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By *eigh guy OP   Man  over a year ago

wigan

Does it exist ? Watched various usa “comedies “ liked “the middle “ but the rest I just can’t laugh at ,,, the worst is Friends

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I really enjoyed The Office US. I have watched that before Ricky Gervais one. Also Parks and Recreation tv series.

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By *a LunaWoman  over a year ago

South Wales

I like Malcolm in the Middle, Family Guy and Futurama.

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By *eigh guy OP   Man  over a year ago

wigan

O yes family guy is just pure filth , I like

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By *icecouple561Couple  over a year ago
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East Sussex

I used to like Golden Girls, the early episodes of Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory. I remember my English teacher back in about 1973 telling us that American humour was very sophisticated, I'm not sure it is any longer

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By *naswingdressWoman  over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

It's very different to British humour.

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By *icecouple561Couple  over a year ago
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East Sussex

There used to be a series called Rhoda, that was very good too

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Lol it's the same for me here can't get into british humor.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"I used to like Golden Girls, the early episodes of Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory. I remember my English teacher back in about 1973 telling us that American humour was very sophisticated, I'm not sure it is any longer "

Oh yes I watched The Bing Bang Theory twice

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By *arakiss12TV/TS  over a year ago

Bedford

I've lost my sense of humour with America full stop at the moment.

As far as the comedy on TV I avoid it.

New Girl was the last thing I laughed at 2015. The year not the time.

Friends never caught my eye, Frasier okish. Can't stand the Simpsons.

I'm a miserable bitch.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

It's very different to British humour but more sarcasm thrown in. When it's done right it's amazing.. Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens and The Office US are three of my favourite programmes. American stand up on the other hand, I rarely get the humour

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By *orksRockerMan  over a year ago

Bradford

I do like Curb Your Enthusiasm which is embarrassment humour similar to Ricky Gervais style and a little of Fawlty Towers. (though not as good as either)

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By *partharmonyCouple  over a year ago

Ruislip

It's certainly different. There are some American comedies I have really enjoyed, such as Cheers, Frasier, Spin City, Big Bang Theory and Parks & Recreation. They are few and far between. I never found Seinfeld funny, or Friends. Luke

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By *ora the explorerWoman  over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

I love How I met your mother! But then again I like friends, sex and the city, Frasier etc.

I guess I like it

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By *yron69Man  over a year ago

Fareham

Yankee tv comedy series seem like laboured humour to me. But their comedy films are often fresh and hilarious. However you get the odd Brit gem but I can’t say I watch many of ours. My humour is probably at the Sid James level early 70s but my wife loves me.

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By *entlemenpipMan  over a year ago

not far

So what your asking is US TV humour not us cultural humour they intermix alot but are different things. American cultural humour from my experience was very denigrating victim based, for example mocking and planking people Americans love a good prank

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By *ermite12ukMan  over a year ago

Solihull and Brentwood

Used to love Cheers and the Golden Girls.

Nowadays, have to agree with the OP's question and question if it exists.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

American humour tends more towards the observational. British humour tends more towards innuendo, satire and surreal.

Probably the last American comedy I found funny was Seinfeld. Not a fan of more recent ones (nor of more recent British ones either).

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman  over a year ago

evesham

I have noticed a lot of 'isms' in American comedy. Especially the big bang theory (but that's because I just have it on in the background.... Its chewing gum TV) .... Lots of humour based on Raj's ethnicity for example.

Also a lot of fat jokes. The butt if the joke being that a guy ends up doing the walk of shame away from a fat chick.

Also quite a lot of ableism as well.

This could be said of British comedy also I know but at the minute we're discussing American shows lol

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By *moothshaftMan  over a year ago

Coventry

I'm gonna show my age here.

I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny!

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By *licecdTV/TS  over a year ago

Hatfield

I was not aware there is such a thing as American humour or comedy programs they are hopeless and the so called funny shows are total dross

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

American sitcoms can be very clichéd,and for that I personally can't stand most of them,though I do love Big Bang Theory

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to

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By *ora the explorerWoman  over a year ago

Paradise, Herts


"I'm gonna show my age here.

I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny! "

Oh that programme was the best! I still watch snippets of it on YouTube sometimes. Hilarious!

