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21-03-2008, 04:38 PM
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Been watching tons of Monty Python recently and just wondered what your favourite comedies, sketches or comedians are?
Mine changes quite a bit but i do love Monty Python - especially the Holy Grail and Ministry for Silly Walks. I also like Reeves and Mortimer and some of the Two Ronnies 
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21-03-2008, 04:56 PM
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Mine has got to be the parrot sketch..I also love faulty towers (classic) And little Britain lot, the only gay in village..and I'm a lady with a dirty great mistash.... |
21-03-2008, 05:59 PM
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I still love MPs sketch on the dockside with two characters hitting each other with a fish.
Also love John Sparks Shadwell sketches. |
21-03-2008, 06:19 PM
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No contest, Fawlty Towers, with 'The Psychiatrist' one the funniest half hour of comedy ever.
Other greats include The Office, Steptoe and Son and perhaps Yes Minister/Prime Minister.
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21-03-2008, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie  Been watching tons of Monty Python recently and just wondered what your favourite comedies, sketches or comedians are?
Mine changes quite a bit but i do love Monty Python - especially the Holy Grail and Ministry for Silly Walks. I also like Reeves and Mortimer and some of the Two Ronnies | I was at school in Ilkley when many of the original Monty Python sketches were filmed round there, so sometimes I get the laughs and some nostalgia too. Ah, seet nostalgia, I remember when it used to be really good. |
21-03-2008, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi I was at school in Ilkley when many of the original Monty Python sketches were filmed round there, so sometimes I get the laughs and some nostalgia too. Ah, seet nostalgia, I remember when it used to be really good. | I knew a lot of the sketches were films in Yorkshire but never knew where exactly.  Did you get to watch them much or wouldn't they let you?
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21-03-2008, 07:11 PM
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Spike Milligan (Q series), Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV and film) and Blackadder Goes Forth are several that spring to mind...then there's "Fork 'andles": inspired.
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21-03-2008, 07:29 PM
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I enjoyed Monty Python greatly when they were first broadcast, but watching them now, they don't have the same appeal, the same with the Goodies.
Comedy that has stood the test of time is of course Morcambe and Wise, I never get tired of them. Open all Hours too is great. The Two Ronnies as well. |
21-03-2008, 07:31 PM
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Del boy has to be up there doesn't he? |
21-03-2008, 07:36 PM
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Enjoyed Python at the time but don't think it's aged that well.
Think 'Saxondale' is brilliant and anything with Frank Skinner. |
21-03-2008, 07:37 PM
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fawlty towers still has me howling with laughter as does one glimpse of tommy cooper
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21-03-2008, 07:43 PM
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Father Ted has me howling
I especially liked the episode where they went on a caravan holiday, it's one of the episodes where Graham Norton pops up as a manic priest! Classic!
Also a fan of Ronnie Barker in Porridge, the man's a genius
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21-03-2008, 07:59 PM
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Absolutely, got to be Only Fools- The bar scene were Del leans and falls down is a classic. Or of course the chandeliers scene. Brilliant.
Next to that-The Vicar of Dibley. Dawn French is just the best and 'Alice' well everyone knows an Alice!
Fork-'Andles with the wonderful Ronnie Barker too!
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21-03-2008, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie I knew a lot of the sketches were films in Yorkshire but never knew where exactly. Did you get to watch them much or wouldn't they let you? | I think they were filmed much more quickly than some stuff now. We sort of just knew they were about, then they had gone. Parents didn't like us watching That Kind Of Thing either. |
21-03-2008, 08:30 PM
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Open All Hours, Only Fools and Horses, Porridge, in that order!
And of recent times Catherine Taits 'Nan' ......... 'Whaw a ******* LIBER-ii' and that laugh  just creases me. The duo with Sheila Hancock also had me rockin' in the isles.............
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21-03-2008, 08:32 PM
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I grew up in a street very near Ealing Studios, and saw some of the early Carry On films being made, as well as Tony Hancock, Arthur Haynes and the Goodies. We were told not to interfere or get in the way, so I missed lots of autograph opportunities.
I watched from my bedroom window the Goodies filming a sketch where a giant kitten attacked London, and one of them got crushed by a giant paw, which was actually a huge chunk of some light material hung from a crane. (Not really a giant kitten! )
These days, I love 'Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps', Catherine Tate, QI and Frasier.
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21-03-2008, 08:40 PM
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Fawlty towers, the best. Joanna Lumley in Abs Fab. Some of Little Britain, sometimes Russell Brand  is amusing. Life of Brian. Dad's Army has been on recently, they are suprisingly good. And in Wales a few years ago there was a daft comedy show, about coracles and the mayor of Fishguard, and the animal rescue with the tapeworm? Can't remember what it was called. |
21-03-2008, 08:50 PM
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Years ago, there was a marvelous comedy series called Soap, which I've never seen mention of since. Does anyone else remember it? I also used to love Drop the Dead Donkey.
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21-03-2008, 08:57 PM
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21-03-2008, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie Been watching tons of Monty Python recently and just wondered what your favourite comedies, sketches or comedians are?
Mine changes quite a bit but i do love Monty Python - especially the Holy Grail and Ministry for Silly Walks. I also like Reeves and Mortimer and some of the Two Ronnies | Got to be Only Fools... The scene in the bar, Peckham Springs and the one where they win millions at the auction. Very closely followed by Black Adder. |
21-03-2008, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by badgerwatcher I watched from my bedroom window the Goodies filming a sketch where a giant kitten attacked London, and one of them got crushed by a giant paw, which was actually a huge chunk of some light material hung from a crane. (Not really a giant kitten! ) | Well that's ruined it for me! |
21-03-2008, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Stewy Del boy has to be up there doesn't he? | Well he does with me. Also Faulty Towers still take some beating. It still stands the test of time.
Just now I am thoroughly enjoying Al Murrays Happy Hour show.
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21-03-2008, 11:37 PM
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22-03-2008, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Stewy Del boy has to be up there doesn't he? | I agree Stewy, the Batman & Robin scene was a classic.
The two Ronnie's are also something I could watch over and over again. Absolutly brilliant!!!!!
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22-03-2008, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by badgerwatcher Years ago, there was a marvelous comedy series called Soap, which I've never seen mention of since. Does anyone else remember it? I also used to love Drop the Dead Donkey. | Oh yes indeed, I remember "Soap". We used to stay up late to watch the next episode, although it got a little *too* silly (yes, it did) when Burt (?) was kidnapped by aliens or something...
NB.. For those not in-the-know; "Soap" was a parody of daytime soap operas presented in a primetime sitcom, according to Wiki-wassit.
More recently, but in the same American humor mold (sic), has been "Third Rock From The Sun". Now that is brilliant!
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