I'm afraid of the government...

I would have guessed weight loss...

Well then the correct answer was "THE bush". Chickie was just an article away from having it.

The answer sure wasn't English comedy.

"Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing when all other options have been exhausted." -- Winston Churchill.


Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?

>> ^StukaFox:
"Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing when all other options have been exhausted." -- Winston Churchill.

Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?


What country are you from and what has it done to justify your own grating arrogance?

>> ^quantumushroom:
The answer sure wasn't English comedy.


You didn't notice that the person answering the majority of the question was American then, huh?

>> ^StukaFox:
"Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing when all other options have been exhausted." -- Winston Churchill.

Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?


Oh, you know... this and that.

Sigh... Were the Egyptians this tough on the empire that superseded them after their pathetic collapse?

"What Are 13% of Americans Afraid of?"

Either British dentistry, or the Orwellian surveillance state that the UK has become.


"What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?"

Forgetting any other of a myriad things, I'll go with Mars Rover and designer drugs.

>> ^quantumushroom:
The answer sure wasn't English comedy.


Unfortunately, we can afford to be arrogant in this department. The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks I'd love to be self deprecating and insult my own nation, but in this at least (and only it seems), we lead the world.

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^quantumushroom:
The answer sure wasn't English comedy.

Unfortunately, we can afford to be arrogant in this department. The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks I'd love to be self deprecating and insult my own nation, but in this at least (and only it seems), we lead the world.


Don't forget Canadians!

>> ^StukaFox:
World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?


http://www.baconnaise.com/

I trust this settles the matter?

>> ^dannym3141:
The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks


And Mr.Show, and Office Space, and Big Lebowski, Idiocracy, Strangers With Candy, The State, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Daily Show/Colbert, Zack Galafinakis, The Simpsons, Ren&Stimpy.... we can go on and on and on.

You didn't notice that the person answering the majority of the question was American then, huh?

The obnoxious nerd in the middle with the shirt that looks like a galaxy vomiting had an accent. His talent was so luminous I didn't notice anything else.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^StukaFox:
World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?

http://www.baconnaise.com/
I trust this settles the matter?




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>> ^volumptuous:
>> ^dannym3141:
The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks

And Mr.Show, and Office Space, and Big Lebowski, Idiocracy, Strangers With Candy, The State, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Daily Show/Colbert, Zack Galafinakis, The Simpsons, Ren&Stimpy.... we can go on and on and on.


You can list stuff back and forth all day and disagree with what each other person says for fun whether you think it's true or not. So what's the point? Watch:

Mr. Show - definitely not
Idiocracy - see above
Strangers with Candy - see above
George Carlin - HUGE no
Richard Pryor - black comedian, which i listed
Daily show - close but no
Colbert - HUGE no

Now you'll just disagree with me and say those things are fucking great, but some of those make me despair, especially colbert, i can't believe you listed him

Ok so where now.......nope, nowhere, we can just disagree each other out all night, brits have definitely been the leaders in the comedy department. I'll let you have anything else, technology, success, even the things we once held proud like education and health, i'll even let you say we're getting as fat as you guys or possibly fatter, we're no longer quaint - packed with macdonalds and other terrible bland-brands that overtook better individual-brands, i'll let you say we're a bit of a hanger on internationally like the kid that hangs out with the bully, you've got the edge on industry, attractive people, land mass, weather, continental diversity within your country, most forms of entertainment, holidays, tourism, film industry, vehicles, engineering, and shit you're just generally nicer people.

But you can't have comedy, that's definitely ours, and i think i'm probably right in saying that too.. i bet a lot of americans would have to admit we've had the powerhouses of that genre.

(and probably military quality too, i'm taking that with me, that's ours, you can have military quantity and technology, i'm not greedy, and we'll share military embarassment every 1st and 3rd week)

Come on now, fair's fair.

Oh i just thought of something else we beat you on.

Royalty. We've got better royalty!

>> ^dannym3141:
Oh i just thought of something else we beat you on.
Royalty. We've got better royalty!

We have our share of queens, many much more fabulous than yours.

I'm afraid that His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I beats the pants off of any British royalty.

(Do emperors count as royalty? Probably not, but he's still awesome.)

But I prefer the Macintosh operating system.




>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^volumptuous:
>> ^dannym3141:
The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks

And Mr.Show, and Office Space, and Big Lebowski, Idiocracy, Strangers With Candy, The State, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Daily Show/Colbert, Zack Galafinakis, The Simpsons, Ren&Stimpy.... we can go on and on and on.

