Monday, 22 November 2010

There are a lot of Panel Shows here

Some people would say too many. I don't say too many. I just say "a very very high amount". I would say that one of English people's defining characteristics is an enduring smugness about "their" facility with the Dry One Liner. I mean that is the thing they are most happy, as a nation, to kind of take possession of. All countries with a strong national identity do this. Obviously now I can't think of a single other example of this that doesn't sound absurdly racist.
All I mean is that English people seem to have the idea that they have cornered the market on "understated and/or satirical humour". I think it's a way for them to still feel good about themselves because America has stolen all the other things that they are meant to be the best at. Like "you may have all the sweet writers and all the sweet musicians, but we have that show called Eight Out Of Ten Cats, headed by that complete weirdo called Jimmy Carr."
I actually have a lot to say about this. But I won't, because it is mean and, now that I am leaving, seems a bit ungrateful.
The main thing I wanted to say is that I love all the panel shows. I love all of them. I watch every single one.

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