They say laughter is the best medicine. We all love a good chuckle. So this thread is for people who want to tickle their funny bone. You can post jokes, trivia, a quiz. Chat about television comedy or film. Choice is ours.

Joke of the day:

Best comedy movie quotes:

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Jim: Well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille. It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day, I was just walking down the street when I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around... And there I was, face-to-face with a six-year old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass. So I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled inside a whiskey bottle, and I've been there ever since.

You had to have come from another planet 30 years ago if you had not heard of the zany Carry On films. I grew up with these madcap, irreverant, farcical comedy films which ran from the late 50s into the 90s. Films that made such people as Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale and Charlie Hawtrey household names.

Here is a  Carry On poser to get us going.
Which film links these three characters: The Rumpo Kid, Marshall P Knutt and Sheriff Burke?

Carry On Cowboy? 

I grew up watching the Carry On films too! My fave is Carry On Camping, followed closely by Carry On Doctor. Comedy is definitely the best medicine! 

Yes it is Cowboy. How are you finding the forum Jenson?

I'm enjoying the forum, i do keep getting lost though! 
What's your fave Carry On Baggers? 

I find the best way to not get lost is bookmark your fave sites. All the non sport sites are in the Extra Time section.

My fave Carry On? lets see.  Camping..like you. Also Cruising and the early black & white ones. 

Here is some trivia about Camping. 

• Carry On Camping probably contains the most uses of  tropes, with characters including Sid Boggle (James), Kenneth Soaper (Williams), Charlie Muggins (Hawtrey), Bernie Lugg (Bresslaw), Joan Fussey (Sims).
• Explain this scene from Camping?
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Good ol Sid James, a hoot and his Carry On sidekicks.
Monty Python's !
If there is one thing the Poms are good at ? humour, love their style.
I used to be in stitch's listening to Dudley Moore and Peter Cook !
Some of their gigs were so OTT due to them having drunk so much it went beyond ridiculous for those days.
I still have one or 2 of their tapes now cd's.
Comedies,
Benny Hill
On the Bus's - I'll get you Bulter, so many lines in that show.
Love Thy Neighbor - how politically incorrect for todays world.
To The Manor Born
Are You Being Served
You can't not forget Faulty Towers - what a gem of a Series !
Cleese is genius - going back to Monty obviously.
Mrs Browns Boys - went to see them live in Sydney last couple tours.

American has/had its moments......
The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz combo in movies had some classics at the time, The Long Long Trailer made me lol much......
Their weekly series as well.
The 3 Stooges - typically american but some very smart ones done by them.
The who's on first whats on 2nd etcetc was funny as.

Faulty Towers and Benny Hill get my vote..simply magic. Hard to imagine that FT has stood the test of time as there were only 12 episodes made. I still get a chuckle from the brilliant Benny after three decades.

Abbott and Costello.. who's on first what's on second. Costello was under rated for mine. An outstanding comic. Hard to go past Jerry Lewis.. what a clown. There are few scenes that stay in my mind from his films.. one is The Big Mouth when that mobster is on his haunches and he sees a three time "dead" Lewis rise from the water. The actor spent the remainder of the movie on his hands and knees and on various methods of transport.. Lewis' other classic was The Nutty Professor.

Name this Carry On character (l) and the film..

Love this quote from the above film.
Man : A drink, Ma'am?
Queen Marie : Thank you.
Man : I can heartily recommend the port here.
Queen Marie : Really? Then do send him up to my room later.

Looks like the scene where the girls are exercising and these pair are watching them? 

Is it the Carry On where the above woman is about to lose her head? If so it's Carry On Don't Lose Your Head. 

I love Brit comedies, one thing we are good at is producing some of the best comedies around. I have every Carry On film ever made. 
American comedy is good too, my fave being Roseanne, followed by The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air and Two And A Half Men, i've never taken to Friends or Frasier though. 

The Brits have my vote anyday over the Americans but there is some good US viewing in the past.
Your mention of Roseanne, I couldn't stand her but Tom Arnold I liked.
Modern day 2HalfMen was pretty good with original Charlie Sheen, suited him perfectly, Kutcher just didn't cut it for me.
Friends, forget it.
I'm actually struggling to recall many sitcom shows without having to google.
I recall some good stand up stuff, typical corny Bob Hope, had some classic lines.
Don Knotts was a funny nut case.
Those Dean Martin Roasts had some good humour.
Netflix has that Grace and Frankie series with Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin, pretty funny.
I stumbled on similar called the Kominsky Method with Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin.

 Or is it when the girls arrive and are heading into the camp site ? I would be inclined to think it is when the girls were exercising too.

Yes that is what is happening. But wrong film. Have another go.

I have bumped the pic.

UK comedy gets my vote too.  Faulty Towers.. only 12 episodes made yet it is timeless. I continue to get a good belly laugh from Benny Hill even after three decades. Leonard Rossiter was simply brilliant in Rising Damp and as Reginald Perrin. As was Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours.   Dads Army, Some Mothers Do Have Em,  Steptoe & Son, Man About the House, Waiting For God, George & Mildred, the Doctor series. .. the list goes on and on.....

We Aussies dont make very good sitcoms (except Mother & Son) but our sketch comedy is first class. See if you can see some on YT. 

Speaking of Carry On .. who has not seen this teleplay of the tormented life of Kenneth Williams? Here is a link for you all.
https://youtu.be/3_VjIRdXVdM

Reckon the glue that held the Carry On gang together was Hattie Jacques. Check this out.
https://youtu.be/JjWVnBrUzHs

 Who has watched Death In Paradise?. I love this as it is a clever whodunnit but specially as it starred the comic talents of Kris Marshall as the bumbling police inspector Humphrey Goodman. 

Yes i agree that Charlie Sheen was better to watch than Kutcher. 
I prefer John Goodman to Tom Arnold, but hey that's great we all have different tastes. 
On The Buses is way before my time but after buying boxsets for mum at Christmas i do enjoy watching them too! 
Rising Damp is great too, Francis Del La Tour is such a classy lady, such a shame Richard Beckinsdale died so young, he was a great actor and our loss that he died so young. 

I've never watched Faulty Towers, Monty Python, Abbot & Costello, but i do love Bottom with Rick Mayall, that is comedy classic! 

I've never watched it Kris, great thread you have here BTW! 

I'm starting to find my feet now! 
I like the early black & white ones too, it's hard to believe they were made on a tight budget and within a limited time, just goes to show how professional they all were. 
I have a few questions, hope it's ok to post them. 
1. Which Carry On has the one liner 'No it has to be the bull'? 
2. In Carry On Cabby who starred as the expectant father? 
3. In Carry On Cruising who starred as the chef on board the ship? 
4. Who was Hattie Jacques' character married to  in Carry On Loving? 
5. In Carry On Doctor Kenneth Williams plays a surgeon, what was the item that he mislaid, presumably left inside a patient? 
6. In Carry On Spying who has a photographic memory? 
7. Who played Cleopatra in Carry On Cleo? 
8. Which Carry On actor is affectionately known as PintPot? 
9. In Carry On Abroad what role did Hattie Jacques play? 
10. In Carry On Girls who organised the womens rights group to ruin the beauty contest? 

Good luck!