Was It Really All That Funny?

[Ke1t]

Consistently the clip that wins 'funniest moment in British Comedy' awards is 'Del Boy' falling through an open bar.

 

I never really thought it was particularly funny, and off the top of my head could come up with half a dozen moments I thought were way, way funnier... one being so funny (to me) that I threw up with laughing.

 

I hadn't given it all that much thought, though, until I saw Stewart Lee talking about it, saying pretty much the same thing... Del Boy falling through the open bar... it was amusing, but the funniest thing ever to happen in British comedy?

 

I realise people's tastes are different, and my own comedic tastes are way off the mainstream, but surely people can think of way funnier incidents than 'Del Boy Falls Through Open Bar'

 

I'll offer up Stephen Fry and Rowan Atkinson punching fuck out of Hugh Laurie as a funnier effort.

 

[tommo1903]

There was a scene in Limmys Show that was funnier.

[laphroaig]

The clip in Twin town.... leading up to and when fatty falls off the roof.

[360]

Stewart Lee is a smug, fat and unfunny cunt.

 

I'm glad he's a failure, and it's clear he resents funnier people than him who have had success.

[Ke1t]

Stewart Lee is a smug, fat and unfunny cunt.

 

I'm glad he's a failure, and it's clear he resents funnier people than him who have had success.

 

While he's definitely let himself go... and he is smug, there's no denying that... I think he's pretty funny.

 

Not the funniest, that would be Mr Doug Stanhope, but still, I'd rather watch an hour of Stewart Lee than a femtosecond of fuck, I don't know, who do the kids like.. that lanky, scruffy, unfunny cunt.... fuck's his name... Russell Brand. Twat of a man.

[The Boofon]

While he's definitely let himself go... and he is smug, there's no denying that... I think he's pretty funny. Not the funniest, that would be Mr Doug Stanhope, but still, I'd rather watch an hour of Stewart Lee than a femtosecond of fuck, I don't know, who do the kids like.. that lanky, scruffy, unfunny cunt.... fuck's his name... Russell Brand. Twat of a man.

I wish Russell Brand a slow and lingering death. Never liked the cunt since he started on MTV going to clubs in Ibiza and freaking out fellow disco biscuit munchers by speaking shit to them.

 

He's a horrible fucking toad.

[caledonia]

You cant beat Billy Connolly in his heyday

[cow]

You could and should quote airplane to find much funnier lines.

 

Example 1.

 

Rumack: You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.

Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?

Rumack: It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.

 

 

Example 2.

 

Hanging Lady: Nervous?

Ted Striker: Yes.

Hanging Lady: First time?

Ted Striker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cow.

[360]

Airplane is first class.

 

 

 

[Ke1t]

Airplane isn't exactly one of British Comedy's finest moments, though, is it?

[daytripping]

Del falling through the bar was comedy genius, as was the attempt to take out a chandelier, yer being too harsh kelt.

 

Black adder is a chuckle, that was an unexpected real laugh.

[ChutneyLove]

Del Boy falling through the hatch was funny first time round. The chandelier was brilliant. I watched the episode again recently and was laughing for a while before it happened in anticipation.

 

Some of Blackadder was great, particular series 2 and 3. Series one was pish, and series 4 set during the Great War was average.

 

Baldrick down in the kitchen explaining to the Prince that he'd written a poem about him being a "lovely" to cover Mrs Miggins was good. Blackadder re-writing the dictionary episode really good.

[Ke1t]

Another great effort, imo, was the Red Dwarf episode where Rimmer has the crew in quarantine in case they're crazy... then proceeds to tell them how he begged the King of the Potato People to release them.

 

[The Hulk]

Some of Blackadder was great, particular series 2 and 3. Series one was pish, and series 4 set during the Great War was average.

Flashheart's entrance at the end of series 2 is still for me some of the most rip-roaring 3 minutes of sitcom history.

 

[Bluto10]

im worried by the amount of blackadder and red dwarf fans on here.

 

i watched a b.a. episode recently, see what the fuss was about.

it was tumbleweed stuff. and all from so called oxbridge intelligencia.

[The Boofon]

Flashheart's entrance at the end of series 2 is still for me some of the most rip-roaring 3 minutes of sitcom history.

 

 

 

Magic.

[buchanskii]

im worried by the amount of blackadder and red dwarf fans on here.

 

i watched a b.a. episode recently, see what the fuss was about.

it was tumbleweed stuff. and all from so called oxbridge intelligencia.

 

 

What sort of British Comedy tickles your fancy, Bluto?

[The Hulk]

i watched a b.a. episode recently

 

Quit yo jibba-jabba!

 

[dave_min]

While he's definitely let himself go... and he is smug, there's no denying that... I think he's pretty funny.

 

Not the funniest, that would be Mr Doug Stanhope, but still, I'd rather watch an hour of Stewart Lee than a femtosecond of fuck, I don't know, who do the kids like.. that lanky, scruffy, unfunny cunt.... fuck's his name... Russell Brand. Twat of a man.

 

That was my initial impression of Brand too, but recently he's very much grown on me.

 

He's surprisingly intelligent at times.

 

Him at the Hugo Boss awards a few weeks ago is comedy gold - youtube it.

 

blackadder is classic

 

NO IDEA what series 1 was about though, stil not even watched them all; awful

 

series 1-3 - magic

 

So the first series of Blackadder is both awful and magic?

[Bluto10]

What sort of British Comedy tickles your fancy, Bluto?

 

stuff like my family; green green grass; when the whistle blows that sort of stuff.

 

there is soimething very unedifying about BA, a deeply rooted uncoolness.

[360]

[Bluto10]

When The Whistle Blows- ha ha

 

You 'avin a laugh?

 

are you havin a laff?

[360]

[Bluto10]

I don't geddit

 

ooooooohhhh

[daytripping]

Alf Garnet is an icon of mine, comedy genius.

 

Also liked a lot of the IT Crowd.

[The Boofon]

That was my initial impression of Brand too, but recently he's very much grown on me.

 

He's surprisingly intelligent at times.

 

Him at the Hugo Boss awards a few weeks ago is comedy gold - youtube it.

 

 

So the first series of Blackadder is both awful and magic?

 

 

It was cringeworthy. He's an arsehole.

[Bluto10]

It was cringeworthy. He's an arsehole.

 

surprised you dont like him then

[StandFree1982]

Peep Show and IT Crowd are, in my opinion, the best comedy shows to come out of Britain in recent times. The Office was exceptional as well.

[paddy]

Brass Eye and the Day Today are without doubt the funniest stuff I have seen in my life.

[tommo1903]

That was my initial impression of Brand too, but recently he's very much grown on me.

 

 

Him at the Hugo Boss awards a few weeks ago is comedy gold - youtube it.

 

I used to hate the cunt with a passion.

 

Then I actually listened to what he has to say. Really intelligent guy and I have a lot of time for his stuff.