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I loved Red Dwarf, but they broadcast a few episodes without the laughter track, it was certainly noticeable.
Was that episodes of the original series, or the Back to Earth miniseries? Because BTE had no laugh track at all, and it really did detract for some reason.
Swan-of-War wrote:The Young Ones were great but a bit dated.
I think the Young Ones has to be given credit for basically defining/redefining Slapstick, but I think Bottom did it better since Mayall and Edmonson had found their feet a little more.
Back sort-of on topic regarding Brit vs US humour/comedy, I've never liked any American sitcoms, but what I will say is that some of the most hilarious films have come out of America. The Big Lebowski, Wild Hogs, Night at the Museum (yeah, it's a kid's film, it's still bloody hilarious).
But then, they still got nothing on the Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul or Johnny English, there we go
I personally dislike Mel Brooks movies for the same reason I dislike Monty Python movies. The comedy is dull, seems like its designed to appeal to school age kids, and it hasn't aged well for me.
To each his own though!
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I personally dislike Mel Brooks movies for the same reason I dislike Monty Python movies. The comedy is dull, seems like its designed to appeal to school age kids, and it hasn't aged well for me.
To each his own though!
Yeah, because satire is what school aged kids want in their comedy (in reference to Monty Python). To be fair I've been a fan of Monty Python since I was 10 so when I first watched it I enjoyed it for it's absurd moments and began to appreciate it's social/political commentary and intellectual
side as I got older.
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To be honest, I think Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the funniest show going, and it's not exactly what I'd call "sophisticated" or "intellectual", so take my opinion with a big spoon of salt.
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There's loads of great American comedy around at the moment - Curb, Louie, 30 Rock... It's a myth that american comedy is broad and dumb, IMO. You can't judge it all off Friends.
I usually get one with most Americans when I cross the pond and people don't seem to have a problem with the British sense of humour, maybe the accent when I've had a few sherbets though.
What I don't understand is American TV stations have a knack of taking a successful British Comedy show and turn it into a lifeless piece of garbage yet it still runs for years (the Office I'm looking at you)
PastelAvenger wrote: I usually get one with most Americans when I cross the pond and people don't seem to have a problem with the British sense of humour, maybe the accent when I've had a few sherbets though.
What I don't understand is American TV stations have a knack of taking a successful British Comedy show and turn it into a lifeless piece of garbage yet it still runs for years (the Office I'm looking at you)
I do enjoy a good monocle though.....and cuppa.
To me, the American Office was superior to the UK Office, because IMO Steve Carell is just funnier than Ricky Gervais. Whatever tickles your fancy though. I did think the UK Office was OK...maybe in this case, it's also just a difference between what American and UK offices are actually like. Art imitating life imitating art imitating life and so forth.
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jasper76 wrote: To me, the American Office was superior to the UK Office, because IMO Steve Carell is just funnier than Ricky Gervais
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise for Ricky Gervais.
Steve Carell is indeed funnier than him. I find that most people are. It's probably the grin.
jasper76 wrote: To me, the American Office was superior to the UK Office, because IMO Steve Carell is just funnier than Ricky Gervais
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise for Ricky Gervais.
Steve Carell is indeed funnier than him. I find that most people are. It's probably the grin.
I, in turn, would like to apologize for Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Ed Norton, Richard Gere, Nicolas Cage, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Ashton Kutcher, Tommy Lee Jones, John Travolta, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Brendand Fraser, Ed Harris, James Franco, Ben Affleck, and Matthew McConaughey. You deserve better.
It felt good to get all that guilt off my chest.
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jasper76 wrote: To me, the American Office was superior to the UK Office, because IMO Steve Carell is just funnier than Ricky Gervais
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise for Ricky Gervais.
Steve Carell is indeed funnier than him. I find that most people are. It's probably the grin.
I, in turn, would like to apologize for Kevin Costner(at least in his non-sports movies), John Cusack, Richard Gere, Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt(for his role in Troy), Ashton Kutcher, John Travolta, Brendand Fraser, James Franco, Ben Affleck. You deserve better.
There are people who say that Seinfeld is funny! The only funny thing on that show was Kramer.
Black adder, Red dwarf, Bottom, the Young ones, Hi-de-Hi! ,Alias Smith and Jones, Fry and Laurie and of course Monthy Python!
Keep spreading the word brother! Amen to that!
As for The Office, neither version was the least bit funny (in fact all mocumentaries can go die in a forest fire), and both Ricky Gervais and Steve Carell are about as funny as pulling teeth without any anaesthetics...
