Do you find Mrs Brown's Boys funny..yes or no ??

WhatAMelon · 03-12-2015 03:12PM

I don't like him and don't like his blasted program. Lowest common denominator stuff. But my goodness, the guy has hit the goldmine.

simonw · 03-12-2015 03:12PM

When you hear it described, it sounds awful. But after watching a few episodes, I actually like it. It's completely self-aware that its only job is to entertain people, and it does that very well. Analysing it any more than that is probably missing the point.

bucketybuck wrote: »

Theres another thread about public transport in this country, and in it one poster has been bemoaning the fact that things are as they are because by and large people in this country are basically stupid. Because the average person is uninformed and don't want to be informed, ignorant and happy in their ignorance.

When you see the popularity of shows like this, well, its hard to argue the point.

It must be great to be one of the intellectual elite. How many years of higher education do you have to do to learn to dislike Mrs. Brown?

bucketybuck · 03-12-2015 03:18PM

simonw wrote: »

How many years of higher education do you have to do to learn to dislike Mrs. Brown?

About five minutes pre-school should do it really, but some people are harder to teach.

callaway92 · 03-12-2015 03:54PM

Amazingfun wrote: »

My mother and my aunt's reactions to this show is what I love, never seen such fits of laughter in my life, neither one of them can even breathe right when watchin it, they find it so hilarious. It's a mystery to me, but I love how happy it makes them

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Same here. I don't get it at all, but don't mind if it's on if my dad's over. Very few things make him laugh so much.

haha exact same

RayM · 03-12-2015 04:02PM

It's comedy for people who haven't been exposed to a lot of comedy. I don't think it's 100% awful (breaking the fourth wall is never bad, scripted or not), but most of the jokes will be very familiar to anyone who watches a lot of comedy. O'Carroll has a very broad range of (uncited) sources.

scdublin · 03-12-2015 04:03PM

It's so bad...always surprising to find out which of your friends like it! But I suppose the world would be boring if we all liked the same stuff.

I do remember watching comic relief or one of those shows in the last year or two though, and they had a Mrs Browns boys skit. The audience weren't laughing at all and you could tell they were cringing in most parts! Awful to watch.

Sierra 117 · 03-12-2015 04:17PM

I've laughed at some of the bits in the show but it seems to rely too heavily on swearing. Still, fair play to O'Carroll for making a success of it.

The Golden Miller · 03-12-2015 04:24PM

Yamanoto wrote: »

If so, it's a terribly pale imitation of it.

There's nowhere near the comedic talent of a Kenneth Williams, Sid James or Hattie Jacques on display anywhere in that show & the production values, direction & scripting fall a long short of what Carry On, Dick Emery or Frankie Howard produced more than 50 years ago.

If anything, the show has more in common with Gervais ѕḣіtсοⅿ parody 'When the Whistle Blows'.

Haha Mrs. Browns Boys really is the real life "When the Whistle Blows". Every criticism leveled at When the Whistle Blows in Extras is applicable to Mrs. Browns Boys. They are the same show in a different setting. It's truly tragic how anyone can find Mrs. Brown Boys funny

youreadthat · 03-12-2015 04:28PM

Between this, Citizen Khan, and that god awful Ben Elton sitcom The Wright Way, I wonder what decade it is.

fleet_admiral · 03-12-2015 04:30PM

Im going to give everyone in my house the shits so they cant watch it. I despise him and that creation with a passion

Ally Dick · 03-12-2015 04:33PM

It's NOT a comedy. It's a real life Finglas family drama

valoren · 03-12-2015 04:38PM

It's a classic marmite show. You either love it or despise it.

There are those who say that Fawlty Towers is the quintessential sitcom and it has sacred cow status yet whenever I watched it I found it completely overrated. It had it's moments but there is the whole "What is all the fuss about?" element to it for me.

Mrs Browns Boys does exactly what you expect. It's Panto for TV.

