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Frankie
03-10-2008, 12:08 PM
... and their nack of turning a dark subject into a funny movie, I highly recommend the movie "Keeping Mum."

Enjoy.
Bowser
03-10-2008, 12:15 PM
Unless it's as good as "A Fish Called Wanda", I'm not interested.
beavis
03-10-2008, 01:24 PM
The British don't have a sense a humor that they're aware of.
Hays
03-10-2008, 01:59 PM
There are a couple of decent British Flicks but their comedy is not always that funny over here.
Mama Hip Rockets
03-10-2008, 02:42 PM
why would anyone like british people?
chasedude
03-10-2008, 02:46 PM
why would anyone like british people?

Monty Python?
Lonewolf Ed
03-10-2008, 02:48 PM
The British don't have a sense a humor that they're aware of.

Do you mean to tell me that John Cleese doesn't know that he is funny?
Hologide
03-10-2008, 02:53 PM
Ooooh a couple of somewhat amusing comments here!

Anyone who enjoyed Whose Line is it Anyway owes us Brits one ;)

Although our humour is kinda different to yours, I'm not surprised some of you think we have none at all :-P
But hey, I support the Chiefs, so guess I gotta have a bit of a sense of humour to get through times like these...
Duck Dog
03-10-2008, 02:57 PM
I think Austin Powers is very funny, Baby.










:D
Hays
03-10-2008, 02:58 PM
haha Hologide, true you have to have humor to be a chiefs fan.

There are a few movies that i can't say i love but are good like Johnny English, ok rip on me now.

Also isn't Hot Fuzz? it wasn't that bad of a movie.
JBucc
03-10-2008, 03:13 PM
I saw Death at a Funeral a few weeks ago it was pretty good and had British peoples in it.
kc rush
03-10-2008, 03:19 PM
We saw Keeping Mum a few weeks ago. It was kind of predictable, but still funny.
Adept Havelock
03-10-2008, 03:22 PM
Monty Python?

Also, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the (IMO) hilarious films of Simon Pegg.

Thanks for the tip Frankie. I'll pick it up.
Duck Dog
03-10-2008, 03:34 PM
haha Hologide, true you have to have humor to be a chiefs fan.

There are a few movies that i can't say i love but are good like Johnny English, ok rip on me now.

Also isn't Hot Fuzz? it wasn't that bad of a movie.

I liked Hot Fuzz too.
QuikSsurfer
03-10-2008, 05:47 PM
Also, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the (IMO) hilarious films of Simon Pegg.

Thanks for the tip Frankie. I'll pick it up.

I got the Fawlty Towers dvd collection for xmas - LOVE, LOVE IT!!!!!
xbarretx
03-10-2008, 06:38 PM
lets not forget the king of british comedy!!!!! Mr Bean :clap:

http://www.wildwechsel.de/artikel/input/2001/11/mr-bean1.jpg
ClevelandBronco
03-10-2008, 06:57 PM
why would anyone like british people?

Peter Sellers.
Fire Me Boy!
03-10-2008, 07:01 PM
The British don't have a sense a humor that they're aware of.

I think that's the FBI.
Adept Havelock
03-10-2008, 07:20 PM
Peter Sellers.

Good call. I think I need to go watch "The Mouse that Roared" again.
Silock
03-10-2008, 07:22 PM
Black Adder is the best comedy series ever made. Period.
stonedstooge
03-10-2008, 07:26 PM
Although I don't know if he did movies of any sort, Benny Hill was one of the funniest, most original comedians I have ever seen.
KcMizzou
03-10-2008, 07:30 PM
Although I don't know if he did movies of any sort, Benny Hill was one of the funniest, most original comedians I have ever seen.I loved his show when I was a kid.


And know I have the theme stuck in my head....
RealSNR
03-10-2008, 07:30 PM
Black Adder is the best comedy series ever made. Period.Bingo. Rowan is much better in Blackadder than he is Mr. Bean.

Blackadder: "Baldrick, you're fired."
Baldrick: "But I've been in service for over 20 years"
Blackadder: "So has syphillis, now get out"
mikey23545
03-10-2008, 07:44 PM
I got the Fawlty Towers dvd collection for xmas - LOVE, LOVE IT!!!!!

Quite possibly the funniest sitcom in history.
Spicy McHaggis
03-10-2008, 08:08 PM
I'm a fan of The Thin Blue Line
KCChiefsMan
03-10-2008, 08:20 PM
I thought Shaun of the Dead was good. I kinda like the british humor. Monty Python comes to mind. I tend to like most british movies that I watch
KcMizzou
03-10-2008, 08:22 PM
I thought Shaun of the Dead was good. I kinda like the british humor. Monty Python comes to mind. I tend to like most british movies that I watchYou'd probably like Hot Fuzz too. It was kinda over-looked, IMO.
Chief Wiggum
03-10-2008, 08:28 PM
We have the British to thank for The Office which is brilliant. Coupling isn't a bad series (for any that checked out the Netflix thread posted by Ill-Logical) and it a good middle-o-the-road programing when having to watch something with the woman.

For those that are into cars, Top Gear on the BBC is a fantastically funny program with cool stuff on it.

That's about all the funny Brit stuff I can think of.... Who the hell thought Ab Fab was funny?! Talk about terrible TV.
Third Eye
03-10-2008, 08:29 PM
Also, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the (IMO) hilarious films of Simon Pegg.

Thanks for the tip Frankie. I'll pick it up.

Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, Benny Hill...
KcMizzou
03-10-2008, 08:30 PM
For those that are into cars, Top Gear on the BBC is a fantastically funny program with cool stuff on it.
Top Gear is great. I've only seen a few episodes, but it stops me when I'm flipping through channels.
xbarretx
03-10-2008, 08:52 PM
Bingo. Rowan is much better in Blackadder than he is Mr. Bean.

Blackadder: "Baldrick, you're fired."
Baldrick: "But I've been in service for over 20 years"
Blackadder: "So has syphillis, now get out"

i said mr bean b/c i figured no one would understand if i used his real name ;)
alnorth
03-10-2008, 09:16 PM
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

That one glorious book/movie earns them a pass for anything else they ever do in comedy. (Not the new crappy movie, the old one. Was a long mini-series on BBC or something. Actually, you know what, forget the movie, the books are a lot better)
RealSNR
03-10-2008, 09:18 PM
Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, Benny Hill...I love Red Dwarf.
sd4chiefs
03-10-2008, 09:18 PM
I saw The Bank Job this weekend. Good movie. It was more of a Comedy Drama movie.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1189844-the_bank_job/
xbarretx
03-10-2008, 09:20 PM
im sorry man the best british movie (of recent times and be set in Britan) was 28 days later. loved it!!!
KCChiefsMan
03-10-2008, 09:58 PM
You'd probably like Hot Fuzz too. It was kinda over-looked, IMO.

it was pretty funny, but not nearly as good as Shaun of the Dead
Silock
03-10-2008, 10:00 PM
Bingo. Rowan is much better in Blackadder than he is Mr. Bean.

Blackadder: "Baldrick, you're fired."
Baldrick: "But I've been in service for over 20 years"
Blackadder: "So has syphillis, now get out"

Will it show my nerd-dom if I know you misquoted that line? ROFL

Still, you got the basics, so it's still funny :)
Silock
03-10-2008, 10:01 PM
Top Gear is great. I've only seen a few episodes, but it stops me when I'm flipping through channels.

Top Gear on BBC America SUCKS. They edit out 99% of the Anti-American stuff that Clarkson says. While it's not all true, it is pretty funny. Plus, they cut out some of the really cool cars.
KcMizzou
03-10-2008, 10:13 PM
it was pretty funny, but not nearly as good as Shaun of the DeadAgreed.
RealSNR
03-10-2008, 11:35 PM
Will it show my nerd-dom if I know you misquoted that line? ROFL

Still, you got the basics, so it's still funny :)Yes. Nerd. :D

The 2nd season is the most popular, but my absolute favorite is the 3rd. All the quirks and pokings at Enlightenment England and its history. Quite fantastic stuff. Especially the first episode with the government bit...

Pitt the Younger: I intend to put up my own brother as a candidate against you!
Blackadder: Oh... and which Pitt would this be? Pitt the Toddler? Pitt the Embryo? Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye?
Frankie
03-11-2008, 07:34 AM
We have the British to thank for The Office which is brilliant. Coupling isn't a bad series .....

All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Three is Company, were all American versions of British series. Many more I'm sure.
chasedude
03-11-2008, 07:59 AM
Although I don't know if he did movies of any sort, Benny Hill was one of the funniest, most original comedians I have ever seen.

Good call. Plus Benny Hill was the first time I saw boobies on the screen! :clap:
Adept Havelock
03-11-2008, 09:21 AM
All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Three is Company, were all American versions of British series. Many more I'm sure.

:hmmm:

Elizabeth, I shall be there shortly. I appear to be expiring.
Frankie
03-11-2008, 10:05 AM
:hmmm:
Till Death Us Do Part-------> All in the Family
Steptoe and Son ----------> Sanford and Son
Man About the House------> Three is company
blueballs
03-11-2008, 10:23 AM
It must be all this curry they keep taking about
that makes them funny
NTTIAWWT
JBucc
03-11-2008, 10:23 AM
Top Gear on BBC America SUCKS. They edit out 99% of the Anti-American stuff that Clarkson says. While it's not all true, it is pretty funny. Plus, they cut out some of the really cool cars.They're going to make an American version called Gear. I think Adam Corolla has signed on as one of the hosts.

It won't be as good as the original but maybe we'll get to see some cars that don't make it to the UK.
Adept Havelock
03-11-2008, 10:27 AM
Till Death Us Do Part-------> All in the Family
Steptoe and Son ----------> Sanford and Son
Man About the House------> Three is company

Huh. I wasn't familiar with Steptoe and Son. Thanks.
Hays
03-11-2008, 10:37 AM
Steptoe and son? and its like sanford and son haha that has to be somewhat funny.
Frankie
03-11-2008, 11:37 AM
Steptoe and son? and its like sanford and son haha that has to be somewhat funny.

Correction. Sandford and Son is supposed to be like Steptoe and Son.
Silock
03-11-2008, 01:32 PM
Yes. Nerd. :D

The 2nd season is the most popular, but my absolute favorite is the 3rd. All the quirks and pokings at Enlightenment England and its history. Quite fantastic stuff. Especially the first episode with the government bit...

Pitt the Younger: I intend to put up my own brother as a candidate against you!
Blackadder: Oh... and which Pitt would this be? Pitt the Toddler? Pitt the Embryo? Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye?

When I was in high school (10 years ago), I performed a Black Adder piece at the National Forensics League nationals competition. Yes, I was a nerd back in High School, too.
Skip Towne
03-11-2008, 02:48 PM
Benny Hill was very funny. He pushed the envelope.
Adept Havelock
03-11-2008, 03:30 PM
When I was in high school (10 years ago), I performed a Black Adder piece at the National Forensics League nationals competition. Yes, I was a nerd back in High School, too.

Very nice. I recall one young man who did "Alice's Restaurant Masacree" for State competition.