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Love it Nelliemoser, I also used to like the old fashioned post cards from the seaside, memories of a more discreet era.
Seems we all like observational humour and rather more sophisticated stuff than slapstick. I do find men have a preference for certain types of humour like Month Python or is that a generalisation?

Nan in the Royle Family used to make us laugh as her comments were very close to what my MIL says. There was a sit com a few years ago called Early Doors which is sometimes repeated on UK Gold. As northerners we find it very funny as again it reflects some of the people in the North. Both series were part written by the late and very talented Caroline Aherne.

Greyduster I like the sound of your visual humour card. The best one I ever got for my son, then in his 20s, was a picture of two peahens looking at a peacock displaying his feathers and one hen saying, "Just cut the crap and show us your willy".

A marginally rude joke should always have a genuinely funny and relevant punchline. It's hard to define.

My sister and I in a card store laughing hysterically at some of the cards especially the knitting pattern cards (are they still around?)

I forgot Frazier even though I have watched the episodes numerous times and they still make me laugh. So does Dad's Army.

Some things can have me in fits but I can't put my finger on what exactly. Certainly clever word play. I lurve Milton Jones and, not quite so much, Tim Vine.

The only thing that can be guaranteed to make me laugh so much I can only read it on the loo is a book called "Anguished English" by Richard Lederer, which I may have mentioned before. Every page is full of unintentional mistakes made by misspelling or mispronouncing words in English.

I've never heard of Jeremy Hardy, so he can't be that funny!

The Fast Show was brilliant!

We have all the Frasier series on dvds, marvellous, so clever.The observational humour of Billy Connelly is very funny, but in general don't like stand up comedy.
I liked Jack Dee in the series Lead Balloon, and also the series Outnumbered, written by Andy Hamilton.I will be attacked from all sides no doubt.......because I really didn't like Victoria Wood ( not her personally of course) but her humour.I can't stand Jeremy Hardy either, if I hear his voice the radio gets switched off.Used to love The Fast Show, Stella Street,Red Dwarf amongst many others.
A sense of humour though, is not so much what you like to watch or hear, but more about seeing the funny or surreal side to events or people.

Another one here who loved Frasier. "The Innkeepers" with its explosion of cherries jubilee was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. And Daphne wasn't the only one who was in love with Nialls!

Oh god yes, Billy Connolly's incontinence pants sketch makes me weep with laughter just to think about it. Also used to have a fur coat donated by an 'aunt' on our bed at night so his joke" Ma , he's got his legs in the arms of the duvet' appeals to me !

Jayh. I also saw Billy Connolly live at the Pavillion in 1974 he was absolutely hilarious. I love observational humour.

I loved Billy Connolly but DH (Scots) had to interpret some bits for me!

Loved Frazier! Thanks Envious I'd forgotten about that, yes, very clever writing and such wonderful characters (although wasn't that keen on Daphne, she didn't ring true to me!).

I enjoy laughing but very few things make me laugh out loud so I will "giggle". Would I be pelted with tomatoes if I mentioned Catherine Tate's Nan? I find the shocking language funny. Being an American and brought up quite sheltered I'd never heard such language. I don't find the other characters she does as funny. I also seem to laugh at the show Fraiser it was so cleverly written.

I saw Billy Connolly live in the seventies. I nearly died laughing. His humour was about what I recognised as my childhood in Glasgow. I forgave the swearing. I saw the Full Monty for the first time in the cinema. Very funny

I agree with all who mentioned Victoria Wood, but would also add Billy Connelly. Yes, you have to filter out the bad language, but the observational humour is wonderful. Does anyone remember the priest coming for a visit?

I don't often find sit coms funny, but apart from some of the crudeness, I have laughed out loud at Still Game. Don't often find stand up funny. The Big Bang Theory makes me laugh sometimes. Simple situations can be funny.

Forgot Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield some of their characters are very funny.

The Armstrong and Miller clips were good....I've never seen them before.

Jenny Eclair is funny but rude.

And, dare I say it, people falling over in the street!

I think Paul Whitehouse is brilliant and to some extent Harry Enfield. I loved the fast Show and still watch Family Guy although it's very un PC.

Peter Kay makes me laugh these days. I used to like Les Dawson and also the two Ronnies. Do NOT like female comedians.

Our house used to ring with laughter, until my boys all went off to Uni and the big wide world. They used to tease each other, and me, something rotten. In a fun way not a bad way. I missed that. When they all come back to see us the laughter comes back too. My 4yr old grandson now has a gleam in his eye and makes us laugh so maybe one at least has passed his sense of humour on? Hope so.

I love the Liverpool humour, I am prejudiced of course, coming from there, although I live in Sweden now, but just "coming home" as soon as you get off the train, the humour starts, I really miss it its my kind of humour