Skuds’ Sister’s Brother

I am starting to get worried about my sense of humour. I now actually look forward to the ancient jokes on Soccer AM and this week was truly tickled by this:
The other day I was hungry and all I had in the house was 24 pots of yoghurt, so I ate them all.
How did […]

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Why is it that I saw a clip of Morecambe and Wise with Andre Previn this evening and had tears of laughter in my eyes? How many times must I have seen that sketch? I must have seen it half a dozen times this year alone but it still tickles me as much […]

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There is a story in this week’s Crawley Observer which I really can’t resist referring to. It starts off like this:
Christians may not be known for their sense of humour - but that could all be about to change if one Horley preacher gets his way.
Hello? I am not a Christian, but if I […]

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You cannot open a newspaper or magazine at the moment without coming across something about Mitchell & Webb, usually saying they are the future of British comedy and comparing them to Peter Cook & Dudley Moore.
I saw That Mitchell & Webb Look last night, and thought it was funny enough. Robert Webb has the ability […]

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Its always nice to see a face you recognise pop up on the TV. This evening I was flicking through the channels, settled on something relaxing to pass a bit of time while trying to knock up a Powerpoint presentation, and suddenly there was Danivon, large as life.
I would love to say that he […]

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We recently finished watching the box set of the first series of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
I loved it, but Jayne found it hard to watch, and she found it hard to watch for the exact same reason that I enjoyed it so much - the cringeworthiness of Larry David. His character in CYE has many of […]

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For the last few weeks we have been watching a couple of episodes of Seinfeld most days. On Friday we finally got to the end of the series 1,2 & 3 boxset, and now I’m starting to miss my daily dose of Seinfeld. Time to get series 4 I think. Something to look […]

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Chez Skuds the jury is still out on The IT Crowd. Its yet another case of having to readjust expectations or perspective I think. Despite the title and the publicity, The IT Crowd is not really about the IT industry any more than Black Books is about bookselling or Father Ted is about […]

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According to this story some scientists have created a formula for deciding whether a sitcom is funny. Here it is:

Using this formula, Only Fools And Horses scored highest with 696 points, while Orrible scored 6.5
To get to these results, apparently, the grandeur of the main character is multiplied by their […]

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