What helped form your humour?

[DickyC]

Watching The Munsters as a little lad there was a scene where Eddy Munster is at the gate fending off a door-to-door cosmetics salesman:

Salesman: "So no one in your family uses cosmetics?"
Eddy: "Grandpa uses preservative."
Salesman: "Is that to keep young?"
Eddy: "No. It's just to keep."

I've tried to live up to that gag ever since.

[Justayellowbadge]

Setting such low goals is nothing to be proud of.

[zac510]

Definitely TV too it seems.. The Simpsons (early series)and Seinfeld. I also learnt about relationships from Seinfeld!

[al1991]

Sick friends.

[Plotloss]

A life of contented happiness, boundless opportunity, untold wealth and emotional stability.

Mainly.

[Dave200]

Watching Rik and Ade in Bottom from a very young age (I think I must have barely been 10 when I saw a grainy VHS copy of the first live show). Pseudo-intelligent toilet humour at its absolute finest!

[Justayellowbadge]

Dave200 said:

Watching Rik and Ade in Bottom from a very young age (I think I must have barely been 10 when I saw a grainy VHS copy of the first live show). Pseudo-intelligent toilet humour at its absolute finest!

Was the first live show the one with "fk me, a liiiine from the play!" corpsing?

Brilliant.

[motco]

The Goon Show

[Jasandjules]

I got my Sense of Humour from my dad. Sadly. Hence the reason why I still think Airplane and Hot Shots are funny.

[Plotloss]

Justayellowbadge said:

Dave200 said:

Watching Rik and Ade in Bottom from a very young age (I think I must have barely been 10 when I saw a grainy VHS copy of the first live show). Pseudo-intelligent toilet humour at its absolute finest!

Was the first live show the one with "fk me, a liiiine from the play!" corpsing?

Brilliant.

Pat O'Cake?

[Maxf]

Blackadder, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, The Fast Show and some older stuff like Dave Allen.

[becksW]

motco said:

The Goon Show

Same here but via my Dad, I like to think I have a good sense of humour which can be 'blamed' on my Dad

[HOGEPH]

My father amused me as a child.

[Justayellowbadge]

Plotloss said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Dave200 said:

Watching Rik and Ade in Bottom from a very young age (I think I must have barely been 10 when I saw a grainy VHS copy of the first live show). Pseudo-intelligent toilet humour at its absolute finest!

Was the first live show the one with "fk me, a liiiine from the play!" corpsing?

Brilliant.

Pat O'Cake?

Nope, was the first one, Eddie hams it remorselessly on the line 'Dont...you...ever...yearn......for change??' which leads to about 10 minutes off script.

[okgo]

A family with no known love for anyone or anything.

Made me the complete and utter bitter bitter cynic I am today

[ewenm]

My dad
My mates
Monty Python

[Pothole]

becksW said:

motco said:

The Goon Show

Same here but via my Dad, I like to think I have a good sense of humour which can be 'blamed' on my Dad

me too, and Not Only But Also, Dad's Army, Tommy Cooper, Monty Python, Round The Horn...but he was just a funny bloke and we used to do a lot of punning and pisstaking in our house. fk, I miss him.

Edited by Pothole on Tuesday 11th May 18:14

[davido140]

he's fallen in da water!

[SFMXKR]

Python, The Marx Bros., Not The Nine O'Clock News and Kenny Everett. Can find humour in most things though.

[Dave200]

Justayellowbadge said:

Plotloss said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Dave200 said:

Watching Rik and Ade in Bottom from a very young age (I think I must have barely been 10 when I saw a grainy VHS copy of the first live show). Pseudo-intelligent toilet humour at its absolute finest!

Was the first live show the one with "fk me, a liiiine from the play!" corpsing?

Brilliant.

Pat O'Cake?

Nope, was the first one, Eddie hams it remorselessly on the line 'Dont...you...ever...yearn......for change??' which leads to about 10 minutes off script.

The f*ck ups were arguably as funny as some of the scripted humour. I don't think I can remember two comedians who have enjoyed such obvious chemistry since...