Aye, tried the British version of The Office and found it horrid. Again, as with all other art it's obviously an opinion. Watched Black Adder along with Faulty (Fawlty...? sp?) Towers and a few regular run episodes of Monty Python. Moviewise, gave Hot Fuzz a shot and had to shut it off after forty five minutes of null-laughter.
There aren't many newer movies in general that make me laugh, come to think of it. I was told to watch Pineapple Express and I sat through the entire horrible affair and I think I smiled once (guy gets stabbed with a fork). It was absolute crap! I didn't find Super Troopers funny (I know I know...cardinal sin) or many other 'newer' comedies. I refuse to watch SuperBad because I'm guessing it's yet another di*k and fart joke movie about teens trying to bed someone down. Scary Movie and the American Pie jazz just has nothing for me. The stuff simply isn't funny. The jokes are predictable and have done a zillion times.
I guess I'm getting old or something. I still find lots of things funny, but just very few movies. I like subtle humor lately, like the U.S. version of the Office. Seinfeld was good back in the day, and I loved Frasier.
Anywhoo, didn't mean to get sidetracked there.
Reading a book by Jim Norton (I Hate Your Guts) and he's hilarious. Lewis Black is good also, along with Dennis Miller. But again, that's all either standup or written material.