No. It's unhealthy.

Sir Galahad: I bet you're gay.

Sir Lancelot: Am not.





King Arthur: [after Arthur's cut off both of the Black Knight's arms] Look, you stupid Bastard. You've got no arms left.

Black Knight: Yes I have.

King Arthur: *Look*!

Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound.





Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?

Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt!

Sir Bedevere: A newt?

Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better.

Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway!



Large Man with Dead Body: Who's that then?

The Dead Collector: I dunno, must be a king.

Large Man with Dead Body: Why?

The Dead Collector: He hasn't got sh!t all over him.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes



Then we have Blazing Saddles, both movies full of so many quoteable quotes it is ridiculous.

dubs;635385 wrote: I agree Bryn.........


Thank you, thank you - I must learn how to find these things

Anyone ever see The Big Lebowski? Every other word is *******. It's not for the verbally faint of heart, that's for sure! I'm not sure what kind of humor it is, but it ain't right! :wah: :wah:

I love peter kay:D he is very funny without ever havin to be smutty, dont get me wrong i quite like a bit of smut sometimes.. but i dont like chubby brown

Catherine Tate at the royal variety show, even our queen has a sense of humour:wah:

I use to love Tommy Cooper, and Morcambe and Wise too. Also Absolutely Fabulous, Two Pints, The Royle Family.