British Comedies...

[Brasil]

[QUOTE=rttocs77]Are you kidding!? Edina, Patsy, and Saffy make up the show! They are all hilarious. I laugh out loud many times each episode. I own seasons 1-4 on DVD and I still crack up during each episode.

I think it's the only truly funny British show.[/QUOTE]

He kids you not. I can't stand the entire damn cast of that show, and when I see a commercial for it, the channel gets changed, TV gets muted, or the TV goes off. They're that annoying. The writing isn't even anything worthwhile. It's just utter stupidity, lol. Oh, wow, two idiot ditzes running around England? C'mon. It's just so blah. It is not the "only truly funny British show." In fact, it's not funny at all.

Monty Python has comedy down pat. "This parrot has ceased to be!" I recall one skit where Palin and Idle played little old ladies, then Cleese was lowered down in a harness to rob their safe, then went right back up.

AbFab had no point to their stupidity, and whether or not that was the point of the show is irrelevant. What matters here is how mind-numbingly drab and trite that show was. I, for one, am glad it's stuck in 3 am syndication on a UHF station. I cringe when I hear soundbytes from it, or see commercials of it. It's something that should never have been created.

[Guest rttocs77]

[QUOTE=PoisonTongue]
AbFab had no point to their stupidity, and whether or not that was the point of the show is irrelevant. What matters here is how mind-numbingly drab and trite that show was. I, for one, am glad it's stuck in 3 am syndication on a UHF station. I cringe when I hear soundbytes from it, or see commercials of it. It's something that should never have been created.[/QUOTE]


It's a satirical show on the self absorbed, narcissistic lifestyle. The slap-stick comedy is abundant, but I?m not saying whether that is a good or bad thing. I?m just no a big fan of it. However, there are some very VERY clever jokes written into it concerning pop culture. Like in a recent one where Eddie can?t wait for Saffy to have her baby because ?mixed babies are all the rage.? Or the whole ?Paralox? episode that poked fun of Botox. Saffy made some comment to Patsy about how it was used for biological weapons in the middle east, only to have Patsy reply, ?good enough for Saddam, good enough for me.?


You have to be up to date on pop culture to enjoy this show. People who think it's stupid or think it has no point probably aren't very up-to-date.

[Jokopoko]

[COLOR=TEAL][SIZE=1][B]Firstly the greatest British comedies ever made are as follows:

[list]Blackadder ['The Second' till 'Goes Forth'
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Dads Army
Red Dwarf
My Family[/list]

Blackadder is 'the' british comedy with everything that makes the British, well, british and it has the all time best catch phrase "I have a cunning plan" ^_^ Kills me that does.[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Brasil]

[QUOTE=rttocs77]It's a satirical show on the self absorbed, narcissistic lifestyle. The slap-stick comedy is abundant, but I?m not saying whether that is a good or bad thing. I?m just no a big fan of it. However, there are some very VERY clever jokes written into it concerning pop culture. Like in a recent one where Eddie can?t wait for Saffy to have her baby because ?mixed babies are all the rage.? Or the whole ?Paralox? episode that poked fun of Botox. Saffy made some comment to Patsy about how it was used for biological weapons in the middle east, only to have Patsy reply, ?good enough for Saddam, good enough for me.?


You have to be up to date on pop culture to enjoy this show. People who think it's stupid or think it has no point probably aren't very up-to-date.[/QUOTE]

Oh....then I must not be up to date on pop culture then! Gee, I [i]only[/i] have written theses on incorporating pop culture into the classroom, and have analyzed how to utilize Quentin Tarantino's filmmaking methods to get students interested in school. Wow, I've written at least 5 essays and 3 presentations on pop culture just last Fall! But I still know nothing, because I know enough to despise an idiotic show!? Get real.

Botox is outdated. Late 90s.

Biological weapons were an outdated joke in the Late 90s. They're a dead joke now.

"It's a satirical show on the self absorbed, narcissistic lifestyle. "

Incorrect. You do not know what "Satire" means. Allow me to enlighten you.

Satire is smart and scathing. It demonstrates intelligence in its execution, and does not rely on some...outlandish and ridiculous presentation or characterization. This is why Monty Python's Life of Brian is satire, because it has a definite intelligence in its presentation. The ideas are solid and the characters are not some...half-assed, airheaded, ditzy wannabees.

Most importantly, satire believes itself. It has a level of maturity about itself. The seams don't show, to put it simply. Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is satire because it believes itself, because the tone is correct.

