[Misc] The Best Sit-Coms

[NooBHA]

1. George & Mildred
2. Desmond's
3. Open All Hours
4. Absolutely Fabulous
5. Royle Family

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Has anyone said Mrs Browns Boys?

 

[Questions]

Father Ted springs to mind. Black Books was good also and Spaced

You can tell someone’s rough age by their picks

 

[GT49er]

Has anyone said Mrs Browns Boys?

No, this is a no dickheads thread.

 

[Questions]

I’d give Phoenix Knights a shout as well........... yeah and Father Ted.

Hold on League of Gentlemen anyone.

 

[darkwolf666]

I think Frasier is the best sit com ever made. Both it and Seinfeld are still rewatchable and great. Though not sitcoms the thing I laugh at the most now are probably various UK panel shows.

I loved Frasier, but I think towards the end it just became a bit too clever for itself, sort of like all the gags were in-jokes!

 

[Questions]

I got strongly recommended The I.T Crowd recently but just can’t get into it.

 

[vegster]

Steptoe and Son was almost Freudian in the interactions between the two leads, both were utterly dependent upon each other and both hated each other for it ! Brilliantly acted and magnificently scripted.

 

[NooBHA]

You can tell someone’s rough age by their picks

That's why I spread the timeline of my choices and added some a bit later. I call it. " The Botox of Sitcom Favourites"

 

[Weststander]

Yep..........got drawn into watching it by my mum......think she liked the ‘trapped free-spirit’ that was played by Wendy. I liked the two lads though........a very young Nick Lyndhurst and Adam Hall I think

I loved the juxtaposition of the laid back 70’s 19 year olds, versus the old school stiff Dad.

 

[Questions]

I loved Frasier, but I think towards the end it just became a bit too clever for itself, sort of like all the gags were in-jokes!

Mash and Taxi were pretty good but I generally only like a US. Comedy if it’s dark. They do that well.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Only Fools

Blow up dolls

Chandeliers

Absolute classics

From across the pond Friends & Frasier both superb

 

[Weststander]

Sadly none of the above for me - although Fawlty Towers was alright, if not quite essential viewing.

S'all about opinions, innit?

Music similarly. Things can get heated on NSC music appreciation threads, one man’s heaven is complete dirge to another.

 

[beorhthelm]

Only Fools, Blackadder, Men Behaving Badly, Big Bang. Green Wing, why isnt that repeated?

Monty Python brilliant at the time, but hasn't worn well.

not a sitcom. the compliation film stands up ok, there were a lot of sketches over 5-6 series.

 

[vegster]

I got strongly recommended The I.T Crowd recently but just can’t get into it.

Me too, Richard Ayoade is eminently watchable in nearly everything he does but the IT Crowd does not work for me..... I'd recommend another Ayoade show, Garth Merenghi's Dark Place or the recent Matt Berry vehicle, Toast of London.

 

[Questions]

Steptoe and Son was almost Freudian in the interactions between the two leads, both were utterly dependent upon each other and both hated each other for it ! Brilliantly acted and magnificently scripted.

It so used to remind me of you and your mum. Not in the dependency bit just the comments you used to have with each other. When she quizzed me about ‘this bird’ of his then............ Mrs veg ok ?

 

[swindonseagull]

On the buses
Benidorm
Only Fools
Auf Weidersein pet

 

[vegster]

It so used to remind me of you and your mum. Not in the dependency bit just the comments you used to have with each other. When she quizzed me about ‘this bird’ of his then............ Mrs veg ok ?

I'm in tears of laughter now here !!!! yes, Mrs Veg ok, she found my wine stash .

 

[GT49er]

Only Fools, Blackadder, Men Behaving Badly, Big Bang.


not a sitcom. the compliation film stands up ok, there were a lot of sketches over 5-6 series.

Fairy nuff - was going for comedy rather than sit-com - corrected my error earlier with respect to Not The Nine O'Clock News too.

 

[Sussexscots]

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. How Leonard Rossiter brought the futile ennui of a jaded middle aged middle manager to life was exceptional.

Dad's Army. Superbly cast and superbly observed. Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier were outstanding