Which is better British or American Comedies?

Question

I much profer British humor compared to the Americans, Infact I don't believe I have laughed at any american sit coms. Ok there is one exception and that is Kurb Your Enthusiasm.

With British Sitcoms like the classics and some of our modern Sitcoms, Extras, For me some of Little Britains / Cathrine Tate sketches, My Family, Phoinex nights and Road to Know where
and American comedies including the modern day ones.

Comparing the styles which do you think are better at making people laugh?

Great answers so far, I forgot yo mention the Green Green Grass.

Correct me if i am wrong but i heard that the British were very much involved in the writing of fraiser and the other on.

Some of my favourite none recent including classics british comedys are

Laurel and Hardy (Ather stanly Jefferson) Stan laural from britain wrote most of their films, Norman Wisdom,
Steptoe and son, Men behaving badley, Harry Enfield and chums, man about the house, robins nest, somemothers do av em, on the buses, Keeping Up Appearences, The Britas Empire, One foot in a grave, Shane, Father Ted, My Best friend, hello hello, Faulty Towers, Watching, Only Fools and Horses
Babara, In sickness and in Health and plenty more.

I have never really watched friends i did not find it funny,

I can sit and watch the Simpsons but not be overwhelmed by it. On the plus side i do watch south park sometimes.

Great answers so far, I forgot to mention the Green Green Grass.

Correct me if i am wrong but i heard that the British were very much involved in the writing of fraiser and the other one.

Some of my favourite none recent including classic british comedys are

Laurel and Hardy (Ather stanly Jefferson) Stan laural from britain wrote most of their films, Norman Wisdom,
Steptoe and son, Men behaving badley, Harry Enfield and chums, man about the house, robins nest, somemothers do av em, on the buses, Keeping Up Appearences, The Britas Empire, One foot in a grave, Shane, Father Ted, My Best friend, hello hello, Faulty Towers, Watching, Only Fools and Horses
Babara, In sickness and in Health and plenty more.

I have never really watched friends i did not find it funny,

I can sit and watch the Simpsons but not be overwhelmed by it. On the plus side i do watch south park sometimes.

Great answers so far, I forgot to mention the Green Green Grass.

Correct me if i am wrong but i heard that the British were very much involved in the writing of fraiser and the other one.

Some of my favourite none recent including classic british comedys are

Laurel and Hardy (Artha stanly Jefferson) Stan laural from britain wrote most of their films, Norman Wisdom,
Steptoe and son, Men behaving badley, Harry Enfield and chums, man about the house, robins nest, somemothers do av em, on the buses, Keeping Up Appearences, The Britas Empire, One foot in a grave, Shane, Father Ted, My Best friend, hello hello, Faulty Towers, Watching, Only Fools and Horses
Babara, In sickness and in Health and plenty more.

I have never really watched friends i did not find it funny,

I can sit and watch the Simpsons but not be overwhelmed by it. On the plus side i do watch south park sometimes.

SORRY FOR THE REPEATED BITS IT WAS YAHOO NOT ME

Answer 1

British comedies are better.

Answer 2

Almost certainly the British, with shows such as:
- Fawlty Towers
- Dad's Army
- Blackadder
- Only Fools & Horses
- Father Ted
- Allo Allo
- Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em
- Are You Being Served
- Keeping up Appearances
- Open All Hours
- The Brittas Empire
- Steptoe & Son
- Men Behaving Badly
- Absolutely Fabulous
- The League of Gentlemen
- 'til Death us do part / In Sickness & in health (Alf Garnett)
- One Foot in the Grave
- The Young Ones
- Bottom

Quality / Watchable American Comedy:
- Home Improvement
- Seinfeld
- Frasier
- The Simpsons
- The Cosby Show
- The Larry Sanders Show (wasn't too bad i guess)
- FRIENDS
- Roseanne
- South Park
- Mork & Mindy
- 3rd Rock from the Sun

Answer 3

British humour is funnier without a doubt Road to Nowhere, Cathy Tate, Red Dwarf, Little Britain and lots of the older 70's and 80's shows are true British comedy. My Family is actually done by an American if I remember correctly and, although quite British, it shows. Peter Kay is very much like the old school British comedians e.g. Les Dawson, Freddie Star.
I do like some of the American comedies such as Home Improvement, 8 Simple Rules but I much prefer British stuff.
I think that British humour is based quite a bit on slap-stick humour e.g Monty Python, Fawlty Towers Red Dwarf. I also like the alternative comedy from Eddie Izzard.

Answer 4

American

Answer 5

Older British sitcoms are the best (Only Fools and Horses, Fawlty Towers, Some Mothers Do Ave Em) but modern American is much better than modern British (compare Frasier for example with My Family, which is dire) but overall old British comedy wins.

Answer 6

american good comedies
Married with Children
Will & Grace
Everybody Loves Raymond
Ellen
I Love Lucy
Threes Company
The Jeffersons

Good British Comedies

ANY COMEDY SHOW BY BBC
Are You Being Served?
'Allo 'Allo
One Foot In The Grave
On The Busses
Ab Fab
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Too Many to name...

Answer 7

I personally have no real preference.

Depending on what mood I'm in I can watch the classic British stuff:

The Carry On films
Only Fools And Horses
Til Death Us Do Part
Red Dwarf

Though I can also watch a lot of thew American stuff:

Will And Grace
Roseanne
Friends (when I'm p*ssed enough)

It depends if I'm in the mood for subtle innuendo or in your face smut.

You decide for yourselves which one is the British comedy and which one is the American comedy.

Answer 8

I watch American shows like Friends, 8 Simple Rules and Less that Perfect and find myself taking in the words without ever laughing. I enjoy the shows but see them as short stories rather than comedies.

I like shows like Red Dwarf, Are you being Served, Allo Allo, It Ain't half hot mum etc

So I'll say British comedy.

The Simpsons is proberly the only really good American comedy and it's a cartoon!! lol

However the simpsons lacked quality in the last 2-3 years, it's picking up again though.

Anyways, British comedy is my answer.

Answer 9

British comedy all the way! up there are the greats: fawlty towers, open all hours, only fools and horses, father ted, gimme gimme gimme, red dwarf, dinnerladies, my family, porridge, spaced, the young ones, vicar of dibley, absolutely fabulous, allo allo, are you being served?, blackadder, the brittas empire, butterflies, dads army, the good life, hi-de-hi, keeping up appearances, men behaving badly, two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, waiting for god, and probably some more I've forgotten. you can't beat a good sexual innuendo lol.

American comedy normally sucks apart from the great work of cartoonists and the like. the humour otherwise isn't very funny, they just can't seem to get a good sitcom together. good American comedy: family guy, the Simpson's, futurama, robotchicken, maybe more, but I'm still searching.

Answer 10

I think the British have a different sense of humor than us Americans. That said I don't think that makes your humor better than ours. It's what you are used to, what you grew up with. There are a lot of American comedies I love. I have only seen a few British comedies, whatever they show on PBS. I don't have access to the BBC. Some of the British comedies I've seen, I like, others I don't. I've never been of fan of Monty Python. But I love Chef! and Keeping Up Appearances.

Answer 11

People have different senses of humor,which means that different people laugh at different things and I like to laugh a lot in my opinion.I like both American and British comedies,I loved Happy Days back in the day and I equally like Only fools and horses just as much.

It's a shame that 'The Simpsons' has gone down in comedic quality though.Hopefully the movie will be as good as the older episodes.