You can list stuff back and forth all day and disagree with what each other person says for fun whether you think it's true or not. So what's the point? Watch:
Mr. Show - definitely not
Idiocracy - see above
Strangers with Candy - see above
George Carlin - HUGE no
Richard Pryor - black comedian, which i listed
Daily show - close but no
Colbert - HUGE no
Now you'll just disagree with me and say those things are fucking great, but some of those make me despair, especially colbert, i can't believe you listed him
Ok so where now.......nope, nowhere, we can just disagree each other out all night, brits have definitely been the leaders in the comedy department. I'll let you have anything else, technology, success, even the things we once held proud like education and health, i'll even let you say we're getting as fat as you guys or possibly fatter, we're no longer quaint - packed with macdonalds and other terrible bland-brands that overtook better individual-brands, i'll let you say we're a bit of a hanger on internationally like the kid that hangs out with the bully, you've got the edge on industry, attractive people, land mass, weather, continental diversity within your country, most forms of entertainment, holidays, tourism, film industry, vehicles, engineering, and shit you're just generally nicer people.
But you can't have comedy, that's definitely ours, and i think i'm probably right in saying that too.. i bet a lot of americans would have to admit we've had the powerhouses of that genre.
(and probably military quality too, i'm taking that with me, that's ours, you can have military quantity and technology, i'm not greedy, and we'll share military embarassment every 1st and 3rd week)
Come on now, fair's fair.

Canada wins at Comedy. Brits are runners-up.

If you don't believe me, google "Just for Laughs Comedy Festival", "Winnipeg Comedy Festival", or even just "Canada Comedy" on youtube.

Americans for the most part suck at comedy. When I go to the local yuk-yuks (Canadian Franchise comedy clubs) I can always tell who the Americans are...they're so loud and bossy, and rarely funny.

AND - 13% of Americans are afraid of Mexican Immigrants...the other 87% are afraid of Canadians, after we laid the Canuck smack-down on their pansy-asses the last time we felt like showing them who's boss.

I'd say that the relatively minuscule Aussie Chasers crew kicks all your collective pompous asses.

Alright then, if you've all stopped wiping your cocks over each other lads...

danny, our education system is still better than America's mate, keep up!

Mitch fucking Hedberg.
Patton Oswalt, Rodney Carrington, Ron White.
Americans have the best animated comedy shows too, simpsons, futurama, south park, family guy, american dad, king of the hill.

British comedy is very different from American comedy. It usually much more satirical and/or quirky than just sit-com or slapstick - and that's not always better.

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^volumptuous:
>> ^dannym3141:
The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks

And Mr.Show, and Office Space, and Big Lebowski, Idiocracy, Strangers With Candy, The State, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Daily Show/Colbert, Zack Galafinakis, The Simpsons, Ren&Stimpy.... we can go on and on and on.

You can list stuff back and forth all day and disagree with what each other person says for fun whether you think it's true or not. So what's the point? Watch:
Mr. Show - definitely not
Idiocracy - see above
Strangers with Candy - see above
George Carlin - HUGE no
Richard Pryor - black comedian, which i listed
Daily show - close but no
Colbert - HUGE no
Now you'll just disagree with me and say those things are fucking great, but some of those make me despair, especially colbert, i can't believe you listed him

u.s.a. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.

Plus, you guys tried to copy The Office. I think the Brits might win with Faulty Towers and Mr. Bean

>> ^StukaFox:
Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?


How about the internet and modern computing you ungrateful twat (and UAVs and cluster bombs and MOAB and GPS)

USA has the Muppet Show as well. Please stop the petty bickering. There's funny stuff from both sides.

Fawlty Towers. How else could they spell "Flowery Twats"?

>> ^volumptuous:
Ren&Stimpy

Sorry, Canadian.

And we can't have this discussion without mentioning the granddaddy of all, Monty Python. For this, and everything it inspired, this Canadian will happily hand the crown to the Brits.

>> ^joedirt:
u.s.a. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.
Plus, you guys tried to copy The Office. I think the Brits might win with Faulty Towers and Mr. Bean


The Office was a Brit show first. We copied it and made it better. Though that's only the first time we've managed to do that, anyone else remember the Coupling debacle? Or the atrocious Life on Mars, The 11th Hour, or how about the Blackpool remake Viva Laughlin? All In the Family was even stolen from the BBC. We even steal their made for TV movies and make them into feature films.

