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Author Topic:   UK comedy, what to call it?
Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 35 of 95 (573151)
08-10-2010 5:55 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by onifre
08-09-2010 1:01 PM


crashfrog writes:
Not British, but I've been there!
"No Smoking Please, We're Americans" (or maybe "Finally, We Can Smoke Comedy Tour")
He obviously hasn't been here for at least a couple of years.
A more appropriate name for the tour might be:
What? You can't smoke here either?
What would the UK appreciate hearing from US comics, or for what reason would they come see US comics?
I don't think you need to be too self-deprecating. US comics are not a novelty over here. There's a few US comics who live and work here more or less permanently and are well-known on TV. Taking the piss out of both our countries, and pointing out the differences, can work well if it's done in a balanced sort of way.
I think British people love to know how other countries, particularly the USA, view our country and our people. So any kind of observational material on Britain from an American perspective would be good.
And religion is always fair game!

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 37 of 95 (573160)
08-10-2010 7:03 AM
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08-10-2010 6:07 AM


But we don't like that sucky bullshit about how great it is here. It sounds false and patronising and we know it isn't particularly true.
Not that I can imagine Oni and his mates being into that sucky kinda thing. I am guessin they will be more into analysing why everything and everywhere is bit crap.
I agree.
It could be quite refreshing if they visit my part of the country, because they won't know much about it and so we won't have to hear the usual jokes about everyone in Norfolk being too closely related.
Oh shit...

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 57 of 95 (573374)
08-11-2010 7:33 AM
Reply to: Message 53 by Straggler
08-10-2010 1:45 PM


Re: Londonitis
Oni says:
That's cool, but are you telling me Star Spangled Wankers wouldn't sell? Cuz I really do like the sound of it. Would it make us look stupid?
Straggler say:
Nah. Star Spangled Wankers would work. Self deprecation goes down well here and is usually considered something Yanks are not very good at. So yeah I think it would work.
Sorry to stick my fat oar in, but although I think it's a good title, would there not be some restrictions on where the word "Wankers" could be publicised?
Maybe I'm behind the times, but I can't picture it being allowed on any publically displayed posters or billboards displayed outside clubs and pubs, for example.
Just as an aside, I took my mum to the football last season and the referee was being given a really hard time by the home fans. Suddenly and inexplicably the noise of the crowd dropped to almost complete silence, and she turned to me and said very loudly in her quite posh voice: "What's a wanker?"
Oh for the earth to open up and swallow me whole!

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 61 of 95 (573385)
08-11-2010 8:41 AM
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08-11-2010 8:03 AM


Oh just thought of something else, prostitution is legal here too.
It's legal here, too, only with some restrictions on how you trade your business.
Which leads to another suggestion for a tour title:
American Gigolos

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 63 of 95 (573424)
08-11-2010 11:32 AM
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08-11-2010 10:24 AM


Re: Londonitis
Yeah. My mother is 70 now and from a different era. I hope her bubble never bursts. I think even my young nieces and nephews have already reversed the naivity roles with her. Probably with me too!

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 70 of 95 (573588)
08-12-2010 4:42 AM
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08-11-2010 5:30 PM


Star Spangled Wankers
JUC writes:
Maybe I'm behind the times, but I can't picture it (the word "Wankers") being allowed on any publically displayed posters or billboards displayed outside clubs and pubs, for example.
Oni writes:
Really? I thought you guys were less restrictive than we are? Don't they curse on tv over there?
In any case, I thought the name would be good for t-shirt sales and not some much as the name for the group or show.
Yes, after 9 o'clock any words are allowed on TV, and there would be no problem at all with saying any words you like in your shows, and some newspapers and promotional publications will print any words. But "wank", great word as it is, is still considered to be a rude word, probably right up there with "cunt" and "fuck", and I'm quite sure you couldn't display any of those words on a public billboard.
Don't want to put a dampner on the idea though, as you say, it would be a great T-shirt slogan and sub-title for your tour that you could display on t-shirts, promotional leaflets and probably inside your venues.

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Message 72 of 95 (573600)
08-12-2010 6:08 AM
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08-12-2010 5:54 AM


Re: Star Spangled W*nkers
The simplest solutions are often the best!

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 79 of 95 (573645)
08-12-2010 9:06 AM
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08-12-2010 8:03 AM


Re: Londonitis
But dude seriously - Does your mum live in a cave or go to bed at 7:30 Pm everynight or something?
No, she watches quite a lot of stuff. It just doesn't all sink in. She lives in a kind of bubble that was inflated in the 50s.
She genuinely thought that the first series of Alan Partridge was a real chat show.
"What a dreadful man that presenter is!"

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