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what in your life has mad you laugh hardest?in some vague sort of order, my answers would be:python (the records)mel brookesfiresign theater (the records)peter ustinov (the best gall danged raconteur...
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I have a vague memory of seeing him on a TALK SHOW and finding him interesting, but I wasn't aware there was any real SHOW to be had. Where are you seeing this? PBS? Cable?I don't see anything listed...
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Eddie Izzard (I have the video), Billy Connelly - hilariousThe Two Ronnies, Smith & Jones - wittyMonty Python, Benny Hill, Ken Dodd - funnyMost others including Blackadder and American comedians...
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What "dialect" does Ozzy Osbourne speak? His incoherent cockney/mockney/drug-induced-babble reminds me terribly of a particular Benny Hill character.This new "national hero" of ours cracks me up!And...
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> Not to mention his effect on the space program....Sorry, I forgot the link. Here is astronaut Dave Scott performing a well-known Benny Hill routine on the lunar...
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It has been running on HBO or the like for quite some time. Like I said, I purposely avoided it for all this time till the other night. He will become more popular, I think. My wife had the same...
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Ah yes, I *do* see it listed for next Friday. I will give it a look.And tomorrow night is a new Richard Jeni special on Comedy Central. I have only seen him *once*, but was so impressed that I...
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Steve Martin was far funnier that your choices. His combination of jokes and slapstick was perfect. Foxworthy's bit got old fast, and Stewart is just above average at best. I'll watch Jeni to see what...
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Steve Martin may have been; he was before my time. I've never seen him do standup. Most of his movies have been mediocre -- and Bowfinger was TERRIBLE -- but I did love PTA and Dirty Rotten...
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You are a young 'n aren't you, WG? Therefore, how can you come on here and....ah, never mind. As an old one, I must be more lenient, I know.
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In some other thread, I (and dma and others) lauded the horrible mockney of "Simon", played by "Italian-American" (my words) Anthony LaPaglia on the TV show "Frasier". He has in fact been nominated...
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YAY, WORDGEEK! I completely forgot about King of Queens. They had skipped his show for a couple of weeks so everyone could find out how awful a show "Baby Bob" was, but this Monday, their schedule is...
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Yeah, I mentioned in another thread how I thought likewise about ARCtU. Still, there are a few things they need to do to clean it up. First and foremost: lose the voiceover. Second: lose the parallel...
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Someone really has to learn how to harness the power of the Geekster. This from the opening segment of King of Queens:"God Bless You, God Speed, God Be With You, and I'll even throw in a bonus...
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Geekling, I've no idea what this one's about but am innordinately pleased (OK then, disgustingly smug) that the Paglia proto/crypto-cockney is an OZZER; 'cos that's what I thought on first hearing....
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Well...I was pointing out that the King of Queens, a sitcom built around Kevin James -- a rather talented stand-up IMHO -- took up the Bless You vs. Gesundheit issue, as their opening joke (2 mins or...
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No, you don't have to explain those guys; I watch when I've the time and the moral fibre... What you say re: the ad driven structure of your shows makes sense of the disjointed impressions when shown...
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He wasn't in "GoodFellas". I had a momentary flash of Ray Liotta, triggered in part by several reviews calling 29th St. "a mixture of GoodFellas and IaWL".www.eonline.com/Facts/Peo...16,00.htmlI can't...
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Excellent; I'm ordering stuff from Amazon anyway. (Mind, their delivery's been r-a-t-h-e-r s-l-o-w of late.)As a quid pro quo, try:www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/The videos are available.
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Yes, yes-King of Queens was great last night. Did you all catch Tim Conway on Yes, Dear after KofQ? He pulled a routine with monkeys that was hilarious-reminiscent of the old Carol Burnet show (now...
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