Stopwatch wrote:[...]
And I can't think of any others (well, unless you'd count radio things like Just A Minute, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and The News Quiz (which is a bit like HIGNFY and hosted by Sandi Toksvig)), sorry. I'm sure there must be some good panel shows out there that aren't British though. Probably :x.
Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna listen to comedy on the radio, works better on television I think. Besides I listen to too many podcasts of radio shows from both Germany's local stations and the BBC as it is.
Jd- wrote:
I like QI a lot, though it always depends on the guests. I like Stephen Fry much, but it's always best when someone like Jimmy Carr is also on. [...]
Which guests there are is important to most panel shows, but QI is the only one I really enjoy no matter who's on. I think that may be because it deals with different topics every episode most of which are actually interesting.
Jd- wrote:[...] As for non-British panel shows, America doesn't really do them in that format very often. However, Real Time with Bill Maher is a political panel show that airs weekly and has a similar sort of format covering the various political ails of the week.
I do watch Real Time, but I don't really consider it a panel show comparable to QI or HIGNFY. It's more of a political talk show that happens to have comedic elements to it. The guests tend to be political commentators and not so often comedians. It also lacks the one thing that most Britsh panel shows have in common: Points are awarded for correct answers which the panelists don't really care about.
But it is definitely worth watching.
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