I actually did try but wasn't feeling it. The Florence Nightingale one further up made me laugh a bit.
Funny sketch comedy that's funny
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Understandable. There is a quaint Britishness in the humour which probably doesn't travel well. So what's America's excuse?
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Excuse for what?Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 5:45pmUnderstandable. There is a quaint Britishness in the humour which probably doesn't travel well. So what's America's excuse?
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Comedy I find bad.
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So you're saying you dont like American comedy?
I think comedy has a bigger cultural element to it than a lot of art forms.
Im curious of examples of American comedy that you find bad.
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Well it was a bit of a jokey remark observing our cultural differences. There is some American comedy I find funny but it's usually movies rather than sitcoms and sketch shows etc. If you want a quick example of bad American comedy, how about Big Bang Theory?revbob wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 6:53pmSo you're saying you dont like American comedy?
I think comedy has a bigger cultural element to it than a lot of art forms.
Im curious of examples of American comedy that you find bad.
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We all loved Happy Days until Fonzy jumped the shark.Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:06pmWell it was a bit of a jokey remark observing our cultural differences. There is some American comedy I find funny but it's usually movies rather than sitcoms and sketch shows etc. If you want a quick example of bad American comedy, how about Big Bang Theory?
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That's a mighty low blow. Im pretty sure nearly every north American on this board has expressed nothing but contempt for that show...hmm not sure about Hoy now that I think of it.Heston wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 7:06pmWell it was a bit of a jokey remark observing our cultural differences. There is some American comedy I find funny but it's usually movies rather than sitcoms and sketch shows etc. If you want a quick example of bad American comedy, how about Big Bang Theory?
No its a horrible show. If its sitcoms you're interested in I/we could provide a list that Im sure would offer you some genuine laughs.
Any other examples of American comedy you hate ?
For sketch shows, Ive been watching Key and Peele again lately.
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Just Bon Jovi really.
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Hey, I admit it, I'm a top 40 kid. I grew up in a golden age of brilliantly diverse 45's. Then 1985 arrived.
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I was interviewing a person today and it was going well and then he dropped an ascertain where it didn't really belong.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Aug 2020, 4:33pmI was thinking about a kid I went to school with. He was pretty slow and dopey, but he'd try to cover it up by dropping big words into sentences. Which made me think of one of my favourite KitH sketches:
I love some of the minor touches, such as "your good lady wife." Such a strange and formal phrase for a ridiculous situation.
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So you just didn't appreciate his ascertaination.revbob wrote: ↑10 Sep 2020, 12:19pmI was interviewing a person today and it was going well and then he dropped an ascertain where it didn't really belong.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Aug 2020, 4:33pmI was thinking about a kid I went to school with. He was pretty slow and dopey, but he'd try to cover it up by dropping big words into sentences. Which made me think of one of my favourite KitH sketches:
I love some of the minor touches, such as "your good lady wife." Such a strange and formal phrase for a ridiculous situation.
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He wasn't able to delineate between something he was trying to understand and something he was trying to accomplish.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Sep 2020, 1:06pmSo you just didn't appreciate his ascertaination.revbob wrote: ↑10 Sep 2020, 12:19pmI was interviewing a person today and it was going well and then he dropped an ascertain where it didn't really belong.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Aug 2020, 4:33pmI was thinking about a kid I went to school with. He was pretty slow and dopey, but he'd try to cover it up by dropping big words into sentences. Which made me think of one of my favourite KitH sketches:
I love some of the minor touches, such as "your good lady wife." Such a strange and formal phrase for a ridiculous situation.