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Sep 18, 2012 2:37 PM CST'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
raytheon1
raytheon1raytheon1Los Angeles, California, USA18 Threads 19 Polls 11 Posts

'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!(Vote Below)

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Benny Hill
12
26%
Rowan Atkinson
17
36%
Jonathan Cleese
18
38%
Total Votes
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All three of these guys will make you split your sides with laughter! It's always very entertaining to watch them in any of their comedic showcases. Most all of us have a favorite, who's your's? rolling on the floor laughing Enjoy!

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Sep 18, 2012 3:15 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Rumple4skin
Rumple4skinRumple4skinStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England UK4 Threads 1 Polls 980 Posts
Stephen Merchant/Ricky Gervais

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Sep 18, 2012 3:24 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Innocentia00122
Innocentia00122Innocentia00122Osnabrück, Lower Saxony Germany2 Threads 723 Posts
John Cleese grin

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Sep 18, 2012 3:36 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Rumple4skin
Rumple4skinRumple4skinStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England UK4 Threads 1 Polls 980 Posts
Monty Python/John Cleese



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Sep 18, 2012 3:40 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
John Cleese (also co-author of Families and How to Survive Them with eminent psychiatrist Robin Skynner) wins hands down.
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Sep 18, 2012 3:56 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
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Sep 18, 2012 4:15 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
butterfly0123
butterfly0123butterfly0123Prague, Czech Republic3 Threads 447 Posts
Of the 3 in the poll, I'd go for John Cleese

but there are so many more.


Eddie Izzard peace

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Sep 18, 2012 4:21 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
I love the Fawlty Tower series...hysterical.
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Sep 18, 2012 4:29 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Innocentia00122
Innocentia00122Innocentia00122Osnabrück, Lower Saxony Germany2 Threads 723 Posts
HuggerMan4U: I love the Fawlty Tower series...hysterical.


Me too. I have still 20 year old video cassettes with all episodes.
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Sep 18, 2012 4:35 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
raytheon1
raytheon1raytheon1Los Angeles, California USA18 Threads 19 Polls 11 Posts
applauseThanks again everybody for such enlightening comments! I really love British comedy/comedians! It's just a natural and fresh approach that I find remarkably hilarious! peace
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Sep 18, 2012 4:38 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Harleyquinn
HarleyquinnHarleyquinnBetwixt the stix, Illinois USA10 Threads 1,707 Posts
jac379: John Cleese (also co-author of Families and How to Survive Them with eminent psychiatrist Robin Skynner) wins hands down.


Shouldn't that be John Cleese wins pants down?rolling on the floor laughing

Actually I'm a BIG(over 500lbs.) Monty Python fan. Wink,Wink, Nudge, Nudge, Say No More!

Been Shopping?





Butt! Also love Benny Hill!!








SHANTIwine
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Sep 19, 2012 1:16 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
raytheon1: Thanks again everybody for such enlightening comments! I really love British comedy/comedians! It's just a natural and fresh approach that I find remarkably hilarious!

Is that a polite, American way of telling us we're utterly bonkers? laugh
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Sep 19, 2012 1:18 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
Harleyquinn: Shouldn't that be John Cleese wins pants down?

Pants means something different in English English.

That simply wouldn't be cricket, old bean. Nudge, nudge...
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Sep 19, 2012 1:20 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
butterfly0123: Eddie Izzard

Praise be to Eddie. bowing
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Sep 19, 2012 1:23 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Leo_7
Leo_7Leo_7Baku, Azerbaijan87 Threads 16 Polls 2,514 Posts
the problem is that,u have to find british humor,funnylaugh
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Sep 19, 2012 1:25 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Leo_7
Leo_7Leo_7Baku, Azerbaijan87 Threads 16 Polls 2,514 Posts
Leo_7: the problem is that,u have to find british humor,funny
oops.I meant ,u have to be british ,to find britis humor funny.grin beer
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Sep 19, 2012 1:41 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
Leo_7: oops.I meant ,u have to be british ,to find britis humor funny.

No! Say it isn't so!jaw drop

(C'mon, even the Americans are beginning to get the hang of Brit humour. laugh )
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Sep 19, 2012 1:49 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379: No! Say it isn't so!

(C'mon, even the Americans are beginning to get the hang of Brit humour. )



Some of us get it. Loved Fawlty Towers, Benny Hill, Monty Python, Ab Fab, and Shameless. laugh
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Sep 19, 2012 1:51 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
bhirdie
bhirdiebhirdieBeograd-Srbija, Shanghai, Shanghai China261 Posts
i love Dave Allen,
Rowan Atkinson as Black adder,
Monty Python yay
i love British humour
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Sep 21, 2012 4:17 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
GreenBoots
GreenBootsGreenBootsBuenos Aires, Argentina8 Threads 6 Polls 202 Posts
David Walliams
Love him as the Scottish Hotel owner!
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Sep 21, 2012 4:24 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
michaelkk
michaelkkmichaelkkkilkenny, Kilkenny Ireland41 Posts
the Carry on films..great humour
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Sep 23, 2012 1:42 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
This is such a "no brainer" quiz!

ALL OF THE BRITISH HUMOR OR HUMOUR IS THE BEST. IF IT'S BRITISH IT'S FUNNY! FUNNY! FUNNY!rolling on the floor laughing
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Sep 23, 2012 2:27 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
Leonard Rossiter.................Rising damp




Frances de la Tour was brilliant as well.
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Sep 23, 2012 2:36 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
hoolet: Leonard Rossiter.................Rising damp

Frances de la Tour was brilliant as well.

I have very fond memories of those two from my childhood.

Frances de la Tour is an extraordinary serious actress as well.
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Sep 24, 2012 5:21 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379: I have very fond memories of those two from my childhood.

Frances de la Tour is an extraordinary serious actress as well.


Yes Jac.......I was fascinated by her.

and this series never failed to make me laugh

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Sep 24, 2012 11:20 AM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jono7
jono7jono7Out West, British Columbia Canada3 Threads 8,017 Posts
really hard to choose..laugh
so many great ones.

i'm a big ricky gervais fan for sure, but also enjoy many of the classic listed here already.

what about..
Little Britain..matt lucas and david williams
really makes me laugh.

and going back a ways...
AB FAB: jennifer saunders and dawn french.
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Sep 30, 2012 10:10 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
jac379: No! Say it isn't so!

(C'mon, even the Americans are beginning to get the hang of Brit humour. )


It's true that the UK has their own unique sense of humor that takes getting used to for Americans, but it's also true that Brit humor is funnier than all get out.
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Sep 30, 2012 10:17 PM CST 'Laughter'...British Style, And The Winner Is!
crazyblondeone: Some of us get it. Loved Fawlty Towers, Benny Hill, Monty Python, Ab Fab, and Shameless.


The Goodes, 'Allo, 'Allo, One Foot In The Grave, As Time
Goes On, Are You Being Served?, etc.
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