>> ^HollywoodBob:
>> ^joedirt:
u.s.a. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.
Plus, you guys tried to copy The Office. I think the Brits might win with Faulty Towers and Mr. Bean

The Office was a Brit show first. We copied it and made it better. Though that's only the first time we've managed to do that, anyone else remember the Coupling debacle? Or the atrocious Life on Mars, The 11th Hour, or how about the Blackpool remake Viva Laughlin? All In the Family was even stolen from the BBC. We even steal their made for TV movies and make them into feature films.


1) He was being sarcastic.
2) Coupling was always shit
3) You definitely, definitely didn't make the office better. Just fucking no, don't even bother. That's an absolute travesty (walter)

NewsRadio with Phil Hartman.

But, you know, all comedy is good compared to German comedy.

Hear hear

This entire conversation thread is horrid. When did nationalist sensationalism become so trendy?

>> ^direpickle:
I'm afraid that His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I beats the pants off of any British royalty.
(Do emperors count as royalty? Probably not, but he's still awesome.)


Perhaps I'm missing some subtle sarcasm, but that Wikipedia page says he was born in England - that would make him yet more apparently awesome British royalty (not that I give a flying duck about the royal family).


This has to be the stupidest comments thread Videosift has ever had the misfortune of hosting. I'm embarrassed to be contributing.

>> ^messenger:
>> ^volumptuous:
Ren&Stimpy
Sorry, Canadian.


Dude you are so wrong.

How do I know?

I started my animation career at that studio, on that show. Where was it? In Hollywood,. John K was originally from Canada, but by no means did he create R&S on his own. Vincent Waller and Jim Smith were just as much creators as he. And John didn't take off and learn his skills in Canada.

The main writers of R&S were all Americans. The music supervisors, painters and animators as well. In fact, there was only one Canadian there.


But yeah, this argument is the dumbest thing ever.


MAC VS PC

yea been nationalistic is like saying that you belong to a football team. Just because you cheer doesn't mean you won or lost the match. You are an spectator just like the rest of us so get over it.

George Carlin was not just funny.

He is the single greatest human being that ever walked the earth.

>> ^joedirt:
>> ^StukaFox:
Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?

How about the internet and modern computing you ungrateful twat (and UAVs and cluster bombs and MOAB and GPS)


The internet eh? O Rly?

From Wikipedia:

'Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA (born 8 June 1955) is an English computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web. On 25 December 1990 he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet with the help of Robert Cailliau and a young student staff at CERN. He was ranked Joint First alongside Albert Hofmann in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses. Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, the founder of the World Wide Web Foundation and he is a senior researcher and holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).'

Sure, the concept of packet switching was first documented in New York, and I'm not about to claim the internet for Britain. But that does mean you can't claim the entierty for the US either. The long and the short of it is that it's a joint effort. No one nation can claim the internet. Which is kinda cool, as it emphasises the point of the thing.

On other matters, such as comedy, there's no point in arguing it seeing as its a matter of personal preference, its like arguing what is the best colour or the best number, fucking pointless. I might think that Michael Mcintyre is one of the most promising comedians I've seen in a long time, alot of other people will find him annoying, personal preference is what makes things interesting, arguing your point on it however is like being one of those dipshit hecklers in the crowd. Sit down, shut your mouth and wait for the next act.

Internet != World Wide Web

That's like saying Canvas = Mona Lisa

^ True, but you see where I'm coming from.

And Turing deserves most of the credit for modern computing...

^And Babbage.

Britain and the US are now like frat brothers poking fun at one another.

Yeah, frat brothers in the run-down frat house at the end of Fraternity Row, you know, the place that has the worst-smelling carpet from all the vomit, beer, piss and the occasional shit.

I don't want to get into the whole: British are a bunch of whiny, effeminate, poor hygene having, pompus attitude having, hypocrites argument. But like that whiny, effeminate, poor hygene having, singer once said: "You do it to yourself, you do and that's what really hurts, is you do it to yourself just you and no one else".

Since i'm drunk and on the subject. I'm tired of that stupid 'they stole our precious office' argument. I'm absolutly sure that the show went to America with the pre-condition that a couple of fat europeans made millions in selling the story. It's not like the filthy, un creative americans stole it. The reality, (guessing) is that the show was sold. At the very least the original creators are still collecting royalties for international variations. You really think anyone would stand by and let someone else steal millions and millions from under their noses? If you want to point a finger, point it at your own greedy people.
yeah i'm feeling the idiocracy pouring out in a red white and blue freedom stream.

