Books/films/telly etc everyone else finds funny but you don't get

[mrs quoad]

I can't help it - there must be something wrong with you if you only like R4 comedy

Meh. I wouldn't deny it *shrugs*

And to think I was perfect until I sobered up

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Only Fools and Horses.

Oh god yes I forgot that. As soon as I hear that theme tune I break out in a sweat and start to feel like throwing up. Rodney.

 

[stavros]

Little Britain and Catherine Tate of those already mentioned, but I'll also weigh in with the omnipresent monstrosity that is Friends.

 

[scifisam]

I don't get most of those shows either. I liked Rocky Horror, but didn't think it was meant to be laugh-out-loud funny. I alos like Friends. The rest, no.

A friend posted up a link to a Catherine Tate sketch, and loads of people chimed in sayng that it was the funniest thing they'd ever seen. There were also a few comments about how anyone who didn't like it must just be too PC.

It was a sketch of a woman pretending to talk foreign languages, and just making silly noises instead. It wasn't offensive, but it wasn't funny either. My GF and I sat there with blank faces, waiting for the punchline.

Same with the Mighty Boosh. The Russel Brand-a-like on that show was deadly funny on Buzzcocks, but I just didn't get the TV show at all.

Shame. We needed a new comedy to watch.

 

[D'wards]

Hot Fuzz - not bad, but not as brilliant as most said

 

[vogonity]

Spaced.
Green Wing.

 

[T & P]

Seinfeld. The same cardboard sets, set up and predictable one liners as hundreds of other US sitcoms. Can't understand why is so rated.

 

[May Kasahara]

And the horrible slap bass incidental music

 

[Reno]

Seinfeld. The same cardboard sets, set up and predictable one liners as hundreds of other US sitcoms. Can't understand why is so rated.

It made me laugh.

 

[Crispy]

Spaced.
Green Wing.

*rains down death*

 

[mattie]

Anything where a complete sketch is just a set-up for a catchphrase. Catherine Tate and the Fast Show, for example.

And Harry Enfield.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

little britain
Catherine Tate
Green Wing
That Garlic Bread guy (I forget his name)

And another vote for Seinfeld. It's kind of ok but I don't get why it is thought of so highly. I have only ever laughed at one bit.
"what are you doing?"
"makin' sausages."

 

[secretsquirrel]

Spaced.
Green Wing.

Heresy!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I'm surprised nobody's maimed me for mentioning Absolutely Fabulous.

 

[DrRingDing]

Little Britain.

 

[Biglittlefish]

Frasier.
I remember it being very good but seen a few repeats on Paramount recently and it was just dull, predictable, sitcom rubbish. Ok they have a few great lines occasionally but for the most part, Frasier is involved in some kind of misunderstanding and hilarity doesn't ensue.

 

[Katsoup]

Anything featuring Jim Carey

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Jim Carey

His comedy is shite (except the Mask) but his serious stuff is Ace - Truman Show is one of my favourite films of all time, possibly THE favourite.

 

[Phenol]

Derek and Clive.

 

[Orang Utan]

Derek and Clive.

You fucking cunt cunt

 

[Phenol]

You fucking cunt cunt

Lol!

 

[Mallard]

Terry Pratchett. Anything with Chris Evans in. The vast majority of the Edinburgh festival (with the exception of the Lou Reed biog film with Time Rockers in it).

 

[scifisam]

His comedy is shite (except the Mask) but his serious stuff is Ace - Truman Show is one of my favourite films of all time, possibly THE favourite.

Mine too. He's quite good in serious films, but the films themselves are always good too - all his good taste and sense must be poured into the serious films he chooses, with nothing left for the comedies.

 

[andy2002]

Green Wing
Everything Peter Kay has done in the last five years
Everything Gervais has done since The Office finished, especially his shit, unfunny stand-up shows
French & Saunders
Marcus Brigstocke
Have I Got News For You since Angus Deayton was fired
David Baddiel
The Friday Night Project - in fact, practically all Channel 4 "comedy" these days except the odd American import

 

[stavros]

Have I Got News For You since Angus Deayton was fired

Totally disagree. It's still the funniest thing on telly.

 

[CalmerChameleon]

I can't stand the sort of comedy music such as MC Pitman and The Shirehorses that everyone else seems to find hilarious.

 

[camouflage]

I mean, WTF

 

[camouflage]

But surely this one should be executed as an exmple to others...

 

[Idaho]

95% of all the things listed so far aren't funny 95% of the time. Comedy has to be just right or catch you in the mood.

As for Radio 4 comedy - god damn that stuff is shit.

 

[andy2002]

Totally disagree. It's still the funniest thing on telly.

Yes, all those "Prescott is fat" jokes are simply hilarious.