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just wondering what you think are the greatest comedy films, stand-up shows (preferably recorded and thus available on DVD...), sit-coms etc are?

film? duck soup!
stand up? bill baylie, in general...
sit-com? faulty towers, followed by spaced 😉

(i have no money, but it doesn't stop me buying stuff. i'm trying to extend my DVD collection...)

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Originally posted by genius
...shows.

just wondering what you think are the greatest comedy films, stand-up shows (preferably recorded and thus available on DVD...), sit-coms etc are?

film? duck soup!
stand up? bill baylie, in general...
sit-com? faulty towers, followed by spaced 😉

(i have no money, but it doesn't stop me buying stuff. i'm trying to extend my DVD collection...)
Film : Dumb and Dumber. (Gods mus tbe crazy II)
Stand Up: Eddie Murphy, Dilerius.
Sitcom: Seinfeld.

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Originally posted by genius
(i have no money, but it doesn't stop me buying stuff. i'm trying to extend my DVD collection...)
If that's true then collect stuff the free way.

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Film: Holy Grail
Stand up: Bill Bailey / Bill Hicks
Sitcom: Anything but Seinfeld, oh okay if I have to choose, Teachers possibly

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Film: Big Lebowski
Stand-Up: Richard Pryor
Sit-com: There's no such thing as a funny sit-com

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Film: Passport to Pimlico
Stand Up - Dave Allen
Sitcom: Dad's Army

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Film: Austin Powers I or II, Spaceballs
Series: Blackadder, Fawlty Towers

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Film: Beverly Hills Cop 1,2, and 3.
Show: the simpsons, the family guy, the daily show.

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Originally posted by genius
...shows.

just wondering what you think are the greatest comedy films, stand-up shows (preferably recorded and thus available on DVD...), sit-coms etc are?

film? duck soup!
stand up? bill baylie, in general...
sit-com? faulty towers, followed by spaced 😉

(i have no money, but it doesn't stop me buying stuff. i'm trying to extend my DVD collection...)
Duck Soup, what an oldie, lol, was just on TCM the other night.


Film: Some Like It Hot or American Beauty
Stand-Up: Denis freakin' Leary
Show: Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Family Guy, or South Park (i'm not good with decisions 😉)


-Kev

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Film: Blazing saddles, or Animal House coming in a close second.
Stand up: Dennis Leary takes the cake
SitCom: M*A*S*H, I love that show.

-Fatty

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Originally posted by thecheat2

Show: the simpsons, the family guy, the daily show.[/b]
That's my dream evening on the couch. You watch exactly what I do. But I'll add a few others. Arrested Development, Trigger Happy TV, Malcolm in the Middle.

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Hale and Pace, Seinfeld, Pre 2000 Simpsons, Ace Ventura

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Originally posted by Starrman
Teachers
'Teachers' is good simply for the use of 'The Boy With the Arab Strap' as theme music IIRC (I've seen it once).

Film: 'Bananas'
Stand-up: Eddie Izzard, 'Dressed to Kill'
Series: Black Books, Red Dwarf, Family Guy

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Film: The Producers (1968)
Stand Up - Rita Rudner
Sitcom: All In The Family

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You fools.

Film: Life of Brian
Stand-up: Bill Hicks
TV: The Kids in the Hall