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  1. 12-28-2020, 11:58 PM #1
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    American Humor

    Thinking of some British friends tonight. Monty Python and Benny Hill introduced me to British humor. If you had to introduce a Brit to American humor, what would you show them? For me it's
    1. Blazing Saddles--could probably end it all right here
    2. Saturday Night Live before Belushi died
    3. Alice's Restaurant--the song, not the movie
    4. Standup by Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, or Ron White
    5. The Hangover movies
    6. Animal House
    7. Cheech & Chong
    8. The Onion
    9. Willie & Joe

    What have I left out?


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  2. 12-29-2020, 12:11 AM #2
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    10: "Airplane!"
    11: Carol Burnett
    12: WKRP Thanksgiving episode
    13: "A Christmas Story"
    15: Mystery Science Theater 3000
    16: Any number of Marx Brothers movies, but 'Duck Soup' would be my pick
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  3. 12-29-2020, 12:15 AM #3
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    Unless you mean North American, you can cross Robin Williams off your list since he's Canadian. For that matter most of SNL of that era....

    ETA: I'll be damned, I just double checked myself and Robin is from Chicago. Not sure why I thought he was Canadian, my bad. But much of the SNL case has definitely been Canadian.
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  4. 12-29-2020, 12:22 AM #4
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    hate to be the "actchually" guy...

    Williams was born in Chicago, and went through school mostly in Marin County, California. He was very much a product of the SF Bay Area. Several lifelong friends attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, CA. Lots of teachers there had Robin Williams stories.
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  5. 12-29-2020, 12:31 AM #5
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    Yeah my edit must have been while you were typing that. I bet those teacher stories are amusing as hell though
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  6. 12-29-2020, 12:52 AM #6
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  7. 12-29-2020, 01:00 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnO View Post
    Abbot & Costello
    George Carlin
    Richard Pryor
    Groucho Marx
    Jerry Lewis
    Don Rickles
    Jackie Gleason
    Mel Brooks has been mentioned; one must also include
    Mark Twain.
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  8. 12-29-2020, 04:32 AM #8
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    Scary Movie
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    My Cousin Vinny.

    and of course....

    Quote Originally Posted by Joe in PNG View Post
    10: "Airplane!"
    FIFY.
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  9. 12-29-2020, 09:13 AM #9
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    Might as well throw "Young Frankenstein" in there as well.

    "Running Scared" and "Trading Places" as well if they haven't been mentioned.

    So many great comedians, including Lenny Bruce.

    The works of the late Jean Shepherd, especially his nightly radio show...and of course "A Christmas Story".
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  10. 12-29-2020, 09:44 AM #10
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    *One more from Mel Brooks: The Producers.
    *Ron Burgundy
    *Caddyshack
    *The Burbs
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