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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
Umm English comedy is so different from American isn't it?
I must admit I do not care for our recent comedy shows here--
so much also depends on ones own sense of humour.
I personally dislike anything that is crude.
Some of our former shows are repeated here, though I doubt that young people would find them funny at all.
we have a huge amount of American shows and films.
Friends is very popular too.
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Actually some of the older shows are still very popular with the youth, Red Dwarf is still very much liked, and shows like Blackadder and Only Fools and Horses are still aired regularly and I think all of my friends have seen them. I wouldn't say that they were
more popular than the recent comedy shows though. I know some are hugely popular, but I haven't personally found any I'd be willing to watch except for some like QI. So I'd agree the older ones are perhaps 'better' than the more recent.
It's a shame in a way, but I'd say a good chunk of English television and films are entirely American, probably around 80% of what's aired. Some is fantastic, some isn't, but the American humour is so different to the English, Australian, Irish etc. that it feels like other English-speaking countries are losing out a little bit.
Also I've heard Friends is due to go off air this year or next in the UK, I could be wrong though.
Edit: Also instead of making several new posts in a thread one after another, it might be better if you simply 'editted' your previous posts with your new comments/links etc. Just a pointer
