there have been some brilliant british comedy shows and comedians. Marty Feldman was very funny. Rowan Atkinson

there have been some brilliant american comedy shows and comedians. Seinfeld
Eddie Murphy Stephen Wright Even Rodney Dangerfield..could just have an audience rolling in the aisles..

Fawlty Towers compared to...uhm 'That ain't the Lake of Minnetonka?'



British humour !

I find americans funnier.

I find british humor not funny at all. Really stupid actually.

mdiver said:

I wondered if I had heard of The Office with different actors! I think they show the original Office on PBS. Right?

DaniDaniBoBani said:

That is just because you dont understand it

Paradisekiss03 said:

I dunno i am in England

Brits.

mdiver said:

No. I do. It's just NOT. FUNNY.

You know who I do not find funny at all..is that damn "Dame Edna" that to me is just stupid.

I like Brits, but their comedy is terrible. Not funny at all. Especially monty python!

DaniDaniBoBani said:

?

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Australian

PaisleyPark5083 said:

australian

mdiver said:

Dame Edna is Australian? I just know I have never laughed at one thing "she" ever has said or done.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Look up Barry Humphries

garganta said:

Taking into consideration that most of the funniest American comedians are Canadian, I'm easily going to give this one to the Brits.
Monty Python alone beats the tar out of anyone on any given day.

Wit & writing in general is probably England's greatest contribution to art. Certainly not food, painting or classical music.

I find Brits to be more witty. Americans are very funny, but in a more Three Stooges kind of way. Americans' wit owes much to England, too.
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mdiver said:

That's what I thought about the American "Office" until I actually watched it.
The first season followed the British story lines, but the second season broke away from it and the show really came into it's own. Not to mention that Gervais and Merchant are actually involved in the production of the show.
Honestly, Steve Carrell is great on that show, and the scripts are brilliant.

Xagain said:

TBH i thought it all sucked,i ireally wanted to like it but i thought that gervais and marchant watered down the show for the Americans and it sucked donkey balls

Xagain said:

I was reluctant to watch the American Office, but I think it's brilliant. More American, yes, but just as good as the original.

And you're right, it's become its own show now that it's veered away from the old plotlines.

mdiver said:

I didn't like it at first because it followed the old sorylines, so it just seemed like a bad imitation (and Tim became Jim WTF?! What's the point?)

It's become my favorite show now.

NDRU said:

that is why there are different shows dude..we all like different stuff

mdiver said:

How many episodes did you watch? Because I think it's way edgier than most American comedies. Especially episodes like "Sensitivity Day" or the one in which Phyllis gets a "Bushiest Beaver" award. I don't know what you mean by "watered down." Alot of the humor is anything but watered down. Did you really watch the whole show or just a few episodes? 'Cause that's exactly what I thought after watching just the season 1 episodes.
By the finale of season 2 I was hooked, and when Jim put in for a transfer and blurted out to Pam that he was in love with her I actually teared up. Just like I did when Tim turned off his mic and confessed his love to Dawn.

mdiver said:

Each of us should get personalized versions of The Office

Are you having a laugh?

Is he having a laugh?

oldmanjohnson said:

I couldn't go on without these guys making me giggle:



And I looooove this bitch:

Mushanga said:

they're 1/6 American