Do you laugh at the same kind of things as people in other countries? Or do you think films or TV shows other societies laugh at, are not funny for you? Please give examples and state where you are from.
2006-06-30 20:41:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
the best i can really say is that i'm from canada and i enjoy humour from here and the us, but equally or more so enjoy british humour. i really like how wry it tends to be. eg, the british series "the office".
2006-06-30 20:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by arynne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Southern California, USA.
Monty Python, Benny Hill, Absolutely Fabulous (was that the name of the show???)... these are just a few examples of Brit humor that has been successful in the States.
I know that Friends is shown in other countries, so that's one example of American humor being enjoyed outside of American society. Oprah isn't a comedy, but it too is shown and appreciated outside of the USA.
Humor overlaps societies a lot. Not all humor, some of it is specific to only one country at a time, even to one region at a time, but I think most humor can transcent geographic boundaries. Example: funny videos of animals.
2006-07-02 02:56:05 · answer #2 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm from N. Cali, USA, and I find GB's Monty Python outrageously funny.
My parents introduced me to his Holy Grail way back when. Nearly broke a rib laughing.
So, yea, i guess I do find at least some foreign humor funny.
The Chronicler
2006-06-30 20:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by The Chronicler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I don't understand the humor they are using and i have to get someone to explain it to me. Maybe it is a cultural thing. But I love Monty Python's strange humor, I like Carol Burnett and i also like Cantinflas. I like Da Ali G show too. I don't like humor that uses profane language and vulgarity. I live in PR.
2006-07-03 10:18:34 · answer #4 · answered by Dulcinea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
american comedy is not funny,australian comedy is ok,but british comedy is by far the best its classic it thoughtfull and generally superior to any other,examples,only fools and horses,men behaving badly,dads army,blackadder,mr bean,allo allo,open all hours,league of gentlemen,monty python,etc,i could go on for a week,englishman living in australia.
2006-06-30 21:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...my parents are from another country and in their country ...or the way they say is funny ....but when they try to translate it to American .....it makes no sens at all. it most embarrassing when they try to say it in front of others, that are American...or speak (American) English.
2006-06-30 20:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am MEXICAN.....there are some jokes i can stand even if they are about mexican people... but when its getting too personal.. then they piss me off. this is probably some people say others are racist..
so I dont like making those types of jokes but i like to hear them....
2006-06-30 20:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
humour is humour irrespective of the origin
2006-06-30 20:55:39 · answer #8 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those wacky foriegners are funny. so was the band.
2006-06-30 21:03:27 · answer #9 · answered by Stuie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eeehhhh yea... i think its funny when people that are chinese tell me chinese jokes, or mexicans tell me their mexican jokes.. good stuff
2006-06-30 20:45:03 · answer #10 · answered by onetomgreenshowfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