[Misc] The Best Sit-Coms

[Questions]

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

And when Steve walked in that day and didn’t think your mum was in but that there was a pile of washing on the sofa.....


Maybe you had to be there.

“What ? That was your mum veg “

 

[Sussexscots]

Has anyone said Mrs Browns Boys?

I thought I'd strayed into the favourite horror film thread there��

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Liver Birds
Porridge
On the Buses
Only Fools & Horses
Dad’s Army

 

[Weststander]

On the buses
Benidorm
Only Fools
Auf Weidersein pet

Loved the last two. Auf was more than just a comedy to me, a story of its time.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

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


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

Goes Forth

Capt Darling searching Blackadder and replying 'I'm just doing my job Blackadder'

Blackadder replies'how fortunate you are that your job is also your hobby

Brilliant series,another that I have on DVD

 

[GT49er]

Liver Birds
Porridge
On the Buses
Only Fools & Horses
Dad’s Army

Liver Birds, yes - but only because of youthful fantasies of Nerys Hughes at the time!

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

This is like a music thread because others have mentioned ones I didn’t instantly think of - Royal Family and Blackadder being prime examples. Caroline Ahern was a really talented comic writer and actress - very sad loss. Oldies like me would also remember Hancock’s Half Hour

 

[Tom Bombadil]

A lot already mentioned but i'd recommend

What We Do in the Shadows
Parks and Recreation (but best to skip season one)
The Good Place
Arrested development (but not the revival made by netflix)

 

[vegster]

Loved the last two. Auf was more than just a comedy to me, a story of its time.

I remember the scene at the supermarket in Germany with Neville trying to divide up the tasks of who should buy what from the shopping list.... " Look, me an' Bomber will get the beer and the bog rolls, you's can fight over the rest " !

 

[Weststander]

I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but I liked Dinner Ladies, only because Victoria Wood was genius.

 

[Questions]

I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but I liked Dinner Ladies, only because Victoria Wood was genius.

I’m still to see that

 

[Music City Gull]

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!

Agreed. It probably went two seasons too long and had a little trouble re-finding itself once Niles and Daphnie got married.

I was listening to a podcast with Miles Jupp talking about why it’s the best sitcom ever made, which gave me an all new appreciation to what I already loved. He mentioned what was so unique about it and allowed the audience to love Frasier and Niles (who they’d probably hate in real life) was that the audience was on the show represented as Martin. Him loving his two sons allowed them to be very unique character’s that an audience usually doesn’t connect with.

I also read they cast Niles to look like a young Frasier, which is kind of eerie when you see Frasier first on Cheers.

 

[Music City Gull]

A lot already mentioned but i'd recommend

What We Do in the Shadows
Parks and Recreation (but best to skip season one)
The Good Place
Arrested development (but not the revival made by netflix)

Great call on Arrested Development. Didn’t know it when it was on network tv but watched it when Netflix gave it an extra season. Unique, excellent show!

 

[dazzer6666]

Would be interested to understand what defines a ‘sitcom’ in this context.......I hadn’t included, for example, Blackadder or Auf Wiedersehn Pet when thinking about it.....both of which were brilliant.

 

[studio150]

The Phil Silvers Show (aka Bilko))
MASH
Dad's Army
Only Fools and Horses
Yes Minister/Prime Minister

 

[Stat Brother]

Smart and funny




All the good ones already mentioned, Father, Phoenix et al.

 

[vegster]

Would be interested to understand what defines a ‘sitcom’ in this context.......I hadn’t included, for example, Blackadder or Auf Wiedersehn Pet when thinking about it.....both of which were brilliant.

Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum are accepted as Sit-coms, so surely Blackadder Goes Forth should be too, all set in wartime "situations " after all ? however, Dad's Army and It Ain't half Hot Mum never had the political undertones that Blackadder Goes Forth had. Maybe that's it, a comedy without a socio-political point versus a comedy that is non political without an axe to grind is the difference.

 

[crodonilson]

Birds of a Feather
Early Doors
Desmonds
2.4 Children

 

[Razzoo]

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

Hold on League of Gentlemen anyone.

Phoenix Nights was great.

 

[dennis]

Only Fools and Dad’s Army like a lot of people

Three that I watch when they’re on

Dinner Ladies
Man About The House
Ever Decreasing Circles