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Coupling
Posted: January 23, 2003, 8:25 pm
by Shaerra
Any of you seen this English comedy (TV series)? A friend gave me a videotape of several episodes.
Some of it is really funny stuff. It's like a English version of "Friends".
Anyway, I heard they are making new episodes (or they already made them and are going to air them soon)
Posted: January 23, 2003, 8:33 pm
by cid
So the fuck what.
STFU
KTHKS!
Posted: January 23, 2003, 8:40 pm
by kyoukan
incoming 4 page shaerra takes on all of veeshan vault minus winnow thread.
Posted: January 23, 2003, 8:50 pm
by Galdraith EQ
My wife and I discovered this show on cable (BBC America) the other day and are completely hooked. It's hilarious! I guess it is a little bit like friends in that it has 3 guys and 3 girls, but Coupling is pretty much all about sex! Very funny, I strongly recommend it.
Posted: January 23, 2003, 8:51 pm
by cid
LOL
Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:33 am
by Chidoro
British comedy, for the lack of a better word, sucks.
That is all
Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:37 am
by Bubba Grizz
I think these guys would beg to differ.

Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:40 am
by Chidoro
Yeah, it's a fucking riot
Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:42 am
by miir
For those too lazy to look it up <~~ *psst* this is a link
It's very funny.
Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:42 am
by Shaerra
Galdraith EQ wrote:My wife and I discovered this show on cable (BBC America) the other day and are completely hooked. It's hilarious! I guess it is a little bit like friends in that it has 3 guys and 3 girls, but Coupling is pretty much all about sex! Very funny, I strongly recommend it.
Yeah, it's 3 guys and 3 girls, but they're all friends, 2 are dating each other and they've pretty much all slept together. They hang out in a bar instead of a coffee house, but that's how it started with Friends, too.
I like British comedies because even when they aren't making a joke, the difference in the way they talk makes me laugh. "Stop staring at me bum" is funnier than "Stop staring at my butt".
-Shae
Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:43 am
by [Kilcano]
British comedy, for the lack of a better word, sucks.
British sit-coms generally suck.
British comedy far from sucks.
Posted: January 24, 2003, 11:51 am
by Chidoro
I don't recall asking for your opinion.
Go watch the Triumph clip again if you want to see funny.
Posted: January 24, 2003, 12:05 pm
by Fredonia Coldheart
Was just checking Amazon for new DVD releases and noticed that the complete first season of Coupling came out on DVD this week...
Posted: January 24, 2003, 12:19 pm
by Cotto
All British Comedy Sucks
Good opinion, love the whole generalisation in it.
Posted: January 24, 2003, 12:28 pm
by Shaerra
Cool, thanks for the info. I wasn't sure how long Coupling had been out, ( I was one of the "too lazy to look it up") but apparently they have finished season 3, so I have some catching up to do.
As much as I like the show, the Opening/Closing of the show licks balls. The visual is like something from the 60's, and the song sucks hard. Guess they can't all be Rembrandts. (That was a pun...shut up)
Posted: January 24, 2003, 12:43 pm
by Bubba Grizz
any nudity?
Posted: January 24, 2003, 1:09 pm
by Kilmoll the Sexy
Once again, Bubba asks the really important question....
Posted: January 24, 2003, 1:22 pm
by Ennia
lol give him a break, the only nudity he sees now is when his wife whips it out to feed the baby.
Posted: January 24, 2003, 1:39 pm
by Winnow
Ennia wrote:lol give him a break, the only nudity he sees now is when his wife whips it out to feed the baby.
All references to maternal issues are strictly forbidden on this message board. Left unchecked, breast feeding picts wouldn't be far behind!

