Where would we be without humour?

Don't forget Jimmy Carr and Rick Gervais.
And smart American Jewish humour from the fifties onwards

And good old British Jewish humour too, Grandma’s House and Friday Night Dinners.
I also like Father Ted, Extras, The Office, Frasier, Red Dwarf, Spaced.

nanna8

Humour died in the last century. None of the modern comedies amuse me one little bit.

...and have you seen how many of them scowl and roll their eyes when they watch the things we liked/still like? One in particular - I'll not mention her name - I wonder how hher humour will be accepted in 20 or so years?

Oh and a shout out for The IT Crowd, hilarious.

Green Wing was very funny… as well as many of the people and progs mentioned here. Off to look up Sean Lock and the YouTube recommendation…

"Cossy" Lee Evans (wish he was still doing comedy) and Eddie Izzard back in the day. They had me crying with laughter.
These days it's Russell Kane, Ross Noble and Bob Mortimer

Some of the Harry Enfield sketches still crack me up, ditto the Mitchell and Webb.

I never really ‘got’ Morecambe and Wise, and couldn’t stand Ken Dodd, but The Two Ronnies, OTOH….

Oh, and Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, and the MUCH ruder but IMO two hysterical political series whose name I can’t remember, but one was about the run up to the 2012 Olympics….

Regarding Ken Dodd
Mum,sister and friend went to see ken Dodd at the local theatre.
Dad was working a 2-10pm shift. Got home and fell asleep in the chair.
He woke up at 1.30am. Mum still not home he got in the car and drove to the theatre,
thinking the car had broken down.
Arrived at the theatre and the car park was full. He went in and spoke to the staff to be told that Ken hadn't finished yet. He came off stage at 2.30am.
Mum says it was the best night ever.

Witzend

Some of the Harry Enfield sketches still crack me up, ditto the Mitchell and Webb.

I never really ‘got’ Morecambe and Wise, and couldn’t stand Ken Dodd, but The Two Ronnies, OTOH….

Oh, and Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, and the MUCH ruder but IMO two hysterical political series whose name I can’t remember, but one was about the run up to the 2012 Olympics….

Re my pp, I just remembered that ‘The Thick Of It’, was one of the political satire series. Apparently one of the characters was based, not very loosely, on Alastair Campbell.

I loved Lee Evans. It's a shame he retired

I forgot This Country - that was really funny. I laugh to myself regular about him setting fire to the scarecrows and Kerry at the tidy tip. We binged watched it on a very rainy holiday to Wales

Growing up I loved silly black and white slap stick from US and here Laurel & Hardy Buster Keaton Harold Lloyd.

I love Lucy (named my daughter after her) MASH Fawlty Towers.
Tommy Cooper Norman Wisdom and Benny Hill. My very favourite even the repeats Would I lie to you. Not a comedy but I could watch Mortimer and Whitehouse fishing trips 24/7.

Micky Flanagan is one of my favourite comedians.

Oh I like Micky Flanagan too

I really liked 'The thin blue line', but haven't found too many people who have even heard of it.

I like all of the ones you mentioned, Cossy. On the radio, I like The News Quiz And Dead Ringers. Also the episodes of Yes Minister. For sit coms I l find the IT Crowd and also The Big Bang theory funny.

I like Mark Steel as well

JaneJudge

Oh I like Micky Flanagan too

“Out, out”

Micky Flanagan is hilarious. Katie Hopkins is political but funny

Graphite

All of those, Cossy.

I would add ISIHAC, Sarah Millican’s observational comedy, Joe Lycett (his letters of complaint crack me up), Miles Jupp, Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fishing (and Bob on WILTY), Richard Ayoade, Henning Wehn. I miss Sean Lock.

Someone I find very funny, although not a dedicated comedian, is Hugh Grant especially on Graham Norton’s show. Some great clips on YT with Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson.

I can’t watch any repeats with Sean in as it upsets me too much. I’m going to rewatch my box set of the IT crowd. I only have to say to myself ‘have you turned it off and turned it back on again’ and my mood lifts immediately. The weird thing is when I was working I often used to have to phone up the IT helpline and the guys on it, sweet as they were, were totally humourless. But I guess that’s part of the humour of it. I never liked Sarah Millicam when she appeared on various tv shows but I caught one of her old stage shows on tv late one night and it was brilliant.

Woollywoman

Green Wing was very funny… as well as many of the people and progs mentioned here. Off to look up Sean Lock and the YouTube recommendation…

The Green Wing lot have got together again I believe, but it’s for a short audio series. Another series I need to rewatch. It was on Ch 4 catchup…must check if it’s still on.

Witzend

Some of the Harry Enfield sketches still crack me up, ditto the Mitchell and Webb.

I never really ‘got’ Morecambe and Wise, and couldn’t stand Ken Dodd, but The Two Ronnies, OTOH….

Oh, and Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, and the MUCH ruder but IMO two hysterical political series whose name I can’t remember, but one was about the run up to the 2012 Olympics….

I remember watching an interview with Harry Enfield and he said that some of his characters were based on real life people he had met, albeit extremely exaggerated. He was referring to the: 'You don't want to do it like that....' character.

I love him amd Kathy Burke as toddler Harry and baby Lulu...

Too many to name, but recently caught the lovely Larry Grayson on YouTube and had a binge, he never really told a proper joke, but was just funny saying nothing and giving a look.

I don’t like watching comedy on my own, but my sister recommended Amandaland and I’ve been drawn in and enjoy it.