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As an American, I think it's worth investing in the necessary background in British culture to appreciate the humor. If you don't, you miss out on Douglas Adams
by Aelinsaar 10y ago
As an American, I think it's worth investing in the necessary background in British culture to appreciate the humor. If you don't, you miss out on Douglas Adams of course, but also the incredible and varied world of panel shows, everything that the alumni of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' ever touched (Fawlty Towers!!!), and so on.
As a kid, Douglas Adams was my first major introduction to British humor, and questions about "what does that mean exactly?" drove me to learn a lot more about it.
- sevensor 10y agoAlso from the States, I read the Hitchhiker's Guide when I was eleven and laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. Predictably, I delight in the Pythons and their works. And Eddie Izzard, who seems to mine the same vein. But the reason I'm posting this is not to reminisce. It's that, out of sheer coincidence and for reasons having nothing at all to do with British humour, I'm carrying a towel around today.
- mbrundle 10y agoI've noticed that brit humour seems to appeal to a particular subset of Americans. Not quite sure how to define the ones that appreciate it most, but regardless, it's great to have them in the brit humour appreciation club. Glad to know that someone else out there gets us crazy people, when the rest of the world doesn't. : )
- wimagguc 10y agoA good gateway drug to Douglas Adams, if you're into talks, may be this great piece of his titled 'Parrots the Universe and Everything' (available on Ted: http://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_adams_parrots_the_universe_and_everything http://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_adams_parrots_the_universe_...)
- arethuza 10y agoAs well as Fawlty Towers I would strongly recommend Ripping Yarns particularly Tomkinson's Schooldays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping_Yarns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping_Yarns
- WickyNilliams 10y agoNot to forget Blackadder!
- e12e 10y agoFor something a little newer, also check out: "Green Wing": http://www.amazon.com/Green-Wing-Plus-Special-Format/dp/B00CA59OZK/ http://www.amazon.com/Green-Wing-Plus-Special-Format/dp/B00C... (As well as "Black Books" "The IT Crowd" etc).
- Aelinsaar 10y agoYou. I like you. I love absolutely anything that Graham Linehan has ever touched, and that definitely goes for Black Books and IT Crowd!