Oddly, most of the American sitcoms of the '70s and '80s and early '90s were modeled after English sitcoms. Fancy that. Stuff like "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue" (radio), AbFab, Blackadder and the like were brilliant pieces of comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus was, obviously, years ahead of it's time. Early American sitcoms that reflected an exclusively American mindset usually dealt with family situations in a very trite and shallow way and the humour was, admittedly, pretty flat. There's not much room for searing humour when all must be well with little Billy by the closing credits. As far as English humour overall, though, I must say that Eddie Izzard is not only my favourite white comedian, but should probably be granted sainthood. Black comedians, however, have added some of the most side-splitting, brilliant pieces of work to the comedic lexicon ever performed and they are pretty much exclusively American. Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, et al have offered up works of pure genius. Sadly, there is no great white comic in America. For that, we turn to the UK. Keep up the good work.
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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.
