# What shows have actually made you laugh out loud? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387 "2005-04-02T09:28:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/41 "2005-04-03T03:52:24Z")
A lot of the ones mentioned already, especially **MST3K**. I also have to admit that I fell out of my chair laughing at the first few episodes of **My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance**.\* \*I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/42 "2005-04-03T04:18:20Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I also have to admit that I fell out of my chair laughing at the first few episodes of **My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance**. I forgot about MBFOF. That show made me laugh. As did the never-finished spinoff **My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss**. And I’m not ashamed either. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/43 "2005-04-03T04:51:35Z")
Thanks everyone! There are a lot of great shows that simply slipped my mind…And thanks to **Pokey** for reminding me of my ALL time favorite show, _Kids In The Hall_ . (Gah! How could I have forgotten that one??) Plus, _The Office_ (BBC), _Fawlty Towers_ , _Conan O’Brien_ ,_Will and Grace_…And some that I haven’t seen that I will have to check out! Since I’ve been pregnant I’ve been a weepy, pathetic mess (ahh hormones) - so I think I need to watch more funny shows. Laughing really is good medicine! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/44 "2005-04-03T05:00:19Z")
I want to second **Ally McBeal** since it’s only been mentioned once. I’ll add **Fawlty Towers** and **Three’s Company** which I don’t think were in previous posts. Also, the aforementioned: **Futurama The Simpsons Family Guy Frasier Scrubs Monty Python SNL Dave Chapelle** And, as I discovered last night, **Benny Hill**. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/45 "2005-04-03T16:45:26Z")
Some of these were mentioned earlier, which I’ll add my votes to: **British:** Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Fawlty Towers Absolutely Fabulous Coupling (which I’m watching as I type) **American:** Frasier - particularly the first couple of seasons - season 2 had the episode where the Crane brothers decide to open a French restaurant that was screamingly farcical Buffy Northern Exposure Mary Tyler Moore - some episodes - think Chuckles the Clown “shelled” by an elephant Mad About You - the thanksgiving episode with all the turkeys The Daily Show **Canadian:** This Hour Has 22 Minutes Made in Canada - I wish it would come out on DVD Rick Mercer’s Monday Night Report Talking to Americans and lest anyone think I don’t find anyone funny but Rick Mercer - Corner Gas ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/46 "2005-04-03T17:02:52Z")
Hmmm…one that hasn’t been mentioned yet but (to me) was incredibly funny, including one of the single funniest episodes of anything I’ve ever watched, is **News Radio**. Oh, the episode was the _Super Karate Monkey Death Car_ or whatever it was called. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/47 "2005-04-03T17:25:46Z")
**[On The Air](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103505/)**. > [@](#): > > Blinky Watts is not blind. He suffers from Bozeman’s Simplex. He actually sees 25.62 times as much as we do. If you were to see what Blinky is seeing right now, it would look something like _this_. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/48 "2005-04-03T17:40:21Z")
Oh good, I really fit in here! 🙂 Kids in the Hall The Young Ones Monty Python Futurama Newsradio Third Rock from the Sun The Office (BBC) And…Trailer Park Boys! Is that on DVD yet? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/49 "2005-04-03T17:46:21Z")
Family Guy Sealab 2021 MXC America’s Funniest Videos The 700 Club ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/50 "2005-04-03T17:54:26Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Oh good, I really fit in here! 🙂 > > And…Trailer Park Boys! > > Is that on DVD yet? Yes [it](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/tg/series/-/89404/ref=amb_center-2_194593_20/702-6001865-5337629) is. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/51 "2005-04-03T19:24:42Z")
Definitely **Strangers With Candy**. That show was pure genius. I used to watch it every day because my (ex) boyfriend had all the boxed sets. Almost makes me want him back! Also: **Freaks and Geeks**. Bill was the man! “You like to pat boys’ butts, you butt-patter!” And anything on Adult Swim, including but not limited to: **Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab, Home Movies,** and **Family Guy**. **King of Queens** regularly has me laughing also. I think it’s the funniest sitcom on the air right now. **Friends** also never fails to crack me up. I think its one of the _very_ few shows that is consistantly funny. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/52 "2005-04-03T19:36:46Z")
Corner Gas Being Saskatchewan for all my life, I never realized how funny we are ---
**Author:** ![stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stately_plump_buck_mulligan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/53 "2005-04-03T19:39:04Z")
I’m not a big “laughing out loud” person when it comes to television shows, movies and the like, but the following have elicited a hearty giggle from my stoic lips on more than one occasion: Kids in the Hall Space Ghost Aqua Teen Hunger Force Twin Peaks Chobits (really. I’m that juvenile) ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/54 "2005-04-04T08:51:51Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > **Coupling (UK) > The Simpsons (earlier) > Futurama > Family Guy** Ijust have to second **Coupling**. Geniously hilarious, I say. The first show that I recall to have me LOL alone whas **Who’s the Boss**. ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/55 "2005-04-04T14:07:18Z")
The Tick Duckman (But the time travel episode had me crying real tears) Arrested Development Strangers With Candy Pete and Pete ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/56 "2005-04-04T14:26:41Z")
No one has mentioned **Mr. Bean** or **Blackadder** yet? Rowan Atkinson makes me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Broken\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Wind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/57 "2005-04-04T15:23:22Z")
My top three are: **Family Guy Frasier Futurama** Wow, they all start with ‘F’. _Hmmm…_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387.md?page=2)