Humour !

Mocking the memory of men who were prepared to die for this country is all too prevalent these days, and, of course, four-letter words make it soooooo much funnier…

I don’t think the Armstrong and Miller sketches are written to mock the RAF pilots…

…I’ve always taken them as mocking the ‘youth’ of today.

The humour, for me, comes from the contrast between how ‘hard’ the youth of today find their lives and how those of a similar age dealt with the ‘hardship’ that was influencing their lives in 1940!

Faulty Towers is excellent and appears to be timeless. I can watch it again and again and although you know what’s coming you still LOL. And the rats name! FAL

Only watched the clip in #1 so far I don’t have any problem with that, it isn’t disrespectful but a statement of our times, init.

Do not get many talking that way in N Wales but down here in Bromley is a differnt matter now. I was only saying the other day to my good lady wife that I wondered if they went to evening classes to learn the lingo, handshakes and gestures. Still who am I to say with my compass and square.

This is one of my favourites no gratuitous swearing or violence, Rowan Atkinson Drums sketch, enjoy

Well some of us do!! The list is so long that I tried to suggest the span of time, but Voltaire just never turned me on I’m afraid!:D

I thought people laughed AT Russell Brand. And you didn’t mention Alf Garnet, cutting edge for TV at the time. Many people just did not understand what it was really about and many complained.

Oh, and you didn’t mention Voltaire, I do like a nice bit of Voltaire, I may not agree…….and all that.:D:dev2:

Humour is a very subjective emotion in the sense being discussed here. And what is rib-ticklingly funny to one will leave another unmoved. Finding humour in oppression and misfortune and making fun of minorities goes back to the Greeks and it is guaranteed that someone somewhere will be offended by it sometime. From Aristophanes all the way to Spike Milligan, Benny Hill, Lenny Bruce, Hicks, Monty Python and Russell Brand some people will have been offended but the majority have laughed. That’s all that matters.

Thinking out loud here. I wonder how many forumites would defend Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson et al with the argument that comedians should be able to touch upon any subject and that no individual or group should be offered special protection, but that joking about WW2 airmen is disrespectful and ‘too soon’.

I would suggest that if you find the Mitchell and Webb sketch offensive then you are weak minded, too readily offended and need to get over it, and get over WW2, in much the same way that women, homosexuals and non-caucasians need to learn to take it on the chin from such masters of their craft as Davidson and Manning. 😮

Any more of this sort of chat and I will start whining about ‘censorship’ and ‘Big Brother’, as many of the defenders of Manning and Davidson do. You cannot even joke about WW2 airmen any more without some whiner with no sense of humour trying to silence you…

One cannot have it both ways. Note that I haven’t expressed my own opinion on Mitchell and Webb as it is somewhat irrelevant.

I am sorry I think a humour is humour ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_qitJQ4vg

Future kitchen; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFFR_tTyfU

Swedes have a whole show with a finn in a sauna.

If your faith is not strong this could be tough to see; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRRCkspaQU

One of the most popular episodes of Fawlty Towers in Germany was “The Germans”!!;)

‘Allo ‘Allo was popular with some of the German population too, Video of the night’s episode got me a few free beers in the local.

I’ve watched that episode in the company of Germans and they rather liked it. It is ancient history to them.

One of the most popular episodes of Fawlty Towers in Germany was “The Germans”!!;)

Thinking out loud here. I wonder how many forumites would defend Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson et al with the argument that comedians should be able to touch upon any subject and that no individual or group should be offered special protection, but that joking about WW2 airmen is disrespectful and ‘too soon’.

I would suggest that if you find the Mitchell and Webb sketch offensive then you are weak minded, too readily offended and need to get over it, and get over WW2, in much the same way that women, homosexuals and non-caucasians need to learn to take it on the chin from such masters of their craft as Davidson and Manning. 😮

Any more of this sort of chat and I will start whining about ‘censorship’ and ‘Big Brother’, as many of the defenders of Manning and Davidson do. You cannot even joke about WW2 airmen any more without some whiner with no sense of humour trying to silence you…

One cannot have it both ways. Note that I haven’t expressed my own opinion on Mitchell and Webb as it is somewhat irrelevant.

2 Ronnies teach swedish; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3M1nppd3c

the resistance characters in the show actually looked proficient.

That’s because they weren’t actually ………..

The mention of ‘Allo ‘Allo brought to mind the comment made by a gentleman a good many years ago (not long after the show first aired). He said that compared with the resistance people who facilitated his return to the UK, the resistance characters in the show actually looked proficient.

Ah yes 78s, I remember them well! And Garrard 301 with good old Mallard valve amps. For sound quality you cannot beat analogue. Bit difficult to get in your pocket though.

Oh yes – a classic. NTNON is a much missed and rather underrated series I think. Thanks for the link!;)

One of my favourites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQqWSnsHoA

Blackerry is broken; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJFwVOW0Nww