Oh peep show of course what a show
Ones that may not have been picked up yet:
Brooklyn 99 - Hilarious
The Office (US) - Cringe but hilarious
Melissa and Joey - Didn't think I'd like it but a good watch
I find a lot of old British sitcoms haven't aged well. I don't find Blackadder, OFAH, or the Young ones funny anymore.
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 55 seconds ago
I find a lot of old British sitcoms haven't aged well. I don't find Blackadder, OFAH, or the Young ones funny anymore.
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I was just going to make the same point about The Young Ones. That I used to find it funny but it hasn't aged well.
Is Friends a sit-com?
I mean is is meant to be funny?
I have never watched an entire episode but seen lots of bits of it.
Just seems like yankee twaddle to me
A few that I used to watch that hasn't been mentioned yet:
Home Improvement
Boy meets world
Harry and the Hendersons
Mork and Mindy
Dinosaurs
Young Ones and Bottom are still hilarious to me.
Rick Mayall was a comedy actor genius
Bottom is still funny, at least the first 2 seasons are. The Young Ones not so much. I don't really find Ben Elton or Alexei Sayle that funny.
I thought The Vicar of Dibley was funny, I still watch it if I stumble upon it.
The uk office is the best
Then Partridge
comment by Pidier Pogba (U11414)
posted 1 minute ago
The uk office is the best
Then Partridge
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Thought you’d go for bread....
Veep is good, not as good as the thick of it but it's funny.
I don't really find Ben Elton or Alexei Sayle that funny.
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Both Anti-Thatcher which alienated them at the time from the mainstream UK zeitgeist. (Not in our house though). Elton's standup was as good as anybody's at the time as was Sayle's which was much more anarchic and dark in a Spike Milligan kind of way.
Ironically both became smarmy 'London Elite' establishment multi-millionaires and brazen Champagne Socialists
comment by RB&W "PPE for NHS heroes" (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
I don't really find Ben Elton or Alexei Sayle that funny.
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Both Anti-Thatcher which alienated them at the time from the mainstream UK zeitgeist. (Not in our house though). Elton's standup was as good as anybody's at the time as was Sayle's which was much more anarchic and dark in a Spike Milligan kind of way.
Ironically both became smarmy 'London Elite' establishment multi-millionaires and brazen Champagne Socialists
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I get that they were supposed to be funny back then and are seen as selling out now, but I always felt like skipping it when the Alexei Sayle stand up section came up.
The thick of it is a great shout...
Married with Children
Al Bundy is one of the funniest characters you'll ever see.
Not going out was very oldschool.
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 44 minutes ago
Oh peep show of course what a show
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The one where he has to eat the dog he ran over
Have to agree with the shouts for Peep Show as the greatest. Manages to be very clever and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time, which is quite rare. For example, I really admire Master of None as an innovative, thought-provoking comedy, but it's not something that makes you laugh repeatedly, which Peep Show still manages on the seventh repeat viewing.
Some others:
Father Ted (a formative experience for me and I have encyclopaedic recollection of the minor characters)
Mighty Boosh
The Thick of It (maybe the greatest political satire ever made)
Frasier (wittiest writing I can think of in an American sitcom)
Pulling - it never made a big splash, but I thought it was painfully brilliant
Outnumbered - a very traditional family sitcom but incredibly well done
Can we count The Simpsons? If so, that has to make the list.
Not in the league of the above, but always happy to rewatch an old Friends (annoying characters; good writing) and the Inbetweeners made me laugh a lot (all too realistic).
Apart from Captain Holt & Boyle who kill every scene, B99 is a collection of some of the most monotonous and boring (or in Jake's case annoying af) characters ever grouped together on a show. It's as bad as Friends and Big Bang Theory.
comment by MKspur ツ (U9129)
posted 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 2 minutes ago
Can’t stand Big Bang- so overated and unfunny, filled with really annoying characters
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Yea most people I know think the same but I just like.
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Big Bang theory was good for the first 4/5 seasons, when most of the characters started getting married it just went downhill. Also it was the same time Kaley Cuoco was at her peak in terms of looks.
Partridge, all of them
The Office
League of Gentlemen
Nighty night
Operation Good Guys
Royle family
Curb your enthusiasm
Bottom
Saxondale
The Day Today
Missed a couple
Still Game
The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin (original with Leonard Rossiter, not the remake with that gooon clunes)
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posted on 30/4/20
Oh peep show of course what a show
posted on 30/4/20
Ones that may not have been picked up yet:
Brooklyn 99 - Hilarious
The Office (US) - Cringe but hilarious
Melissa and Joey - Didn't think I'd like it but a good watch
posted on 30/4/20
I find a lot of old British sitcoms haven't aged well. I don't find Blackadder, OFAH, or the Young ones funny anymore.
posted on 30/4/20
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 55 seconds ago
I find a lot of old British sitcoms haven't aged well. I don't find Blackadder, OFAH, or the Young ones funny anymore.
