Who are your comedy influences? Page 2

Woody Allen
Spike
The Pythons
Snakes generally

Quote: Gavin @ December 16, 2007, 12:49 AM

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Many comedy writers over the years have been inspired by The Fresh Prince.

He's a top bloke Will Smith

Black Adder
Fawlty Towers/Monty Python's FC
Seinfeld
Marx Brothers
Laurel and Hardy
Reeves and Mortimer
Woody Allen
Beyond the Fringe
I'm Alan Partridge
Fast Show

Quote: Seefacts @ December 15 2007, 3:09 PM BST

John Swartzwelder

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Great pick, Seefacts. He'd be one of my influences to, along with....

Richard Curtis & Ben Elton (Blackadder)
Pegg & Wright / Pegg & Hynes
Graham Linehan
Woody Allen
Steven Moffatt
Ronnie Barker
Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais

Spike Milligan
Dad's Army
Clement & LaFrenais
Ronnie Barker
Andy Kaufman
Graham Linehan
Ealing Studios
Cook & Moore
Joss Whedon
Kevin Smith
Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker

Let's try and keep it short

Garry Shandling
Morris/Iannucci/Coogan/Baynham/Matthews&Linehan(not individually)/Lee/Herring
Langham
Whitehouse
Woody & Dave Allen
Flann O'Brien
Rowan Atkinson
Daniel Kitson
Kevin McAleer
Larry David
Sean Lock

There's other people I like a lot, but never try to be like.

Spike Milligan
Ronnie Barker
Stephen Fry
Chris Morris
Armando Iannucci
The Pythons
Mitchell and Webb
Perry and Croft
Hamilton and Jenkin
Paul Merton
Ross Noble
Nick Park
Victoria Pile
Jon Stewart
Stephen Colbert
Bill Hicks
Douglas Adams
Mark Steel
Matt Groening

PG Wodehouse.
Flann O'Brien.
Clement & LaFrenais.
Roddy Doyle.
Galton & Simpson.

For me its (in no order)

- Larry David
- Seth McFarlene (family guy)
- Steve Coogan
- James L Brooks
- Trey Parker
- Noel Fielding
- Julian Barret

Gordon Brown

Quote: Marc P @ April 8 2009, 9:47 AM BST

Gordon Brown

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You're not taking this seriously!!

It's comedy influences...oh hang on...sorry.