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| Posted by: Annabelle 05-Apr-2004, 07:56 PM |
| BBC has alot of Comedy programs. MANY of them come on Sat's night here in the states. What's your favorite program? Mine is "Keeping up Appearences", what's yours? |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 05-Apr-2004, 08:06 PM |
| Sit at home on a Saturday night!!!???? Not when there's a bar stool with my name on it. |
| Posted by: snowblind 05-Apr-2004, 09:29 PM |
| Blackadder by a mile. Seen each series so many times and it never gets old or less funny. |
| Posted by: Knightly Knight 05-Apr-2004, 10:21 PM |
| BBC has comedy programs? Ground Force is my favorite BBC program and it has plenty of humor involved for me. |
| Posted by: Gwydo 06-Apr-2004, 01:35 AM |
| I've got to agree with snowblind on this one. Blackadder is my favorite (the WWII series specifically). After that would have to be Are You Being Served, then Fawlty Towers. Of course none of these are played locally anymore.  (At least not on any of the channels that I get.) |
| Posted by: corrigan 06-Apr-2004, 06:33 AM |
| I, of course, love Black Adder and Fawlty Towers. Also, The Young Ones The Manor Born Good Neighbors As Time Goes By The Blue Line and recent favorites Coupling My Hero Supposedly American TV was trying to recreate Coupling, but it was and abysmal failure. But it was nice to see one of the guys from it in Pirate of the Carribean. |
| Posted by: corrigan 06-Apr-2004, 06:35 AM |
| Oops! Sorry about spelling errors. I really must not post before coffee. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 06-Apr-2004, 06:56 AM |
| Are You Being Served is hilarious. So Graham Norton is my current British fav. Watch it on BBC America. I've never seen Black Adder, but I've heard of it. |
| Posted by: maisky 06-Apr-2004, 07:01 AM |
| Unfortunately Benny Hill is no longer on the air. |
| Posted by: oldraven 06-Apr-2004, 09:02 AM |
No one said Monty Python?  Absolutely my favorite. Then Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, though I haven't seen very many episodes. Absolutely Fabulous is a BBC program, right? Now that stuff's funny as hell. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 06-Apr-2004, 09:21 AM |
| Yep, Monty Phyton is good! Very Very funny! |
| Posted by: RobertH 08-Apr-2004, 09:04 PM |
| Monty Python is THE classic! Scottish time bomb, dead parrot, etc... My wife doesn't understand why the Minister of Silly Walks sketch is hilarious, but then she doesn't get the Three Stooges either! |
| Posted by: RavenWing 09-Apr-2004, 06:53 AM |
| I regualarly watch Monty Pyton and Dead Ringers. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 09-Apr-2004, 08:21 AM |
| I've never seen Dead Ringers!? What is that about? |
| Posted by: RavenWing 09-Apr-2004, 10:20 AM |
| It is a comedy show where they spoof people. IU watch it on BBC America. Unfortunately, I have to have digital cable to get BBC America. http://www.tomandnev.co.uk/dr.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/deadringers.shtml |
| Posted by: RavenWing 09-Apr-2004, 10:20 AM | ||
WHA?!?!?! |
| Posted by: VetteGal 09-Apr-2004, 05:45 PM |
| Hi All, Back when I was in High School, way back when, one of our local stations WTTW would play Monty Python's Flying Circus, Dave Allen, The Two Ronnies, & Doctor Who on Sunday nights. Come monday morning there would be a group of us that would do a skit in MPFC during homeroom. I still love each and every one of those shows. I was lucky enough to record most of the Doctor Who's since they are next to impossible to find. I do watch them from time to time. MPFC and Fawlty Towers I can see on BBC Am every once in a while. I wish I could find Dave Allen and The Two Ronnies though. Some classic English comedy!! Nikki |
| Posted by: Siobhan Blues 12-Apr-2004, 08:41 AM | ||
I really love Python when its skits like "Minister of Silly Walks" and my all-time favorite "Argument Clinic", but I must admit a lot of their stuff bothers me: I can't stand the bits when they're cruel to animals, and sometimes skits don't strike my funny bone. I saw the Fawlty Towers series for the first time a few months ago on BBCAmerica, and watched it weekly with delight - Cleese is brillant, a walking caricature! Doesn't the show look dated now, with the hair-dos... still funny though. And if you've ever stayed in a UK B&B you'll enjoy it. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 12-Apr-2004, 09:05 AM |
