Why are British people so fucking unfunny ?
The worst thing about British media is how they keep forcing their disgusting stale retarded humor down everyone's throat
I can't think of a single British movie or tv series that doesn't have "quirky sarcastic British humor" in it
The worst thing about it is how every single character has the same character voice. It's like a nation of Joss Whedon characters
It's even worse when everyday normal people try to imitate
It's cheap cookie cutter bullshit for stupid people who want to appear smart
I'm not even American and I still prefer American comedians because even if you hate the mainstream comedians you can still find someone who's unique and funny because the comedy scene is so diverse
Say whatever you want about MDE and Sam Hyde but that shit could never happen in the UK
Or just look at Jackass
Fuck "British humor" and everything it stands for
I don't like Poms but they are funny.
>>70276577
elaborate
Pretty much agree, bringing up Sam Hyde and Jackass are good examples.
I really can't think of ANYTHING from England that's genuinely funny. I watched some Monty Python when I was younger, watched Fawlty Towers a few years ago, tried watching The Prisoner recently (not a comedy but its comedic elements are as shit as always).
I have to say they banter like fucking champions online though, they're generally some of the most adroit, if not extremely funny, commenters and best wordsmiths. Their banter chemistry clearly derives from a genetic homogeneous hivemind.
>>70276383
Disagree completely, have legit laugh so fucking hard at some British shows but not everything i've seen.
I think most people find their modern humour to be nowhere near as comedic as it used to be in the 90's.
>>70276890
Banter is different from "british humor" though
You barely see it in media and it's treated like it's somehow inferior. Meanwhile it's funnier and a hundred times more genuine than your basic "british humor"
>>70276383
Every good thing America has done comedy wise has its roots in British comedy. Prove me wrong.
>>70276383
or maybe you could just act like a sane person, decide that hype of humor isn't for you, and walk away.
although i suppose if you did that, you wouldn't be able to create this bait thread.
>>70277199
they can't
>>70277199
>>70277254
The Simpsons, the greatest American comedy show, doesn't have much of a relationship to British humor. It takes more from Canadian sketch shows and American comics and sitcoms.
>>70277548
the simpsons is one of the more british influenced comedies I've seen.
>>70276383
Problem with British comedy is that its a political tool and very much controlled by the BBC seeing as thats one of the few platforms open for comedians with high ratings shows like QI, Mock the Week and Have I got news for you. Also the old working mens clubs and those venues don't exist and its from those you had legends like Bernard Manning, Tommy Cooper and the two Ronnies.
Favourite joke of mine is one of Mannings: A girl walks into a bar and asks the Bar keeper for a double entendre, so he gave her one.
>>70276383
Don't watch it then you stupid cunt. I'm English and I don't. Although I doubt I watch anything from your shithole either.
Shit b8, but whatever.
>I can't think of a single British movie or tv series that doesn't have "quirky sarcastic British humor" in it
of course, because you have shit taste in films and tv.
>The worst thing about it is how every single character has the same character voice. It's like a nation of Joss Whedon characters
lol. so British Humour sounds like American Humour? All of it. Its that your point. Fucking retard.
>Say whatever you want about MDE and Sam Hyde but that shit could never happen in the UK
is this supposed to be a bad thing? kill yourself.
Brit here and I have to agree. Most British comedy shows are shit. To be honest other than the odd episode of QI I haven't watched British TV in years.
>>70277619
>X show isn't influenc-
>No no, it is because I say so
Le ministry of funny walks
Absolute crap
>>70277766
BFQOTY
>>70277792
>X show isn't influenc-
>I wholeheartedly disagree, it takes inspiration from many shows such as-
>No no, it is because I say so
>>70277746
>lol. so British Humour sounds like American Humour? All of it. Its that your point. Fucking retard.
Holy shit. You're stupid motherfucker.
>two and a half men
>big bang theory
I guess Brits need to put a laugh track in their comedies so you know where the funny bits are
>>70277766
That's only because of your TV tax, britfag
>>70277801
Ah yeh, that's okay as well. Haven't seen it for a couple of years though.
>>70276383
>forcing their disgusting stale retarded humor down everyone's throat
We don't, we invent original tv show, the rest of the world copies, why complain?
Oh and the US office sucks hard
>>70277872
Most of the british comedy quiz shows are quite good.
WILTY has its moments QI, Mock the Week
8 out of 10 cats all good
>>70277861
>what are torrents?
Americans are like women, they're just not funny.
>>70277831
You never elaborated shit. Are you retarded?
>>70276383
This is what we call taste, friend. You might discover you like different things from other 8-year olds. It's okay. One day you also might get big penis so you can stick it in a dog. This is normal pakistani behavior.