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Posted: January 25, 2003, 5:13 am
by Mak
There's quite a few Brit comedies I like- The Young Ones and Fawlty Towers come to mind. I have Black Adder 2 and Dad's Army collection sitting in my bn.com shopping cart and already have The Young Ones collection ordered.
There's also Benny Hill- that usually makes me laugh, as well as the already mentioned Monty Python. I never cared for Ab Fab but I know a lot of people do. Vicar of Dibley I hear is ok, but I haven't seen that yet.
Then there's the shit ones like Keeping Up Appearances and Last of the Summer Wine. God those stink.
Posted: January 25, 2003, 1:14 pm
by Hammerstalker PE
Bubba that is one of the best posts I have seen you make in a long time!
Posted: January 25, 2003, 1:31 pm
by Arborealus
Shaerra wrote: the Opening/Closing of the show licks balls.
Ermmm you say that like its a bad thing...
Posted: January 25, 2003, 5:07 pm
by Cracc
The young ones owned! Albeit not as much as Monty Python tho.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 10:20 am
by vn_Tanc
Go watch the Triumph clip again if you want to see funny.
Yeah cos an idiot with a dog puppet taking obvious potshots at defenceless geeks is the height of wit.
Still it kinda explains why you don't 'get' our fine Brit Humour. Although Benny Hill might be about your level.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 10:37 am
by Masekle
Benny was the shit in his day.
But on the other hand. Folks thought Galagher, smashing a watermelon with a big wooden hammer, was funny
I thought it was messy
Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:06 am
by vn_Tanc
Benny Hill was just shit.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:36 am
by Shaerra
Masekle wrote:Benny was the shit in his day.
But on the other hand. Folks thought Galagher, smashing a watermelon with a big wooden hammer, was funny
I thought it was messy
LOL

Galagher... But it wasn't just the smashing of fruit that made it funny. It was the "Sledge-o-matic" routine at a time when this-o-matic and that-o-matic commercials were flooding the airwaves. I thought it was great. hehe If nothing else, you have to give him points for originality.
-Shae
Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:47 am
by Ogbar
In my book, "Fawlty Towers" is one of the top five funniest sit-coms of all time. Plus, as funny as the Drew Carey version of the show is, the original "Whose Line is it Anyway" was sheer brilliance, a quantum leap funnier. I never cared much for Benny Hill - could take him or leave him (though I did enjoy his work as the toymaker in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), and I really don't care much at all for "Are You Being Served?" (I believe that's the name - the one about the department store). I, of course, loved all that was Python, and even enjoyed "Doctor in the House" many many moons ago.
I can't say that it is all good (and I have only been exposed to what PBS has provided over the years - which I assume is the better material), but it certainly isn't all bad - far from it. I'd wager that those who are quick to dismiss the genre have had limited exposure to data points. A hasty generalization - like that is anything new here.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:51 am
by Fredonia Coldheart
Black Adder is great! Got my husband the complete set for Christmas a couple of years ago including the Christmas Carol version. Highly recommend it.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:51 am
by Chidoro
vn_Tanc wrote:
Yeah cos an idiot with a dog puppet taking obvious potshots at defenceless geeks is the height of wit.
Still it kinda explains why you don't 'get' our fine Brit Humour. Although Benny Hill might be about your level.
Ohh of course, just because it's not funny means it has to be because I don't get it. Bet you can crack the ladies up with drivel like that.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:51 am
by [Kilcano]
Check out Red Dwarf too, another Brit comedy classic.

Posted: January 27, 2003, 11:57 am
by vn_Tanc
Ohh of course, just because it's not funny means it has to be because I don't get it. Bet you can crack the ladies up with drivel like that
You don't get it because you're too fucking stupid.
"The Ladies" prefer those who avoid eating bowls of Retard Flakes for breakfast.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:04 pm
by Cotto
vn_Tanc wrote:You don't get it because you're too fucking stupid.
"The Ladies" prefer those who avoid eating bowls of Retard Flakes for breakfast.
ROFLAMO
Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:10 pm
by Chidoro
vn_Tanc wrote:
You don't get it because you're too fucking stupid.
"The Ladies" prefer those who avoid eating bowls of Retard Flakes for breakfast.
That's ok, you can try and be witty, it's not working, but what the hell. I enjoy watching a retard flail about, missing their target hopelessly.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:10 pm
by Chidoro
Cotto wrote:
ROFLAMO
LOL!!1!
Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:13 pm
by Cotto
Chidoro wrote:Cotto wrote:
ROFLAMO
LOL!!1!

eh?
Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:16 pm
by Chidoro
Cotto wrote:Chidoro wrote:Cotto wrote:
ROFLAMO
LOL!!1!

eh?
Que?
Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:19 pm
by Cotto
You know shit like that could go on for a long time

Posted: January 27, 2003, 12:21 pm
by Chidoro
I'm live and in color now. I'm all set
Posted: January 27, 2003, 1:19 pm
by vn_Tanc
That's ok, you can try and be witty, it's not working, but what the hell
How the fuck would you know? You've all ready told us your sense of humour is about as well-developed as a snake's legs.
Posted: January 27, 2003, 1:36 pm
by Chidoro
*cricket*
Posted: January 28, 2003, 1:29 am
by Aedryn
Red Dwarf was one of my favs a few years ago....Monty Python was truly the best comedy out of pomie land
