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  1. Keith Paynter

    I hate British Comedy

    Well, speaking as a Conservative I just go on and on and on until I start foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards...whup! Variations in class and social stature have been staples for comedy for years. American films like The Odd Couple or Trading Places are no different than...
  2. Keith Paynter

    I hate British Comedy

    Like Pee Wee Herman? Bean has success for all age groups and is world popular, simply for the fact that it is done as homage to silent comedy (dialogue is very rarely used), and Rowan Atkinson's man-child is his most famous as a result, so much that it has typecast him, although I prefer...
  3. Keith Paynter

    I hate British Comedy

    Bosom Buddies (Tom Hanks) Kids In The Hall** **Canadian in origin, but as (Python's) Terry Jones said, it was easier for them to make funny women characters when they dressed up themselves, because they couldn't write funny parts for women. Carol Cleveland was more or less eye candy :eek...
  4. Keith Paynter

    I hate British Comedy

    Some American comedies based on British comedies: All In The Family - 'Till Death Do Us Part Sanford & Son - Steptoe & Son Three's Company - Man About The House Amanda's***/Payne*** - Fawlty Towers The Grubs*** - The Grimleys American Idol - Pop Idol :D (***tanked big time) And how...
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