British Humor

america stinks.

great britain is trained to enjoy good comedy.

they dont need hollywood lighting to have a good time.

WE DO!

so i've been trying to ween myself on to the funnier stuff.

i watched shaun of the dead (2004) and hot fuzz (2007)

and have concluded that i LOVE simon pegg.

he is pure, undiluted, genius.

him with Nick frost is amazing.

but now i want more.

i want to be knowledgeable if someone were to ask me about british humor.

yesterday i saw two episodes of Extras (2005-2007)

a tv show sort of like SNL where (as my british friend described it) "they [meaning celebrities] take the piss out of themselves.

it was one a.m. when we started so i fell asleep through part of it but what i did see i enjoyed.

the two episodes we watched had daniel radcliffe as a boyscout and he wanted to prove to Ashley Jensen (better known as Christina McKinney on Ugly Betty) that he was adult so he kept talking about sex and smoking etc.etc.

the other episode spotlighted orlando bloom. he also was trying to "seduce" Ashley Jensen. Jensen didn't seem impressed by Bloom so (since he is "such a prat") bloom tries to get her to like him.

i especially enjoyed the parts where he talked about johnny depp being so ugly 

(i for one love johnny depp)

i hope to watch more of Extras.

then there is Stephen Fry.

apparently (according to my Brits) he is brilliant.

i was reading his twitters and i think i'm starting to believe my friends!

after some research i realized i knew him from V for Vendetta (2005), Harry Potter (he's the narrator), and Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (2005).

He is the cheshire cat in the upcoming Alice in Wonderland (2010) and i CAN'T WAIT.

Fry is also in MirrorMask (2005) 

i think i'll like mirrormask because i have heard its sort of like Labyrinth (1986).

Fry & Laurie

i 

do not watch

HOUSE.

so, i'm a bit in the dark about Hugh Laurie.

i now realize i need to do my research on him too.

The brits showed me a clip of Fry & Laurie together and it was genius.

if anyone knows, its the skit where Laurie's name is *insert the sound of a peice of wood dropping*

and Fry, a police officer can't understand his name.

*insert the sound of a peeice of wood dropping* is spelled like: N I P P / E

so Fry thinks its spelled nipple.

Top Gear:

oh my god.

no wonder america has such a bad reputation.

i saw part of an episode where the top gear people go to alabama and have to drive all the way through the state with very harsh statements written on their cars.

one car says "hillary for president"

one car says "country western music is rubbish"

and the last says "man love rules, ok?"

click here to watch, it is too funny! 

i have already started to watch doctor who.

i really like it.

i started with the Christopher Eccleston stuff.

im still on the first season.

but i hear David Tennant is great.

i plan to check out spaced too.

but yeah.

thats my goal.

become well adept with british humor.

its not just monty python anymore kids,

this shit just gets better and better.