British "humour"?

[bk42261]

The wife was watching "Three Weddings and a Funeral" (I think that's the name) and thought it was amusing
Me-not so much as a chuckle.
Aside from Monty Python, I can't think of any
British Comedy that I've ever liked.
Am I missing something?

 

[Exaviator]

U.S. humour is more slapstick and in your face, whereas British is more nuanced or subtle.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Am I missing something?

Yes. A working limbic system.

 

[Rudi]

I guess you either like it or not. Give me Black Adder, Thin Blue Line, Ab Fab, and Benny Hill. Belly laughs still.

 

[Eltioloco]

And let’s not forget Dad’s Army, hilarious!

 

[swsig]

U.S. humour is more slapstick and in your face, whereas British is more nuanced or subtle.

You must have missed Benny Hill. His show was often side-splitting funny, but nuanced and subtle he wasn't.

 

[Golddollar]

I guess you either like it or not. Give me Black Adder, Thin Blue Line, Ab Fab, and Benny Hill. Belly laughs still.

I splurged and bought the entire Benny Hill DVD series.

Brings back memories of watching Benny Hill with my dad and his brothers at my grandparents' house.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Yes. A working limbic system.

Ooooooooo!

That's what you get when you offend an ex-pat

But to add to what the OP missed, I'd add Beyond the Fringe (from the 60's)The Two Ronnies, The Goon Show - even older than Beyond the Fringe, from the 50's, but one of the inspirations for Monty Python, Black Adder (as already mentioned), Only Fools and Horses, and a couple of BBC radio games (alas now gone): I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and The News Quiz.

But it's a matter of taste (or lack thereof, in the case of Benny Hill, IMHO). Having some British blood in my veins, I like a lot of that stuff.

 

[RobertJ.]

I splurged and bought the entire Benny Hill DVD series.

Brings back memories of watching Benny Hill with my dad and his brothers at my grandparents' house.

My grandma loved Benny Hill, and we had a great time watching him together!

I introduced my sister to Monty Python, and she became a huge fan. Fawlty Towers is excellent, also. And there was a detective series we watched when we were in high school called, "My Partner the Ghost", also well worth watching.

I recently had the opportunity to read the liner notes from Jethro Tull's album "Thick as a Brick". I had it on cassette, but the jacket the vinyl was packaged in opened up like a newspaper, only it was a parody and could have been written by Monty Python. Classic British humor!

 

[Chuck24]

I liked Are You Being Served, when I could stay up long enough to see it.

 

[swsig]

Ooooooooo!

That's what you get when you offend an ex-pat

But to add to what the OP missed, I'd add Beyond the Fringe (from the 60's)The Two Ronnies, The Goon Show - even older than Beyond the Fringe, from the 50's, but one of the inspirations for Monty Python, Black Adder (as already mentioned), Only Fools and Horses, and a couple of BBC radio games (alas now gone): I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and The News Quiz.

But it's a matter of taste (or lack thereof, in the case of Benny Hill, IMHO). Having some British blood in my veins, I like a lot of that stuff.

To these, I'll add Fawlty Towers.

 

[john17427]

I guess you either like it or not. Give me Black Adder, Thin Blue Line, Ab Fab, and Benny Hill. Belly laughs still.

Black Adder was killer, but I also liked Red Dwarf.

 

[robvious]

The Young Ones is NOT nuanced.. and IS hilarious...

 

[oldbrownhat]

Yes, Fawlty Towers. How could I forget that? ("Too much costello-roll, Mr. Fawlty!")

And in a slightly different vein, The Darling Buds of May, with the versatile David Jason, Pam Ferris and the meltingly-luscious young Catherine Zeta-Jones (PHWOAR!)

 

[LVSteve]

You must have missed Benny Hill. His show was often side-splitting funny, but nuanced and subtle he wasn't.

I don't know what the US issued DVDs are like, but I'm pretty sure that Benny Hill is edited to death on the OTA channel here that puts it out.

I've also noted the audio being blanked on OTA broadcasts of Stargate, That 70's Show, and Without A Trace. I assume we can thank certain twitchy corporate lawyers or an idiot at the FCC.

 

[CH4]

I fart in your general direction…

 

[sheepdawg]

We have Are You Being Served and Bean back to back every Saturday night here in GA
Bean is unique and hilarious.

 

[Kiwi cop]

From a watered down Brit…..

Have you checked out any of the Carry On films? David Niven and Hattie Jacques along with a long list of other actors from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s.

 

[lihpster]

British humor has long been a favorite of mine. From my discovery of Monty Python and Benny Hill on public television, to my love of Douglas Adams, or merely the famous quotes of Winston and Oscar, I have enjoyed British humor immensely.
German humor on the other hand.....

 

[UncleEd]

Among movies, I still love "A Fish Called Wanda."

As much as I love dogs, I still laugh when all
the pet dogs are killed one after another during
attempts to murder a sweet old lady.

And let's not forget the Alex Guinness classics
such as "The Lavender Hill Mob" or "The Man
in the White Suit" and a later one "The Horse's
Mouth."Add in his "The Lady Killers."