Coward Stern: "I'm one of those few people who never liked Monty Python..."

[Murcielago]

I remember being a very little kid and loving the Terry Gilliam animation, I wanted that to be the entire show.

[SleepingWarrior]

I remember being a very little kid and loving the Terry Gilliam animation, I wanted that to be the entire show.

Yes! The animation still sticks with me more than any of the skits.

Speaking of that style of animation....

[DlistCelebutard]

Little Britain is very f*ing funny...so is Graham Norton...

[SchwoogieBuzzer]

Decent British comedy in my opinion.

1 another vote for faulty towers. ,I think another couple of series could have been done before it got stale. (one episode is now censored by the fun police of the BBC because it might offend german people.... and another episode involving a retired army officer in character making a comment about black people )

2 only fools and horses, about a cockney conman living in public housing with his awkward looking brother and doddery grandad and then pipe smoking seaman uncle . This is a british institution,for years christmas specials were made, and it could be very funny. Americans might have trouble with some of the slang. The episode involving 'batman and robin' was probably the funniest thing I have ever seen. I can still picture the west indian office worker saying in shock 'it's batman' as a beer bellied man in a bat man costume and his skinny sidekick dressed up as robin run down a london street.

3 the young ones (maybe less known,but about a group of british students living in a house), this is an aquired taste, some really like this others not so keen.

4 bottom, (about two guys both unemployed and seriously nutty living in a house), extremely funny, christmas specials for this, as well.

5 porridge (comedy about a man in prison), old fashioned british prison with real characters amongst the guards and inmates,this also was very successful.

6 in sickness and in health ,about a racist old man ranting about pretty much everything.This was also very successful to the extent the Politically correct fun police banned it from mainstream TV, because of the racism. Yet in fact it was a parody of racist people, and the main character was in fact a card carrying socialist.

if you notice all this comedy isn't recent, british telly has declined big time, and so has the comedy. The writing seems to involve being as offensive as possible, but having to stay away from certain subjects like race and homosexuality. The only exception was the british version of 'the office', but I think that was ricky gervais's finest hour to be honest.

Thanks for posting this. I'll check out the ones I haven't seen yet. Peep Show is also very good and recent. It's been on for ten years, which is a lifetime for British TV. Used to be on Netflix instant streaming. Now on Hulu.

[IlluminatiJones]

I think we can all agree that nothing mentioned on this thread can hold a candle to "Son of a Beach!" or the as-yet-unmade "Porky's"..............................fucking PORKY'S .....................remake or the stolen-from-National-Lampoon "Fartman".

You could search the modern world for 100 years and you wouldn't find one person who didn't "get" or know existed all the things Howard claims to not "get"/refuses to acknowledge exists. What he "gets" is intimately linked welded to his jealousies and vengeances, not to mention $$$.

It's his idea of "clandestinely" fucking with someone.

And he mostly only "gets" what he feels could potentially help him...........................and/or Beefus.

I can't imagine the layers upon layers of lies he has to live with. As dreary as the "Worship Me and Watch Me Take Credit for Inventing Everything Cavalcade of Misery Hour featuring Howard Stern" show has become, it's got to be 10 times worse in his head, because the outside is merely a reflection of what's going on inside.

[joyceface]

Not the best British TV but I enjoyed Are you Being Served, light sitcom set in a department store. Here's a clip from season one. Mostly innuendo and slapstick. But any time Mr Humphries comes on and says "I'm free!" I always thought it was funny.

[bobtraw]

I think we can all agree that nothing mentioned on this thread can hold a candle to "Son of a Beach!" or the as-yet-unmade "Porky's"..............................fucking PORKY'S .....................remake or the stolen-from-National-Lampoon "Fartman".

You could search the modern world for 100 years and you wouldn't find one person who didn't "get" or know existed all the things Howard claims to not "get"/refuses to acknowledge exists. What he "gets" is intimately linked welded to his jealousies and vengeances, not to mention $$$.

It's his idea of "clandestinely" fucking with someone.

And he mostly only "gets" what he feels could potentially help him...........................and/or Beefus.

I can't imagine the layers upon layers of lies he has to live with. As dreary as the "Worship Me and Watch Me Take Credit for Inventing Everything Cavalcade of Misery Hour featuring Howard Stern" show has become, it's got to be 10 times worse in his head, because the outside is merely a reflection of what's going on inside.

Exactly why he hates the Muppets, because they didn't hire him.