I say Missus have you heard this one?
The hunt for British humour - Newspaper Edition - Times Online
“Garlic bread — it’s the future, I’ve tasted it” has been named the greatest one-liner in television comedy history.
With such Wildean epigrams being the nation's favourite what hope is there? I give up.
Comments
Huh?
"Garlic bread" falls at the first hurdle.
Each one-liner had to be able to stand alone without being introduced by another character’s dialogue, and not be a comedy catchphrase.
But it comes from a routine in one of Peter Kay's live shows - about old peoples' lack of food experimentation. "What's that?" "I'm not eating that." Etc.
I'd say it's included in Phoenix Nights as an in-joke between Kay and his fans.
My favourite one liner from Phoenix Nights (technically the pilot) was Les Alanos drummer Les's "listen to this", bew bew, "that shits on a cow bell" in relation to the electronic tom toms he bought for "£20 off the car boot".
Posted by: Mark Holland | August 14, 2006 9:20 AM
I used to buy shoes but not I don't.
Posted by: Zelda Zuktip | August 14, 2006 9:43 AM
"If we had some eggs, we could have bacon & eggs ... if we had some bacon"
Posted by: Mr Free Market | August 14, 2006 10:00 AM
Good gawd! the German "humour" was funnier.
Posted by: MP | August 15, 2006 10:05 PM
Apparently having a rather unoriginal sense of humour can get you sacked from Orange now;
http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/715#comments
Posted by: Don | August 16, 2006 2:06 PM
I still use the Blackadder line from time to time, to describe a nutcase. Priceless.
The rest are pretty feeble. No wonder you have to "hunt" for British comedy these days.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | August 17, 2006 7:21 AM
I still like the Blackadder line,
"Jane Harrington! Do you mean Jane "Bury me in a Y-shaped Coffin" Harrington?" - despite the fact that, if you think about it, it makes no sense whatsoever.
And my own...
Took my wife to the Scottish Islands for a holiday.
Oh, really? Iona?
No....
I won her in a raffle
Posted by: Fruning Graplecard | August 18, 2006 3:37 PM
I think the line is funny in the context of his act - but this is OTT.
Posted by: David Vance | August 18, 2006 9:37 PM
Was this a self-selecting vote? Like the one that got Michael Crawford into the top 20 Britons of all time after his fan club got together and voted hundreds of times.
Posted by: Tim Almond | August 20, 2006 2:28 PM
My favourite - I'm as confused as a baby in a topless bar
Posted by: Dave | August 24, 2006 12:50 AM