I’ve seen this clip a hundred times and it still gets a laugh from me. I’ve always been a big fan of British humor (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Eddie Izzard, Rowan Atkinson, Fry & Laurie), much more so than American humor, but I don’t really know why? It’s not that much more clever or witty or ironic than most of the American stuff, and yet it’s got that certain something, the equivalent in cooking of “umami”. Examples:
“Do you own a pocket calculator?”
“No, I’ve always known how many pockets I’ve got.”
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“Last year I contracted an extremely rare tropical disease.”
“Something like the chikungunya virus?”
“No… frostbite.”
What’s the difference between American and British humor? Can it be explained?
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My love for Stephen Fry is as boundless as the sea. You’ve seen QI, right?
Not only have I seen it and am a huge fan, but I own bootleg copies of the second, third, and fourth seasons. A fact of which I would be more ashamed but I tried to legitimately purchase them with no luck, so I had to “improvise”.
Fry rocks, and it’s surprising how many people don’t know that Hugh Laurie is a comedic actor. Together, though? Well, they’re like beans and cornbread.
Lord, I love Hugh Laurie.
I’ve been watching Jeeves and Wooster and Stephen Fry is absolute perfection.
By the way, your blog is pretty cool, man.
Hey, thanks! Yours too, Amber! I love your post on Cary and Keanu, very funny. Also, Wyld Stallyns rule.
Oh sick, you posted on Pete and Pete?! Loved that show, especially the theme song.