[Misc] The Best Sit-Coms

[dazzer6666]

Birds of a Feather
Early Doors
Desmonds
2.4 Children

Classic Crodo, well played [emoji23]

 

[dazzer6666]

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.

Only Blackadder Goes Forth, or all of it ? Can’t take a single series.....

 

[dennis]

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 " !

Great episode but the supermarket was over here
It was in the second series when they were working on the Manor House but had been chucked out the B and B

Which subsequently led to them watching the porno videos and they found the landlord had one of the parties

 

[schmunk]

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!

3rded - this is my favourite show ever.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is another good Netflix sitcom, but perhaps a bit too whimsical for most on here.

 

[Weststander]

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

Loved Bilko .... I was watching it 20 years after it was made, but still brilliant.

Another one we loved as a family was Hogan’s Heroes.


Just one, now irritating, aspect to those old sitcoms when watching now can be domineering canned laughter.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

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

Forgot YM/YPM as well - brilliant three central characters and shone a light on civil service/parliamentary matters which both amused and alarmed!!

 

[vegster]

Great episode but the supermarket was over here
It was in the second series when they were working on the Manor House but had been chucked out the B and B

Which subsequently led to them watching the porno videos and they found the landlord had one of the parties

You have a great memory, I got my series mixed up !

 

[vegster]

Only Blackadder Goes Forth, or all of it ? Can’t take a single series.....

Difficult to accurately theorise but, the first three series of Blackadder lacked a political/social commentary thread I thought ?

 

[Let's Have A Winner!]

Is I'm Alan Partridge a sitcom? If so, that!

 

[Questions]

Loved Bilko .... I was watching it 20 years after it was made, but still brilliant.

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I have all episodes on dvd apparently. When I do get to put a disc on I have to watch 3 or 4

 

[dazzer6666]

Difficult to accurately theorise but, the first three series of Blackadder lacked a political/social commentary thread I thought ?

Not sure. Was crapping out of the window an indictment on the social infrastructure of the time ?

 

[Weststander]

I have all episodes on dvd apparently. When I do get to put a disc on I have to watch 3 or 4

Funnily, I genuinely associate Phil Silvers with the genius of the Marx Brothers (having always noticed your avatar). To a lesser extent, but also Abbott and Costello.

Probably because I grew up in the 70’s watching all their repeats, with a Dad who loved old US stuff.

 

[albionfan37]

Only fools
Steptoe
Porridge
The good life
Friends
Big Bang
Young sheldon
The good place
Schitts creek

 

[Norman Potting]

Cheers for me (sadly not streamed anywhere unless anyone knows differently) , also Father Ted.

 

[boik]

Birds of a Feather
Early Doors
Desmonds
2.4 Children

You forgot Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.

 

[Questions]

Funnily, I genuinely associate Phil Silvers with the genius of the Marx Brothers (having always noticed your avatar). To a lesser extent, but also Abbott and Costello.

Probably because I grew up in the 70’s watching all their repeats, with a Dad who loved old US stuff.

The Marx Brothers are for me almost a passion. I think I can talk word for word through Duck Soup...... I like anyone who pricks the balloon of pomposity



My dad was a bit like Phil Silvers. Always had an angle

 

[dazzer6666]

Funnily, I genuinely associate Phil Silvers with the genius of the Marx Brothers (having always noticed your avatar). To a lesser extent, but also Abbott and Costello.

Probably because I grew up in the 70’s watching all their repeats, with a Dad who loved old US stuff.

Agreed

 

[Weststander]

The Marx Brothers are for me almost a passion. I think I can talk word for word through Duck Soup...... I like anyone who pricks the balloon of pomposity



My dad was a bit like Phil Silvers. Always had an angle

Night At The Opera too, they remind of Christmas daytime TV in the 70’s. Classics.

 

[Questions]

Night At The Opera too, they remind of Christmas daytime TV in the 70’s. Classics.

They should never have been shown before 9 pm.

 

[Weststander]

They should never have been shown before 9 pm.

I haven’t seen them in a long time. I’ll have a look on Amazon Prime and Netflix, if not I’ll buy dvd/blu ray.