MPFGLB · 03-12-2015 04:39PM

what you need at Christmas is a good horror film on around midnight to frighten the bejasus out of you so you can't sleep and thus stay up and not burn the turkey

Other than that it should be wall to wall carols and Noel Edmonds embarrassing people left right and centre with dreadful Christmas surprises

Any sensible person will get drunk on 24th and not sober up until 1st(or maybe 31st) of January......whatever gets you through the modern bulls*** that passes for Christmas

Pac1Man · 03-12-2015 04:54PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Last good Royle Family was the "Queen of Sheeba" Christmas special and should have stopped there.

"What was her last words?"

"Trevor McDonald."

AllGunsBlazing · 03-12-2015 05:02PM

MPFGLB wrote: »

what you need at Christmas is a good horror film on around midnight to frighten the bejasus out of you

You can be pretty much guaranteed that some channel will show The Shining around xmas. I have no idea why though.

bodhrandude · 03-12-2015 05:19PM

Ah stop with the double threads, merge this with the Brendan O'Carroll thread.

Insect Overlord · 03-12-2015 06:48PM

youreadthat wrote: »

Between this, Citizen Khan, and that god awful Ben Elton sitcom The Wright Way, I wonder what decade it is.

I only came in here to mention that show. Citizen Khan is the only "comedy" I've ever seen that was worse than Mrs Brown's Boys. It's so awfully, painfully bad. Scary to think that MBBs is inspiring other rip-offs now!

RhubarbCrumble · 03-12-2015 07:48PM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

What's the alternative Willy wonka and the wizard of fcukin oz!!!

Now, now. It's all fun and games 'til the tin man falls in the chocolate river!:D

Anesthetize · 03-12-2015 07:52PM

Martypants1 wrote: »

Awful ****e.

Am I in the minority in thinking this is absolutely awful tv?

You can thank the stupidity of the average Irish person for the popularity of this show. Unfortunatly there's too many people out there with no concept of quality.

briany · 03-12-2015 07:57PM

Amazingfun wrote: »

My mother and my aunt's reactions to this show is what I love, never seen such fits of laughter in my life, neither one of them can even breathe right when watchin it, they find it so hilarious. It's a mystery to me, but I love how happy it makes them

It's no mystery why it's funny - it's pantomime broad strokes humour with a penchant for being outrageous. Why that is distasteful to so many people I don't know. I, too, like that it gives the older generation something to laugh at. People here act like they're being sat down and forced to watch the programme as well. Admittedly, the mental image of said people sitting, huffily, in a Christmas cracker hat while everyone around in the living room is in fits of laughter is a funny one in itself...

Instead of showing Mrs. Brown's Boys, we can force our 82 year old granny to watch episodes of 'Look Around You'.

"The reason why this is funny, granny, is because it is an astutely observed parody of British science education programmes. Why aren't you laughing at the Helvetica Scenario? That's the best bit."

(I like Look Around You, but I also understand the humour generation gap goes both ways...)

briany · 03-12-2015 07:59PM

Anesthetize wrote: »

You can thank the stupidity of the average Irish person for the popularity of this show. Unfortunatly there's too many people out there with no concept of quality.

If it keeps Al Porter from getting his own Christmas special, then I'm all for it.

Gaygooner · 03-12-2015 08:08PM

Al porter is the hepatitis of camp comedians

Custardpi · 03-12-2015 08:09PM

Anesthetize wrote: »

You can thank the stupidity of the average Irish person for the popularity of this show. Unfortunatly there's too many people out there with no concept of quality.

Somebody liking something you don't doesn't make them stupid, even if there's an objective standard for your preferred show/music/book/whatever being better. I enjoy listening to jazz & world music, many of my friends hate that stuff & prefer listening to cheesy chart pop music. Does that make them stupid or me their intellectual superior? I certainly don't think so & would regard such an attitude as incredibly arrogant.
By the way, there should be an "e" in the underlined word. Without wanting to be a "grammar nazi" perhaps you should address that sort of thing before presenting yourself as being smarter than other people.

Gaygooner · 03-12-2015 08:15PM

Fcuk me there is enough channels - let the oldies have Mrs Browne!

suicide_circus · 03-12-2015 09:45PM

briany wrote: »

It's no mystery why it's funny - it's pantomime broad strokes humour with a penchant for being outrageous. Why that is distasteful to so many people I don't know. I, too, like that it gives the older generation something to laugh at. People here act like they're being sat down and forced to watch the programme as well. Admittedly, the mental image of said people sitting, huffily, in a Christmas cracker hat while everyone around in the living room is in fits of laughter is a funny one in itself...

