Un-funny??

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:47 am

CAPSLOCK wrote:If folk don't find Barker funny, yet laugh at the likes of South Park, Ali G, Mitchell Webb, Mighty Boosh bolox, its no wonder this country is on its way down the pan

South Park is good, Ali G was funny when he first came out but got boring, Mitchell and Webb are alright.

I'll let you off with them.

But how DARE you call the Mighty Boosh bollocks!

Best live show ever.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:21 am

Alexi Sayle. About as funny as a road accident.

Bwfc in the bloodline · Post by **Bwfc in the bloodline** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:26 am

The Office (sorry if its been mentioned)

This is crap its like phoenix nights, you have to watch a 30 min program for one decent punchline!!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:42 am

Bwfc in the bloodline wrote:The Office (sorry if its been mentioned)

This is crap its like phoenix nights, you have to watch a 30 min program for one decent punchline!!

" Eagles may fly high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines" David Brett.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:03 am

Another vote for The Office - just didnt find it funny at all.
Will & Grace - utter utter $hite.

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:09 am

The US version of The Office is amazing.

Don't watch the first series as they went along with the UK style of things.

In the second series they let Steve Carell write it, and it's just pant wetting funny.

I think it starts on ITV2 soon.

50sQuiff · Post by **50sQuiff** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:36 am

Gervais live. I'm still bitter I can't reclaim those hours. Just pathetically unfunny.

How dare you criticise Allo Allo Plodder!

Dr.Karl · Post by **Dr.Karl** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:10 pm

Ross Noble, surrealist bullshit.

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:33 pm

Not for the first time I realise I'm off another planet.

I like Friends (I hope being a girl excuses this)
I think Peter Kay is very very funny

However, I find Only Fools a bit dull and I can't bear Skinner and Baddiel

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:35 pm

cowdrill wrote:Terry & June

Thats what I was thinking off, what total shite that was. Nowt wrong with Friends but like others The Office (and Ricky Gervais) wind me up, saw some of that Extras (?) thing the other day more pretentious boring shite

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:39 pm

I forgot - Alan Partridge, no idea why people rave about that (the bloke who plays him is an irritating so and so too), My Hero (the bloke in Father Ted was in it), Only Fools and Horses, sorry but sometimes it is very very good but 90% of the time I sit their cringing, personally I've always thought it was overated.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:01 pm

cowdrill wrote:ive noticed that most shit comedies have been on ITV in fact the only decent one i can think of in the last 30 years is Rising Damp the BBC may be a set of f*****g b******s but they make good comedy!

Legend. Rossiter was a genius. Rigsby and Reggie Perrin were all time evergreens (forgive the double usage).

Enzo Gambaro · Post by **Enzo Gambaro** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:35 pm

Carry On films. Sexual innuendo is funny on occasion. It should not be the basis for about 6000 films. They're like Robin Askwith films without the nudity. Pointless.

Bench · Post by **Bench** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:38 pm

Enzo Gambaro wrote:Carry On films. Sexual innuendo is funny on occasion. It should not be the basis for about 6000 films. They're like Robin Askwith films without the nudity. Pointless.

Muck Kudos there, Enzo. Never enjoyed a single Carry On film. It was the same script in different surroundings repeated about 30 times. Dull dull dull dull.

In recognition of 'Terry & June'.....I'll raise you with 'Dear John'......

Enzo Gambaro · Post by **Enzo Gambaro** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:42 pm

Bench wrote:
Enzo Gambaro wrote:Carry On films. Sexual innuendo is funny on occasion. It should not be the basis for about 6000 films. They're like Robin Askwith films without the nudity. Pointless.
Muck Kudos there, Enzo. Never enjoyed a single Carry On film. It was the same script in different surroundings repeated about 30 times. Dull dull dull dull.

In recognition of 'Terry & June'.....I'll raise you with 'Dear John'......

I'll see your "Dear John" with "Keeping Up Appearances" and raise you with "The Les Dennis Laughter Show" (a title that must have been intentionally ironic)

Bench · Post by **Bench** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:45 pm

Okay....

I'll see your bet with 'Upstairs Downstairs' and raise you with 'It'll Be Alright On the Night' (a poor filler for Saturday evening when ITV had run out of budget to make a half-decent drama).

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:47 pm

Enzo Gambaro wrote:Carry On films. Sexual innuendo is funny on occasion. Pointless.

So long as you don't watch em one after the other wheres the problem

And since when as there had to be a point to entertainment, let alone comedy

ps Sid James is my hero

norm the jedi · Post by **norm the jedi** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:49 pm

Seems from a read of this that comedy doesn't date too well... stuff like carry on / On the buses / Terry and June.. has to be viewed in the context of the time and the social circumstances of the times...

We're all so knowing now.....

But I don't get or like little Britain..

Just doing the last button up.....

Enzo Gambaro · Post by **Enzo Gambaro** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:52 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:
Enzo Gambaro wrote:Carry On films. Sexual innuendo is funny on occasion. Pointless.
So long as you don't watch em one after the other wheres the problem

And since when as there had to be a point to entertainment, let alone comedy

ps Sid James is my hero

Caps, you've turned into the Panorama of the message boards and edited my quote to suit your own purpose. The "pointless" related to Robin Askwith films without nudity.

I do agree with you about something you said in a previous post though. Can't believe people are slagging off Ronnie Barker. Possibly the greatest comic actor this country has produced. Porridge is perhaps the greatest British sitcom of all time.

On the other hand, the less said about his 80s vehicle, Clarence, the better.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:52 pm

Will and Grace

Running around screaming and flapping your hands in silly voices is not, has not been and never will be funny in any way, shape or form ever.

And from this side of the pond, anyone remember Bottle Boys with Robin Askwith? 'kin 'ell, that was poor.

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