Any new comedies you can recommend?

[bif]

I've been watching a lot of dark stuff lately. Plus what's going on in this country is so depressing, I need a good laugh.

[cbabe]

1. The Detectorists

Not new but one of the best. Whimsy rooted in the earth, driest wit, excellent acting.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221216-detectorists-why-a-metal-detecting-show-became-a-global-hit

Preview

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Detectorists: Why a metal-detecting show became a global hit
18 December 2022

Described as "almost Shakespearean" by the LA Times, the gentle UK comedy about metal detecting has wowed audiences worldwide.

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Why do they do it? "Metal detecting is the closest you'll get to time travel," Lance explains. "See, archaeologists, they gather up the facts, piece the jigsaw together, work out how we lived. We unearth the scattered memories, mine for stories, fill in the personality. Detectorists – we're time travellers." The show charts the pedantic pair's finds and their minor domestic dramas. It is defiantly low-stakes, cheerfully bucking every TV trend. In a world of expansive, expensive epics, it's a priceless miniature. It's not about questions of life and death or the fate of humanity. There are few problems that can’t be solved over a pint in the Two Brewers or a cup of tea during a break in the corner of the field. ("Tea without sugar is just vegetable soup," insists Lance). What's at stake is whether Lance's daughter will ding his treasured yellow Triumph TR7 if he allows her to drive it, or whether Andy's wife Becky will be annoyed when she discovers he's packed in the job he hates. Or Andy and Lance's friendship, which is what the show is really about.

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[FalloutShelter]

3. Loved this.

[bif]

4. One of my favorite shows of all time.

I rewatch it every couple months.

[bif]

6. Looking for new comedies.

And I pretty much can't stand musicals.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Nothing is funny.

Haven’t seen a genuinely funny movie in a long time. Frackham Hall has a few laughs, Pythonesque but def not Python.

[Xavier Breath]

7. The 2025 Naked Gun reboot movie was pretty good.

I had my doubts about Liam Neeson in a comedy, but like Leslie Nielsen before him, he plays it 100% straight, which makes the situations all the funnier. There are plenty of puns and gags, and while not all of them land, many of them do, especially an inspired sequence about a homicidal snowman It isn't quite as good as the original film, but it's better than the first and second sequels to be sure.

[bif]

8. I really enjoyed it!