I'm tired of those arrogant British...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Pax

I think Blake's 7 and Doctor WHo were both ahead of their time. At least ahead of Special Effects.

Ah yes. While Kubrick and Trumbull pottered about like rank amateurs, the makers of "Dr Who" were wrapping jobbing actors in bubble-wrap, spray-painting them green and calling them aliens. Genius!

Blake's 7, on the other hand, looked nearly as good as Star Trek did 10 years earlier.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Anyway, for a taste of real British comedy check out "Spaced", "Brass Eye" and "Black Books".

[el freako]

Originally posted by Pax
British Sci-Fi is great.

You should check out our scifi authors,

No americans have come close to Iain M Banks, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds

[Imran Siddiqui]

Do you consider Asimov to be an American?

Philip K. Dick has none of those immigration concerns however.

[Last Conformist]

And why do Americans like Benny Hill?

Because they'r evil retards unable to spot humour when it's shoved up their asses?

[el freako]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Do you consider Asimov to be an American?

Philip K. Dick has none of those immigration concerns however.

Okay, to be specific.

No american still alive comes close ok?

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
...Only Fools and Horses.

What was that? A documentary on the United Kingdom?

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by lord of the mark

So why is there no such comedic tradition among London Jews? Numbers too small? No show business tradition (but why not?) Greater pressure to assimilate?

Alexei Sayle, Ben Elton, Sacha Baron Cohen (a.k.a., Ali G.), Jo Brand and Michael Balcon (of the Ealing Studios and Ealing Comedies fame), Miriam Margolyes, Maureen Lipman, Jack Rosenthal, Mike Leigh, John Bluthal, Mike and Bernie Winters, Sid James (born Sidney Cohen in South Africa, came to represent the quintessential London 'cheeky chappie' in 'Carry On' films and British television sitcoms):

http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/280_the_history_of_jewis.htm

Not all of them are Londoners, obviously, but there's been a London-based Jewish comedic tradition since arrival in the East End following Russian pogroms. The London music hall used to regularly feature Jewish comedians.


'Only Fools and Horses'

What was that? A documentary on the United Kingdom?

- Ghengisfarb

No, a documentary on what Caligula thought to make a consul of Rome, and its evident superiority to all the occupants so far of the Oval Office.

[Ben Kenobi]

You Americans liked Lord Of The Rings didn't you? Please remind me, where was JRR Tolkien from again

Provost PWNZERS!!!111

[alva]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


...and then there's all those simply hilarious Belgian comedies

Oi !!!! I'm on your side here

/me wonders wether PH has actually ever seen any Belgian comedy
/me thinks not
/me ponders...mmmm
/me has not either.

[Sandman]

The reason British comedy is better is because the settings are infinitely more bleak and dark. As opposed to American comedies, which mostly seem to be set in really nice apartments or houses.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Sandman
The reason British comedy is better is because the settings are infinitely more bleak and dark. As opposed to American comedies, which mostly seem to be set in really nice apartments or houses.

'Rab C. Nesbit'.

The American version of 'Cracker' stank- they'd relocated it to Californianywhere instead of run down council estates, and Fitz didn't smoke- just had a cigarette tucked behind his ear.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I always think of 'This Life' and 'Shallow Grave' as being the real British equivalents of 'Friends'.

[Hot Mustard]

Originally posted by el freako


You should check out our scifi authors,

No americans have come close to Iain M Banks, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds

Amen to that! Iain M. Banks is great! Not just his SciFi either...The Wasp Factory is one of my all time favourites.

[Hot Mustard]

"...maybe we do go in for violence and sex a bit more than some other countries..."

I cannot believe noone has mentioned this bit - America is a prude. You have to go to Europe to see topless beaches, suggestive advertising, Amsterdam, etc.

(Yes, I know it is satire.)

[Alexander's Horse]

Self loathing is a British trait so if they find themselves almost unbearable what chance is there of them liking anyone else?