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By *moothdickMan  over a year ago

stoke

Family guy and dead pool ... that’s it, the sit coms like friends etc, in my opinion are about has funny as genital warts

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By *ora the explorerWoman  over a year ago

Paradise, Herts


"Family guy and dead pool ... that’s it, the sit coms like friends etc, in my opinion are about has funny as genital warts "

Is family guy the cartoon one? I don’t find that funny at all.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to "

Trivia: the American show M*A*S*H had canned laughter but when shown in Britain it was removed. Watched an episode with it and it was so out of place.

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By *ubal1Man  over a year ago

Newry Down

The master US comedian, who was actually from Eltham in London was Bob Hope particularly in the 1950s and 60s. But he had a vast team of writers.

Married with Children was astonishingly well written and is available online; at least the gems are.

The American sitcom that tops them all, is: Sergeant Bilko, aka The Phil Silvers Show, aka You'll Never Get Rich.

The comedy is now dated, but the situations are hilarious.

It would be impossible to overstate the care and precision with which Bilko was developed and executed by Nat Hiken.

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By *moothshaftMan  over a year ago

Coventry


"I'm gonna show my age here.

I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny!

Oh that programme was the best! I still watch snippets of it on YouTube sometimes. Hilarious!"

Absolutely brilliant wasn't it!!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"The master US comedian, who was actually from Eltham in London was Bob Hope particularly in the 1950s and 60s. But he had a vast team of writers.

Married with Children was astonishingly well written and is available online; at least the gems are.

The American sitcom that tops them all, is: Sergeant Bilko, aka The Phil Silvers Show, aka You'll Never Get Rich.

The comedy is now dated, but the situations are hilarious.

It would be impossible to overstate the care and precision with which Bilko was developed and executed by Nat Hiken.

"

Also a difference between American shows and British ones. American shows have a 'writer's room' with a team writing the show whereas British shows just have one or two writers.

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By *moothdickMan  over a year ago

stoke


"Family guy and dead pool ... that’s it, the sit coms like friends etc, in my opinion are about has funny as genital warts

Is family guy the cartoon one? I don’t find that funny at all. "

Ye it’s the cartoon .... I haven’t come across many women that do find it funny, perhaps that’s a gender thing ? But then again I can’t stand the simpsons or American dad and that is wrote by the same people ...

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Kettering

About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Love American comedy shows...

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to

Trivia: the American show M*A*S*H had canned laughter but when shown in Britain it was removed. Watched an episode with it and it was so out of place."

It was very popular in my native country

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Kettering


"It’s ok. They put canned laughter on so you know when to

Trivia: the American show M*A*S*H had canned laughter but when shown in Britain it was removed. Watched an episode with it and it was so out of place.

It was very popular in my native country "

I think all of the American "comedy" shows use the same recorded laughter

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By *viatrixWoman  over a year ago

Redhill


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks"

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny.

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Kettering


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. "

I'm with you on Ricky Gervais! How can someone be so famous for being so crap at his job ?

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By *ausageNmashCouple  over a year ago

Andover

Preferred things like the flintstones and top cat

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Cheers.

Everybody loves Raymond.

Frasier.

Probably more but can't remember right now.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny. "

I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Cheers.

Everybody loves Raymond.

Frasier.

Probably more but can't remember right now. "

Someone above me reminded me...Seinfeld..

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I prefer American sitcoms but prefer British standup and panel shows

Not quite sure why that's the case but it's good to have variety and have an open mind rather than making it and American Vs British thing

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By *viatrixWoman  over a year ago

Redhill


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny.

I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain."

I’m in good company then! What comedy you *do* get?

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By *ora the explorerWoman  over a year ago

Paradise, Herts


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny.

I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain."

I wasn’t a fan of Ricky Gervais until I watched the afterlife.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Cheers.

Everybody loves Raymond.

Frasier.

Probably more but can't remember right now. Someone above me reminded me...Seinfeld.."

Taxi

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By *ean counterMan  over a year ago

Kettering


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny.

I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain.

I wasn’t a fan of Ricky Gervais until I watched the afterlife. "

Yes but that little smug face that he pulls about every 30 seconds (which appears to be the basis of his show) !

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny.

I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain.

I’m in good company then! What comedy you *do* get? "

Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Seinfeld, Cheers, Father Ted, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Frasier, Blackadder off the top of my head ...

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By *viatrixWoman  over a year ago

Redhill


"

I wasn’t a fan of Ricky Gervais until I watched the afterlife. "

Good acting there, yes... I’ve also enjoyed a few episodes of Extras... but the rest... dear me, it’s all cringe cringe cringe! there is the speech he gave at the Golden Globes last year...