Read Modest Proposal then try to tell me that AbFab is satire. Even watch South Park then try to tell me AbFab is satire. Maybe in your world, you believe AbFab to be satire--perhaps in some vain attempt to elevate yourself over others?

Come on, dude. It's not an intelligent show at all. It's "dumb comedy," to quote a famous director. And even with the label of "dumb comedy," it comes nowhere close to Blazing Saddles, Dumb and Dumber, or Mystery Men. Yes, Blazing Saddles was a brilliant comedy, but it was still a lunatic comedy, a "dumb comedy."

Shall I continue? Nah, I've got to meet with a professor.

Byebye.

EDIT: Quick thought.

Furthermore, there is nothing to AbFab. It's an empty show. There's no meat to those bones, if there is a structure at all. You want Botox jokes? You want WMD jokes? Daily Show. South Park. Chappelle's Show.

[Guest rttocs77]

Oh. Sorry, I forgot how incredibly brilliant, hip, and knowledgeable you are.


I've stated my reasons for liking it. You have no need to attack me like that.


You mean attacker, you.



EDIT: Oh, by the way, the 'Paralox' episode was from 99-2000. So that would make it late 90's right? I also suppose, you being so pop-culture savvy, know about the black card.

[Brasil]

[quote name='rttocs77']Oh. Sorry, I forgot how incredibly brilliant, hip, and knowledgeable you are.[/quote]

Oooh. I'm hurt. Really. I am. Nice try at sarcasm. Play again when you're told to go on down.

[quote]I've stated my reasons for liking it. You have no need to attack me like that.[/quote]

Did I hurt your feelings? By the way, don't try to dish out what you can't take. Your first reply,

[quote][i]rttocs77[/i]
You have to be up to date on pop culture to enjoy this show. People who think it's stupid or think it has no point probably aren't very up-to-date.[/quote]

*nods* I think you would want to exit at this point. I'd advise against denying the intent there, too. You have no credibility here, lol.


[quote]You mean attacker, you.[/quote]

Ouch.

[quote]EDIT: Oh, by the way, the 'Paralox' episode was from 99-2000. So that would make it late 90's right? I also suppose, you being so pop-culture savvy, know about the black card.[/QUOTE]

Yes. 1999 is late 90s. You needed me to tell you?

"Black card" Hmmm...I ran the usual search parameters and nothing was found regarding pop culture. I only found material relating to beam dynamics and poker.

Care to elaborate, provided "Black card" is a real term and not something made-up?

Or is it something known exclusively to your provincial location?

Again, I suggest you walk away from this thread.

[Manic Webb]

rttocs77, PoisonTongue. Don't make me get the hose.

Not everyone is going to find the same thing funny. In fact, humor is relative. There is no set-in-stone way to be considered funny. What's funny varies from person to person. So while you can both have your personal opinions about Absolutely Fabulous, neither of you can say [i]for sure[/i] that the other person should/shouldn't find it funny.

[Guest rttocs77]

[QUOTE=PoisonTongue]Yes. 1999 is late 90s. You needed me to tell you?
.[/QUOTE]


So when it came out (the AbFab episode) it [i] was not [/i] yet an old topic. So therefore AbFab is up-to-date and hip.

[Brasil]

[quote name='rttocs77]So when it came out (the AbFab episode) it [i] was not [/i'] yet an old topic. So therefore AbFab is up-to-date and hip.[/quote]

Step out of your shell and think about this.

Imagine the joke bubble during Botox. [i]Everyone[/i] was cracking jokes about it in one way or another. I held no respect for any comic doing Botox jokes, and when I laughed, it was because the comic was intelligent in their delivery. They used smart humor.

You fail to differentiate between being up-to-date and being smart. There is a reason The Daily Show works so well; they are abreast on current issues [i]and[/i] have damn good writers who know how to write comedy.

Deflate your ego and walk away from this thread, dude. The fact that you continue with these inane retorts is only digging your grave deeper.

[Mimmsicle]

[size=1][color=#800000]Forgive me, but you are all wrong about Billy Boyd being the male actor in "Hetty Wainthrop Investigates" ^_^;[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=#800000]It was [b]Dominic Monaghan[/b], who played young Geoffrey Shawcross.[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=#800000]On the topic of British television.... I enjoy the sharp, sometimes biting humor that Brits deliver. Even the cookery/decorating shows are full of fun.[/color][/size]

[color=#800000][size=1][b]BBCPrime[/b] rocks my socks ^__^[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=#800000]- Mimmi ^_^[/color][/size]