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Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:28 am to AlterDWI
As far as I’m concerned, if you don’t find Monty Python funny, it’s a “you” problem.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:29 am to AlterDWI
I think you are try to contend for Twit of the Year!
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:31 am to AlterDWI
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This is my point - it's not nearly as clever as everyone says it is.
It’s a mix of highbrow and lowbrow.
Example - The Summarizing Proust Competition
It’s a sketch about a game show of trying to summarize a masterwork book series punctuated by masturbation jokes and awarding first prize to the girl with the biggest tits.
It hits both extremes in one sketch.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:33 am to teke184
Monty Python is ok.
I find Mel Brooks much more entertaining and funnier as far as old comedies go.
I find Mel Brooks much more entertaining and funnier as far as old comedies go.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:34 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
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This is my point - it's not nearly as clever as everyone says it is.
“Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time-a!!!!”
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:35 am to bushwacker
YMMV.
Im a huge Brooks fan but certain works are more appreciated depending on how familiar you are with what is being sent up.
If you haven’t watched about 20 Hitchcock films, there are limits to how many of the jokes and references you get in High Anxiety, for example.
Im a huge Brooks fan but certain works are more appreciated depending on how familiar you are with what is being sent up.
If you haven’t watched about 20 Hitchcock films, there are limits to how many of the jokes and references you get in High Anxiety, for example.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:36 am to travelgamer
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Back in the rabbit ears TV days this was my late night jam.
Benny Hill, Monty Python, and Kids in the Hall. Every day.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:37 am to gumbo2176
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Too bad they only made something like 12 episodes of that gem.
Sadly, John Cleese and Connie Booth fought like cats and dogs off screen and ruined the continuation of the show. After divorce and the dust settled, they both realized it was genius, but they could never agree on how to get it going again.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:39 am to teke184
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If you haven’t watched about 20 Hitchcock films, there are limits to how many of the jokes and references you get in High Anxiety, for example.
Spaceballs/Star Wars
Blazing Saddles/Old Westerns
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:39 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
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Benny Hill
Brits are mystified by why Americans like Benny Hill so much.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:42 am to AlterDWI
quote:One of the most funny things ever, if you're not a girl.
It's not funny.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:45 am to teke184
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Brits are mystified by why Americans like Benny Hill so much.
It’s the chicks, man!!!!
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:46 am to AlterDWI
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Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:50 am to ptra
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I think you are try to contend for Twit of the Year!
I think he just needs to make an exit because this isn’t his idiom.
Can’t the rest of us have just a little bit of peril, though?
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:53 am to Allyn McKeen
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Sadly, John Cleese and Connie Booth fought like cats and dogs off screen and ruined the continuation of the show. After divorce and the dust settled, they both realized it was genius, but they could never agree on how to get it going again.
Sadly, Manuel passed about 5 years ago. Can't imagine a reboot without him involved.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:56 am to AlterDWI
I’ll always be blown away by how popular that movie/show is. They made us watch the movie in high school and it was beyond the highest levels of cringe I could imagine. It was deeply uncomfortable and upsetting.
That “find the fish” scene made my skin crawl.
That “find the fish” scene made my skin crawl.
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Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:58 am to teke184
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Brits are mystified by why Americans like Benny Hill so much.
Never saw Benny Hill on the same level as Monly Python.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 12:00 pm to RogerTheShrubber
I didn’t claim he was.
But he seems to have more general appeal in the US than a lot of other British comedy, probably due to being more broad (visual comedy with Yakety Sax played over it) which means he is more accessible.
But he seems to have more general appeal in the US than a lot of other British comedy, probably due to being more broad (visual comedy with Yakety Sax played over it) which means he is more accessible.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 12:00 pm to AlterDWI
Different generations find different types of humor funny. It changes over time.
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