Don't Panic!

I have always been immensely more impressed and entertained by British comedy than by any other. On the other hand, some British comedy is the pits to my personal taste, and Benny Hill is high on my list of anti-comedy lows, along with the Americans Jerry Lewis (a resounding "winner" in my all-time hates) and Jim Carey, and some British shows make me gag (Are You Being Served for instance). But on the whole, from the Goons onwards through Python and Cleese in general (although probably not Atkinson other than B.A), the "war" comedies (add 'allo 'allo to Dad's Army), even some of the Carry On rubbish, Blackadder, Sykes, not only but also, some of the early Ab Fab episodes, and I could go on and on, still get me laughing. So yes, it is sad to see them go. But there is a new generation (if Connolly is (a) new and (b) British), Stephen Fry, Dawn French, and so on, so perhaps all is not lost. Lash

I was sad to read about Clive Dunn. However, he has had a Good Innings and wouldn't you, living in Portugal lol. I really think the so-called 'comedy' of today is absolutely nothing like what we had in the 70s, 80s AND 90s (BlackAdder is a good example) and it's all gone downhill since 2000. Maybe it's the PC Brigade wielding its influence, who knows? I certainly don't laugh as much as I used to whenever I watch TV..only when repeats of 'Dad's Army' are on, ironically! At Mum's I watched a wonderful 'Arena' programme, first shown in 2001, about Eric Sykes. What a lovely guy..and he was very funny too.

It is always sad but I don't know about feeling a void. Maybe it's because, by the time I get to see the programmes they made, they are all repeats and a lot of the performers had already passed on and those who hadn't were already old and/or retired. I was sad to hear about Clive but he was 92 and, as far as I can tell, had a good life.

Every Tuesday night my mum and I have a dvd night, we watch a film then afterwards we will put a comedy on, last night we watched Are You Being Served, when it finished and the names came up it occurred to me that most of the actors and actresses had past away, I don't think any of the original Are You Being Served cast are still alive. I never get fed up watching it, I am building my collection up, I didn't realize they made so many series of the comedy. They sure don't make them like that any more.

my hubby and i always get old tv show dvds out of the library and quite often, the actors have passed on but we enjoy them anyways.

I always feel sad and nostalgic when an aged comedian leaves us. The comedians of 40-50 years ago had to be funny and really worked at it. They were subtle and you could often enjoy their routine with your entire family--they could make racy jokes that sailed over the heads of younger people but struck an adult's raunchy funny bone. Today's comedians seem to compete as to how many filthy words they can use, how many people they can insult and how outrageous they can be. Really funny humor is a dying art.

I have certainly felt that way about some, others... well... not so much...

I wish I have seen that movie. It is really good to watch that kind of nowadays. We really need a good laugh now. It is really sad that great comedians are now leaving hope that new ones are as good as the old ones. Have a nice day always my friend, let us all have a good laugh always.