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jasper76 wrote: To me, the American Office was superior to the UK Office, because IMO Steve Carell is just funnier than Ricky Gervais
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise for Ricky Gervais.
Steve Carell is indeed funnier than him. I find that most people are. It's probably the grin.
I, in turn, would like to apologize for Kevin Costner(at least in his non-sports movies), John Cusack, Richard Gere, Nicolas Cage, Ashton Kutcher, Brendand Fraser, James Franco. You deserve better.
No offense, but you guys like some crapoy actors. As a closet hair metal fan, I can dig it.
Speaking of which, as an American, I also feel the need to apologize for Rush. I know they're Canadian, but we should've done our duty to silence that shrill voice long ago. We owe the world that for getting mixed up in Vietnam.
Speaking of which, as an American, I also feel the need to apologize for Rush. I know they're Canadian, but we should've done our duty to silence that shrill voice long ago. We owe the world that for getting mixed up in Vietnam.
WHAT!? Rush are pretty much the best thing to have come out of Canada, closely rivalled by Leonard Cohen of course.
jasper76 wrote: No offense, but you guys like some crapoy actors. As a closet hair metal fan, I can dig it.
Speaking of which, as an American, I also feel the need to apologize for Rush. I know they're Canadian, but we should've done our duty to silence that shrill voice long ago. We owe the world that for getting mixed up in Vietnam.
Have you seen Pulp Fiction, The Graduate, Gone Girl? Do you like good movies?
Speaking of which, as an American, I also feel the need to apologize for Rush. I know they're Canadian, but we should've done our duty to silence that shrill voice long ago. We owe the world that for getting mixed up in Vietnam.
WHAT!? Rush are pretty much the best thing to have come out of Canada, closely rivalled by Leonard Cohen of course.
Rush is great same with Neil Young, The Band and Arcade Fire, Jasper why do you keep hating on things that are good?
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Rush is an awesome band, until the vocals come in. Then pets hide under beds, and small children start weeping.
Pulp Fiction (and every other Tarantino movie I've seen) is pretentious drivel. It's been a long, long time since The Graduate, and Hoffman has been in many, many, many movies since then (the psychologist in Sphere, anyone???). I'be never seen Gone Girl.
I do really, really like Neil Young.
(P.S. I'm trying to poke a little bit of fun here...I don't begrudge other people's taste in entertainment. There's no accounting for it! For example, Slayer is the best band in the history of recorded music, but I bet you dont agree with me )
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I don't listen to too much Heavy Metal music but Slayer is a fine choice for a favorite band (I like them quite a bit too) and "Reign in Blood" is one of the most critically acclaimed and influential Heavy Metal albums out there. As far as best band it would probably be The Beatles, but my personal
favorite would probably be Television, Ramones, Sonic Youth and/or The Clash.
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Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, Rush is fantastic. There are so many other Canadians I'd apologize for as an American long before Rush. Bryan Adams and Celine Dion come to mind.
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jasper76 wrote: For example, Slayer is the best band in the history of recorded music, but I bet you dont agree with me )
Well, that's not opinion, that's a verifiable fact.
Kerry King is the reason why children are still born named Kerry. Same thing with Tom Araya being the reason why Tom, or Thomas has remained a popular name
Also, Rush is fantastic. There are so many other Canadians I'd apologize for as an American long before Rush. Bryan Adams and Celine Dion come to mind.
Did you forget about the Thing that shall not be mentioned?? Or did you purposefully not mention that one?
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jasper76 wrote: Wow...Television! I haven't though about them in a long, long time
I never much got into Sonic Youth, but the Ramones and the Clash are ace. As, of course, are the Fab Four.
"Sister" and "Daydream Nation" are the only albums that are really essential from Sonic Youth, there early albums are pretty much unlistenable unless you like an album that pretty much consists of slow droning noise that is occasionally accompanied by screeching.
jasper76 wrote: Wow...Television! I haven't though about them in a long, long time
I never much got into Sonic Youth, but the Ramones and the Clash are ace. As, of course, are the Fab Four.
"Sister" and "Daydream Nation" are the only albums that are really essential from Sonic Youth, there early albums are pretty much unlistenable unless you like an album that pretty much consists of slow droning noise that is occasionally accompanied by screeching.
That would explain why I never got into them. Whenever I heard them, they were new, and just as you described ref their early albums.
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Yeah, with "Sister" and "Daydream Nation" the music actually resembles rock music and the noise elements are there to add different atmosphere, textures, etc, you can actually hum out the beat of the songs.
To be fair I've been a fan of Monty Python since I was 10 so when I first watched it I enjoyed it for it's absurd moments and began to appreciate it's social/political commentary and intellectual
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