TV humour

[JoM]

I've tried watching Mrs Brown's Boys and it just leaves me cold, same with Miranda. Little Britain was hit and miss for me, but I did like Come Fly With Me.

We tend to watch more new US comedy shows that British now - The Middle, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother...

[Gal]

Can't stand Mrs Brown's Boys, hated Little Britain, don't laugh at the odd bits I've seen of Morecambe & Wise or the Two Ronnies any more...
Yes the four candles sketch and many others are genius, but I've seen them umpteen times now...

Some newer comedians like John Bishop yes, Lee Nelson the other night had us really laughing. More often it's shows like Would I Lie to You that turn out to be the funniest

Oh yes we watch a LOT of panel shows - WILTY and 8 out of 10 Cats etc etc - when they amalgamated that with Countdown, it was hilarious

[Aggers]

This is an interesting subject.

I, too, prefer the good old comedians like The Two Ronnies, Morecombe and Wise, and so on,
and the modern so-called comedians leave me cold.

But is this an AGE thing? I ask this because i am just the same when it comes to popular music,
most of which I consider to be rubbish. I much prefer the songs of yesteryear.

Food for thought ?

[Kaz]

I think in general it might be Aggers, but Gal and I are similar in age - I'm a year older - and she has far more alternative tastes in comedy than I do

[Diflower]

I'd like to think it's just a personal thing.
For instance I'm not sure how long ago you mean by the music of 'yesteryear' Aggers, but suspect you mean your own youth.

My youth would cover from eg the Beatles, Rolling Stones, 60s/70s/80s, but I certainly didn't like all of the music that was around during that time. I had quite eclectic taste from a young age, enjoyed my mum's EPs and LPs of the musicals, her Glenn Miller - but not Acker Bilk - but then she also had Elvis, Billy Fury, etc, which I loved too.
But the Beatles were in the charts 50 years ago, which can hardly be called modern!

Now, whilst I still enjoy a lot of those older records/artists, a lot now sounds terribly old-fashioned and dated (Dave Clark 5 anyone?) I also like an awful lot of much newer stuff.
The local radio has a daily 'golden hour', one year from the last 40-50 years, they play the records that were in the charts for that year. People are on the phone every day, getting excited about guessing which year, and all the time saying that was the best music, that was the best year of their lives, etc...and I just don't get it

I'm not nostalgic in any way, would hate to be stuck in some idealised version of the past, and have always rather hoped/thought there are bound to be even better times to come

[Gal]

I think in general it might be Aggers, but Gal and I are similar in age - I'm a year older - and she has far more alternative tastes in comedy than I do

[Kaz]

[Rodo]

One or two news websites reckoned that Mrs. Brown's Boys pulled in the highest viewing figures over Christmas.

Who on earth are these people who watch this cr&p?

[Kaz]

I love it!

[Gal]

One or two news websites reckoned that Mrs. Brown's Boys pulled in the highest viewing figures over Christmas.

Who on earth are these people who watch this cr&p?

That was my first thought Rodo....but then it wouldn't do if we were all alike