http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=elaine-may The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:33:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-6251 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:42:40 +0000 nealdoran 6251@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Are you suggesting Oxbridge is bug-eyed and rubbery, umpire? Fair enough.</p> <p>rfreed -- Bill Cosby! I love his stand-up. A few years ago out of curiosity and 'cos it was cheap I bought his CD 'Revenge'. That routine, and Buck-buck are still outstanding, what, 40 years on? </p> <p>Jeni: gotta love the Rons. You'd be of an age (30somewhat like me) to tell me whether this actually happened, or is something I imagined: when I was a kid I remember they used to have a best of series called 20 Years of the Two Ronnies, then the next year 21 Years of the Two Ronnies, but in the intervening period they hadn't done any new stuff, so it was basically the same show with a different name. In my memory this happened for years on end... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-6082 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:24:09 +0000 theumpire 6082@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oxbridge - has anyone ever told you that your the spitting image of Antharrison? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-6018 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:44:23 +0000 Oxbridge 6018@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Monty Python, aged about 8, especially the cartoon where a man gets eaten by a room which then burps. It's been a slow and disappointing climb downhill ever since... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5764 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:54:45 +0000 antharrison 5764@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I remember climbing out of my cot and sneaking downstairs to watch Monty Python. A bit odd as I was 24 at the time. Still that's Catholic parents for you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5749 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:26:42 +0000 theumpire 5749@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm surprised that no one - myself included - has mentioned Phil Silvers. Seargeant Bilko was one of those "mustn't be missed" shows every week. Colonel Hall, Joan, Grover &amp; Ritzik, Paparelli, Doberman et all.</p> <p>And I once saw film of one of his live vaudeville acts which just creased me up. His skill was all in the timing. </p> <p>And, fernandomando, while I have your ear, who was Ted Chippington? I missed him completely. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5735 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:34:37 +0000 rfreed 5735@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Bill Cosby no question about it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5729 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:15:34 +0000 cazzbar 5729@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sadly I'm old enough to remember many of the great comedies of the 70s! But I mentioned The Young Ones because I felt this was mine. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5727 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:46:04 +0000 fernandomando 5727@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ted Chippington </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5725 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:23:40 +0000 The All New Jeni B 5725@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes Neal, we had that vintage Lego ad. Tickled the YM no end as a Lego obsessed 10yr old.<br /> Two Ronnies is one that to my mind, has stood the test of time. Just after Ronnie Barker's death a few years ago, the transcript for the "Rindercella" sketch was emailed to me. Barker was a genuine comedy genius, and to have managed to keep a straight face during that sketch shows a real talent. "Fork 'andles/Four candles" is frequently trotted out but it is a great example of Barker's skill, both as a comedian and actor.</p> <p>Morecombe and Wise was good, but for me, not <em>quite</em> as good as the TR's.</p> <p>But both remind me of Saturday nights at my Grandparent's, with Grandad chortling before we'd gotten any where near the punchline, because he'd seen them all so often, a supper of Dutch Crispbakes with Primula Cheese and Ham Spread for supper, and being woken up at sparrow's fart to take the dog for a walk with my Grandad. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5708 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:12:10 +0000 nealdoran 5708@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That made me laugh just thinking about it bpr. Was the lego ad with him on it used in the UK at Xmas?</p> <p>And never mind comedy cherries, I think I should own up my first serious comedy true love would have to be Woody Allen. Out of absolutely nowhere discovered Manhattan on BBC2 one night. Had no idea who he was, but it was the start of something deep and meaningful I've never shaken off despite some well-publicised ickiness, and the Curse of the Jade Scorpion. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5703 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:02:23 +0000 brownpaperreporter 5703@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Tommy Cooper, black and white telly at my nans house - glass bottle, bottle glass had me in stiches </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5692 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:25:44 +0000 nealdoran 5692@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ha, now Fawlty Towers,now there's a subject for discussion. Communication Problems is possibly the funniest 20 odd minutes of comedy I've ever seen, and a couple of the other episodes have great moments but overall, it's just a 70s sitcom... If they'd done more episodes, I reckon they'd have been found out.</p> <p>I did a night class at the national film institute here in Ireland on Irish comedy in film and TV, and the lecture on perceptions of Ireland in overseas comedy (drunk, like fighting, riverdance -- yes Rikkor, turns out all those gags have been done before) saw a section on Fawlty Towers. Watching the crude, crass stereotypes of the Irish used by Cleese and Booth in a room full of Irish people was cringeworthy to say the least. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5684 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:12:58 +0000 sauce 5684@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I dutifully laughed at the Young Ones, Neal, but never found it particularly funny. Faulty Towers was my secret embarrassment: couldn't watch it for years without cringing. My dad not only <em>looked</em> like Basil Faulty but had a similar temperament. He once threw a sun lounger chair off our roof into next door's back yard. He also had a penchant for disrobing at any opportunity. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5682 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:10:59 +0000 Mrblacker 5682@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'd go for Spike MIlligan in his Q days. Since then, I've become a big fan of his and the best of the Goon Shows still make me laugh for his inventiveness.</p> <p>Radio Active was brilliant and still an accurate portrayal of local radio and the TV series of the radio show - KYTV - is just as good.</p> <p>All made me laugh - and still do </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5679 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:01:32 +0000 PluckyMunky 5679@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'Take it from Here' and 'Around the Horn'. I never understood the Goons. Later, Monty Python had been in stiches but saw an episode recently and wondered what the fuss was about. I don't think humour 'keeps'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5678 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:56:53 +0000 nealdoran 5678@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Someone I've been thinking about a lot recently as a big hero, and a sharp, erudite, witty writer but who I loved at the time just because he was funny on TV is Clive James. Showed you could be funny about stuff at the same time you were being serious about it, and liking 'sophisticated' culture didn't preclude enjoying the simplest silliest things too.</p> <p>It'd be that, or Fry and Laurie in Friday Night Live/Saturday Live days. </p> <p>I was the only person in my class, and might be the only person of my generation (if that's not making jp and cazz feel old) who just didn't like The Young Ones. Didn't get the fuss then, don't now. Could be the Neal/Neil thing, made my life hell. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5600 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:59:03 +0000 jp1885 5600@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The first stirrings of my sense appreciation of comedy coincided with the rise of alternative comedy, so I guess the Young Ones, Comic Strip and suchlike.</p> <p>I didn't always get all the jokes mind! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5552 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:37:45 +0000 cazzbar 5552@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The Young Ones </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5544 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:53:37 +0000 sauce 5544@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Blackadder, definitely classic, though I'm decrepit enough to remember series 1 (the not quite as funny as it could have been series). Not the Nine O'Clock News and Drop the Dead Donkey but best was Spitting Image. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5543 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:51:44 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 5543@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ken Dodd, live on stage at the New Theatre in Oxford. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5523 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:38:14 +0000 Mary Evans 5523@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Shitsu! Great to see you back - hope you had a fab time in the US. I'm with you - Blackadder Goes Forth was one of the first things I remember making me laugh myself silly. And it still does. Comedy shame - I used to love Harry Enfield's Old Gits. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5522 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:50:14 +0000 Scroat 5522@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>TW3. Late at night, often risque, you felt you were part of something, rather than being just a spectator. The late Timothy Birdsall was excellent. Happy days.</p> <p>Never got on with the Goons, and Python was a bit patchy. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5512 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:49:21 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 5512@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The Goons, yes, well and good: parties convened to celebrate them, stopped completely to listen to their broadcast. But real laughter? Mike Nichols and Elaine May, then Shelley Berman. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5510 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:46:49 +0000 edward hack 5510@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>First joke I 'got' was very naughty for a six year old but it has stayed with me ever since. You can just imagine us kids having a wail of a time with this gem from the early 60's....Toe Knee Hand C**k....we used to touch each part in turn.</p> <p>The break has done you good shitsu....where was the photo taken. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5504 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:24:23 +0000 theumpire 5504@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>For me, the Goon Show. Alright, I was a kid at the time, but I still think they're funny to this day.</p> <p>If you're thinking about TV comedy, the That Was The Week That Was team were pretty good. I remember Frankie Howerd making a guest appearance one night on TW3 and reducing my brother and I to tearful hysterics. Took a lot to do that. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5501 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:00:22 +0000 PluckyMunky 5501@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Welcome back, Shitsu. I am really glad you had such a great break. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5487 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:28:43 +0000 The All New Jeni B 5487@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Billy Connelly. The Banana Boots stuff, all on vinyl was a mainstay of my childhood. As a teen I watched his "Billy And Albert" gig, and actually peed myself with laughter. </p> <p>But <em>clever</em> comedy would be either Blackadder all the way through or The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy books.</p> <p>All guaranteed to reduce me to an asthmatic wheeze even now.</p> <p>(Nice to see you back, btw Shitsu) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1878#post-5486 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:18:17 +0000 shitsu_tonka 5486@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Who first made you laugh? I'm not talking about childhood mirthbringers, children will laugh at anything. To this day I am haunted by the memory of myself when very young begging to be allowed to stay up to watch Russ Abbott because I thought the bit where he danced around in a fat suit with a fat woman was the funniest thing in the wide world.</p> <p>Who first made you laugh like a grown-up?</p> <p>For me it was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxbzb8XXiGQ">Blackadder Goes Forth</a> which was broadcast when I was twelve and made me fall in love with the Stephen Fry comedy generation. Blackadder was and is brilliant and the shock of that final scene was possibly the first time I'd thought about anything seriously ever. </p> <p>Who popped your comedy cherry? </p>