Welcome to the Yellow Bazinga Event:Different types of Humor. I'm Xthrax and I'll will be hosting this thread.

 

So here we'll be talking about different types of humor in various countries such as British humor , American humor etc. We all know that different places have different styles of humor-we see this right in WoT series, where the Aiel have different sense of humor compared to others.

 

Some say that American humor might also be distinguished by its most common type of humor, for example, more slapstick and physical comedy. There is less emphasis on understatement, and so the humor tends to be more open, rather than satirizing the social system through exaggeration. American humor prefers more observational techniques.

 

Meanwhile British humor is said to have a strong theme of sarcasm and self-deprecation, often with a deadpan delivery. Jokes are said about almost everything though a lack of subtlety when discussing sensitive topics is looked down upon.

 

So discuss, do you agree with these opinions? What do you think about these kinds of humor? What do you think best describes humor of these places? What's it like where you are from? 

im not thatt familir with either types of humour, mostly becuse I rarely watchh comedies from thhere and when i have visited eithr place, british seem to have no sennse of humour and americans hav different sense of humour depending on where they are (som of them have no sense of humourr too depending where theyy are). I am not realy qualified to say much about any thing that characterisess either of their humour, but in tuerms o comedy, I do like british comedy more than most american things. america comedy either is a joke in itsellf becuse they are so afrid to touch certin topics such as sex or else its on the othre extreme in which bash everything which can be funny but seems lot of time poor taste. british comedy seems bit more about satire whichh can be pretty clever and they can be more frankk about things withuot going into terrible taste - isnt to say that there arentt people who bash things too in very unapealing way or arent americans who do satire, but im not an expertt on the subject, i havent watched much of either, and thats just the impresions i get.

 

humour where I am from ususully involves telling somewhat lengthy stories - so we apreciate satire very much - which can either be funny throghout or at the very end or sporadicaly. insulting close friends or satirising them can also be fun as long as your doing it in frontt of them o course (becuse doing it behind their back, your probably cactually insulting them). Me and my brothers have great time slingingg insults at each other and often gets very whimseical and nonsensical which is half the fun - other people somtimes laugh when they see it though they are usualy those who know us already, i dont know how funny it woud look or sound to someone who doesnt know us. usualy something like:

 

"ewww look at this man here - he's covered with bristles!"

"what kind of creature is he?"

"wait, hes covered with protein!"

"proteinaceous bristles, arrrgh!"

"Dont touch him, may be contagious! and then youl be covered with bristles too!"

"He looks lik a toothbrush!"

"or one of those things you clean your pipes with!"

"hes hairierr than my balls!"

"I cant even see his face, too much bristles!"

 

lol its all nonsense because of course everyone is covred with "bristles", hair, but its absurd becuse founded on something silly. 

I'm a rather sarcastic person myself, so I like humor that's heavy on sarcasm.

I feel that British humour tends to be more understated.

 

Don't get me wrong, I find a lot of American TV shows really funny but for example, I don't like the sketch shows like SNL you guys do over there.

 

We don't reeeeally have anything like that here, I don't think it would be too popular. 

 

But other British people....correct me if I'm wrong!

I find it interesting that humour in movies and in sitcoms etc seem to differ from culture to culture (broadly speaking), but stand up comics seem to be the same world wide?

I've always loved British comedy, Eddie Izzard cracks me up. Monty Python and Benny Hill had me in stitches when I was a kid.

 

For American comedy, the black comedians have always been my favorites, the stand up acts of Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and even Bill Cosby are not to be missed. Stay far, far away from Dane Cook.

I like a little bit of everything, having moved from North America to Europe. Whether it's stand-up or slapstick I typically enjoy it. Can't think of a type I don't like. The Improv on Whose Line was amazing too. Miss that show!

I like comedy clubs where there is adult humor.