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Thread: What makes you laugh?
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Ariel
Shipmate
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Posted
18 September, 2014 08:21
Begone, dull misery - let's invoke the Muse of Comedy. What makes you laugh? Are there films you've seen half a dozen times already but still find funny? Books that reduce you to a heap of quivering mirth? Cartoon strips you always look out for in your daily paper, or comedians you particularly enjoy watching? You're invited to share those favourite moments with the rest of us...
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Lucia
Looking for light
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18 September, 2014 09:05
For starters:
The Princess Bride.
The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
Calvin and Hobbes.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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18 September, 2014 10:37
Radio comedy, the likes of Hitchhikers, Hut 33, Acropolis No*, Cabin Pressure, etc. and especially satire, * 'm a fan of the No* Sho*, the Ne*s Qui* and Have * got Ne*s for you (* 'm also enjoying the front cover of Private Eye today). * spent my teens reading Punch in the local library ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Sipech
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18 September, 2014 11:13
* once had to state the name of another Shipmate as part of an open air p*oduction of Life of B*ian. * did corpse, *arther!
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jrw
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18 September, 2014 12:50
'Bicycle repair man' sketch from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'.
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Eutychus
From the edge
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18 September, 2014 15:53
This is the one time that Comic Sans MS has.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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18 September, 2014 15:58
quote:
Crap spouted by Eutychus:
This is the one time that Comic Sans MS has.
* like it so much, * may just "forget" to change it back when the festivities are over ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Twilight
Puddleglum's sister
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18 September, 2014 16:04
[* ]Idiocracy[/* ]
[* ]Raising Arizona[/* ]
[* ]Uncle Buck[/* ]
[* ]Stripes[/* ]
"Fraser"
"Bob's Burgers"
Laurel and Hardy
Pen and Teller
That dog in the YouTube "Ultimate Dog Tease"
A good half of the TV commercials these days -- better than the sit-coms they're sponsoring.
* could go on and on and on.
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Barnabas62
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18 September, 2014 16:43
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Particularly the fire ***ine ladder and the banana skin.
* hate Comic Sans MS ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif) ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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18 September, 2014 17:00
quote:
Crap spouted by Barnabas62:
* hate Comic Sans MS
What's that? You want me to change the font in Purg and DH to Comic Sans as well?
![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Hail Gallaxhar
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itsarumdo
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18 September, 2014 17:42
Five go mad on Mescaline - best Enid Blyton story ever
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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18 September, 2014 18:16
Suddenly SoF has got more interesting. And you thought fonts were just for baptising babies...
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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18 September, 2014 18:40
quote:
Crap spouted by Marvin the Martian:
What's that? You want me to change the font in Purg and DH to Comic Sans as well?
Go on, spread the fun around a little. Can we have some other font now please?
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Lamb Chopped
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18 September, 2014 19:23
Arial Hebrew.
[ 18. September 2014, 18:24: Message edited by: Lamb Chopped ]
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Palimpsest
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19 September, 2014 04:14
The Producers (Zero Mostel version)
To be or not to be (Jack Benny version)
All about Eve
Dark Star
The Lucia Mapp books.
Blue Heaven by Joe Keenan
some of Tom Stoppard's plays (e.g. The Real Thing).
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Galloping Granny
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19 September, 2014 09:59
New Yorker cartoons (in the surgery waiting room)
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Barnabas62
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19 September, 2014 10:41
quote:
Crap spouted by Marvin the Martian:
quote:
Crap spouted by Barnabas62:
* hate Comic Sans MS
What's that? You want me to change the font in Purg and DH to Comic Sans as well?
![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif) You're going to do that, aren't you? You've just been waiting for the opportunity.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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19 September, 2014 10:56
Ive been doing some looking around, and trust me when * say that there are a lot worse fonts than Comic Sans * could inflict upon you.
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Barnabas62
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19 September, 2014 11:14
As long as you don't choose Whingdings.
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Jane R
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# 331
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19 September, 2014 11:18
<getting back to the OP> Galaxyquest.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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19 September, 2014 12:43
Most of Terry Pratchett, but especially the bits with Nanny Ogg.
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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19 September, 2014 12:47
One of my favourite films is "Court Jester" starring Danny Kaye. It's quite old but still good. "The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true."
Also, Morecambe & Wise shows are still funny, years later.
* loved "Round The Horne" when * discovered it years after its original broadcast - still don't know how they got away with so much. Bona fun!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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19 September, 2014 15:27
quote:
Crap spouted by Jane R:
Galaxyquest.
Yes!
The white that makes me laugh (after initially making me cry!) was when * leaned across a counter top that * was cleaning with bleach, and put a huge white smile on my bright green t-shirt!
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ArachnidinElmet
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19 September, 2014 18:34
quote:
Crap spouted by Ariel:
One of my favourite films is "Court Jester" starring Danny Kaye. It's quite old but still good. "The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true."