>>70276383
Russel Howard's good news and some of Charlie Brooker's stuff is alright
>>70278009
>Russel Howard's good news
dude this literally the worst example of british comedy you could find
bravo
>>70278009
>Russell Howard's good news
Kill yourself in a manner that makes your corpse easy to dispose of
>>70277942
are you?
>>70276383
British humor is top notch. It's gotten shit in recent years because of their cucked government and media forcing them to tone everything down and force diversity quotas, but before that shit came into force Britain had the best comedy going.
>>70276383
DU U FINK YOUAR FACKING FANNY?
>not liking Little Britain
Shit taste thou hast.
Op, check out:
Spaced
Peep Show
The Young Ones ~
Bottom ~
Father Ted
The IT Crowd
The Inbetweeners
Green Wing
Red Dwarf (especially series 3, 4, 5 & 6, the first two series are also great but hard to get into. The later series are only worth checking out if you really enjoy it)
Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder (II, III & IV) ~
Absolutely Fabulous ~
Hancock's Half Hour ~
I'm Alan Partridge
Men Behaving Badly
My Family
The League of Gentlemen (fantastic from beginning to end, skip the film and series 3 though).
The Office
The Royle Family
~ means I think the humour is quite dated nowadays but it's still pretty good if you give it a chance
15 Storeys High never gets enough love
>>70278837
Little Britain is shite m8. Worst of the worst, absolutely zero substance.
Fucksake why are Fatty Americans so fucking insecure and retarded???
INBETWEENERS was the BEST!!!!
>>70279215
Ideal? Johnny Vegas is based
>>70279215
Red Dwarf X is pretty good
Skins is just genuinely funny, especially the first two seasons. watch them, they don't have the tame British humor literally everything else has.
>>70277548
>doesn't have much relationship to British humour
>literally first aired on an English woman's sketch comedy show
>>70276383
Lol made quite a hefty catch there friendo.
Did the yankee version really trigger you so much or did you just want (you)s
>british humour is shit
>bazinga!
>>70279939
What elements of Tracey Ullman's humor do you see in The Simpsons?
>>70277619
How so?
>>70278183
This
>>70278009
>Russel Howards good news
Hey i found the Guardian Reading 13 year old.
Fucking terrible tv show mate.
>>70280336
because it's not funny
>>70278009
Fuck Russell Howard. Utter shit.
>>70279215
No Extras or Black Books?
No american show will ever come close to The Thick of It
>>70280753
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCC4-gYpnc4
>>70278183
Yep I used to watch quite a few panels shows and random shit on telly when I was younger but now everything is about forced diversity.
Every fucking panel show or you name it has a feminist cunt, a brown guy who talks about being brown and a white cuck of a man. I have my freeview box on as background noise and the only channels I watch now are quest and travel channel for certain shows. Guess i'm getting old.
Americlap "Comedy"
>9 harvard alumni comedy writers sit around a table for 6 weeks forcing their failed stand up bits into a soap opera script
>megacorp studio production company builds $90m sound stage and surround it with cameras, adverts and retards
>four 20-something hollywood casting couch victims (and "the funny one") scream lines from the script at each other for 8 hours, while the retards clap whenever the "CLAP" sign lights up
>editor picks 8 minutes of highlights from the footage
>show is broadcast in 2 minute bursts between 5 minute ad breaks
>everybody gets paid $2m per episode for 679 episodes
Britbong "Comedy"
>random folks are grabbed off the street and seated in a semi-circle in a damp abandoned theatre from the 19th century
>six obscure stand up comics sit around a table on the stage playing a simple parlour game that someone's uncle came up with down the pub
>dry, topical banter ensues, much to the audience's delight
>make all 4 episodes of the show in one afternoon and broadcast them on bbc radio 6 to a handful of old people
>someone's mate filmed it on his phone and uploads the raw footage to the bbc iplayer where it gets 1,645 views
>audience has a whip round to pay for the production because nobody in the uk has paid their tv license fee since the 1980s
>>70281031
Harvard alumni have real jobs. They don't have to make jokes for idiot audiences.
Only British show I ever liked was the one about the old bitch and her pussy husband. Then again I was 8 years old at the time I saw it.
>>70279215
>Spaced
>Peep Show
>The IT Crowd
>The Inbetweeners
no
>>70281264
Great show.
>>70281340
That's the one. I might have to check it out again
>>70281307
Those are all great shows though.
Episodes of The IT Crowd are a bit inconsistent, but the good episodes are excellent.
>>70281307
>spaced
>peep show
>bad
thats some shitty taste u got there friendo
Top British comedies.
