Tsk tsk tsk. I leave the forums for three days, and look what it all dissolves into. Does it... yes, it does, deserve another tsk, indeed.
Okay, way too many entries to quote individually, so here is my outlook on basically everything important that has been said-
1- Britain and the US are like best friends in highschool- we scuffle and fight sometimes, but it's all in good fun, and when there's something important going on (both world wars, etc), we look out for eachother. That's what's important, not who can make the wittiest comedies (Britain) or who builds better economic cars (US).
2- Canada is like the US's little brother- we do respect you guys, even though we don't show it very well, and are usually happy to have you along on our various adventures to the middle east and such. Yes, you guys have the monopoly on producing good hockey players (congrats on the olympics, you deserve it), but they all come down here for the money, so it's hard to say.
3- What do you mean, Canada hasn't produced a good trans-atlantic comedy program? Kids in the Hall was wildly popular in Norway and Germany when it was still on CBS here. I don't know if it ever got very big in the UK, but you aren't the only nation in europe, remember?
4- Uh, it's spelled Roy, not Wa. Patrick Roy. Prounounced Wa, but spelled Roy. He's Quebecquois, which is another international conflict in and of itself, so I'll avoid it for now.
5- That muppet joke about the queen mum was just a simple pun, and it was used on an old episode of the muppet show, about twenty years ago, so don't take it too personally.
6- British comedies crappy? Hello!? Go buy the DVD of Fawlty Towers, right now! NOW! It's the funniest show ever to flicker across a television screen, no hands down. And, of course, like all the greatest shows of all time, there are only about 12 episodes.
7- Improv comedy can be good. Whose Line is it Anyway, the show I'm pretty sure you guys are talking about, WAS good for the thirteen or so seasons it was hosted by Clive Anderson, first in the UK and then in Hollywood, but once it got turned over the Drew Carey and ABC, and they stopped having a balance of British and American performers, it went to pot. That was always the beauty of it- too many americans was goofy and immature, too many brits was wordy and boring, but a good mix of two and two- like Ryan Stiles and Brad Sherwood (US) teamed up with Jocie Lawrence and Caroline Quenton (UK), or, my personal favorites, Mike McShane and Greg Proops (US) with Tony Slattery and Steve Frost (UK), was incredible. Plus, once again, Canada proves itself just as worthy, with Collin Mochrie! When it all worked, it was a thing of comic genius.
8- Yes, game shows are pretty crappy
9- To be a racial slur, one must be commenting on a race. "British" is not a race, it is a nationality. An anti british generalization would be more of an ethnic slur, or, even more precisely, a prejudicial nationality statement. See how stupid and banal I can make this? WhooooooOOOOoooo, fun.
And 10- When anybody dies, it's important to mourn if you need to, if the person was important to you and you require time and expression to help deal with the loss, and it's equally important to honor other's rights to mourn, even if you yourself are not going to. When Ex presidents die here, we mourn, and I'm sure others might think we go a little over the top, but they respect our loss, give us space and time, and the world moves on.
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) some british comedy is good, like the original whose line comparde to the american version. colin mockery is the SHIT! I only wish both whose lines would utilize Greg proops a little more!
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