Now that I’m on the subject of British TV, I’ve recently gotten into watching “The Kumars at No. 42,” a wacky satire on chat shows set in the rec room of an East Indian family that live somewhere in British suburbia. The episode with Richard E. Grant (and Michael Parkinson) had me convulsed, but David didn’t really get what was so funny, and I couldn’t explain it.

Comedy is haaaard.