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Well thats a shame. I just finished watching the last episode, which was absolutely hysterical.
I loved this series so much, I've ordered Monty Python and the Holy Grail (I've never seen it) on my Netflix Q.
I'm thinking of watching Waiting for God next. Sounds funny. Is it any good? I'm only watching the ones they have available for instant viewing on Netflix, which is a lot of the older ones.
[Think(Freedom)- If you like British comedy, you'll love California. When the Word Cup was in Pasadena, all of the Irish,Scots, Welsh, English, (I can never really tell the difference) came out to the games. ]
OP- When I was a child my mom (mum) would make us watch PBS ( She was a bit of an Anglophile and thought that we should be exposed to anything seen as "upper-crust"). Not only are there a lot of great British comedies but dramas as well. Sometimes -from an American standpoint- it's hard to tell the difference. Did/do any American comedies translate in England? As to your original question- Black Adder, Red Dwarf, Monte Python,Mr Bean et.al. all are pretty standard viewing for highschool/college kids.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is hysterical, and by far the best british comedy i've seen.
So many quotable roll on the floor laughing moments.
I've never even heard of that! I'll have to look out for it.
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Well thats a shame. I just finished watching the last episode, which was absolutely hysterical.
I loved this series so much, I've ordered Monty Python and the Holy Grail (I've never seen it) on my Netflix Q.
I'm thinking of watching Waiting for God next. Sounds funny. Is it any good? I'm only watching the ones they have available for instant viewing on Netflix, which is a lot of the older ones.
I like Waiting for God - it's not laugh-out-loud funny (to me anyway) but it's certainly not rubbish - I'm quite happy to sit through it from time to time.
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[Think(Freedom)- If you like British comedy, you'll love California. When the Word Cup was in Pasadena, all of the Irish,Scots, Welsh, English, (I can never really tell the difference) came out to the games. ]
OP- When I was a child my mom (mum) would make us watch PBS ( She was a bit of an Anglophile and thought that we should be exposed to anything seen as "upper-crust"). Not only are there a lot of great British comedies but dramas as well. Sometimes -from an American standpoint- it's hard to tell the difference. Did/do any American comedies translate in England? As to your original question- Black Adder, Red Dwarf, Monte Python,Mr Bean et.al. all are pretty standard viewing for highschool/college kids.
Interesting point about the line between comedy and drama! I think recent Dr Who is a good example - I'm sure it didn't used to be a comedy but it's certainly gone that way now...
That's a great selection you've listed there. I love Red Dwarf and Blackadder. And of course Python - it's timeless really.
We get loads of American comedies here - I think most of the "translate" although of course there are some references that aren't universal. Will and Grace is a great one for casually chucking in a gazillion incomprehensible references, especially in insults, but I love it anyway. Particular favourites (I'm going to forget them all now) are Scrubs (I can watch episode after episode), Friends (of course, sorry...) oh there are too many! 3rd rock from the sun, mad about you... I quite often watch Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, King of the Hill, Grace Under Fire (love that southern accent)... I could go on...
[Think(Freedom)- If you like British comedy, you'll love California. When the Word Cup was in Pasadena, all of the Irish,Scots, Welsh, English, (I can never really tell the difference) came out to the games. ]
OP- When I was a child my mom (mum) would make us watch PBS ( She was a bit of an Anglophile and thought that we should be exposed to anything seen as "upper-crust"). Not only are there a lot of great British comedies but dramas as well. Sometimes -from an American standpoint- it's hard to tell the difference. Did/do any American comedies translate in England? As to your original question- Black Adder, Red Dwarf, Monte Python,Mr Bean et.al. all are pretty standard viewing for highschool/college kids.
Oh yeah, PBS does have like 2 hours of British Comedy every Saturday night. I think some of them are older shows though.
[Think(Freedom)- If you like British comedy, you'll love California. When the Word Cup was in Pasadena, all of the Irish,Scots, Welsh, English, (I can never really tell the difference) came out to the games. ]
Really? Well that would be interesting. And I already love California anyway
I'll start watching Waiting for God later today...
I wish I had BBC and other British channels.. I'd probably only watch British programming. I have only basic cable though, doesnt include any of the good stuff.
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Oh yeah, PBS does have like 2 hours of British Comedy every Saturday night. I think some of them are older shows though.
I've seen Coupling and My Hero on PBS, and have also seen them play Rosemary and Thyme and I think Monarch of the Glen.
Perhaps in the US you only get the best of British tv & we only get the best of yours, so the situation might appear to be better than it really is I suppose. American adverts seem a bit lacking though and whilst I'm at it, too many commercial breaks!
Well I'd agree with those people in the pub.. most American tv shows are crap. I've only just started watching TV again. There are very few worth watching (Lost, The Office - and we know of course, it isnt even original to the US).
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Perhaps in the US you only get the best of British tv & we only get the best of yours, so the situation might appear to be better than it really is I suppose.
Its possible. I dont know about BBC, because I dont get that channel like I said, but all the ones I've seen on PBS, I've loved. Maybe because they're new to me, and a different kind of humor... I dont know.
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