Sorry Flood…to answer your question, I think it’s a bit naff to have Peter Cook at No1, when Dudley Moore does not even feature in the list, as to me, it was the two of them TOGETHER that made them funny, but that’s just my humble opinion. John Cleese is certainly deserving of that high ranking, as he was a great comic writer as well as being a great comic actor.
While ‘Little Britain’ can be very gross at times, some of the characters are in my opinion very shrewd observations of life in Britain – we all have met at least one ‘Vicky Pollard’, and have encountered at least one ‘Carol’ (the bank clerk – “computer says no”) This is not to say of course that behind closed doors all grown up men are pestering their mothers for “bitty”, or lusting after their best friend’s Grandma, but certainly parts of ‘Little Britain’ ring true for me.
Anyway, I digress 😀
Why were there so few women? I suspect one reason for this is that a lot of female comedians (or commedianne?) tend to limit their routines/acts to men ‘bashing’ and other female orientated humour, hence limiting their potential audience. In my opinion a really good comedian will pitch their humour at a non gender specific audience, rather than target just one gender.
I for one do not find Victoria Wood particularly funny, but then that’s just me. Dawn French I love in the Vicar of Dibley, but find her somewhat tiresome with Jennifer Saunders (whose ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ was extremely funny in the early days, but should really be put to bed permanently now)
Becka
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