American Vs English comedies
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Re: American Vs English comedies
Darth Revan wrote:... even though I do not have much to say about American senses' of humour... Their comedies are undeniably great...
Huh?
I think I prefer British comedies, myself.....AbFab is the greatest!
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Re: American Vs English comedies
heh... American are famous for having a crap sense of humour... Though there are quite a few on this site with ones...birdandbear wrote:Darth Revan wrote:... even though I do not have much to say about American senses' of humour... Their comedies are undeniably great...
Huh?
I think I prefer British comedies, myself.....AbFab is the greatest!
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A lot of Americans don't have a great sense of humor.... it's true...but they are frequently the butt of the joke for the ones that do. Call it community service 
Regardless, we'll marvel at our own paradoxes by simultaneously pumping out quality programming like the The Simpsons along with stunning feco-tainment like "Joe Millionaire" , "When Animals Attack vol. 15" and "The Mullets"
[And if you've never heard of these latter shows, assume that it's for a reason.
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Regardless, we'll marvel at our own paradoxes by simultaneously pumping out quality programming like the The Simpsons along with stunning feco-tainment like "Joe Millionaire" , "When Animals Attack vol. 15" and "The Mullets"
[And if you've never heard of these latter shows, assume that it's for a reason.
]DW
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Americans don't understand Irony? Our comedies are great despite our lack of humor? How....ironic. Looks like we understand it better than we let on....Ur-Vile wrote:I prefer British comedies because they understand irony.
I like US comedies best because I never get to see British ones, except for Benny Hill and Monte Python, which I love.
US Comedies I like best:
M*A*S*H
Scrubs
Frazier
Cheers
Mork & Mindy
Bosom Buddies
Simpsons
Futurama
Saturday Night Live
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Americans get their very brightest to write the episodes for their comedies... That's why they are very funny... however in some ways the Americans don't understand irony... Not every American mind... Because making such a narrow minded presumption would be ridiculous... but a lot of them don't... I have met many Americans... and I use Irony in the way I talk all the time... and they often look at me as though I'm stupid... though some (Undoubtedly dAN and a few other members) would say I am... it was not down to my thickness that they didn't understand... It was down to their lack of understanding when it came to Irony.
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You know who really don't understand irony? Canadians.
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Matrixman wrote:I don't understand...we Canadians know the art of irony well. Our shirts are among the crispest and least-wrinkled of any people in North America.
I think American comedies I like are greater in number, but the best of the British beat the best of the American. When I say best, I am of course referring primarily to Blackadder and Red Dwarf