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They were all from Oxbridge and the weirdness specifically satirized British culture of the 60s and 70s. It just so happened to be universal enough for an Ameri
by mikrl 4y ago
They were all from Oxbridge and the weirdness specifically satirized British culture of the 60s and 70s. It just so happened to be universal enough for an American audience to appreciate “a bunch of dudes in dresses being weird for weird’s sake”
Compare to something like SNL which would be unfunny to a Brit unless they had some specific interest in American culture.
- dekhn 4y agoTo me, the epitome of Python (outside of the movies) is the series of sketches making fun of upper-class twits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Class_Twit_of_the_Year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Class_Twit_of_the_Year which is just devastating and I'm american
- randomcarbloke 4y agocorrect me if I'm wrong but isn't SNL unfunny to most Americans too?
- fragmede 4y agothat's just your online bubble where loud complaints that substitute for intelligent discourse go. if you think it's funny you don't have a reason to go online and say only that