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I was just going to make the same point about The Young Ones. That I used to find it funny but it hasn't aged well.
posted on 30/4/20
Is Friends a sit-com?
I mean is is meant to be funny?
I have never watched an entire episode but seen lots of bits of it.
Just seems like yankee twaddle to me
posted on 30/4/20
A few that I used to watch that hasn't been mentioned yet:
Home Improvement
Boy meets world
Harry and the Hendersons
Mork and Mindy
Dinosaurs
posted on 30/4/20
Coupling
posted on 30/4/20
Young Ones and Bottom are still hilarious to me.
Rick Mayall was a comedy actor genius
posted on 30/4/20
Bottom is still funny, at least the first 2 seasons are. The Young Ones not so much. I don't really find Ben Elton or Alexei Sayle that funny.
posted on 30/4/20
I thought The Vicar of Dibley was funny, I still watch it if I stumble upon it.
posted on 30/4/20
The uk office is the best
Then Partridge
posted on 30/4/20
comment by Pidier Pogba (U11414)
posted 1 minute ago
The uk office is the best
Then Partridge
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Thought you’d go for bread....
posted on 30/4/20
Veep is good, not as good as the thick of it but it's funny.
posted on 30/4/20
I don't really find Ben Elton or Alexei Sayle that funny.
++
Both Anti-Thatcher which alienated them at the time from the mainstream UK zeitgeist. (Not in our house though). Elton's standup was as good as anybody's at the time as was Sayle's which was much more anarchic and dark in a Spike Milligan kind of way.
Ironically both became smarmy 'London Elite' establishment multi-millionaires and brazen Champagne Socialists
posted on 30/4/20
comment by RB&W "PPE for NHS heroes" (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
I don't really find Ben Elton or Alexei Sayle that funny.
++
Both Anti-Thatcher which alienated them at the time from the mainstream UK zeitgeist. (Not in our house though). Elton's standup was as good as anybody's at the time as was Sayle's which was much more anarchic and dark in a Spike Milligan kind of way.
Ironically both became smarmy 'London Elite' establishment multi-millionaires and brazen Champagne Socialists
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I get that they were supposed to be funny back then and are seen as selling out now, but I always felt like skipping it when the Alexei Sayle stand up section came up.
posted on 30/4/20
The thick of it is a great shout...
posted on 30/4/20
Married with Children
Al Bundy is one of the funniest characters you'll ever see.
posted on 30/4/20
Not going out was very oldschool.
posted on 30/4/20
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 44 minutes ago
Oh peep show of course what a show
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The one where he has to eat the dog he ran over
posted on 30/4/20
Have to agree with the shouts for Peep Show as the greatest. Manages to be very clever and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time, which is quite rare. For example, I really admire Master of None as an innovative, thought-provoking comedy, but it's not something that makes you laugh repeatedly, which Peep Show still manages on the seventh repeat viewing.
Some others:
Father Ted (a formative experience for me and I have encyclopaedic recollection of the minor characters)
Mighty Boosh
The Thick of It (maybe the greatest political satire ever made)
Frasier (wittiest writing I can think of in an American sitcom)
Pulling - it never made a big splash, but I thought it was painfully brilliant
Outnumbered - a very traditional family sitcom but incredibly well done
Can we count The Simpsons? If so, that has to make the list.
Not in the league of the above, but always happy to rewatch an old Friends (annoying characters; good writing) and the Inbetweeners made me laugh a lot (all too realistic).
posted on 30/4/20
Apart from Captain Holt & Boyle who kill every scene, B99 is a collection of some of the most monotonous and boring (or in Jake's case annoying af) characters ever grouped together on a show. It's as bad as Friends and Big Bang Theory.
posted on 30/4/20
comment by MKspur ツ (U9129)
posted 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 2 minutes ago
Can’t stand Big Bang- so overated and unfunny, filled with really annoying characters
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Yea most people I know think the same but I just like.
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Big Bang theory was good for the first 4/5 seasons, when most of the characters started getting married it just went downhill. Also it was the same time Kaley Cuoco was at her peak in terms of looks.
posted on 30/4/20
Partridge, all of them
The Office
League of Gentlemen
Nighty night
Operation Good Guys
Royle family
Curb your enthusiasm
Bottom
Saxondale
The Day Today
posted on 30/4/20
Missed a couple
Still Game
The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin (original with Leonard Rossiter, not the remake with that gooon clunes)
posted on 30/4/20
Operation Good Guys
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