are these the 50 greatest comedy sketches of all time?

fs why do people still think parrot sketch is particularly funny?

Handles for forks.

Now, how did I know what the number 1 would be?

#15 is the best thing Chevy Chase ever did, btw

(some of these are obv NSFW)

I have a lot of affection for Abbott & Costello -- esp Meet Frankenstein and their TV show -- but "Who's on First" at #2? Does anyone laugh at it the second time they hear it?

The Susquehanna Hat Company one is possibly funnier anyway

My work is blocking this...what was number one?

It is an ex-parrot.

My #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVc-mrTVcw

i guess Del Boy falling through the bar doesn't count as a sketch.

How can you hate "Who's On First?"

I love the 500 words explaining what happens in the Parrot Sketch in case you live under a rock or can't click a YouTube.

Cheese Shop > Parrot Sketch

Yes.

This list is so awful that I'm not even going to argue about it.

Argument Clinic > Cheese Shop > Parrot

piranhas > argument clinic > parrot > cheese shop

Piranhas not really a sketch in the same way as:

Argument Clinic > Cheese Shop > Parrot

... that is the correct order too

blocked.

What's the top ten then ?

head crusher the highest rated KITH sketch? srsly?

(tho i guess that particular one is the best of them all)

i find the SNL jeopardy parodies endlessly lulzome

They really have a hard on for Monty Python don't they. Fast Show's Ted and Ralph drinking game and Morecambe and Wise conducting the LSO with Andre Previn are the big omissions for me.

...and pretty much any Mr Cholmondley-Warner sketch too.

head crusher the highest rated KITH sketch? srsly?

(tho i guess that particular one is the best of them all)

-- impudent harlot, Friday, April 11, 2008 10:07 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^ was just about to say this.

can't view the list at work, but if previn didn't make top 50 then it's worthless

Does anyone know how to divert the code that doesn't allow you to watch those SNL videos if you're not in America? I tried to watch them via an anonymizer website, but it still didn't work.

US TV Proxy

"Down until 4/19/08 due to bandwidth limitations!"

But thanks anyway.

that SNL 'lol Gerald Ford him dead' one is pretty good. And I'm not entirely sure if Dom was being serious but the Adam and Joe 'People Place' sketch was lulz too.

Too much concentrated SNL and Python in the top 20, not allowing for better, less played-out stuff like "Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?"

I'd have put Wycked Scepter higher, too. "You are so naked!"

If you clicked on the link, then the terrorists have won.

morbs, come on, "who's on first" is sublime. the longer it goes on the funnier it gets.

And I'm not entirely sure if Dom was being serious but the Adam and Joe 'People Place' sketch was lulz too.

-- Upt0eleven, Friday, 11 April 2008 16:15 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

Of course I'm being serious. The service station one in particular is fucking amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_CXzmkZuwg&feature=related

the "doors fan" sketch was the best KITH moment.

i'd almost agree then i remember like 500 other amazing sketches. still my favorite show ever.

http://nerdnirvana.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/kidsinthehallgirldrinkdrunk.jpg

+ daddy drank
+ you're next! i want you in me!
+ buddy's softball game
+ the affair
+ everything else

MY PEN!

TUESDAY IS NO GOOD FOR THE ERADICATOR

http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/two/oldfriends.html

Rick james/ prince is better than racial draft; the two best things eddie murphy has done are not included: Mr. White & James Brown/Hot tub sketch...

wait wait -- is there srsly no fry and laurie in this list? demented.

4 Yorkshiremen ftw. Not least because it's still up-to-date.

James Brown/Hot tub sketch

YES

http://www.glumbert.com/media/jamesbrown

i know it goes without saying but
nothing will ever EVER top 'porcupine racetrack'

Americans just don't care about obscure (to us) UK shows

They put Smack the Pony and Catherine Tate in the list, and Laurie is famous in the US now, so you'd think they'd explore that. (I don't like any of the comics mentioned in this post, by the way, I'm just questioning whether your reasoning is sound.)

"Synchronized Swimming," Saturday Night Live, 1985

I would never have found this again if it weren't for this list! As a child of about 12, I found this sketch to be the funniest thing I had ever seen in life. I didn't know who Christopher Guest was back then! Never knew this was a revered sketch.