I loved 'Drop the Dead Donkey' (UK), and Red Skelton was my favourite tv comic when I was a kid. I'd love to see some of his old shows again. Remember Clem Kadiddlehopper?

I have never liked Lucille Ball, although I saw a documentary about her recently and I recognised that a lot of what she did was slapstick. Never did like Jerry Lewis, or Bob Hope.

Always loved the Marx Brothers.

Always loved Monty Python, but now I see how sexist and even woman-hating most of their sketches were. I don't really care for the Goons so much, although I relate to the surrealism of it all.

Most of the really funny stuff I like now is Canadian. They seem to share a similar sense of the weird, whacky & ridiculous of the Brits and the Aussies. I love The Red Green Show.

Used to watch Laugh In when I was a kid. There were lots of Australian comedy shows a bit later than that which were funny. All of Garry MacDonald's stuff including his Norman Gunston character. The Aunty Jack Show, even the Mavis Bramston Show. (Don't worry if you've never heard of these because I doubt whether they ever left Oz.) Then there was, more recently, Fast Forward and Full Frontal. Magda Szubanski is brilliantly funny. (Think of her in the movie Babe!) Her Dogwoman movies are excellent.

Lately my favourite comedies have been the movies directed by either the Coen brothers, or Kevin Smith. Irreverent and whacky/weird.

Helen