Where would we be without humour?

Ken Dodd made my jaw ache I was laughing so much and we were there till 12.30am!
It's the daft and absurd that makes me laugh.
Julie Walters doing the 'Two Soups' sketch and the 'Acorn Antiques' show were hilarious too

Ken Dodd - I only have to see him and I laugh.
The Two Ronnies (never found Morecambe and Wise very funny)
Victoria Wood

As a teenager loved the Goons, and would listen to the repeats , as I would have been laughing so much , that I would miss some bits. Life moved on and loved Monty Python stuff and of course the great Ronnie Barker , from hearing him on the radio in the Navy Lark , onto the frost report with the three " I am upper class , middle class etc with John Cleese and Ronnie Corbet. Then on to all the other lovely sit coms Open All Hours, Porridge etc etc. His witty writing of wonderful silly songs and the great "four candles" sketch - which joins with "two soups" of course.

Then as I wrote about somewhere else, the wonderful "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" which I think are as funny today and as accurate as they were with the great cast, with Paul Eddington as the PM, Nigel Hawthorne as the crafty civil service and a very innocent Bernard played by Derek Foulds. Of course with the death of Penelope Keith we are reminded of the Good Life and her wonderfully terrible Margo. I think I go back to many of these old ones as they are funny without necessarily swearing or particularly picking on a specific person, but are often witty and if they bring a smile to a miserable day great. On a frustrating day, they are great to cheer one up.

We seem to have a similar sense of humour Cossy.

I also like Monty Python - Life of Brian is one of my favourite films, so many hilarious sketches.

The news has been so depressing recently, I've started watching Frasier again, I know most of the episodes inside out but sometimes that's why I watch.

I have also been to see Stewart Lee a couple of times. Very political and sweary sometimes but he knows how to hold an audience in the palm of his hand.

Dave Allen, Peter Kay, Sarah Millican, sometimes.

I love to watch the re-runs. I could happily watch an entire series again and then again.

Thank you (all) for reminding me of Monty Python, how could I possibly have forgotten this is beyond me!

Life of Brian (he’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!)

The ministry of silly walks, the dead parrot sketch, the Spanish Inquisition, I’m a Lumberjack.

Thank you

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

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.

nanna8

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

Humour is so personal, it may be that “modern” comedy doesn’t meet your criteria of what’s funny?

How could I forget Bob Mortimer on WILTY! I took his novel, The Satsuma Complex, on holiday last year and it was very funny, I could hear his voice in every line.