Belly laughs

Withnail and I. "We've come on holiday by mistake." "I have a heart condition. If you hit me, it's murder." "Here hare here." Of course, you have to have seen the film to understand.

Ditto Some Like It Hot or The Big Lebowski.

Dear John
Just Good Friends
As Time Goes By
1066 and All That
Would I Lie to You
Upstart Crow
Round the Horn
Strictly used to , but rather contrived now.

nineatheana QI for me too but also Get Some In. I am exRAF and did the medic training. It is obviously meant to be RAF Freckleton in Lancashire.

Difference is that we were all volunteers. Natiional Service was just finishing.

My lovely husband of nearly 30 years; it’s why I married him!!

Tom Sharpe books - brilliant, have you laughing and crying with laughter!!

Ken Dodd
Ronnie Corbett

I laugh at:

Micky Flanagan
Ricky Gervais (especially presenting The Golden Globe awards)
Rhod Gilbert
Only Fools & Horses

Oh, yes, RickyGervais!

Agatha Raisin books. Country tales of murder and mayhem
OTT but some good laughs amongst the pages.

Another vote for Would I Lie to You

Bill Bryson books.

We have been evicted from 'quiet areas' on ships and in hotels as we read one another excerpts from his books.

I guarantee Bryson will cheer you up

Wood and Walters in the health spa talking about clenching your buttocks Then looking at another woman and saying “it’d take 2 strong lads and a wheelbarrow to get hers clenched” Victoria woods monologues generally

A lone cyclist who nearly fell off his bicycle when he caught sight of me.

Background story: (Don't read if it will offend you).

I've just moved to a house in France. With the coronavirus France is in lockdown. So hubby and I decided to keep ourselves busy with a bit of DIY around the house and garden. I've got a long sleeved boiler suit for dirty work, good idea.

The sun was out yesterday and today and I started to get hot. So I stripped to the waist, letting those puppies air and keeping me cool.

The lane through the hamlet is fairly quiet with a the occasional vehicle or walker passing by. Needless to say... I caught a few people off-guard as they passed by, including the cyclist. ?

I can't care too hoots! Freedom! (I was careful though to not get those puppies caught when lifting logs, etc.)

And so... how was your day?

QI

Oh yes..Upstart Crow...we've watched them all, but still turn to them for cheering up.
That, and Would I Lie to You , are rare tastes that we share with children and grandchildren.

Antrobus books by Lawrence Durrell. Other books too, but that springs to mind.

On TV, Would I Lie to You.

Bill Bryson books, especially The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, the bit where Bill watches his neighbour dive into the local lake; I was screaming laughing, tears rolling down my face ???Also love The Windsors, and some of the old Billy Connolly shows, especially the one with the incontinence pants and also the last bus home when a drunks get on, hilarious.

Graham Norton
Michael McIntyre
Friends
My girls - mainly when they decide to perform a play or a musical interlude. They can’t perform for laughing so I started, then one of them er - trumpets ? laughing so hard which makes it all the more funny!
Then there’s my nice but dim cat. Daily catastrophe from him!

This Country.
Phoenix Nights.
8 Out If 10 Cats Does Countdown.
Only Fools and Horses.
Some Goggleboxers.
Motherland.
Alan Bennett.

Another vote for ‘ Would I lie to you ? ‘
Like shysal I don’t find much else funny at all.

The last time I laughed out loud was reading the "Time for another great Gransnet Story" post - ladies and gentlemen take a bow. I keep going back to re-read and get the giggles every time and I see it is still being added to.

Prior to that epic read - yes, agree Eric and Ernie - especially the breakfast sketch which I understand they did in one take but cannot find confirmation that this was so and Miranda who has said she was inspired by Eric and Ernie.

My partner in crime and I always used to start off stifling giggles and then collapse into full on guffawing when reading those fridge magnets with funny sayings (are they still available ?) and comedy birthday cards.

The Vicar of Dibley, especially where all her parishioners invite her for Sunday Dinner!! Also Mrs Browns Boys

Do you notice how many of this Country’s best comedians come from Lancashire ?
Peter Kay,Eric Morecambe,Victoria Wood , Lee Mac ,Ken Dodd ,Jimmy Tarbuck, Ted Ray ...... I could go on.

Am I the only person who cannot stand Mrs Brown’s boys?

No. I can't bear that programme. End of the pier 70s humour.

Madmaggie, you forgot to include the episode where the priests “Kick Bishop Brennan up the arse”

now that was priceless?