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Added: Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 24:26 GMT 01:26 UK

i loved monty python. bennie hill was one of my favorite comedians. mr bean is not worth watching.totally stupid and not funny at all

john hawco, tucson,az, United States

Added: Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 24:24 GMT 01:24 UK

Can bbc please, return 'Mind your Language' to the television pls? No one can call it racism.

Rebecca, London

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 23:56 GMT 00:56 UK

it's simply worldwide recognised because it's abnormally funny and so well acted it's impossible to stop laughing. MP inaugurated a style later on evolved in other great acts like the League of Gentlemen (recently with Psychoville) that still today kill us laughing, but also Mr Bean is very much loved abroad as well. Grotesque, unpredictable, irreverent, sometimes sexy, british comedy is unique.
My fav MP sketch remains the dead parrot and I sometimes do the silly walk!
:)

maeth P, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 23:50 GMT 00:50 UK

Is it funny that British & American soldiers kill people in Afghanistan and Iraq every day? Is it funny to stop poor people from entering Britain to take advantage of conditions here to improve their lives?
Britain is arrogant and decadent and the last decade has begun an irreversible decline, for which the world must be thankful. "Humour" is misplaced.

Asif Khan, London, United Kingdom

The biggest joke is that we allowed people like you into our arrogant and decadent country.

Tom mac

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 23:41 GMT 00:41 UK

My 14 year old son was just saying the other day how funny Monty Python is:

"The Knights who say "NI"" (in a high pitched voice)
"The killer bunny that ate people that could only be killed by the holy hand grenade"
"Horseless riders who use coconuts for sound effect"

My personal favorite British comedy is "Faulty Towers" with Basil and his crew. That crazed look in Basil's eyes when he jumped to conclusions about a guest-priceless!

[MaureenFloridaUSA]

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 22:25 GMT 23:25 UK

spitting image.how to make grown men [and women to]cry with laughter.

alan b, romford, United Kingdom

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 22:18 GMT 23:18 UK

Am I the comedy? Is my parents the comedy? Is my brother the comedy? Is my neighbour at number 13 the comedy? Is it the rest of my neighbours in Cleaside Avenue a comedy?

Am I a forward or backward comedy?

Do I want to rewind my comedy and see it all again?

Do I want to fast forward my comedy and unwrap my mothers Christmas Presents for her to keep on guessing what she doesn't want?

Can she see into a crystal ball full of water on her birthday?

Is my Barclays Bank a comedy?

Nick, South Shields

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 22:15 GMT 23:15 UK

Our ability to see the humerous side to things is pretty unique. We have never been afraid to laugh at stereotypes. The ability to bring things into perspective is important. I think our use of humour was, and is, much better than being angry. We gently chide ourselves with humour and use it to bring us down to earth and to stop taking ourselves too seriously.
I always loved "The Life of Brian"; but current comedy like "Harry and Paul, Catherine Tate, and Eddie Izzard are also brilliant.

helen lambert, bedworth, ENGLAND, United Kingdom

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 22:12 GMT 23:12 UK

what other country could have produced stuff like Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Not The 9 o'clock News, Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom, Vic Reeves, Alan Partridge and The Office?

When you look at US drivel like Friends it makes one proud to be British.

Condor Man, Southampton

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 21:54 GMT 22:54 UK

comedy seems to be dead nowadays, all we have left is the tv tax rubbish on bbc3 (family guy the exception)

weve just lost our sense of humour, too worried to offend, all quick to jump on the slightest tiny hint of a racist word, but forget that even the legendslike ronnie barker had a tiny bit racism on the go

mac mackenzie, kendal, United Kingdom

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 21:41 GMT 22:41 UK

It's absence!

Robert Sinclair Shand, Wick

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 21:41 GMT 22:41 UK

There was a time you could take the rise out of professions, class etc as Python did.

Python is still funny because the humour is what people really think about certain people in various situations.

Alas today, PC has killed comedy. The govt want us all to be mindless drones.

ANGRY OF MAYFAIR, LONDON W1, United Kingdom

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 21:38 GMT 22:38 UK

I make no apology, but the funniest thing I have seen recently is……
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday- Jacques Tati 1953, and its FENCH. Have a look and laugh your socks off.

zed walker, lancaster

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 21:21 GMT 22:21 UK

"I recently returned from Turkey from my annual holiday, and the amount of Turks who kept saying 'Loverly Jubberly' and 'Awright Marlene' just drove me insane."
Maggie Jones, Cheltenham

Don't go on a Nile cruiser then. Besides the above you'll get "Asda price!", and a full rendition of "Row, row, row the boat" along with other old music hall classics.

Grark ZZ

Added: Saturday, 17 October, 2009, 21:15 GMT 22:15 UK

The towering genius Tommy Cooper.

Grark ZZ