5 lessons Monty Python taught you

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Spec
1- The're boring and not funny

2- Never watch them again

3- Find something better to do

4- British humor is lame

5- Anybody can make money on TV

Spec.

So, enlighten me as to the great Canadian contributions to world comedy? I'll give you a few months to compose a response...

[Flubber]

While I don't assert Canada is better than Britain on comedy since I love British comedy, here's a short list


Comedians
Aykroyd, Dan: Comedian, Actor. "Saturday Night Live", "The Blues Brothers"
Candy, John: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV"
Carrey, Jim: Comedian, Actor. "The Mask", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "The Truman Show"
Chong, Thomas: Comedian. Half of Cheech and Chong
Dressler, Marie: Actress, Comedienne. "Tillie's Punctured Romance", "Anna Christie", "Min and Bill" (AA), "Dinner at Eight"
Foley, David: Comedian, Actor. "Kids in the Hall", "News Radio"
Green, Tom: Comedian. "The Tom Green Show"
Harron, Don: Actor, Comedian, Author, a.k.a.: Charlie Farquharson, "Hee Haw".
Hartman, Phil: Actor, Comedian. "Saturday Night Live", "News Radio"
Leacock, Stephen: Author, Humourist. "Literary Lapses"
Levy, Eugene: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV"
Little, Rich: Impressionist.
McCulloch, Bruce: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall"
McDonald, Kevin: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall"
MacDonald, Norm: Comedian, Actor: "Saturday Night Live"
McKinney, Mark: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall", "Saturday Night Live"
Mandel, Howie: Comedian, Actor. "St. Elsewhere"
Martin, Andrea: Comedienne, Actress. "SCTV", "Star Trek: DS9"
Michaels, Lorne: Producer, Writer. "Saturday Night Live"
Moranis, Rick: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
Myers, Mike: Comedian, Actor. a.k.a.: Wayne Campbell on "Saturday Night Live"
O'Hara, Catherine: Actress. "SCTV" "Beetlejuice", "Home Alone"
Sahl, Mort: Comedian, Actor
Sennett, Mack: Director, Comedian, Actor, Producer. the Keystone Kops, "Tillie's Punctured Romance"
Short, Martin: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV", "Saturday Night Live", "Clifford"
Shuster, Frank: Comedian. Wayne and Shuster made the most guest appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show"
Smith, Steve: Comedian, Actor. "The Red Green Show"
Steinberg, David: Comedian, Actor, Director. "Designing Women"
Thomas, Dave: Comedian. "SCTV", "Strange Brew", "Grace Under Fire"
Thompson, Scott: Comedian Actor. "Kids in the Hall"
Wayne, Johnny: Comedian, Wayne and Shuster made the most guest appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show

[Flubber]

Oh and while I don't assert they have impacted world comedy, some of the local comedy in Canada can be brilliant.


Our lack of any real television or movie producing industries means we simply don't have a lot in this field

[Guynemer]

1. Your Highness is like a stream of bat's piss.

2. Sometimes, you get lucky and the animator dies before the monster eats you.

3. Terrific race, the Romans. Terrific.

4. You don't have to go stampeding towards the clitoris to get the vaginal juices flowing.

5. Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.

[LordShiva]

While not half as good as Britain's Trigger Happy TV, Canada's Just for Laughs: Gags is pretty funny

[FrustratedPoet]

And another piece of timelessly relevant Yes Prime Minister comedy:

Jim Hacker: "Humphrey, who is it who has the last word about the government of Britain? The British Cabinet or the American President?"

Sir Humphrey: "You know that is a fascinating question. We often discuss it."

Jim Hacker: "And what conclusion have you arrived at?"

Sir Humphrey: "Well, I must admit to be a bit of a heretic. I think it is the British Cabinet. But I know I am in the minority."

[Provost Harrison]

Oh yes....

1. Accountants shouldn't try to become lion tamers.

2. It's a man's life in the British Dental Association

3. Not all encyclopaedia salesmen are successful...

Oh sod it, I can't think of any more now...

