British Comedy

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Dead Ringers is a great radio show, I haven't seen the TV version, I suspect it is less good as it is easy to do an impression if only the voice is used.

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I watched Harry Hill's TV Burp last night. He's the comedian who makes me laugh the most 

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I was watchin Just For Laughs today (a show kinda like Trigger Happy TV, but more innocent).
It's not revolutionary, it has guys dressing up as bears and thngs jumpig out at people but there was one good bit:
Two twins dressed up as workmn, one guy hides and the other guy gets an unsuspecting civilian to hold a measurement tape for him, then he runs around the corner of a a building/
Then the other twin runs around from the other corner with an identical tape end. 
The girl just stares at him like he's Superman who just ran around a huge building in 3 seconds!

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New series of Black Books... ...

Wow my mouth just filled up with saliva...

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Hurra, Black books is very funny. My life is not as empty as it was a few seconds ago

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Originally posted by Impossible:
I watched Harry Hill's TV Burp last night. He's the comedian who makes me laugh the most   

I have been watching it for the first time. I thought it was really good.

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Harry Hill's TV Burp, often funny, but i do find it a bit hit-and-miss.

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Originally posted by Tweek:
Dead Ringers is a great radio show, I haven't seen the TV version, I suspect it is less good as it is easy to do an impression if only the voice is used.

The TV version of Dead Ringers is absolutely hilarious. I live in Australia, so a lot of the personalities are unknown to me - but you still get the gist of it. Like all the lifestyle show spoofs:

"I wasn't born, I was knitted."

And I loved it when the main guy went out onto the big London ferris wheel thing, and was like, "It's a setup! Don't listen to them!" 

So my main point is, Dead Ringers on TV is still fantastic.

Although I haven't heard the radio show.

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You can listen to this weeks episode here It will only be there till a week after it was broadcast though.

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Spaced, Whos line is it Anyway?, Red Dwarf, Blackadder (2 is the best, then Goes Fourth), Vicar of Dibley, Father Ted + My Family. All good shows

Monkey Dust is shown on BBC Three in the early hours of the morning, it's twisted, surreal, dark but also very funny.

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Originally posted by Coilette:
...Whos line is it Anyway?...

What? "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" is American! Why else would they be making fun of Colin, the Canadian guy? :P But yeah, I absolutely love that show. Especially the episode where Ryan was a newborn foal.. man, that was classic!

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Originally posted by Coilette:

Monkey Dust is shown on BBC Three in the early hours of the morning, it's twisted, surreal, dark but also very funny.

Thats a shocking program! The bloke who is always late home from work cracks me up 

What happened to Who's line is it anyway?
I haven't seen it on tv for quite awhile now.

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Originally posted by nerdlingus:
 Thats a shocking program! The bloke who is always late home from work cracks me up   

What happened to Who's line is it anyway?
I haven't seen it on tv for quite awhile now. 

It doesn't run anymore, I used to watch it when it was on Paramount. I now have to make do with Video recordings.... 
I think they should make a dvd of it though.

 

I'm Clive Anderson and I have No Neck

Another fantastic programme is The Smell Of Reeves and Mortimer, oh and Shooting Stars of course.

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Originally posted by Dolcelannah:
 What? "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" is American!

It started out on Channel Four in the UK, not in the US, it moved there later.

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RED DWARF, RED DWARF that show is the best comedy ever made, british or not

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Anyone seen Vic & Bob's Catterick, with Reese Shearsmith and Matt Lucas.  It's anything if not bizarre, with a couple of characters from Bang! Bang! It's Reeves & Mortimer's spoof documentary "The Club" resurfacing in different roles.

I've not watched an awful lot of this, but what I have seen has been pretty good.

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Originally posted by Melllvar:
Anyone seen Vic & Bob's Catterick, with Reese Shearsmith and Matt Lucas.  It's anything if not bizarre, with a couple of characters from Bang! Bang! It's Reeves & Mortimer's spoof documentary "The Club" resurfacing in different roles.

I've not watched an awful lot of this, but what I have seen has been pretty good.

I wanted to watch that but I haven’t got BBC3. It might show on BBC2 soon.

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I liked the club in 'Bang, Bang'.

'Tonight is erotic night at Baron's night club, Hulls premier nightspot.

'Me fat muther'

are two classic quotes that pop up a lot in conversations with mates.

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I caught the last half of Black Books tonight, first time I'd seen it.  Fine turn by Simon Pegg as Evan, the psychotic book store manager next-door.

I'm gonna try keep up with this one.

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That was a fugging hilarious episode! 

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Hell yeah, Simon Pegg's "Go Team!" management speak was fantastic, as was Dylan Moran's "drink anything" gag towards the end.

Especially the coffee gag (Tweek, take note):

Bernard puts a spoonful of coffee into a mug, instead of filling the mug with water, he fills the coffee jar and drinks that.   

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"Hoover the roof, Whistle down the chimney."

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Oh, I loved Black Books last night!

"Uh, I'm just doing my yoga, in my yoga bag!"

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It was the first time I'd seen Black Books last night too, and I really should have watched it before since I'm a fan of Bill Bailey. Simon Pegg was absolutely hilarious, so I'm probably going to stick with this.

"I won't get mad Manny, so tell me, did you sleep here last night?"
"Er... yeah."
"Manny... I'M VERY MAD!!!"

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Dammit, I cannot belive I missed Black Books!

Oh well:
The League of Gentlemen VS Little Britain, which is better?

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Simon Pegg was good as the freaky manager with the best bit being when he stubs the cigarette out on his hand but I'll have to wait until next weeks show to rate it because I just didnt see enough last night to term it a great comedy but it is the first viewing I've seen so next weeks episode will allow me to judge the show more accurately.
Darkplace was better so far though.

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Oh yeah. I forgot about the awesome Darkplace.

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Another great Simon Pegg show is Spaced. Along with Jessica Stevenson it a fantastic programme.
  You got to love Marsha.. 

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Spaced is a wicked comedy, come to think of it I think I might buy the box set on monday!
The show is outrageously silly, I love the 'daydream' moments Simon Pegg has, they make me laugh hard!

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Originally posted by Nurdbot:

The League of Gentlemen VS Little Britain, which is better?

LoG is by far the better of the two. little britain is like a mini watered down LoG.

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I watched a little bit of Black Book but wasn’t paying attention because I was running up and down in the house t=with stomach pains. When will it be repeated again?

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Wild West is on tonight, right now.

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I wanted to see Black Books, damn!

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Saw Black Books. Was pretty good, although it seemed more like a "getting back into the swing of things" episode than a great stand alone episode. It's been a while since it was last on. Nonetheless, I'm lookin' forward to next week's episode.

 Incidentally, I loved the part when it looks like Bernard and Manny are going to hug and then Bernard grabs Manny's arms and slaps him round the head with them, shouting "GO AWAY!" 

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Last night I watched 2DTV on ITV and I thought it was really funny. Most of the scene makes me laugh all the time especially the Jordan joke. Did anybody saw it last night?

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I was at a Waitrose party and missed it. Quite annoyed with myself for that. Is it repeated sometime this week? Maybe on ITV2 perhaps? 

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yes I think it would be repeated on ITV2

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LoG is much better than Little Britain.

2DTV was quite funny.

Black Books was very good. Dylan whats his name is doing stand up at the Phil and I'm going to see it! 

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I really like 2DTV 

"Tony, your popularity ratings are at an all time low! What should we do?"
"Well I thought we should bring in a new sidekick. Meet Scrappy Blair!"

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  That part was really funny.