British comedian Jack Dee discusses the slyness of modern youth, particularly his own children! Hilarious stand up comedy!

British comedian Jack Dee discusses the slyness of modern youth, particularly his own children! Hilarious stand up comedy! From the BBC

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[niclasjt]

@stickmasrerDX That's because the British media aren't afraid to show people making jokes that demand a bit of thinking on the part of the audience. The American media environment is so afraid of turning people off by intelligence, a couple tough words here and there, that the whole thing becomes a race for the lowest common denominator. Americans aren't stupid people, but we sure are encouraged to be. And so you've got untold numbers youtubing British stand up, like me. Cheers for the BBC.

[adamski148]

@DefenceDon You seem to be confused.

American comedians are funny, true, but the complete in-your-face-ness makes them worse than British comedians, who employ irony, tact, and a little something called wit.

[CHELSEAFCISTHEBEST77]

TrueNationlist lol what the hell britian have the best stand up comedians in the world- lee evans, michael mcintyre, russel howard, frankie boyle, jack dee, milton jones, john bishop, james corden etc there are hundreds more and all are funnier than many comedians across the planet. but there are other very funny comedians from different countries its just britian have the best comedy

[germanamericanable]

@OwenIVx Well that's why I was asking about how the word was used. Our usage of the word can be bright and shiny, but we'd use it to describe a star or a diamond, or more likely ,having to do with something marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness. So if a comedian is someone like Robin Williams, we would consider him like a comic genius, but if a comedian is just funny, but typical of other comedians we would call them "hilarious" more than "brilliant". It's just our connotation

[OwenIVx]

@germanamericanable Why wouldn't something funny not be "Brilliant" ? It makes you smile, laugh and feel happy at the same time, therefore making it "Brilliant"

adjective: splendid or magnificent

[germanamericanable]

There are clever comedians from most countries, and one would be foolish to endeavor to bicker over nationality. I do think that perhaps the Brits use the word "brilliant" differently than Americans, and they throw the word "genius" out there a bit too much so that it cheapens those words, particularly about their own ethnocentric culture. I mean, something can be funny but that hardly makes it "Brilliant". I'm not sure if they really believe that, or if it's just a colloquial usage. ??

[JackHelmOfficial]

Brilliant comedian!!

[BanalBoxberry]

@TrueNationlist Looking at comedians for their nationality is where you lose. You only appreciate their humour when you look at them as comedy geniuses.

[Slolz247]

@TrueNationlist micheal mcintayre, russell howard, frankie boyle...... etc, etc, etc

[spdbabbler]

Why can't we all just say that this is funny without getting into a cultural "who's funnier" competition?

[TrueNationlist]

@SuperDriedFruit Carlin, Murphy, Pryor, Bruce, Cosby need i go on

[SuperDriedFruit]

@TrueNationlist I hope you're joking with that sentence.