English people

[Trefor]

Perhaps you'd better edit the thing merle - pogo, Jozer, Eddie etc are going to howl for weeks that they're hapless victims of stereotyping, racism etc.

God you're a deluded welsh w@nker Trefor.

That sketch is a brilliant example of the English sense of humour and of laughing at themselves - and I'm aware that Merle tried to use their own humour against them but frankly they are happy to leave any bigots to stew in their own hatred.

Ah, you're a fan of Nick Griffin's, but not Bernard Manning.

[Eddie Collins]

Perhaps you'd better edit the thing merle - pogo, Jozer, Eddie etc are going to howl for weeks that they're hapless victims of stereotyping, racism etc.

God you're a deluded welsh w@nker Trefor.

That sketch is a brilliant example of the English sense of humour and of laughing at themselves - and I'm aware that Merle tried to use their own humour against them but frankly they are happy to leave any bigots to stew in their own hatred.

Ah, you're a fan of Nick Griffin's, but not Bernard Manning.

Bernard Manning wasn't in the clip you dipstick

[Trefor]

[quote=Eddie Collins]

Perhaps you'd better edit the thing merle - pogo, Jozer, Eddie etc are going to howl for weeks that they're hapless victims of stereotyping, racism etc.

God you're a deluded welsh w@nker Trefor.

That sketch is a brilliant example of the English sense of humour and of laughing at themselves - and I'm aware that Merle tried to use their own humour against them but frankly they are happy to leave any bigots to stew in their own hatred.

Ah, you're a fan of Nick Griffin's, but not Bernard Manning.

Bernard Manning wasn't in the clip you dipstick[/quote:1ilhbwx5]

Calm down Eddie, you'll make yourself ill.

I know that he wasn't in the clip, I was simply refering to a comment I made earlier in the thread.

[michael1965]

That sketch is a brilliant example of the English sense of humour and of laughing at themselves - and I'm aware that Merle tried to use their own humour against them but frankly they are happy to leave any bigots to stew in their own hatred.

It's very good. It reminds me of some of the Monty Python classics where they pilloried both the working classes, and the upper class toffs.

like this one .

[Eddie Collins]

That sketch is a brilliant example of the English sense of humour and of laughing at themselves - and I'm aware that Merle tried to use their own humour against them but frankly they are happy to leave any bigots to stew in their own hatred.

It's very good. It reminds me of some of the Monty Python classics where they pilloried both the working classes, and the upper class toffs.

like this one .

Classic stuff !

[Tiernanator]

Is English humour actually English at all. I would argue that what in the main is classified is actually Jewish/English humour. How many of comedians are Jewish. An awful lot. How many of the scriptwriters of sitcoms are Jewish. An awful lot.

So English humour has in fact been replaced by the Jewish-English and not the Anglo-Saxon experience.

No I am not anti-semitic, it is not an issue for me, just noticed that lots of English comedians are Jewish.

Even that wonderful northern lad Bernard Manning was Jewish.

[A guy called Dave]

David Brent and Alan Partridge are two of the finest p!ss-takes of the english character ever. Coogan more or less sunk Rover with one series. Nobody wanted to be seen dead in one after that.

edit - Yiddish humour makes up a massive part of working class english comedy, irish humour does as well.
I always thought Python was more a mix of surrealism and satire than the more banterish qualites of the two I just mentioned

[terry666]

Is English humour actually English at all. I would argue that what in the main is classified is actually Jewish/English humour. How many of comedians are Jewish. An awful lot. How many of the scriptwriters of sitcoms are Jewish. An awful lot.

So English humour has in fact been replaced by the Jewish-English and not the Anglo-Saxon experience.

No I am not anti-semitic, it is not an issue for me, just noticed that lots of English comedians are Jewish.

Even that wonderful northern lad Bernard Manning was Jewish.

Bernard Manning was not jewish, one half of his family were jewish victorian immigrants from Russia.


Anglo-saxon humour well its abit difficult to go back before the 11 th century.


If your theory was right the American and english comedy would be the same but they are very different.

[terry666]

David Brent and Alan Partridge are two of the finest p!ss-takes of the english character ever. Coogan more or less sunk Rover with one series. Nobody wanted to be seen dead in one after that.

Larger Rovers are actually a poor mans damiler excellent value for money.

Especially the 3 litre 75.

[Riadach]

Is English humour actually English at all. I would argue that what in the main is classified is actually Jewish/English humour. How many of comedians are Jewish. An awful lot. How many of the scriptwriters of sitcoms are Jewish. An awful lot.

So English humour has in fact been replaced by the Jewish-English and not the Anglo-Saxon experience.

No I am not anti-semitic, it is not an issue for me, just noticed that lots of English comedians are Jewish.

Even that wonderful northern lad Bernard Manning was Jewish.

Bernard Manning was not jewish, one half of his family were jewish victorian immigrants from Russia.


Anglo-saxon humour well its abit difficult to go back before the 11 th century.


If your theory was right the American and english comedy would be the same but they are very different.

Well actually you should find more anglo-saxon humour before the 11th century than u would after it, considering there was not true anglo-saxon literature extent between the 11th century and the 14th century, which is why we are ignorant to the progression of the english language in this period. It would not be too difficult to infer such from pre-11th century sagas poetry and prose.

(Sorry terry666, i'm just too addicted to contradicting you).