Unfunny 'comedy'

Teddy Eagle said:
Some of their records were good too. Live at Drury Lane was a favourite.
Click to expand...
Yeah. The record version of the Oscar Wilde sketch is actually better than the TV one.
 
 
Gavin and Stacey - Arrrrggghhh one dimensional characters, with three reoccurring bits. The phrase what's occurring is so hilarious, who cares about the fishing trip and just get on and eat your 2 Bhunnas.

Rosie Jones - I just find it too hard to understand her. Comedy is about timing.

Keith Lemon - Vulgar unfunny human.
 
The masters of timing in sitcoms were Ronnie Barker and David Jason. I struggle to think of a funny sitcom without them in apart from ‘Fawlty Towers’.
 
BromleyMonkey said:
David Jason as Blanco in Porridge was brilliant and imo an under used character, Porridge is in my top 3 all time best comedies
Click to expand...
Oh yeah I forgot about that one. The bit when the floodlights light up is hilarious when you first see it.
 
eaglesdare said:
Big bang theory. I have never found one episode I watched funny.
Click to expand...
Well I love it. Well written and full of funny lines. One of the Best American comedies with good characters.
Another is 30 Rock. Packed full of gags and brilliantly performed.

Most comedy is rubbish and doesn't age well. It also depends on the age of the viewer. I still laugh at On the Buses and Please Sir, especially the movie, but British comedy does not generally set a high standard. That is why we still revere Fawlty Towers, Python, Porridge etc. Of the newer stuff I can think of, Alan Partridge, Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, Nighty Night, Game Face and The Inbetweeners are one's that have made me laugh out loud.

It would take too long to list stuff that isn't funny. Mrs Brown's Boys is beyond terrible, and some of the stuff aimed at 'minorities' beggars belief. You can't joke about much these days anyway. The thought police will be on to you.
 
Hrolf The Ganger said:
You are joking right?
Click to expand...
No, not at all.

Dead parrots, lumberjacks and some silly fecker whacking his car with a branch because it won't start. Drivel.

Fawlty Towers couldn't have been that good. They only got away with making about 12 episodes.

It's all in the eye of the beholder I suppose, but I can't stand Cleese. A Fish Called Wanda - wadaloadashit.
 
martin2412 said:
No, not at all.

Dead parrots, lumberjacks and some silly fecker whacking his car with a branch because it won't start. Drivel.

Fawlty Towers couldn't have been that good. They only got away with making about 12 episodes.

It's all in the eye of the beholder I suppose, but I can't stand Cleese. A Fish Called Wanda - wadaloadashit.
Click to expand...

Drivel, but funny as well, each to their own I know, but there’s certain comedies that I think if someone doesn’t raise at least a smile watching them they must be dead from the neck up 😉and fawlty towers is one of them I’m afraid
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Drivel, but funny as well, each to their own I know, but there’s certain comedies that I think if someone doesn’t raise at least a smile watching them they must be dead from the neck up 😉and fawlty towers is one of them I’m afraid
Click to expand...
As I like you, I'll let you have that one !

What was the funny bit in it then Monkey ?

Was it Cybil screeching 'BASIL' for the umpteenth time, or Manuel getting whacked around the head again, or the bit where he says 'Don't mention the war' ?
 
martin2412 said:
As I like you, I'll let you have that one !

What was the funny bit in it then Monkey ?

Was it Cybil screeching 'BASIL' for the umpteenth time, or Manuel getting whacked around the head again, or the bit where he says 'Don't mention the war' ?
Click to expand...

Haha thanks mate, but I’ve never known anyone dislike it, well except mrs monkey I suppose, but she doesn’t find anything funny.

You forgot the bit where he shouts at mrs Richards ‘is this a piece of your brain?’ 😀
 
martin2412 said:
No, not at all.

Dead parrots, lumberjacks and some silly fecker whacking his car with a branch because it won't start. Drivel.

Fawlty Towers couldn't have been that good. They only got away with making about 12 episodes.

It's all in the eye of the beholder I suppose, but I can't stand Cleese. A Fish Called Wanda - wadaloadashit.
Click to expand...
And what pray tell do you find funny?


You need to tell me what you find funny... Or alternatively, give me a summary of Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu in 15 seconds.

Sorted.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Holmesdale Online Shop

Back
Top