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Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoug
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:56 pm
by randyandy
As Only Fools and Horses is being repeated yet again on cable I'll stick with it.
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoughts?
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:25 pm
by hellochigs
are we not allowed to mention anything american????? curb your enthusiasm and south park
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoug
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:03 am
by Bob Singleton
randyandy wrote:
> As Only Fools and Horses is being repeated yet again on cable
> I'll stick with it.
>
Probably one of the most over-rated and banal "comedies" ever, and made even more cringe worthy by endless repeats. Maybe 4 episodes out of the 71* that were made are worth watching... the rest are just ponderous space-fillers repeating the same old gags over and over again!
Television for the brain dead.
* 64 episodes plus 7 Christmas specials
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoughts?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:35 am
by Deuce Bigolo
Whats amusing is that the best comedy comes amuses and leaves very quickly when its still fresh
Black books
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoughts?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:53 am
by Ace
Its a sad state of affairs when I watched a 1974 repeat of a Dads Army episode last night............put every comedy programme on terrestrial TV to shame
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoughts?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:13 am
by bristolian
Gavin and Stacey- James Corden and Ruth Jones write it and star in it. Brilliant script and great ensemble cast.
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoughts?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:25 am
by Steve R
Ace wrote:
> Its a sad state of affairs when I watched a 1974 repeat of a
> Dads Army episode last night............put every comedy
> programme on terrestrial TV to shame
Exactly - it just blows them off the screen (so to speak).
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoughts?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:08 am
by Mike_CFC
I'm in agreement with most people on here that British comedies just don't happen anymore for one reason or another,but i'd go for 'My Family' as well.'My Name Is Earl' would be my choice from across the pond.
I'm only in my 30's and i'm thankful for UKTV Gold showing classic comedies like Porridge,Steptoe and Son,Dad's Army and the brilliant Only Fools And Horses,In Sickness And In Health and One Foot In The Grave.
Who remembers ITV's offerings of Please Sir,The Fosters,Mind Your Language and On The Buses?
That's when comedy was comedy,and pisstaking was at it's best.I guess the 'establishment' that controls TV these days have no sense of humour !whistle!
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoug
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:04 am
by Bob Singleton
If the title of this thread hadn't been about the best comedy on TV "at this moment", I too would have nominated Black Books.
Re: best comedy on tele at moment...... your thoug
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:59 am
by Trumpton
British: Gavin & Stacey. Excellent cast and very well written.
American: Family Guy. I've got all the first 6 series on DVD.