Red Dwarf
Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
I'm Alan Partridge
Till Death Us Do Part
Drop The Dead Donkey
Steptoe and Son
Father Ted
Rab C. Nesbit
The League of Gentlemen
One Foot in the Grave
Dad's Army
Porridge
Bottom
The Young Ones
The Vicar of Dibley
Spaced
The Thick of It
Yes Minister
The Office
Rising Damp
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Men Behaving Badly
Phoenix Nights
Black Books
The Fast Show
Peep Show
Green Wing
PhoneShop
A lot of new stuff is garbage because it has to be so politically correct now.
Can't offend anyone's feelings today. I mean just look at Brass Eye.
>>70281489
I can understand Spaced maybe, but please explain to me how le quirky Peep Show is funny.
>>70281502
that's all of the comedies tho
>>70281416
I might have to start posting Hyancinth reaction pics on /tv/.
>>70281566
For you.
The USA made The Big Bang Theory.
Your argument is rendered contrived and balmy.
>>70281552
>explain how something is funny
you either get it or you dont
>>70281645
Luckily they redeemed themselves with Rules of Engagement and 2 Broke Girls :^)
>>70276383
Rik Mayall and The Young Ones cast in general were pretty funny and Bottom was one of the funniest sitcoms of all time.
Also
>MDE
Most modern comedians are Tim and Eric rip offs and they were influenced by Monty Pythons
>>70279215
Gotta say Only Fools is top qual comedy.
each to their own i guess mate
>people haven't seen the Carry On films
They're the ultimate budget British comedies. The best ones...
Carry On Nurse
Carry On Doctor
Carry On Cleo
Carry On Screaming!
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Carry On Follow That Camel
Carry On Camping
Carry On Loving
Carry On Up the Khyber
Carry On Girls
Carry On Matron
Carry On Camping
Carry On at Your Convenience
Carry On Dick
>>70281751
If only that were true my star spangled friend.
On The Buses is top tier.
>>70281813
you almost gave me a brain aneurysm because you have such shit tastes
>>70281889
Paki detected.
The Thick of It - great stuff if you don't mind loads of fucking swearing.
Same writer now works on Veep.
>>70281923
purest anglo saxon blood my friend
>>70281552
If you have to have humour explained to you, you might aswell just kill yourself, barely human lad.
>>70276383
>MDE
>Jackass
And in one fell swoop you invalidate your rant with your shit taste and ignorance UK comedy.
>>70281954
>an Anglo-Saxon doesn't like the Carry On films
Female detected.
What's MDE?
>>70282007
i'm also extremely masculine man, just accept you're an inferior.
don't get me wrong, carry on isn't bad exactly, but it's not exactly good
>Every female american comedian
>MUH VAGINA
>I AM A SLUT
>Audience howls with laughter for the next 5 hours
why america?
>>70282085
Underage b&
>>70282085
>carry on isn't bad exactly, but it's not exactly good
We've got fucking Sherlock Holmes in our midst here. They're budget and silly British films, which don't pretend they're the height of British comedy.
>>70282007
Maybe they're too "problematic" for that Anon's generation.
>>70282085
>it isn't bad exactly but it almost gave me a brain aneurysm
Doesn't sound very masculine to me.
>>70282030
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yFhR1fKWG0
>>70282326
Isn't that the notorious KKK/neo nazi guy?
British comedy is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QFnMw3fi0M
>>70276383
/tv/ is 99 percent redheaded game of thrones watching chavs. is this the reason the board is so shit now?
>>70276383
>British comedy is all bad.
>Jackass is good.
Not sure if bait or redneck.
>>70282435
>Not sure if bait
Of course it's bait you mong.
How do people find IT Crowd funny?
>>70279215
I absolutely fucking love the Royle Family (well, the first 3 series and their specials anyway).
I always wondered how fucking wierd it would be for an American to watch it, I cannot imagine it clicking with them at all. I don't suppose there's an American in this thread that's actually watched it and would like to tell me what he thought of it?
i know for a fact youre wrong because i find british humour hilarious, i guess you have to have a level of intelligence to get it, if youre just into american toilet humour then fair enough
morrissey said it himself, american tv is for children, and i can see that. every american show needs bright colours, childish sound effects, immature hosts/commentators, everything has to be exaggerated because i can only assume the average american has a short attention span and needs effortless, unintelligent humour to keep them satisfied.
this is objective by the way, so if you have a differing opinion youre objectively incorrect, no matter what you say.
>>70276383
BUT HE FELL THROUGH THE BAR HATCH
>>70276383
FUCK OFF JF WE'RE FUCKING HILARIOUS WE INVENTED HUMOUR YOU SLIMY KEKHOLD
>>70281813
Carry On is prime cringe material. That shit did NOT age well.
