"gareth" wrote in news:m2dss1$c5d$1@dont-
email.me:

The reason that Yank comedy shows are not entertaining is that you are
briefed that a punch line is coming up several seconds before its arrival,
in order
to give you time to think, whereas in Britland we are quick-witted and do
not
need to be groomed in that way.


You've never watched House, have you. And if you have, before you say that
House is acted by a Brit, consider that if anything, Wilson has a quicker wit
than House, and Chase gets some of the best lines in the show.

Another US show with rapier-sharp wit very gently and deftly disguised, is
Monk.