What the xxxx has happened to British comedy

[Gottfrid]

8 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

 

Total rubbish!

Edited August 24, 2022 by Gottfrid

[sammieuk1]

6 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

No we don't- he's gone  woke

He was on the last leg a couple of weeks ago and he sure ain't gone anywhere there was a barrage of complaints as usual ????  

[WorriedNoodle]

 

[toofarnorth]

On 8/22/2022 at 5:03 PM, transam said:

 

Now that is funny.

[StreetCowboy]

16 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

It was moderately bunny  40 years ago but there is better stuff around now

The best part of great humour is it’s easy familiarity.  You might think that 2022 humour is better, and in thirty years’ time there will be no-one that argues with you but know-nowts who have not even been born yet

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, StreetCowboy said:

The best part of great humour is it’s easy familiarity.  You might think that 2022 humour is better, and in thirty years’ time there will be no-one that argues with you but know-nowts who have not even been born yet

Humour  does not age well. We all have our favourite  memories but if you look at steptoe and son now you will find it depressing not funny,  same hancock...sad.

[Mac Mickmanus]

Just now, The Hammer2021 said:

Humour  does not age well. We all have our favourite  memories but if you look at steptoe and son now you will find it depressing not funny,  same hancock...sad.

Yeah, it was quite funny watching Steptoe when you were younger , but when you now kind of look like him a bit, its no so funny anymore

[StreetCowboy]

5 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yeah, it was quite funny watching Steptoe when you were younger , but when you now kind of look like him a bit, its no so funny anymore

You dirty old man, you!

[The Hammer2021]

Excellent  modern comedy

[The Hammer2021]

3 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

You dirty old man, you!

Fighting censorship

[The Hammer2021]

4 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

You dirty old man, you!

Anti woke comedy

[The Hammer2021]

12 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yeah, it was quite funny watching Steptoe when you were younger , but when you now kind of look like him a bit, its no so funny anymore

They had a painfully  depressing life which we didn't  notice then but it's just depressing to try and watch it.

[Mac Mickmanus]

11 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

They had a painfully  depressing life which we didn't  notice then but it's just depressing to try and watch it.

It was comedy, it wasn't real life 

 

[The Hammer2021]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

It was comedy, it wasn't real life 

 

It was a reflection  of real  life like all comedy- it was 'tragicomedy' but now 50 years later its just embarrassing rubbish to watch it again. THAT IS  WHY THEY  NEVER REPEAT  IT.  Nobody could bear to see it.

[StreetCowboy]

24 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

It was a reflection  of real  life like all comedy- it was 'tragicomedy' but now 50 years later its just embarrassing rubbish to watch it again. THAT IS  WHY THEY  NEVER REPEAT  IT.  Nobody could bear to see it.

Back in the day, we could identify with comic characters portraying the poorest members of our society, who were part of a fading way of life.  Maybe, back in the day, old people didn't find Steptoe and Son as funny as their children and grandchildren did - not least because they did not have televisions.
Top greenness, with the emphasis on reuse and recycling, by the way.
Steptoe and Son, and the Wombles.

[The Hammer2021]

Even 'Round the Horn' which  would be illegal  now doesn't  seem funny, or Monty Python.

[The Hammer2021]

14 hours ago, transam said:

You mean, better stuff that suits you, perhaps now easier to understand..................????

No. Better stuff-

Cultural  things changes...too 1930s silent movie  slapstick   is  not good , mainly not funny we have all  progressed NOBODY  Finds Steptoe  and son funny anymore. Because it's not funny now

Humour  does not age . Try showing todays kids stuff we  liked.

But the real  issue is how  wokeism has killed off comedy creating rubbish TV series and a  pathetic  Edinburgh  festival. But there are some  great comedy  teams doing great funny work.

Because  they are  funny they are  called 'Right Wing Comedians'

 

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, StreetCowboy said:

Back in the day, we could identify with comic characters portraying the poorest members of our society, who were part of a fading way of life.  Maybe, back in the day, old people didn't find Steptoe and Son as funny as their children and grandchildren did - not least because they did not have televisions.
Top greenness, with the emphasis on reuse and recycling, by the way.
Steptoe and Son, and the Wombles.

 

1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

It was comedy, it wasn't real life 

 

 

13 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Total rubbish!

Though  of course  some social  cometary comedy requires  intelligence and knowledge  of current afairs

[transam]

10 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

No. Better stuff-

Cultural  things changes...too 1930s silent movie  slapstick   is  not good , mainly not funny we have all  progressed NOBODY  Finds Steptoe  and son funny anymore. Because it's not funny now

Humour  does not age . Try showing todays kids stuff we  liked.

But the real  issue is how  wokeism has killed off comedy creating rubbish TV series and a  pathetic  Edinburgh  festival. But there are some  great comedy  teams doing great funny work.

Because  they are  funny they are  called 'Right Wing Comedians'

 

Next you will say you would dismiss Laurel & Hardy, sad really...????

[proton]

This would not be broadcast today. Catherine Tate was one of the few very funny female UK comics.