Instead of showing Mrs. Brown's Boys, we can force our 82 year old granny to watch episodes of 'Look Around You'.

"The reason why this is funny, granny, is because it is an astutely observed parody of British science education programmes. Why aren't you laughing at the Helvetica Scenario? That's the best bit."

(I like Look Around You, but I also understand the humour generation gap goes both ways...)

No one is stopping anyone from enjoying the show. People are simply commenting on TV phenomenon on a discussion forum. That alright with you, squire?
I think you're right about the pantomime aspect of it as I also detest pantos.
I simply don't find it funny....like, not even slightly funny. It actually reminds me of that BBC Northern Ireland sitcom "Give my Head Peace" which was also woeful.

briany · 03-12-2015 10:33PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

No one is stopping anyone from enjoying the show. People are simply commenting on TV phenomenon on a discussion forum. That alright with you, squire?
I think you're right about the pantomime aspect of it as I also detest pantos.
I simply don't find it funny....like, not even slightly funny. It actually reminds me of that BBC Northern Ireland sitcom "Give my Head Peace" which was also woeful.

If someone doesn't like something, that's totally fine, but those calling other people (whether others here or the general public) stupid for liking it is offside and overdone. That's when I take issue and is what I was commenting on. I suppose not liking something and another person merely agreeing (or disagreeing) is too short a conversation for some.

bucketybuck · 03-12-2015 11:38PM

briany wrote: »

If someone doesn't like something, that's totally fine, but those calling other people (whether others here or the general public) stupid for liking it is offside and overdone.

If I saw somebody sticking their head into a cowpat and rubbing the shit all over their face while giggling like a toddler I would happily assume that they were in fact, stupid. I assume you would not have a problem with that? I mean, rolling in shit is objectively not much fun at all and although people are allowed to enjoy whatever they want, still I would say that cowpat diving would be the action of a very stupid person.

Well, that show is the entertainment equivalent of a nasty wet cowpat. So although people can like what they want, I'm just going to go ahead and make a judgement about the intelligence of those who do so.

The Golden Miller · 03-12-2015 11:45PM

bucketybuck wrote: »

If I saw somebody sticking their head into a cowpat and rubbing the shit all over their face while giggling like a toddler I would happily assume that they were in fact, stupid. I assume you would not have a problem with that? I mean, rolling in shit is objectively not much fun at all and although people are allowed to enjoy whatever they want, still I would say that cowpat diving would be the action of a very stupid person.

Well, that show is the entertainment equivalent of a nasty wet cowpat. So although people can like what they want, I'm just going to go ahead and make a judgement about the intelligence of those who do so.

I'd also make a similar judgement towards people who find Lee Evans funny. He and Mrs. Brown Boys truly are the cesspit of comedy

Azalea · 04-12-2015 12:17AM

Anesthetize wrote: »

You can thank the stupidity of the average Irish person for the popularity of this show.

It's actually due to British audiences that it's so successful.

briany wrote: »

It's no mystery why it's funny - it's pantomime broad strokes humour with a penchant for being outrageous.

Yeah, people saying "I don't get why it's so popular" - it makes total sense as to why it's so popular. And it's mostly popular among older people - there are a lot of them!

I think it's dreadful but I don't have to watch it and can avoid it easily, and I find the "Irish people are stupid" thing from Irish people... to be pretty stupid itself.

I like that it brings older people a bit of joy too. I can just imagine my dad being glued to it over Christmas and his sides absolutely splitting, and my mother, who tries to be kinda with it (and has some great taste in fairness) pretending not to find it funny but being absolutely buckled when she thinks we're not looking at her.

RayM · 04-12-2015 12:20AM

briany wrote: »

If it keeps Al Porter from getting his own Christmas special, then I'm all for it.

If I thought crashing a double-decker bus into RTE would keep Al Porter from getting his own Christmas special, you'll find me at Donnybrook Garage attempting to steal a 46A.

Do you find Mrs Brown's Boys funny..yes or no ??

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