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By *viatrixWoman  over a year ago

Redhill


"About 30 years ago I went to a cinema in Los Angeles to watch a film (cant remember the name) but I was laughing when all around was quiet and then they (the americans) were laughing at things and I hadn't got a clue what they were laughing at? Us Brits definitely have a different sense of humour than the Yanks

This happened to me the very first time I came to London in 2001 and went to the movie theater... pardon me, the cinema. I saw that people laughed at things that were not funny to me at all....

It’s taken me absolute ages (nearly 20 years in fact) to “get” British humour. I used to watch Alan Partridge and I just didn’t get it.... now I think I do, haha. I will never be able to stomach Ricky Gervais though.

Little Britain pulled me through the most horrendous postnatal depression I had in 2004, though it was still difficult to find some parts funny.

I'm British and I don't 'get' Alan Partridge, Ricky Gervais or Little Britain.

I’m in good company then! What comedy you *do* get?

Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Black Books, Seinfeld, Cheers, Father Ted, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Frasier, Blackadder off the top of my head ..."

Ah, you see, Blackadder was even more difficult for me to “get”! I do like it though, apart from the last one with the war. Blackadder goes forth...

Fawlty Towers is amazing. And Seinfeld will always have a special place in my heart!

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By *harisajidanWoman  over a year ago

london


"I do like Curb Your Enthusiasm which is embarrassment humour similar to Ricky Gervais style and a little of Fawlty Towers. (though not as good as either) "

Curb is genius.

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By *harisajidanWoman  over a year ago

london


"It's certainly different. There are some American comedies I have really enjoyed, such as Cheers, Frasier, Spin City, Big Bang Theory and Parks & Recreation. They are few and far between. I never found Seinfeld funny, or Friends. Luke"

Millions of Americans never found Seinfeld or Friends funny either.

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By *imon_hydeMan  over a year ago

Stockport

There's some very funny American films (Young Frankenstein and Zoolander) but they've also inflicted Adam Sandler on us. Swings and roundabouts.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

The golden girls

Seinfeld

Curb your enthusiasm

Arrested development

Broad City

Workaholics

30 rock

Parks and rec

Saturday night live

Etc etc

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By *offee27Man  over a year ago

Wiltshire

Cheers, Frasier, Futurama, Simpsons. Growing up in Canada, we we're saturated in terrible us canned comedy. Luckily we had a lot of British comedy on our networks too

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By *layfullsamMan  over a year ago

Solihull

Yes it exists with good, bad and truly awful comedy coming out of both nations alongside some absolute classics.

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By *AABMan  over a year ago

Not far


"I'm gonna show my age here.

I used to absolutely piss myself at 'Married with children'. Think the guys name was Al Bundy, omg he was so funny! "

I think this was about the only American TV comedy series I found funny. The rest of it seems so cliché. Laughs have to be signaled by canned laughter. Large groups of writers making comedy by giving the characters funny lines rather than funny situations. I’ve spent some time in America and worked with Americans, not one of them seem to get office banter.

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By *uke olovingmanMan  over a year ago

Gravesend

I love rose from the golden girls especially her at st Olaf stories

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By *atnip make me purrWoman  over a year ago

Reading

Superstore community Brooklyn 99 all superb and better than most English comedies.

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Yes some brilliant American comedies.

Brooklyn 99.

New girl ( it's really a grower)

3rd rock from the sun.

Spin city.

And quite a few more.

Yes it's also produced some real dross canned laughter and unfunny over the top punchlines.

But British comedy has also produced some absolutely shocking comedy's.

Mrs brown's boy's being right up there as an example of how unfunny it can be.

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By *ranimallxl5Man  over a year ago

Winchester

I thought American humor was spelt without the u

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By *arkus1812Man  over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

M.A.S.H. without the canned laughter

Mork & Mindy (Pam Dawber )

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Superstore community Brooklyn 99 all superb and better than most English comedies. "

Forgot about Community. I'll throw in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

How could I forget its always sunny in philadelphia....I binged watched that...and community

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Off the top of my head, all of the below have frequently brightened my day:

The Office US

Parks & Recreation

Modern Family

Life in Pieces

Pen15

The Middle

Big Bang Theory

A.P. Bio

Frasier

Arrested Development

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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By *hilloutMan  over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

Cheers, Three's Company and the big daddy, Married with Children!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Off the top of my head, all of the below have frequently brightened my day:

The Office US

Parks & Recreation

Modern Family

Life in Pieces

Pen15

The Middle

Big Bang Theory

A.P. Bio

Frasier

Arrested Development

Curb Your Enthusiasm

"

I love Life in Pieces !!!

