Walking over sky, following a bird...

You were nearly killed by Mr Bean?? I don't think I'd want that as an epitaph!

Me, I like Yes Minister

These were good and so funny Darko! I've never seen the first two and on Mr. Bean only a couple of times on an Opera post.

Great stuff. Do you remember the Mr. Bean episode where he got his head stuck in that turkey? ROTFWL.

And oh...

Dave Allen was funny. Never saw him before. Only Fools and Horses is a great Brit com. I love nearly all of them. David Jason was also good on Open All Hours. And Mr. Bean was OK, but I like Rowan Atkinson better in both Black Adder and Thin Blue Line. I am a a huge, huge fan of British comedy and used to watch every one faithfully. Very few are available now on my satellite TV. I had cable when I watched them on KERA PBS every Sat. and Sun. night

Other favorites---The Red Green Show (Canadian), Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Are You Being Served, Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave, To the Manor Born, Coupling, Red Dwarf and many others. Monty Python of course.

@ Ossian.

Well if you run into that strawberry blonde just to Benny's right please tell her that I love her and want to have her baby.

these are the Giants of Comedy! thanks Darko!

Originally posted by edwardpiercy:

please tell her that I love her and want to have her baby.

sorry, I couldn't resist!

Wasn't there something in the news in recent past about a pregnant man? I think they should have to be pregnant with every other child. That way, there would never be more than 2 per family.

I remember an old one called Love Thy Neighbour. They wouldn't show it nowadays (just like Kingswood Country on free-to-air TV in Australia), because people would complain to the station that it was promoting racism. But they were really clever, because they showed racists to be foolish, regardless of who they were racist against.

Black Books induced in me the choking fit Mr Bean induced in you. Just one particular scene where Manny was asking a customer if he could help them and the customer turned around and shouted at him, causing his hair to fly in the heated breeze. I don't know ... it was funny to me.

Like Linda said above, Blackadder, Red Dwarf and One Foot in the Grave (God, I'd love to send a dead rat to a junk mailer like Victor Meldrew, but I'm all out of dead rats ... ).

Ahh ... so many. Kenny Everett ... The Young Ones ... Bottom ...

No.

British humour is the best!

You had two channels, lucky you? We had only one!

I agree with your examples here. I also remember Dave Allen weel, and how I liked his making fun of religion. That was good

But my favorite was and is Monty Python!

Dave Allen is an awesome stand-up. He's so in control when he's on the stage, knows exactly what he's gonna say yet always makes the routines unique. If you like his stuff you might wanna look up Jasper Carrott as they have similar styles but stand apart enough to be... different. I ran out of words. .

I grew up on Only Fools & Horses. At the end of it (or at least what I count as the end as the Christmas specials were kind of lame) they become millionaires and enter the pub with everyone giving them a round of applause, and I'm right there clapping myself with tears in my eyes. It's funny how you can grow attached to characters in a comedy eh? I think my favourite episode is the one where they're both trapped in a lift. For a comedy show it just has excellent acting.

The problem with Men Behaving Badly isn't that it isn't funny cause it's bloody hilarious. The problem is that so many british guys thought that's the way they're meant to act in real life and they do still. .

I think Blackadder and Red Dwarf are some of the best british comedies out there, and whenever I meet an American with a crush on House I always direct them to a clip of Hugh Laurie dressed as Prince George in Blackadder the Third. That's what they get for using him as an example of how great their American actors are then slagging British actors without realising he is British.

British humour rocks .
I've only seen Mr Bean of the ones mentioned in your post, but I have fond memories of Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister, Red Dwarf and lots of other shows!

liked them all, always thought Brits had a better sense of humor than most Americans. they seem to like to laugh, and most Americans when you tell a joke, look at you as if you were something from outer space.

My idea of British Humor is watching Hot & Shapey Liz Hurley in the movie Bedeviled.

that would be Jaxs as well...lmao

Fawlty Towers, yes, another funny one. There were so many great British comedies on KERA. I followed Red Dwarf for years, and the original Dr. Who's.

So many Americans just do not get British humor and I feel sorry for them. My own daughter-in-law thinks I'm nuts for enjoying Brit. Coms. She is totally humorless anyway, and British comedy goes completely over her head.

My sister, Nell, who just passed away was also a great fan of British comedy. Maybe it's a racial memory kind of thing?

Ohhh, she was in Bedazzled too. And in Belusted.

Hmmm, I'm not sure about the first guy, I'd probably recognise him but the name doesn't register. As for Mr Bean and Only Fools, I'm sorry to say I loathe both with a passion

Thanks, Dare, I remember that episode. One of my favorites was the drunken Chef and another was the renovation by the Irishman.

My favorite all time episode of Monty Python is the dead parrot one. I roll every time I see that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj8RIEQH7zA

And The Holy Grail is my favorite Python movie. I was stoned out of my head first time I saw it and I literally rolled in the floor laughing. Now I watch it at least once a year. I requested the movie for a Christmas present from a former boyfriend, and so I now have it at home where I can watch any time I like. Also have a set of Flying Circus episodes.

I like lots of shows. Old British stuff? Red Dwarf, Blackadder, some Fawlty Towers are ok. I like a couple of the Monty Python movies but I find the show very hit-and-miss. Also, Porridge.

Porridge is also good one. Ronnie Barker stars (same one in Open All Hours) Porridge is prison. It takes place in a prison where Barker is an inmate---quite a unique one, too. Only saw one season of Porridge, but I enjoyed it. Last of the Summer Wine also good. And Allo! Allo!

Oh, I adore these! Only Fools and Horses is one of my favorite series. I can watch them constantly and never feel boredom. What what to say about Mr. Bean except that it is hilarious! I also like Monty Phyton flying circus.

Baldock, is that near Hitchin? There is a Hertfordshire Constabulary police station at Baldock, isn't there?

Wonder how I knew that?

Linda, I remember the one with dead parrot. Do you remember "confuse a cat"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM&feature=fvst

That was crazy, too. One of the big attractions for me to Monty Python is their animations and graphics. They are insanely funny if you watch them.

I think I have seen them all at one time or another. KERA showed more British comedies that BBC did. They started at 9 or 10 p.m. on Sat. night and ended at 2 a.m. Same on Sunday night. I miss them

Allo, Allo was insane.

I liked the mother-in-law! And the undertaker. And, of course, the German soldier who was gay. Can't remember his name.

Does anyone remember the flying nun episode?

This is sort of a recap of all the funny characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtvm6xZSGCo

And the painting hidden in the big sausage! hahahah

And those two poor American airmen---they must have had major muscle cramps.

Yes. Rene always had problems saying that. And the Major what's his face who was an American imitating a German imitating a Frenchman, or something like that. Sometimes had to think about it before I could figure out what he was saying.

I may spend part of the day tomorrow watching Allo, allo on You Tube. They have several seasons on there.