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    Ye Gods is he? He must be 90 years older than God himself. We got a LOT of BBC content back in the day and I think that is why you, us, the Kiwis and to a lesser extent the Canadians seem to share a certain common flavour to our humour. Indian humour has quite a few commonalities with ours too whereas we puzzle Americans and many Philippine people just look cofused they smile but they are definitely confused! :p
     
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    Apparently the most popular British comedy show in the US was Benny Hill.
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    Which was mostly pure slapstick. The Americans have tried to copy British shows and mostly failed. They tried to copy “Porridge” but Fletchers character was too complex so they “split” it into five separate characters and then could not understand why it fell flat. They even had a go at replicating Red Dwarf - big fail! American writers are too formulaic. I saw Mel Brooks interviewed once about American Comedy and the early days of things like the Sid Caesar show. They asked him what happened to American comedy after ‘60s and he just said “the 70’s”:p. Then he explained that the accountants became involved so it became more formulaic and that is death for true comedy
     
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    Sid Caesar with his best politically incorrect but authentic European Gibberish

     
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    What a great ending.
     
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    Fox should be sued
     
    Bowerbird, Sep 18, 2021
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    Montegriffo, Sep 19, 2021
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    Family Guy COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness PSA

    Even an anti-vaxxer MAGA should understand this PSA?!!
     
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    Now they're just being mean.
     
    Montegriffo, Sep 22, 2021
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    I hope the eagles show up in time.
     
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    No matter how often I watch the scene, they always do.
     
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    Not among the women - my wife hates it still :D
     
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    I'm not burning my ring in there.
     
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    Well it was garbage.
     
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    Would you believe THIS along made top of the pops in the UK in 1980?
     
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    Now look up the floral dance by Terry Wogan.
     
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    It’s not Morris dancing is it?
     
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    I like the Peter Dawson version more.
     
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    1978 at the height of punk rock it made it to 21 in the charts.
    Makes one proud to be an Englishman.
     
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