Why brittish sense of humor is popular?

Apparently we're just too damn funny for our own good! By all accounts out humour is a little drier, subtle and dare I say intelligent than some other forms! The problem is that it can be so subtle at times that other nations don't pick-up on it and as such just don't get it.

Saying that though, we are just like any other nation and have some awful levels and types of humour!

We Brits can be funny without swearing/cursing like our American offspring (no offence). You Yanks end up going too far with the swearing & the lewdness. As for the French... they take themselves too seriously.

We may have lost an empire but we know how to have a laugh. We gave the world Charlie Chaplin, Laurel (of Laurel and Hardy), Monty Python, the Goons, Basil Fawlty, Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Paul Merton, Lee Evans, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Omid Djalili, Jack Dee... to name but a few. In two words: "we rock."

I think the thing with British humour or the English sense of humour rather, is that makes it popular is the dry sense of humour that we have on this sceptered isle, and due to a Island culture we have the sort of humour which requires working out as our humour tends to be very private, also I believe that secret of all comedy is timing and delivery which for some reason we seem to be the best at doing.

There's alot of gallows or black humour that other nations find abit scary or 'shocking' and then there's irony, there aren't many americans that understand it well, apart from comedies like Frasier or Cheers. There isnt much that's sacred in english humour and I think alot probably wish they could laugh about certain things, humour's a great releaser.

I think that it depends on the region of UK you are from. There are genuinely funny people all over the place but there is definitely a big difference between American & British humour.

I watch a lot of comedy shows, and I am American. But, when I watch British comedians, I'm sorry, I apologize, I don't get it.

Now, Mexicans? That's some funny stuff!

It's not like American....it requires more brain cells and isn't filled with as much filth (or at least Monty Python isn't.) It's very dry...and wonderful!

its just like AMerican humor just people who do it have an english acsent some of it is funny some of it isn't like normal comedy

Years of living on a small island with lots of people and rain has made us drip with irony. We have to laugh or else we cry.

It's the accent. Like Stewy from Family Guy. He's just so damn hilarious!! For no reason!!