The last thing that made you laugh

[cooljethro]

I believe it was called Keeping Up Appearances.

I watched bits of this as a kid, too, ha.

 

[AGXStarseed]

Open All Hours is another comedy I enjoy watching; Ronnie Barker been hilarious as ever and with David Jason been very funny too.

 

[Mary Terry]

I love their name, Bucket. But it's pronounced Bouquet... because Bucket isn't fancy enough for Hyacinth.


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Hyacinth answering the phone: "Bouquet residence. Lady of the house speaking." And her famous candlelight suppers served on her Royal Daulton China with hand painted periwinkles.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

I would have never guesses that so many people were even familiar with this show. I thought it was just something my Mama and I watched together and my Daddy would too if home at the time. I don't remember even encountering anyone else talking about it before.

 

[Mary Terry]

I would have never guesses that so many people were even familiar with this show. I thought it was just something my Mama and I watched together and my Daddy would too if home at the time. I don't remember even encountering anyone else talking about it before.

It was on PBS for many years. A number of excellent BBC shows are aired on PBS. Or used to be, before funding was eliminated by the current government.

 

[Dagan]

I was coming up with more "yo mama" jokes to toss online anonymously. I've done this for decades, now. Here's my latest:

Yo mama's mattress has a Yelp page.

 

[Outdated]

I would have never guesses that so many people were even familiar with this show. I thought it was just something my Mama and I watched together and my Daddy would too if home at the time. I don't remember even encountering anyone else talking about it before.

I grew up with a lot of British TV and Australia produced a few very successful shows using a similar format. One of our classics was a role reversal of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em called Mother and Son.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088573/

I met the star of this show, Ruth Cracknel, in real life and she wasn't very funny at all, quite a hard nosed old woman, but I've found this to be true of most comedians when you meet them in real life.

 

[Shevek]

"I was just standing next to the comic in the men's room. He's not very funny."
- actual quote.

 

[AGXStarseed]

I would have never guesses that so many people were even familiar with this show. I thought it was just something my Mama and I watched together and my Daddy would too if home at the time. I don't remember even encountering anyone else talking about it before.

I always remember the episode where her and Richard are going on a cruise, and the shenanigans that ensue in the process both before and after they finally get on the boat.

 

[cooljethro]

I would have never guesses that so many people were even familiar with this show. I thought it was just something my Mama and I watched together and my Daddy would too if home at the time. I don't remember even encountering anyone else talking about it before.

The BBC is known and watched worldwide, as well as in English speaking countries.

I think people don't really talk about it because it was aired 30-35 years ago and that was a while ago.

 

[AGXStarseed]

The BBC is known and watched worldwide, as well as in English speaking countries.

I think people don't really talk about it because it was aired 30-35 years ago and that was a while ago.

Bit of a shame; I've heard about people who refuse to watch anything beyond a certain point in time for the reason of "Why should I watch that? It's old" - completely ignoring the interesting stories, characters, etc. that they can learn from despite the differences in time and perspective.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I met the star of this show, Ruth Cracknel, in real life and she wasn't very funny at all, quite a hard nosed old woman, but I've found this to be true of most comedians when you meet them in real life.

I watched an interview with Dave Barry. He was really a jerk.

 

[AGXStarseed]

Watching an out-take with two actors pretending to be Tibetan monks:

Master: "Then, you must reason with the man, and lead him to the path of enlightenment".
Student: "...But Master, what if the man cannot hear reason, and he strikes me?"
Master: "Then...you must...[grins] remember your lines".

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

Umm? Brain signals ••• or was it brain chemistry? Probably both

 

[AGXStarseed]

This old comedy sketch:

 

[Forest Cat]

I watched a video of Electric Callboy watching a video of people watching a Electric Callboy video. Yup.

 

[JayLapointe]

The last thing that had me really laughing was a buddy of mines gaming twitch stream last night. He goes by BigBadBurger and primarily is playing Arc Raiders. He has hilarious commentary. He's also one of my oldest, if not the oldest friend I have from childhood but we'd lost touch for several years and reconnected over gaming.

 

[Tired]

Is The Government Spying On Schizophrenics Enough?​

 

[JayLapointe]

This meme right here. I'm still laughing actually.

 

[JayLapointe]

Any fans of Bond? This one is pretty amusing.