"Comedies" you don't find funny

johngti

ddraver said:

Proud to say that I never found David Walliams funny.

Now he's been revealed to be...problematic

I can’t stand the man, to the level where if he appears on tv I change the channel. Awful person.

monkimark

We got a couple of the audiobooks when we did a swap with another family for a bit of a change - they are absolutely awful in just about every way imaginable. I took the CDs out of the car after the first listen.
Aside from the dubious 'sneering, classist. fatshaming' stuff, they are just incredibly badly written. Also, Walliams was reading them himself and he has a very irritating voice.

ballysmate said:

rafletcher said:

The right-on Jack Monroe doesn't like his books.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/david-walliams-childrens-books-branded-18562259

But, yeah, Little Britain, not funny.

Beginning the attack, Monroe revealed: "Small Boy completed his D*vid Walli*ms book collection today, so I finally decided to take a read of the latest. (It's important to note here I've not bought a single one.) It's like Little Britain for kids. 37m copies sold? Of this sneering classist fatshaming grim nonsense?."

So mum of the year doesn't take any notice of what her child is reading, let alone not bothering reading with or to them. Does she let people just give stuff to her kids without checking or even looking? But it's ok because she gets her virtue signalling in by making it clear that she didn't buy any.

She may or not have a point about the books, I can't comment as I haven't read any of them. Perhaps others on here have.

surrey_commuter

ballysmate said:

rafletcher said:

The right-on Jack Monroe doesn't like his books.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/david-walliams-childrens-books-branded-18562259

But, yeah, Little Britain, not funny.

Beginning the attack, Monroe revealed: "Small Boy completed his D*vid Walli*ms book collection today, so I finally decided to take a read of the latest. (It's important to note here I've not bought a single one.) It's like Little Britain for kids. 37m copies sold? Of this sneering classist fatshaming grim nonsense?."

So mum of the year doesn't take any notice of what her child is reading, let alone not bothering reading with or to them. Does she let people just give stuff to her kids without checking or even looking? But it's ok because she gets her virtue signalling in by making it clear that she didn't buy any.

She may or not have a point about the books, I can't comment as I haven't read any of them. Perhaps others on here have.

the world's worst children/parents/teachers are awful but I quite like his other books, I actually think he covers a number of difficult subjects such as divorce, death, dementia and poverty well.

Before the usual pile on starts could I say that if you are looking for a benchmark for racist, elitism, xenophobia and sexism then Enid Blyton is your Nazi Sympathiser complete with SS badges. On the plus side she does have characters called Dick and Fanny

briantrumpet

surrey_commuter said:

ballysmate said:

rafletcher said:

The right-on Jack Monroe doesn't like his books.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/david-walliams-childrens-books-branded-18562259

But, yeah, Little Britain, not funny.

Beginning the attack, Monroe revealed: "Small Boy completed his D*vid Walli*ms book collection today, so I finally decided to take a read of the latest. (It's important to note here I've not bought a single one.) It's like Little Britain for kids. 37m copies sold? Of this sneering classist fatshaming grim nonsense?."

So mum of the year doesn't take any notice of what her child is reading, let alone not bothering reading with or to them. Does she let people just give stuff to her kids without checking or even looking? But it's ok because she gets her virtue signalling in by making it clear that she didn't buy any.

She may or not have a point about the books, I can't comment as I haven't read any of them. Perhaps others on here have.

the world's worst children/parents/teachers are awful but I quite like his other books, I actually think he covers a number of difficult subjects such as divorce, death, dementia and poverty well.

Before the usual pile on starts could I say that if you are looking for a benchmark for racist, elitism, xenophobia and sexism then Enid Blyton is your Nazi Sympathiser complete with SS badges. On the plus side she does have characters called censored and Fanny

Watch out, you'll not be able to claim any cultural grants if you go ticking off Enid Blyton - she's part of what makes Britain great.

DeVlaeminck

What is the evidence Enid Blyton was a nazi sympathiser?

briantrumpet

DeVlaeminck said:

What is the evidence Enid Blyton was a nazi sympathiser?

Not conclusive evidence, I'll grant you... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/revealed-enid-blyton-and-hitler-appeasers-country-house-dinner-1856180.html

briantrumpet

A rebuttal from the Bournemouth Echo...

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4832862.pro-nazi-blyton-claims-scorned/

briantrumpet

Maybe SC has got a bit confused:

"The Five inspired the Comic Strip parody Five Go Mad in Dorset and its sequel Five Go Mad on Mescalin, in which the characters express sympathies with Nazi Germany and opposition to the Welfare State, homosexuals, immigrants and Jews, in an extremely broad parody not so much of Blyton but of wider perceived 1950s prejudices."

DeVlaeminck

It's not evidence at all - she was at a dinner where appeasing Hitler was discussed. I've got friends in Antifa who run about with masks in fighting "fascists" and friends who have been on Britain First marches - I'd discuss the ideas with them it doesn't mean I agree with them.

darkhairedlord

First.Aspect said:

Anything with Miranda Hart in it.

All "made for women" comedy.

elbowloh

darkhairedlord said:

First.Aspect said:

Anything with Miranda Hart in it.

All "made for women" comedy.

