tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post3502265877975069842..comments2009-12-10T22:25:52.375ZComments on London Expat | Singaporean in London: British Humour...C Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288958257776985342noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post-59483347821573236282009-12-09T23:23:25.342Z2009-12-09T23:23:25.342ZI think that monty python and benny hill have a lo...I think that monty python and benny hill have a lot to answer for when it comes to American comedy shows. Most of the current generation of writers were brought up on that stuff.<br /><br />Perhaps you don't see much British humour over in Asia but you still feel it's influence.ice bar londonhttp://www.londongoingout.com/dignews/display_article/id_16/Ice-Bar-Londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post-14900864507624354122009-05-04T12:45:40.545+01:002009-05-04T12:45:40.545+01:00actually, if you want to do a direct comparison of...actually, if you want to do a direct comparison of the UK and US styles of humour and since you know scrubs, try watching green wing. scrubs is already slightly more uk in its humour (quite surreal at times) but green wing really takes the surrealism to its limits and beats it to death :)::karinuslai::http://www.blogger.com/profile/17458623935912970794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post-31639991670479505952009-05-04T12:44:21.301+01:002009-05-04T12:44:21.301+01:00sorry, parkinson. parky, more like :)sorry, parkinson. parky, more like :)::karinuslai::http://www.blogger.com/profile/17458623935912970794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post-7048598181007545622009-05-04T12:43:48.147+01:002009-05-04T12:43:48.147+01:00oooh i find wossy a little too smarmy - i mean, he...oooh i find wossy a little too smarmy - i mean, he's billed really as a talk show host and he's not a very good one because all he does is make his guests uncomfortable. give me parkison over him any day... and haha, no i wasn't thinking QI exactly. HIGNFY, Mock the Week, even Would I Lie to You (new one, pretty good, actually)... it's why you can have comedy quiz panels in the UK but the US ::karinuslai::http://www.blogger.com/profile/17458623935912970794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post-65281839080140206402009-03-15T19:56:50.848Z2009-03-15T19:56:50.848Z@karinuslai,Very nicely put. You must be thinking ...@karinuslai,<BR/>Very nicely put. You must be thinking of QI when you say that. :)<BR/><BR/>I was watching Jay Leno the other day. Actually he's not too bad but give me Jonathan Ross any day.C Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288958257776985342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521017649471750307.post-27619396141645764912009-03-15T13:38:23.648Z2009-03-15T13:38:23.648ZEnglish humour's just a little more "out there" - ...English humour's just a little more "out there" - American humour sticks with the known formulas of what's funny with some slapstick thrown in. it's the brits who use all kinds of stuff from surrealism to cynicism to wordplay and physical gags (the latter tends to complement the former rather than form the basis of the gag). I just like to summarize brit humour as "random." I think that pretty ::karinuslai::http://www.blogger.com/profile/17458623935912970794noreply@blogger.com