I know what y'all will say,
"Pale_Horse, you're an American, you like beer, you smoke, you love American football, you love baseball, you love guns, etc.... Why in the h*ll would a person like you enjoy British TV?"

IMO, British TV has the funniest d*mn shows on the planet. Shows like Black Adder, Father Ted, League of Gentlemen, AYBS, The Young Ones, etc... are immeasurably more witty than mainstream American shows. Why is that? I don't know. Perhaps it is just me that thinks this. I feel that American shows are being "dumbed down" while their British counterparts are not. What are your opinions on the subject?

I used to watch the Young Ones all the time, too.

Don't forget Faulty Towers! (or sometimes known as Farty Towels on the sign out the front ... hehe)

I just think the British are better at comedy - old fashioned, good natured comedy, that is!

Oops, Fawlty Towers!

And yes, I believe it was!

Yes I know I'm biased but I have to agree with u lol My only answer would be that in Britain we do not seem to be as afraid to make comedy shows that would be seen as very un-politically correct as elsewhere, take Allo Allo for instance, I cannot imagine any other country making a comedy series based in Nazi occcupied France and rippping the a**e out of the gestapo!!!!!!!!
My all time favourite tho has got to be Only Fools and Horses, don't know if u get that in US but ure missing out if u don't.
But hey, u churn out some good ones as well u know esp the Simpsons lol

Well we Brits do make great comedy but we still haven't got any drama as 'quality' as the Sopranos or Six Feet Under and while US comedy might not be as off the wall as some of ours there's still some really good stuff.

Best British drama we've had for years was Clocking Off and that's ended!

With the exception of Frazier, I havn't seen a single US sitcom that's actually funny (in fairness though, Frazier is genius)...

Father Ted, on the other hand, is the funniest thing I have ever seen

"You mean we put the brick on the accelerator?"

AHHH GO ON, GO ON, GO ON!

I haven't watched British t.v. in awhile, but I noticed that the British spend less on props and more the writing, which is fine by me.

All I can say is RED DWARF! The best show that ever happened to UK television.
Anyone remeber that one?

What UK program ideas have been stolen by America then?
Just wondering....

Who let that slimey American Spielberg get his hands on Doctor Who!!!

And who could forget Bottom? Monty Python's Flying Circus? Men Behaving Badly? The list is endless!

One of my fav shows is being remade in America as we speak..The Office....unfortunatly the guy who plays David Brent (Ricky Gervais) is not appearing in it but he is out there now advising the program makers.
Another British classic is ...Absolutley Fabulous.
My fav American Comedy at the mo is..... Malcolm in the middle...the reason I think that it's so popular over here is that it goes against most American Family comedies in the way it has no moral message during each episode. We British hate that!

Benny Hill!!!


And Phantom is right. Monty Python has got to be the best comedy troupe ever!

Brilliant comedy shows, that I like (in no particular order) are:

Blackadder 1 - 4

Red Dwarf

Mr Bean

Only Fools and Horses

Absolutely Fabulous

Men Behaving Badly

Monty Python's Flying Circus

My Family

The American ones I like are:

Friends

Malcolm in the Middle


In the US there were versions of Red Dwarf and Men Behaving Badly, but they did not do as well as the British versions, the reason I think for this is that the British ones are sometimes better scripted, and are also are verbal in gags, were as many US ones are visual.

Monty Python is the bomb diggety. Hey, Mr. Show was excellent, so we got some good comedy, just not a lot. Sitcoms over here more or less suck. Haven't seen a lot of British comedy, except for So Graham Norton, I like Graham Norton.

Mr. Bean's awesome
One of the best ones is the church one.

Doctor Who Rocks

I have just been on holiday to Mallorca so I'm not 100% up to date on the latest news, although I do remember my fella reading me a snippit from the paper saying that Doctor Who is going to be made more up to date, and he might be gay (as the new writer is the same guy that wrote Queer as Folk, I can't remember his name).

Actors in the running so far are Alan Davies, Richard E Grant and Stephen Fry.

I'm sure that the article also said that Doctor Who could also be a woman. I'm not too sure I'd like that, Doctor Who has always been a man (yes I know there are female time lords i.e. Rommana, but she was a side kick)

I wonder if they will bring back K9?

P.s. UK Gold is showing repeats of Doctor Who everyday..

PERHAPS HIS OFFSPRING COULD BE AN INTER-SPECIES MIXED CHILD, PART TIMELORD, PART CYBERMAN?

A CyberLord? I'm sure I once heard him whisper 'Dalek I love you.'
I hear Tom Baker wants to play The Master. He said 'Then The Doctor could say lines to me like: "You look very familiar."'

Maybe they should make the Doctor a small dog, like a Dachshund or something, umm, please don't throw stuff at me *duck and cover*

That's scary, I'd better start watching my back for crazy Doctor Who fans. I got a stick, you'se, and I know how to use it

Yeah, you could throw it for the Dogtor to fetch. At least they could save on the budget - give him a timetravelling doghouse instead of the phonebox.

Well I don't watch much British TV other than Keeping up Appearances and I think I am just gonna bust open when I watch it! American TV is trash - I hardly watch TV anymore!

Latest Doctor Who news:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2003/...0/06/7221.shtml


I had a whinge on this bit, but it's gone now. Sorry folks.

Who attacked who?

I'll save you Sarky, be your Knight with Shining Shopping Cart.

I can speak with a British accent, but as far as translating, I rarely know what I'm talking about, so I prolly can't help there. But I can make you giggle, that's gotta count for something.

teee heee heee?

I prefer the old British sitcoms to the ones that are on now, although My Family is great, Only Fools and Horses, Dads Army, Allo Allo, Porridge, Butterflies, Goodnight Sweetheart, Open All Hours, Blackadder, The Brittas Empire, Absolutely Fabulous, The Young Ones, Bottom, The Detectives, Keeping Up Appearances, The Vicar of Dibley are just a selection of my favourite sitcoms.
I think that the US have some great drama programmes that are better than British ones such as The West wing, The Sopranos, Law and Order and Boomtown, which are all excellent