It differs from American comedy in that it's actually sometimes funny.
Why, though, do the Brits persist in putting only their ugliest actors on the telly? When I saw pretty birds on 'Coupling' I figured they had to be Australians posing as Brits. English people tend to be slightly deformed, what does probably strengthen their cause, if comics they be.
The Brits do have a worrisome tendency to find people tripping and the like a bit too amusing. My brother finds the notion that there are people who actually find this sort of thing amusing more amusing than the shows themselves.
Granted, we in the U.S. get all the shows you'd consider rejects in England- Are You Being Served?, Men Behaving Badly, Keeping Up Appearances, Waiting For God, Allo Allo, etc. I steadfastly maintain, however, that One Foot In The Grave is fucking hilarious. I want to be just like Victor Meldrew when I'm 75.
John Cleese as a goose-stepping stick-insect-legged Nazi is a moment without parallel.
I am content. I now have BBC America, and get to watch all of your 3rd rate comedies, all day long. I think I may even stay home from work tomorrow to watch that show where some middle-aged people go to some poor prat's residence and spruce it up. "Eeeya! My semi-detached is in need of a GAR-age reconfiguration. Them blokes wot's on the dole can cobble me a new pah-ee-oh." Actual dialogue, I think. Now, I realize that a Yank is in no position to poke fun at regional English accents-- it is the ENGLISH language, after all-- but why in the fuck don't the Cocknets pronounce the letter T when it's in the middle of a word.
Patio-- 'Pa-tee-oh', not 'Pah-ee-oh'.
Then I'll watch 'Monarch of the Glen.' The Scots can do Scotch, but can they do drama?
Why, though, do the Brits persist in putting only their ugliest actors on the telly? When I saw pretty birds on 'Coupling' I figured they had to be Australians posing as Brits. English people tend to be slightly deformed, what does probably strengthen their cause, if comics they be.
The Brits do have a worrisome tendency to find people tripping and the like a bit too amusing. My brother finds the notion that there are people who actually find this sort of thing amusing more amusing than the shows themselves.
Granted, we in the U.S. get all the shows you'd consider rejects in England- Are You Being Served?, Men Behaving Badly, Keeping Up Appearances, Waiting For God, Allo Allo, etc. I steadfastly maintain, however, that One Foot In The Grave is fucking hilarious. I want to be just like Victor Meldrew when I'm 75.
John Cleese as a goose-stepping stick-insect-legged Nazi is a moment without parallel.
I am content. I now have BBC America, and get to watch all of your 3rd rate comedies, all day long. I think I may even stay home from work tomorrow to watch that show where some middle-aged people go to some poor prat's residence and spruce it up. "Eeeya! My semi-detached is in need of a GAR-age reconfiguration. Them blokes wot's on the dole can cobble me a new pah-ee-oh." Actual dialogue, I think. Now, I realize that a Yank is in no position to poke fun at regional English accents-- it is the ENGLISH language, after all-- but why in the fuck don't the Cocknets pronounce the letter T when it's in the middle of a word.
Patio-- 'Pa-tee-oh', not 'Pah-ee-oh'.
Then I'll watch 'Monarch of the Glen.' The Scots can do Scotch, but can they do drama?
