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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Okay, but... Can I say something heretical? I've seen the British version of Red Dwarf, and I didn't think it was funny either. I'm sure the American version sucked too, I'm just saying. I also didn't like Black Adder in the slightest. [duck and cover]
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I suppose it kinda depends when you saw it.
Both series were ground-breaking. I watched Blackadder I from the third episode. That was when the 'rents first got a video. I was too young to watch it as it was broadcast (21.00) Of course I've watched it countless times on video & DVD since - I even have the script book.
Same with Red Dwarf. It was the talk of the changing rooms - I thought it was a mediaeval comedy show (because of the title) and begged the 'rents to tape it. I was gutted that I'd missed so much!
They're dated now, of course. No, reallt - very dated. But those of us who watched them during a comedy drought (being FAR to young to appreciate the live "alternative comedy" explosion happening in London) know selected episodes by heart and can still laugh at them.
I've watched some "classic" SNL sketches and been as unmoved as Mount Rushmore. Given that they're acclaimed by some of my comedy heroes, I think it's less an international divide and more just time and place.
FTR - I'm the only person I know who really reveres the first series of Blackadder and fades away series by series. And I also know people who despise
The League of Gentlemen. And even criticise the award winning
Benidorm. But I know not everyone can have my good taste.