| What is that sit-com that has the British Dept store? It's always soooo funny! Some time the older woman has pink hair, then the next time I see it, it's green or blue. The hair do's are so dated yet great humor. I can never remember the name of the show...must be ADD again. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 12-Apr-2004, 09:24 AM |
Thats Are you being Served  Whew ! someone said Dr Who.. I was ready to take a pulse here.. ANY thing with John Cleese is a delight to me.. the man is JUST funny ... Ab Fab rocks.... I love that show.. I am seriously thinking about plunking down some money for the entire Monty Python DVD collection... In Service to the Dream. Paula |
| Posted by: Shamalama 12-Apr-2004, 10:34 AM |
| One more vote for Monty Python, with Minister of Silly Walks and Dead Parrot being classics. My all-time favorite was "Hello. It's just gone 8 o'clock and time for the penguin on top of your television set to explode." My lovely bride and I like the BBC version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway". The USA version just ain't as funny. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 12-Apr-2004, 11:25 AM |
| What is the site com that has a oversexed female Kirk on it? |
| Posted by: MacEoghainn 12-Apr-2004, 04:22 PM |
| Is there any show other than the Black Adder? I have the whole series (plus specials) on DVD. I will admit to also liking Mr Bean. MacE |
| Posted by: CeltWolf 12-Apr-2004, 07:11 PM |
| Def. like Are You Being Served? and...arr, the one w/ Judi Dench is As Time Goes By, isn't it? 's fun. And Coupling, as on the BBC, was friggin' hilarious. Loved it. I know they tried an American version, but... I dunno. It was just fine as it was. Should have just syndicated it in public, as opposed to hiding it on public TV. Oooh, I remember the days when I could watch I, Spy on one of the public TV channels. That was friggin' awesome. Loved that show. Not BBC or anything, but quite fun. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 12-Apr-2004, 07:34 PM |
| That's it, Are you being served! O, cracks me up all the time! |
| Posted by: barddas 13-Apr-2004, 11:36 AM |
| I would say for me it is a tie between Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Are you being served. I love those two shows! Keeping up Appearances is good too! ( Oh, poor, Richard!) When I was a kid i loved the Young Ones. It's still pretty funny... and all these years that have past I still find m'self asking ...'have we got a video?' LOL! Good times!!!! |
| Posted by: TracieE 13-Apr-2004, 05:26 PM |
When we had BBC Amercia I so loved to watch so gramha Norton he was so funny. I just loved that show  |
| Posted by: tsargent62 13-Apr-2004, 05:50 PM | ||
Oh, yeah! Graham's a hoot! He has some interesting guests on, too. And some of the stunts he pulls with the audience you'd never get away with in the US. Very appropriate emoticon! |
| Posted by: Kassia 13-Apr-2004, 11:15 PM |
my favorite character is the machine gun-toting sheep in wolf's clothing!!!  |
| Posted by: Blue_Rogue 14-Apr-2004, 06:22 PM |
| Python, Blackadder, Keeping Up apperences, Are You Being Served, Graham Norton, WHo's Line Is It Anyway,........ ALL BBC comedy is great!! I perfer British comedy to american shows, the comedy is more real, I think. I love British TV, everything in life has it's place and is excepted. Has anyone seen the comedian Eddie Izzard???? OMG!!!!! |
| Posted by: Annabelle 14-Apr-2004, 08:16 PM |
| Blue Rogue, so true! I love the British comedies. Glad to see you are from the House of Gordon! I'm a Gordon (born) and my decendents come over thru Huntley Scotland. It's funny are you my Uncle James? Just kidding! I do have a Uncle James for real here in Macon Georgia. There were alot of James', Richards, Roberts in the Family. Funny how those names repeat themselves. My favorite Gordon was Gavin who was my 8th great grandfather! Just love that name! So welcome to CRadio Uncle James! |
| Posted by: Annabelle 14-Apr-2004, 08:22 PM |
| I ALSO LIKE JOHNNY ENGLISH! Very funny stuff! Stupid but funny! |
| Posted by: peckery 15-Apr-2004, 09:33 AM |
| BBC World News Report. Slanted commie bastards....... |
| Posted by: Siobhan Blues 15-Apr-2004, 11:04 AM | ||
I expected that movie to be really lame, for some reason, because I didn't really know if Rowan could do anything but Bean... we finally saw it recently and altho its not 4-star it really had some funny bits in it! We enjoyed it immensely. |
| Posted by: barddas 16-Apr-2004, 11:45 AM | ||
Why yes. And do you have a flag? LOL!  Chow |