>>70282644
Best episode
>>70282702
Is it because you feel it's the current year?
>>70281621
Share them. I didn't know my reaction folder needed this.
>>70276383
The only British people that you Americans ever see are the useless fucks who can't hack it in the UK since they aren't funny enough so have to force themselves onto you. e.g. James Corden.
Watch stuff like The Thick of It, Big Train or Father Ted.
>>70276383
Our humour is okay, but foreign attitudes to it are just horrible. Yes, keep on repeating phrases from Monty Python over and over again you dumb Americans, hilarious
>>70281813
"Carry On Screaming" is one of those films I show to new lasses when I've seen them a few times and they want to stick something on round mine. I dust off the old copy I taped off the telly and put it in. If they like it, they can stay; if they don't, me and her just weren't going to get along.
>>70278183
We can all agree to that, at least, I think.
>>70282731
Come on. What about Time on Our hands, or the longest night?
>>70282754
I'm just searching google images using filetype:gif.
>>70276383
Canned laughter, quip, poorly formed joke, quirky character does or says something off topic, Canned laughter, quip, poorly formed joke, quirky character does or says something off topic, Canned laughter, quip, poorly formed joke, quirky character does or says something off topic, Canned laughter, quip, poorly formed joke, quirky character does or says something off topic, Canned laughter, quip, poorly formed joke, quirky character does or says something off topic
American humour.
Unless stoner or hipster comedy.
>>70276383
I came to this board hoping to find people interested in film, what I instead found is absolutely disgusting, jesus I can't even comprehend how toxic and bad this entire board is, do you all ever look at the shit you all come out with? I'm just disappointed...
>>70283132
>>70276383
I'm counting at least two mutually exclusive statements there about something being "the worst thing" about it. Implicit lack of education aside, the crux of your argument is build upon flawed logic and therefore renders the rest of it worthless. Frankly, I'm more disappointed than upset anon. Have a pleasant day regardless.
>>70282798
>The only British people that you Americans ever see are the useless fucks who can't hack it in the UK
You could be talking to a Native American
>>70283208
Britbong humor is dryer than Thatcher's pussy.
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>>70281502
>mfw no Monkey Dust
>>70282642
you can strawman all you want but it doesn't make OP less wrong.
>>70283281
>>70281031
Honestly, what you are talking about is what Jimmy Fallon does every night so maybe you influenced us but its not unheard of to do random comedy banter games here anymore.
Let me checkmate this shit:
You guys threw out Jeremy Clarkson from the UK itself and decided to find your funniest remaining men and women combined to make a cool new show. You put in a "token American" to be more diverse. That American ends up being the literal ONLY bright spot in your show and the literal only funny thing about it.
You are the weakest link, goodbye.
the only one I got
>>70283432
>The BBC will never release the second and third series
They couldn't handle the bantz.
>>70283550
>a "token American" to be more diverse
>>70282798
Exhibit A:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4iGhuNsuEc
>>70279215
>Green Wing
Is that car salesman fucking John Oliver?
>>70284253
In the very first episode? Yeah.
>>70281813
ignore this post
>>70276890
like the other lad said, you don't see banter on tv because the media is blue pilled.
irl we have a good laugh
I've spoken to funny Americans, but there's just an edge to proper Anglo banter between mates that you just don't have.
Proper belly laughing with my mates on nights out are some of my best memories. we're all basically on the same wavelength, and rip the shit into everything people do. I couldn't do this with anyone not British/Irish/Australian etc. Anglos know what I mean.
>it's a Sunday afternoon and one of the On The Buses films comes on ITV2 episode
Absolutely dank.
>>70285248
Nah you fags just imagine you have some camaraderie since your always stuck in America's shadow.
>l-least we got bants
Anglos suck dick. Indian humour is best
>>70285517
everyone's stuck in your shadow you fat horrible burger
>>70285509
Can't beat dat cosy casual sexism and racism
>>70279215
>>70276383
Watch Peep Show.
The GOAT British comedy is Only Fools and Horses, but it's impossible to picture an American "getting it" or properly enjoying it.
Also Love Thy Neighbour for that racism
>>70276890
>>70277152
Frankie Boyle is heavily banter based and I've never laughed as hard as I did at his Michael JAckson's Children's Hospital bit. You're right though - he is frequently cut, censored and uninvited because the mainstream simple cannot handle the bantz and he is savage a lot of the time.
>>70283369
Is that bad?
>>70280265
/thread
I think the US makes fucking kino surreal comedy like Xavier Renegade, Eric Andre and the like
then you get more conventional quirky ones like Angie Tribeca, American Dad that are funny
I've never felt much compulsion to wach shit like The Office though.
