bill hicks,enough said!
bill hicks,enough said!
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I'm Lawrence.
Not really. On one side are the people who like Stewart Lee and on the other we have Macca. If that doesn't bring out the Stewart Lee haters I don't know what will.
Comedy is like most other things in life: not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.
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Comedy is like food . Not all of it appeals to everyone !!
I am guilty of not reading all the thread (as I have to make my own mind up before its made up for me ) but I do think comedy has 2 sides to it
The hear it first and laugh yourself silly , or not and the sort that matures with age .
Thats me anyway , Dads Army and Porridge , as a teenager I was a bit wary of it and didnt find it that funny , but now I am an old fart , its like fine wine !!
I love a lot of League of Gentlemen ,as I did with Monty Python ,although bits of it ,I dont get or like .
Its a strange indidvidual thing . (I think)
I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work
Yes Stewart Lee takes it to another level but I dont want to sound like a comedy snob. Gerorge Carlin was a genius in my eyes as was Bill Hicks.
I do think there is higher level that only the best can get to. Monty Python and The league Of gentlemen got there as did Brass Eye.
If you like it low brow there is always the carry on films and Mrs Browns Boys Lets be controversial here in that I feel the best comedy takes the sharpest of wits and intelligence. Are there dividing lines in comedy or is anything that makes people laugh just a good thing?
I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work
For me, comedy generally has to be zany and 'alternative' (a little 'out there') before I'll find it funny. Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and mainstream stuff like that has never done it for me, plus for my tastes, the humour is rather too 'English'.
The only mainstream British comedies/sitcoms I've enjoyed, which I can remember are, in no particular order:
1) Only Fools and Horses, which in particular I thought was pure genius.
2) Rising Damp
3) Fawlty Towers
4) The Young Ones/Bottom
5) Blackadder (to a degree, but at times it can also be a bit too predictable, and overtly 'English')
6) Father Ted
7) The original series of Red Dwarf
8) The Office
9) Porridge
10) Little Britain.
Some of the other nonsense, associated with 'British Comedy', for me, is mind-numbingly inane and instantly forgettable.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
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