USA USA USA USA USA!!!!

I honestly cannot believe that anyone is taking any of this banter seriously, and if any of you have been, then you can stop right now. This is a little bit of healthy bullshit, faux patriotism, pulling out ridiculous cards like The Office and the fucking war as proof points. Come on, lets just enjoy the sarcasm and be able to give each other shit without people getting their knickers in a noodle eh

>> ^Seric:
The internet eh? O Rly?
From Wikipedia:
'Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA (born 8 June 1955) is an English computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web. On 25 December 1990 he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet ...


What the hell is this? 1990! Christ, that was like yesterday. The Internet is so much older than that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet

You can't deny that the Internet and TCP/IP came out of the United States.

Also, where are your Mars rovers again?

I'm just winding ya up, I love England.

>> ^Crake:
Sigh... Were the Egyptians this tough on the empire that superseded them after their pathetic collapse?


Nope.

But it was because panel shows didn't get a lot of viewership back then.

>> ^highdileeho:
Since i'm drunk and on the subject. I'm tired of that stupid 'they stole our precious office' argument. I'm absolutly sure that the show went to America with the pre-condition that a couple of fat europeans made millions in selling the story. It's not like the filthy, un creative americans stole it. The reality, (guessing) is that the show was sold. At the very least the original creators are still collecting royalties for international variations. You really think anyone would stand by and let someone else steal millions and millions from under their noses? If you want to point a finger, point it at your own greedy people.
yeah i'm feeling the idiocracy pouring out in a red white and blue freedom stream.



I didn't read anything you said, but I upvoted both of your comments based on your Bob Ross avatar alone. Bob Ross is the One True God.

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^volumptuous:
>> ^dannym3141:
The only comedy to rival the brits over the years has been black american comedians and bill hicks

And Mr.Show, and Office Space, and Big Lebowski, Idiocracy, Strangers With Candy, The State, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Daily Show/Colbert, Zack Galafinakis, The Simpsons, Ren&Stimpy.... we can go on and on and on.

You can list stuff back and forth all day and disagree with what each other person says for fun whether you think it's true or not. So what's the point? Watch:
Mr. Show - definitely not
Idiocracy - see above
Strangers with Candy - see above
George Carlin - HUGE no
Richard Pryor - black comedian, which i listed
Daily show - close but no
Colbert - HUGE no
Now you'll just disagree with me and say those things are fucking great, but some of those make me despair, especially colbert, i can't believe you listed him
Ok so where now.......nope, nowhere, we can just disagree each other out all night, brits have definitely been the leaders in the comedy department. I'll let you have anything else, technology, success, even the things we once held proud like education and health, i'll even let you say we're getting as fat as you guys or possibly fatter, we're no longer quaint - packed with macdonalds and other terrible bland-brands that overtook better individual-brands, i'll let you say we're a bit of a hanger on internationally like the kid that hangs out with the bully, you've got the edge on industry, attractive people, land mass, weather, continental diversity within your country, most forms of entertainment, holidays, tourism, film industry, vehicles, engineering, and shit you're just generally nicer people.
But you can't have comedy, that's definitely ours, and i think i'm probably right in saying that too.. i bet a lot of americans would have to admit we've had the powerhouses of that genre.
(and probably military quality too, i'm taking that with me, that's ours, you can have military quantity and technology, i'm not greedy, and we'll share military embarassment every 1st and 3rd week)
Come on now, fair's fair.


I certainly disagree with you on a few of those. John Stewart is the funniest man on television, bar none.

Also the guy who listed those shows forgot the one, the only;

South Park!

And if you think South Park isn't funny, you must be British or something.

Seriously guise.. Babbage and Turing? If only my computer was an electromechanical device the size of a house. Have you ever heard of a semiconductor? And the internet is clearly came out of mostly US military, US Universities and US silicon valley. Also, nothing Comedy Central does is funny, it's a joke and more like ironic humor that they are called Comedy Central (it's dark humour).

Long John Silvers > newspaper wrapped cod

Also, how about sugar, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, cocoa, hot peppers, turkey, beans (except the blackeyed pea), pineapples

Enjoy your non-American cuisine jerkops.

Sugar?

Well either considering cane sugar, or if not that then 99% of what we eat now is corn based sugars.

I'm not comfortable with your sentence. English grammar sucks. You mean to say sugarcane comes from America?

I was gonna say "bears". Then again, forests have bears.

Pipe down or no more oil for you.