Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 3: Try Hard with a Kengeance

[ScooterBrother]

I have seen one more complete episode of Seinfeld than I have of Friends but I would have to say that your mate is setting the bar very low.

You really cant judge Seinfeld on one episode...

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Ha, neighours is still on? Next thing you will.be telling me home and away is still on as well.

I really hope Billie is going to be OK in H&A.

 

[Steve Dore]

You really cant judge Seinfeld on one episode...

No, I can

To be fair I had seen bits and pieces previously, none of which enticed me to watch an entire episode until I was unable to sleep on a trans-Pacific flight. Annoying characters are annoying.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

 

[Trewth]

I really hope Billie is going to be OK in H&A.

It doesn't look good tbh.

 

[spookism]

Awful show. Awful.

One that has also aged horribly.

 

[finbarr]

Seinfeld seems to be disliked by people who think Monty Python is still funny today.

 

[spookism]

Seinfeld seems to be disliked by people who think Monty Python is still funny today.

This sentence confuses me...

 

[Far Kern]

Seinfeld seems to be disliked by people who think Monty Python is still funny today.

 

[finbarr]

Seinfeld has aged incredibly well, arguably better than any comedy I've seen.

 

[Steve Dore]

Seinfeld seems to be disliked by people who think Monty Python is still funny today.

I still think the Goons are funny, come at me

 

[finbarr]

I still think the Goons are funny, come at me

Of that era, one thing I can still listen to is Peter Cook. How Dudley Moore got the big Hollywood career I will never know. He was embarrassingly out of his depth next to Cook.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Try telling that to an Asian wife!!!


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

I bet she makes awesome meals

 

[finbarr]

Almost all of the comedy I grew up with has dated to the point it just doesn't make me laugh. Had a steady diet of Monty Python, The Goons, The Two Ronnies, all that stuff. Thought it was the ducks nuts of comedy back then. Watch it nowadays and it barely raises a chuckle. The Australian stuff is worse. The Paul Hogan Show was compulsive viewing. It's just awful.

 

[finbarr]

Poor old Dud.

 

[bomberclifford]

Almost all of the comedy I grew up with has dated to the point it just doesn't make me laugh. Had a steady diet of Monty Python, The Goons, The Two Ronnies, all that stuff. Thought it was the ducks nuts of comedy back then. Watch it nowadays and it barely raises a chuckle. The Australian stuff is worse. The Paul Hogan Show was compulsive viewing. It's just awful.

I've been watching The Goodies with my kids and they're still very funny.

 

[bomberclifford]

Watching the Ravenhall Riot video and had to laugh that it was all over a potential ban on ciggies.
It's such an Australian thing to riot about.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/wat...-hundreds-of-prisoners-went-on-rampage/#page1

 

[finbarr]

I've been watching The Goodies with my kids and they're still very funny.

Graeme Garden was funny. The other two not so much.

 

[bomberclifford]

Graeme Garden was funny. The other two not so much.

Agree. He was amazing at the physical comedy. Perfected the art of the over-reacted, double-take.

 

[finbarr]

Agree. He was amazing at the physical comedy. Perfected the art of the over-reacted, double-take.

Bill Oddie was just the loud, slightly irritating, attention seeking type you'd find in abundance at the Clovercrest Hotel of a Thursday night.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

The Only Fools & Horses "final" episode in the 90's is the third highest viewed progamme of all time in the UK only bettered by the Royal Weddings I think.. barely made a ripple here, Chiwigi will give me shit but I reckon it was a great sitcom, Dad pumped it into me early.

 

[finbarr]

I can see why some could be instantly turned off of Seinfeld. When it first really got going the hype kind of annoyed me. But it's hard to deny its quality and I was soon watching it. Hard to believe it finished up 2 decades ago. Still stands up against anything I reckon. Definitely still a "go to" box set.

 

[chiwigi]

The Only Fools & Horses "final" episode in the 90's is the third highest viewed progamme of all time in the UK only bettered by the Royal Weddings I think.. barely made a ripple here, Chiwigi will give me shit but I reckon it was a great sitcom, Dad pumped it into me early.

Are you kidding? Fools and Horses was one of the best ever! It had pathos, slapstick and longevity!
The Royle Family is also classic British Comedy as is Peep Show and the like.

Shits got really bad now with crap like Mrs. Browns Boys.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Shits got really bad now with crap like Mrs. Browns Boys.

That is completely unwatchable to me that show

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Of that era, one thing I can still listen to is Peter Cook. How Dudley Moore got the big Hollywood career I will never know. He was embarrassingly out of his depth next to Cook.

Have you read the book "Tragically I was an only twin"

Peter Cook was the funniest man to ever live.