Are you sure it's not the flagon with the dragon?
How about Blackadder, The Odd Couple film & The Beiderbecke series.
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Paul.
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# 37
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Posted
19 September, 2014 18:52
This.
code:
"I prune everything."
Gets me every time.
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Twilight
Puddleglum's sister
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19 September, 2014 20:37
"The Party," with Peter Sellers an Birdie Num Num.
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Piglet
Islander
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19 September, 2014 20:46
Pink Panther films, Matt cartoons in the Daily Telegraph, The Two Ronnies, Coupling, Chelmsford 123 ...
Most Britcoms from 1970 to about 2000.
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Galilit
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20 September, 2014 15:01
"Splitters" sketch in Life of Brian
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Sir Kevin
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21 September, 2014 14:29
I like "Just a Minute" and the comedy programmes on BBC Radio.
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Enoch
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21 September, 2014 21:00
Fawlty Towers. Father Ted.
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Twilight
Puddleglum's sister
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21 September, 2014 21:07
Vicky Pollard
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An die Freude
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Posted
21 September, 2014 21:28
- The helicopter scene in Goodbye Lenin!
- The cue for the roof scene in Almost Famous.
- Many, many scenes and lines in the West Wing.
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rolyn
Shipmate
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21 September, 2014 22:36
A Fish called Wanda.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Repeats of 'The Thin Blue Line'.
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Jane R
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# 331
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22 September, 2014 10:50
Oh yes, and Bang-bang-a-boom! - the best Doctor Who audio adventure ever.
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Gill H
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22 September, 2014 11:46
quote:
Originally posted by Jane R:
Oh yes, and Bang-bang-a-boom! - the best Doctor Who audio adventure ever.
"I just feel so ... helpless!"
Wonderful story. Takes the mickey out of ST:TNG, the Eurovision Song Contest and Doctor Who itself, brilliantly.
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Piglet
Islander
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22 September, 2014 15:50
quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Vicky Pollard
Really?
I must confess Little Britain really doesn't float my boat that much, possibly because we got interminable repeats of it and way too many trailers on BBC Canada.
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
This and this
Two of the funniest sketches I've ever seen.
Soulmate!
I clicked on the M&W one (I'm at w*rk and it was hilarious even without any sound) and somehow, I just knew even before clicking on the other one that it would be Four Candles. They'd knock Little Britain into a cocked hat.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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Posted
22 September, 2014 18:27
The Goodies.
The Princess Bride.
Trading Places.
Black Cat, White Cat.
Father Ted.
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quetzalcoatl
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22 September, 2014 18:34
My own jokes, what else?
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St. Gwladys
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22 September, 2014 19:11
Old Harry's Game
Morcambe and Wise - The Stripper scene is brilliant!
Dad's Army - "Don't tell him, Pike!"
Hot Fuzz - about 70% brilliant and the remaining 30% isn't bad either. I particularly love the scene where the hero rides through the centre of Wells with a positive armoury of weapons.
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Twilight
Puddleglum's sister
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22 September, 2014 20:01
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Vicky Pollard
Really?
I must confess Little Britain really doesn't float my boat that much, possibly because we got interminable repeats of it and way too many trailers on BBC Canada.
I've never actually seen an entire episode of Little Britain, just clips of Vicky Pollard on YouTube that I looked up after seeing the shipmate's username. Yes, things can get quite old when overdone.
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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22 September, 2014 20:13
quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Morcambe and Wise - The Stripper scene is brilliant!
I love Ernie's plays. Never took to the Two Ronnies, but "Give Me Sunshine" any time.
Father Ted is great stuff, very quotable.
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BessLane
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23 September, 2014 00:59
Three Men in a Boat - every time I read it
Most Terry Pratchett
Fawlty Towers
Big Bang Theory (mostly cause I used to be a mix of Amy and Bernadette and hung out with guys like that)
Steven Wright
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bib
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23 September, 2014 02:29
I love any Monty Python films and I've always loved recordings by The Goons. These are clever humour which doesn't rely on silly custard pie in the face events.
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Jane R
Shipmate
# 331
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23 September, 2014 08:32
piglet: quote:
I must confess Little Britain really doesn't float my boat that much, possibly because we got interminable repeats of it and way too many trailers on BBC Canada.
I couldn't see the appeal either. But then I don't think the Goons are funny and my Other Half thinks they're hilarious.
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Starbug
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24 September, 2014 07:58
Morcambe and Wise
The Two Ronnies
Life of Brian
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash (superb parody of The Beatles)
Red Dwarf
Gogglebox
Most British sitcoms from the Seventies and Eighties (except Steptoe and Son - the father gave me the creeps, but perhaps that was the idea)
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Jack the Lass
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24 September, 2014 21:32
Oh I love Cake Wrecks!
A website I don't visit that often but the end of year 'best ofs' have me clutching my sides in agony I'm laughing so much, is Damn You Autocorrect.
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