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Spec
1- The're boring and not funny

No, they aren't!

2- Never watch them again

Watch them!

3- Find something better to do

No, don't!

4- British humor is lame

No, it isn't.

5- Anybody can make money on TV

No, they can't!

[ajbera]

Originally posted by Flubber
While I don't assert Canad is better than Britain on comedy sicne I love British comedy, here's a short list

You forgot Colin Mochrie, the best part of Whose Line is it Anyway?

[Guynemer]

1. Blessed are the cheesemakers.

2. Never be rude to an Arab.

3. Socrates himself was permanently pissed.

4. Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, because there's bugger all down here on Earth.

5. If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Spec
1- The're boring and not funny

2- Never watch them again

3- Find something better to do

4- British humor is lame

5- Anybody can make money on TV

Spec.

People have been taken out and fed to the weevils for lesser crimes than saying this.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
4. Never forget to use the the machine with the Ping during surgery

The machine that goes Ping.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Arrian
Few things approach the greatness that is Yes! Minister/Yes! Prime Minister. ****ing brilliant stuff.
-Arrian

Sir Humphreys lines are sodding awesome. Civil Servants did actually use to speak like that. I expect some still do.

Obfuscation as High Art.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Flubber
While I don't assert Canada is better than Britain on comedy since I love British comedy, here's a short list


Comedians
Aykroyd, Dan: Comedian, Actor. "Saturday Night Live", "The Blues Brothers"
Candy, John: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV"
Carrey, Jim: Comedian, Actor. "The Mask", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "The Truman Show"
Chong, Thomas: Comedian. Half of Cheech and Chong
Dressler, Marie: Actress, Comedienne. "Tillie's Punctured Romance", "Anna Christie", "Min and Bill" (AA), "Dinner at Eight"
Foley, David: Comedian, Actor. "Kids in the Hall", "News Radio"
Green, Tom: Comedian. "The Tom Green Show"
Harron, Don: Actor, Comedian, Author, a.k.a.: Charlie Farquharson, "Hee Haw".
Hartman, Phil: Actor, Comedian. "Saturday Night Live", "News Radio"
Leacock, Stephen: Author, Humourist. "Literary Lapses"
Levy, Eugene: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV"
Little, Rich: Impressionist.
McCulloch, Bruce: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall"
McDonald, Kevin: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall"
MacDonald, Norm: Comedian, Actor: "Saturday Night Live"
McKinney, Mark: Comedian. "Kids in the Hall", "Saturday Night Live"
Mandel, Howie: Comedian, Actor. "St. Elsewhere"
Martin, Andrea: Comedienne, Actress. "SCTV", "Star Trek: DS9"
Michaels, Lorne: Producer, Writer. "Saturday Night Live"
Moranis, Rick: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
Myers, Mike: Comedian, Actor. a.k.a.: Wayne Campbell on "Saturday Night Live"
O'Hara, Catherine: Actress. "SCTV" "Beetlejuice", "Home Alone"
Sahl, Mort: Comedian, Actor
Sennett, Mack: Director, Comedian, Actor, Producer. the Keystone Kops, "Tillie's Punctured Romance"
Short, Martin: Comedian, Actor. "SCTV", "Saturday Night Live", "Clifford"
Shuster, Frank: Comedian. Wayne and Shuster made the most guest appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show"
Smith, Steve: Comedian, Actor. "The Red Green Show"
Steinberg, David: Comedian, Actor, Director. "Designing Women"
Thomas, Dave: Comedian. "SCTV", "Strange Brew", "Grace Under Fire"
Thompson, Scott: Comedian Actor. "Kids in the Hall"
Wayne, Johnny: Comedian, Wayne and Shuster made the most guest appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show

We used to get the Wayne and Shuster show in Utah when I was a little kid. I loved that show.

Red Green is one of my favorites also.

ACK!

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by ajbera


You forgot Colin Mochrie, the best part of Whose Line is it Anyway?

Ryan Styles was the best part of WLIIA, but Colin Mochrie was good. There was the big bearded Canuck too.