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Thread started 06/11/07 10:34pm

lilgish

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Who's funnier...

Brits or Americans?
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Reply #1 posted 06/11/07 10:57pm

meggy

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deffo brits
americans are just so non intelligent (spelling?)
when it comes to comedy of any sort the brits are deff on top

nod nod nod
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Reply #2 posted 06/11/07 11:04pm

weepingwall

Martians..or the funians..from the country known as Funnyland it is in europe!
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Reply #3 posted 06/11/07 11:33pm

Christopher

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meggy said:

deffo brits
americans are just so non intelligent (spelling?)



lol
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Reply #4 posted 06/11/07 11:35pm

meggy

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HEY!! I was being serious there
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Reply #5 posted 06/11/07 11:53pm

prb

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def brits
Little Britain, Black Books, Bridget Jones- even though a Texan played a brit confused

but my fav brit is Hugh Laurie- but as he is a Brit playing an American confuse lol

nah- brits win- humour is blacker


but the winner is Kath & Kim!

Aussie humour beats all lol
seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before music beret
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Reply #6 posted 06/11/07 11:57pm

meggy

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with the brit I think it all has to do with the nasty jokes.. not alot of americans understand it, which kind of makes it funnyer cause their all like "huh?"

I hate when they "americanize" the brit coms it just ruins the whole thing.
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Reply #7 posted 06/12/07 12:03am

theAudience

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hmmm...




...Certain groups of Brits are certainly funnier.


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Reply #8 posted 06/12/07 12:05am

meggy

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theAudience said:

hmmm...




...Certain groups of Brits are certainly funnier.


tA

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Reply #9 posted 06/12/07 12:29am

mdiver

When it comes to comedy the Brits have the Americans whopped most definately. If you look at the way comedies have been altered it is just a different taste and culture issue. For example The Office in the UK where Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant wrote it was way more sarcastic,ironic and down right cringe worthy that the awful US version that went all mainstream and changed the whole dynamic of the comedy.

I guess it is taste.

I have spent a while trying to show a shanti some new UK comedy that even some Brits dont get on with and she loved it....not sure all Americans get it but give it 10 years and it will get there...a bit like Monty Python did.
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Reply #10 posted 06/12/07 12:37am

ellieadore

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Brits for sure nod
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Reply #11 posted 06/12/07 12:43am

prb

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meggy said:

with the brit I think it all has to do with the nasty jokes.. not alot of americans understand it, which kind of makes it funnyer cause their all like "huh?"

I hate when they "americanize" the brit coms it just ruins the whole thing.


nod
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Reply #12 posted 06/12/07 12:58am

lilgish

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prb said:


Aussie humour beats all lol

really, Australians are funny?
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Reply #13 posted 06/12/07 1:03am

prb

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eek
razz
lol
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Reply #14 posted 06/12/07 1:18am

Teacher

Brits, hands down.
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Reply #15 posted 06/12/07 1:18am

FuNkeNsteiN

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Me.
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #16 posted 06/12/07 2:06am

lilgish

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FuNkeNsteiN said:

Me.
you're from Finland, maybe you're the funniest man in Finland?
[Edited 6/12/07 2:08am]
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Reply #17 posted 06/12/07 2:12am

FuNkeNsteiN

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lilgish said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Me.
you're from Finland, maybe you're the funniest man in Finland?

Yea
woot!
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #18 posted 06/12/07 2:34am

eikonoklastes

Americans.
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Reply #19 posted 06/12/07 3:31am

LittleSmedley

I'm a brit, I love American humour - "Team America", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Simpsons", SNL, etc

I can't stand that Emo Phillips tho (is that his name)? shite neutral
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Reply #20 posted 06/12/07 3:44am

shanti0608

mdiver said:

When it comes to comedy the Brits have the Americans whopped most definately. If you look at the way comedies have been altered it is just a different taste and culture issue. For example The Office in the UK where Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant wrote it was way more sarcastic,ironic and down right cringe worthy that the awful US version that went all mainstream and changed the whole dynamic of the comedy.

I guess it is taste.

I have spent a while trying to show a shanti? some new UK comedy that even some Brits dont get on with and she loved it....not sure all Americans get it but give it 10 years and it will get there...a bit like Monty Python did.



Well it does depend on ones taste and the style of comedy.
I have been told that I am sarcastic and have a dry sense of humor so I guess I tend to like that sort of comedy.
As far as who is funnier- there are many great comedians from both places really- it is a toss up.
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Reply #21 posted 06/12/07 5:26am

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Brit humor is idiotic, there's absolutely no subtlety in it.
"18 years old, and she knows her funk!!! headbang"
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Reply #22 posted 06/12/07 5:32am

CarrieMpls

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oh, there's genius and idiocy on both sides. lol It's all just different flavours.
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Reply #23 posted 06/12/07 5:33am

retina

Even though many of the American comedies are too crude to be funny, I'd still say I prefer the American humour. Especially when it comes to regular people. Talk to a random American at a party for example and they're very likely to crack more funny jokes than a random Brit would. On the other hand, there are some predictable patterns in American humour so even though they're generally funnier, the Brits more often come up with fresher angles.
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Reply #24 posted 06/12/07 5:34am

Anxiety

CarrieMpls said:

oh, there's genius and idiocy on both sides. lol It's all just different flavours.


exactly. plus, i think british comedy and american comedy have always fed off each other. neither is "pure".
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Reply #25 posted 06/12/07 5:35am

Ace

Very different senses of humour. I'm generally not a big fan of the Brit variety, but - that said - I think LleeLlee's hysterical!
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Reply #26 posted 06/12/07 5:38am

garganta

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The Brits are definitely funnier...

























looking...
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Reply #27 posted 06/12/07 5:48am

LittleSmedley

FruitToAttractBears said:

Brit humor is idiotic, there's absolutely no subtlety in it.


IT IS FUCKING SUBTLE



wink
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Reply #28 posted 06/12/07 5:57am

FruitToAttract
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LittleSmedley said:

FruitToAttractBears said:

Brit humor is idiotic, there's absolutely no subtlety in it.


IT IS FUCKING SUBTLE



wink



Ahhhh, I gotcha. wink


falloff
"18 years old, and she knows her funk!!! headbang"
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Reply #29 posted 06/12/07 6:17am

Xagain

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meggy said:

with the brit I think it all has to do with the nasty jokes.. not alot of americans understand it, which kind of makes it funnyer cause their all like "huh?"

I hate when they "americanize" the brit coms it just ruins the whole thing.


Often that's true. But there are exceptions. "The Office" for one. I love the British version, but by the 2nd season the American version passed it up.
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