I was made to sit through one of the Bridget Jones movies the other night. I said to he wife "why is Bridget Jones so popular, she's just a really annoying character". "It's because you're a man" she said.

kingstongraham

Pross said:

First.Aspect said:

Anything with Miranda Hart in it.

Definitely. She's actually far better as a straight actor albeit most of the things she has been in aren't to my taste. She seems to think she is Morecambe and Wise reincarnated and, I believe, says her sitcom is inspired by them which is insulting to Morecambe and Wise. This is pretty bad as unlike most (old) people I don't think Morecambe and Wise were funny either. Hopefully this is a sign that I'm just about young enough to not appreciate them.

I'm really struggling to think of any comedy that has aged well. Only Fools and Horses and Blackadder still work for me but I know the gags too well. Other stuff I found hilarious at the time just isn't amusing anymore including The Young Ones. Very few modern sitcoms are amusing to me, although it is mainly obvious and cliched Not Going Out is about the only thing that raises a chuckle, I do quite like Lee Mack.

I've only seen a few episdoes of Gavin and Stacey mainly as I just cannot stand Corden.

Miranda Hart was in Not Going Out.

elbowloh

Not Going Out was watchable for Meghan Dodds.

ddraver

Enid Blyton was not a pleasant person by any means. Nazi's or no...

Have a comedy-you-may-not-find-funny-anymore-podcast about it - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06zl8q9

ballysmate

Vicar of Dibley - absolutely pants.

elbowloh

ddraver said:

Enid Blyton was not a pleasant person by any means. Nazi's or no...

Have a comedy-you-may-not-find-funny-anymore-podcast about it - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06zl8q9

You're right, never found Russell Kane funny, nor Russell Howard for that matter.

surrey_commuter

ddraver said:

Enid Blyton was not a pleasant person by any means. Nazi's or no...

Have a comedy-you-may-not-find-funny-anymore-podcast about it - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06zl8q9

I think the problem was that she was a posho born in the late 1890s so by the time she was writing in the 1940s she was already out of touch.

Frankly the sneery way she talks about poor people is appalling.

motogull

Only Fools And Horses was massively overrated to me.

MattFalle

johngti said:

ddraver said:

Proud to say that I never found David Walliams funny.

Now he's been revealed to be...problematic

I can’t stand the man, to the level where if he appears on tv I change the channel. Awful person.

Corden as well.

Utter total unfunny uber bell end. Can't stand the mere mention of his name let alone his idiotic stupid face polluting my tv screen.

Total nuclear grade weapon. The human equivalent of Alsager.

MattFalle

ballysmate said:

Vicar of Dibley - absolutely pants.

French and Saunders.

Total shyyt.

rjsterry

DeVlaeminck said:

Detectorists - is it even a comedy ? I may be being unfair calling it unfunny if it's not supposed to be but it's listed as a comedy on Wikipedia. I enjoy watching it but it doesn't make me laugh.

This Country - similar to Detectorists it has all he elements you'd expect from a comedy but it's not actually funny.

I think you have to be from that bit of the world. It does feel very close to home.

First.Aspect

I think someone has to be honest about this.

Red Dwarf.

Okay premise, milked to death. Something you felt like you ought to find more hilarious than it ever was.

focuszing723

Donald Trump.

joe_totale-2

First.Aspect said:

I think someone has to be honest about this.

Red Dwarf.

Okay premise, milked to death. Something you felt like you ought to find more hilarious than it ever was.

Agreed. For some reason I remember liking it as a teenager, I rewatched it not so long ago and bloody hell it's completely unfunny.

elbowloh

First.Aspect said:

I think someone has to be honest about this.

Red Dwarf.

Okay premise, milked to death. Something you felt like you ought to find more hilarious than it ever was.

I still like it and the most recent series on Dave was really very good.

johngti

MattFalle said:

johngti said:

ddraver said:

Proud to say that I never found David Walliams funny.

Now he's been revealed to be...problematic

I can’t stand the man, to the level where if he appears on tv I change the channel. Awful person.

Corden as well.

Utter total unfunny uber bell end. Can't stand the mere mention of his name let alone his idiotic stupid face polluting my tv screen.

Total nuclear grade weapon. The human equivalent of Alsager.

Agreed - absolute bellends both of them

Wheelspinner

Red Dwarf

capt_slog

The Office. Never got it, couldn't see the point in just feeling embarrassed for someone most of the time.

Shooting Stars. Silly repeated 'in' jokes that weren't even funny the first time, let alone every week. Not that I watched it every week, but every time i caught a bit of it, I saw exactly the same. If Vic Reeves was half as funny as he thought he was, he'd be twice as funny as he actually is.

Task Master. I watched half of one on a friends recommendation, nope.

daniel_b

James Corden, michael mcintyre, mrs browns boys, citizen khan, david Walliams.

I dislike obvious 'comedy' which to me all of the above are.

DeVlaeminck

ddraver said:

Enid Blyton was not a pleasant person by any means. Nazi's or no...

Her books are good though. Leaving aside the racism which has quite rightly been expunged from modern editions my kids all really enjoyed them especially my two girls.

Even during her career they attracted criticism that they were not quality literature which I just find complete BS - not many 7 year olds want Dostoevsky read to them.