I grew up with British shows thanks to PBS and Masterpiece Theatre, etc... My dad was a huge fan of Doctor Who, I used to watch 'Yes, Minister', 'Are You Being Served?' and I watched shows like Coupling through DVD imports when I was older.

I recall huge swaths of my friend in college were massive Monty Python fans and considered British humour above American humour, even though it was the 90's and Monty Python was from the 70's.