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By *ranimallxl5Man  over a year ago

Winchester

There is a place in Dorset called Ferndown

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple  over a year ago

Birmingham

There's so much amazing comedy coming from the USA, so many varieties, branding it all "American comedy" seems absurd and reductionist.

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple  over a year ago

Birmingham


"There is a place in Dorset called Ferndown"

My cats name is mittens

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By *urydiceRisingWoman  over a year ago

Dublin


"Does it exist ? Watched various usa “comedies “ liked “the middle “ but the rest I just can’t laugh at ,,, the worst is Friends "

As a Yank here in Dublin, I can say no. We take ourselves much too seriously and we are not witty by any standard. That said, I don't get British humour at all. Irish humour makes me piss myself laughing too hard.

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By *ausageNmashCouple  over a year ago

Andover

Love the old episodes of police squad on YouTube at the moment with Leslie Nielsen. Very funny IMO ( MR)

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

2 and half men, Charlie sheen episode's. Absolutely hilarious.....

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple  over a year ago

Birmingham


"2 and half men, Charlie sheen episode's. Absolutely hilarious....."

Now THAT is a good joke. Nice one!

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man  over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I don’t suppose you could class it as actual comedy, it wasn’t a joke filled laugh type thing.

It was more the humour within the characters and how they interacted with each other, but I used to really enjoy and found it funny, a programme called Northern Exposure.

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By *uliaChrisCouple  over a year ago

westerham


"The master US comedian, who was actually from Eltham in London was Bob Hope particularly in the 1950s and 60s. But he had a vast team of writers.

Married with Children was astonishingly well written and is available online; at least the gems are.

The American sitcom that tops them all, is: Sergeant Bilko, aka The Phil Silvers Show, aka You'll Never Get Rich.

The comedy is now dated, but the situations are hilarious.

It would be impossible to overstate the care and precision with which Bilko was developed and executed by Nat Hiken.

"

Ah a connoisseur

I'm only going to add Cheers. Great, great cast.

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"2 and half men, Charlie sheen episode's. Absolutely hilarious.....

Now THAT is a good joke. Nice one!"

Yeah suppose you have to have a sense of humour to watch it

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By *tephTV67TV/TS  over a year ago

Cheshire

I’m surprised (or missed) no one mentioning The Simpsons or South Park.

I agree with some previous that Parks and Rec and Curb your Enthusiasm are some of the best from our American cousins.

I loved some of the older stuff

Taxi

Soap

Larry Sanders Show

Cheers

Scrubs

The Good Place

Early Friends and Big Bang Theory (both tailed off)

Not a patch on Father Ted or Fawlty Towers, but still enjoyable with great acting and storylines

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By *harisajidanWoman  over a year ago

london


"The golden girls

Seinfeld

Curb your enthusiasm

Arrested development

Broad City

Workaholics

30 rock

Parks and rec

Saturday night live

Etc etc "

Broad city is quality! Surprised someone listed it on here!

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By *ionelhutzMan  over a year ago

liverpool

Frasier was brilliant

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By *harisajidanWoman  over a year ago

london

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By *harisajidanWoman  over a year ago

london


"Does it exist ? Watched various usa “comedies “ liked “the middle “ but the rest I just can’t laugh at ,,, the worst is Friends

As a Yank here in Dublin, I can say no. We take ourselves much too seriously and we are not witty by any standard. That said, I don't get British humour at all. Irish humour makes me piss myself laughing too hard. "

Ehhh... says who? Black and Jewish Americans have a great culture of humor and wittiness. The y have produced some of the greatest comedians.

And this nonsense about American humor doesn’t translate and vice versa is just that— nonsense. If that weren’t the case, Chris Rock and others wouldn’t be playing to sold out shows in the UK and Eddie Izzard and others wouldn’t in the USA.

Besides, does every single Individual in the US or conversely in the UK have the same humor? No. It’s why half the people I know can’t stand “Friends” and think it’s overrated and unfunny, and the other half (or quarter..or whatever) think it’s funny.

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