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Re: British Humor (was RE: Music)
Posted By: wintermute, on host 62.60.24.130
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 02:01:18
In Reply To: Re: British Humor (was RE: Music) posted by Adam Bomb on Friday, December 7, 2001, at 06:26:30:

> > I have seen bits and pieces of Fawlty Towers,
> > and I liked it. Other than that, the only other
> > British humor I've seen has been Benny Hill (I
> > am very thankful they do not air it any more),
> > Are You Being Served? (eh) and Keeping Up
> > Appearances (it's okay, but seems very
> > formulaic-- you've seen one ep, you've seen
> > 'em all.)
>
> I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned MR. BEAN!
>
> I love British comedies. There's just something about them that American comedies just don't have.
>
> I've seen Are You Being Served, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, Mr. Bean, Monty Python (as early as nine years old), No Honestly (has anyone else heard of that show?), The Thin Blue Line, The Vicar of Dibley, Whose Line is it Anyway (the Comedy Central version) and I remember seeing bits and pieces of The Young Ones.
>
> Adam "I don't care much for Benny Hill or Ab Fab, though" Bomb

Mr Bean is't bad, but it's nothing special. I'm fairly certain we issued an official apology for The Thin Blue Line and Are You Being Served.

Has anyone out there ever seen The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin?

winter"Just curious"mute

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