British Humour?

[Psychotic]

Course not. There still the traditional British joke of slaughtering innocent people. They still do that after years, its traditional.

...:laugh: oh you people sometimes.

Although current British comedy is complete and utter bollocks, the vintage stuff is better than any other in the world.

[SoulTaker*]

Ahh, sorry, you don't recognise the term...
Taking the piss = taking the mickey = having a laugh = mucking around = talking rubbish = talking out of your ass = telling jokes...

And if you want another example of british humour just look to Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy, nothing like Little Britain but they started from the same place.

"So I tell the swamp donkey to sock it before I give her a trunky in the tradesman's entrance and have her lick me yardballs!"
Completely different level...

[Lost Number]

Slang. Curse of humour.

[Spiffing Cheese]

...:laugh: oh you people sometimes.

Although current British comedy is complete and utter bollocks, the vintage stuff is better than any other in the world.

Yes. The vast majority of our comedy recently has been [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]e, but all of the old British stuff is classic piss-your-pants hysterical. Yay.

[Swifthom]

It's not all rubbish, there are a few gems amongst the quagmire, something for everyone I suppose... Or at least there's meant to of been.
Peronally my favourite is, Room 101 or Dead Ringers (although it's been going downhil recently), or anyone remember Coupling?

Coupling = best show on earth, roughly a British version of friends but much much more... ahh.. sexual, intimate, realistic and less corny. It was real, funny, laugh out loud brilliant and most of all thoroughly British...


Go out and find the DVD's, trust me it's the best show on earth.



As for slang being the curse of humour, their completely unrelated. Dispite being smaller than most American states we have as much variation of dialects as there is in the USA...
People talk differently, different areas develop terms and meanings for phrases that haven't caught on elsewhere. These things happen, they have nothing to do with comedy.

Some comedians can turn that into a sort of joke, but it's not a joke in itself.

[Wizdumb]

You all have forgotten Blackadder.

How dare you all.

[Rengori]

I live in England. I hate most of its people. I hate its taste in movies. I hate its taste in music. I hate its taste in gaming. I hate the amount of discrimination within this country... And I hate its humour.

Oh yeah, I hate my own country.

Come to America! Or, if it's cheaper, go to Mexico and cross the border from there!

Anyway, Monty Python and The Holy Grail is probably the only exception I'll make when I say British humor is not all that great. Then again, I haven't really seen all that much British humor lately. I could be wrong.

[HowlingMonkey]

Nobody has yet touted Coupling as an example of great British humour. This makes me sad. Man, that show was hilarious.

[DynasticJam]

I was in London once.
"Top o the mornin to ya, Paddy!"
"Hey, Paddy, fancy a drink o Guiness?"
"How ya doin, ya stupid, drunken *****er?"

I hate the British.

YOU HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR YOU UNGRATEFUL GIT!!!

[Nod]

I love British comedy. Monty Python, the Sketch Show, Psychotic, I just find it so funny!

Except Little Britian. Man I hate that show.

I agree. There is much of british humour which is amusing. Little Britain was kinda funny to begin with, but then it just descended into outright mockery of less-fortunate people. Plus, hundreds of people all doing the vicky pollard accent is very annoying.

As with anything, you cannot make a blanket statement that 'all british humour is rubbish', because there is such a diverse spectrum within the country. Some british humour is very funny, some is crap.

As for brits taking the piss and asking you to agree with them, i cant say ive experienced that with malicious intent.

[Madame Adequate]

[img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]. We DID forget Blackadder, didn't we? And Father Ted, too. I'm lame, especially for forgetting Father Ted. That's the funniest thing Britain's produced for a decade. "Ted! You forget your brick!"

[starseeker]

What about Dad's Army? I love this scene

German U- boat captain:"Your name vill also go on ze list, vat is it?"
Captain Mannering:"Don't tell him Pike!"
(Pike is the character's name)

[Swifthom]

Actually Starseeker, when I think of Dads Army that is ALWAYS the scene that pops into my head...

Pure brilliance.

[Spiffing Cheese]

What about Dad's Army? I love this scene

German U- boat captain:"Your name vill also go on ze list, vat is it?"
Captain Mannering:"Don't tell him Pike!"
(Pike is the character's name)

Yeah, Dad's Army was a creation of pure genius. I really don't get how people can dislike our comedy when the British have come up with fantastic comedies such as this, and Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf, and too many others to name.

Though I think this thread was more aimed at the comedy of the Brits' humour themselves, and not the T.V. programmes. xD Insults are fun! Stop whinging!

[Lost Number]

I'm lame, especially for forgetting Father Ted. That's the funniest thing Britain's produced for a decade. "Ted! You forget your brick!"

NOT BRITAIN YOU EEJIT, IRELAND!!!!! IRELAND!!!!!