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Lazario wrote:Wallace & Gromit also isn't exactly my cup of tea, the live-action British comedy is much funnier in my opinion.

Ummm can you give us examples to which British comedies you like better than Wallace and Gromit? Because there are LOTS of different types of British comedies.

That being said, I don't usualy care for British comedy, but some can occasionally get amusing!

BUT WALLACE AND GROMIT ARE HILARIOUS!!!

I mean how can you not like them? They're made by the claymation Pixar!

But that is rather off-topic since the thread are about the penguins from Madagascar. While I decided to skip the movie, I really found that short at the beginning of W&G funny so that's why I'm probably going to rent Madagascar.

Well, since we're offtopic already - I'll answer your question quickly (so as not to distract others, ha) : Mr. Bean, Fawlty Towers, French & Saunders, The Thin Blue Line, Father Ted, Coupling, Absolutely Fabulous, Are You Being Served(?).

My favorite brittsih comides

Mr Bean: That show is hilarious

The Office: Ricky Gervais i think is hilarious

Keeping Up apprances

^^ But Wallace and Gromit didnt have any of hat type of humor in my opinion.. it was just stupid..

But the score in the movie was good
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yankees wrote:^^ But Wallace and Gromit didnt have any of that type of humor in my opinion..

That's exactly what I meant.

Really, you cannot classify British humour as anything. Most people associate "Monty Python" as being "British", but its leaps away from something like "The Office". Even "Fawlty Towers" co-written by a Python has little in common with "Monty Python".

Wallace and Gromit's humour is similar to that of "Last of the Summer Wine", which actually stars the voice of Wallace, and it also the longest running British sit-com. So I guess "Last of the Summer Wine" can be described as typically "British". But Last of the Summer Wine is written by the same person as "Keeping Up Appreances".

I haven't seen the new movie, but based on the shorts, I would say Wallace and Gromit do share traits with "Mr Bean" (lots of visual, non-dialogue humour) and I've heard the new film has a lot of innuendo (meaning it will have some traits with "Are You Being Served?" - although the average American probably never uses the word "Totty", and some of the other innuendo if they use words like "Crumpet", so this may go over some people's heads).

The short's humour seems to be that of 70s Britain without the racism and sexism which was surprisingly common at the time. Wordplay and puns, visual stunts and odd surrealism. Like the characters of the movie, Wallace and Gromit are of a Britain gone by.

British humour now seems to be a reaction to all the American sit-coms screen over here full of family values and morals. Therefore, homegrown British comedy is often dark, black humour or way out surrealism. See "Nighty Night" for an example of the former, "Father Ted" for an example of the latter, and "The League Of Gentlemen" for an example of both combined.

I just checked the box art for Madagascar on dvd, at Amazon.com and it looks like "The Madagascar Peguins In a Christmas Caper" will be on the Madagascar dvd! I'm really excited. Madgascar was the first movie we took our son to, (sorry Disney) and his birthday is coming up next month. So it will be a great gift. Were taking him to see Chicken Little tommorrow. Good times will be had by all.

Yes but if you look at the 1st page and at the 8th post that has been posted (I even beat DVDanswers ) but thanks anyway.

So now that the short is coming with the DVD what are you getting then with the Walmart bonus disc?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... h=0%3A4096