From: doctor{at}doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)

In article ,
john smith  wrote:
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>"Monsieur Tabernac"  wrote
in message 
>news:sdkki5991ns54bl2h97ertfcuniveh9s58{at}4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:36:27 -0000, "Soze"
>>  wrote:
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>>>
>>>"Monsieur Tabernac"
 wrote in message
>>>news:0eeki55mtl3n0r6h6nqvsucipmv6afgp3a{at}4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:10 +0000, Cradok
 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Soze wrote:
>>>>>> I often wonder how many of these things are
scripted on these shows
>>>>>> mind.
>>>>>> Tennant`s comeback didn`t get such a good laugh
and he did comment 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> Cribbens had got the better lines.
>>>>>
>>>>>The way I believe these things usually work is that the
presenter is
>>>>>mostly scripted, and everyone knows what's going to be
coming up on the
>>>>>show, so they can prepare material, discussions and
one-liners ahead of
>>>>>time. There's still a fair bit of ad-libbing, though,
and they record a
>>>>>couple of hours of stuff and cut it down.
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded and watched this show.  Being Canadian and
all, I'd never
>>>> seen "Buzzcocks" before.  I have to say that
anyone who says that
>>>> British television is far more sophisticated than US television has
>>>> never seen this show.  I don't think I've seen much worse than
>>>> this.... IMHO, of course.
>>>
>>>Popular British television hasn`t been very sophisticated in my lifetime.
>>>Especially nowadays, most of the best watched stuff is absolute tosh.
>>>Although in fairness a good deal of it is re-workings of crappy American
>>>shows.
>>>
>>>Buzzcocks possibly doesn`t translate well overseas, it`s fairly typical
>>>British humour and a reasonably popular show. Likewise I find the vast 
>>>bulk
>>>of American comedy to be ####...God knows what you`d make of The Mighty
>>>Boosh...the comedy series that lead captain Noel Fielding
writes and stars
>>>in.
>>>
>>
>> I understand British comedy quite well (and really like "The Mighty
>> Boosh"), however IMO my dislike of this Buzzcocks show isn't because
>> of the comedy not translating, rather that there wasn't any real
>> comedy, just "celebrities" mugging and telling lame jokes (and
>> thinking they're funny) -- are you sure this is typical British
>> humour? I hope not.
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>Is there even such a thing as "typical British humour"?
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>>shrug<
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>I dunno.
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>Maybe humour's more regional? 
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