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spungo Super Geek Posts: 212 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted January 28, 2002 10:19 Ok, forgive me if this has been done recently but I'm a tenderfoot here ... here's my list - (gee, guess who watched 'High Fidelity' at the weekend?) ... I hope this doesn't turn out to be a lesson in how start a flame war! 1. Father Ted 2. Fawlty Towers 3. Red Dwarf 4. Married with Children 5. Spaced 6. Bottom 7. Blackadder 8. The Young Ones 9. Friends 10. Black Books ok, I've done it now... I wonder what this list says about me, he worries... ------------------ ...ah, would you look at him there with his hairy hands! IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted January 28, 2002 18:10 The Simpsons, if you count cartoon sitcoms that is..........Z IP: Logged
Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1461 From: All the way from the land of Chocolate, Cheese and Cuckoo Clocks. Registered: Feb 2000	posted January 29, 2002 02:17 quote: Originally posted by spungo: [snip] 1. Father Ted - UK/IE 2. Fawlty Towers - UK 3. Red Dwarf - UK 4. Married with Children - US 5. Spaced - ??? 6. Bottom - UK 7. Blackadder - UK (which series, I preferred 'Goes Forth') 8. The Young Ones - UK 9. Friends - US (Can be very subtle, but sometimes grates) 10. Black Books - ??? Hmm 6 out of 10 are UK comedies, as are the top three, shows who makes the best, eh? How could you forget: Monty Python's Flying Circus The Goodies All right, not really sitcoms, but most probably some of the best comedy I have seen. Did the US get 'The New Statesman' at all? Three of a Kind? Does anyone else out there loath laugh tracks? Why can TV producers not see that intelligent people do not want to be told when to laugh. (All right, I know, the operative word is intelligent.) IP: Logged
Rednivek unregistered	posted January 29, 2002 03:38 All in the Family IP: Logged
Rednivek unregistered	posted January 29, 2002 03:40 Sanford and Son IP: Logged
quantumfluff Highlie Posts: 672 From: the ether Registered: Jun 2000	posted January 29, 2002 05:59 To me, the test for a favorite sitcom is if I can watch reruns of shows forever and still find them funny. I would add Get Smart Scrubs - (My vote for the best new show of 2001) The Vicar of Dibley (Is that the right title?) and two shows that only had a few episodes but were gems: Police Squad (the forerunner to the Naked Gun series) Action (an FX series about a movie producer) IP: Logged
Oldguy geek Alpha Geek Posts: 306 From: Blacksburg, Va., USA Registered: Nov 2000	posted January 29, 2002 06:22 Wearing my official oldguy hat I have to add "The Burns and Allen Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Some of you may have seen the latter, but few of you will have seen the former. IP: Logged
Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1461 From: All the way from the land of Chocolate, Cheese and Cuckoo Clocks. Registered: Feb 2000	posted January 29, 2002 08:02 quote: Originally posted by Rednivek: Sanford and Son That was a remake of a UK show, also called 'Sanford and Son', I think. IP: Logged
Swiss Mercenary BlabberMouth, the Next Generation. Posts: 1461 From: All the way from the land of Chocolate, Cheese and Cuckoo Clocks. Registered: Feb 2000	posted January 29, 2002 08:04 Actually my favorite shows are the Radio shows. 'Round the Horne' 'I'm sorry I'll say that Again!' (With John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Graeham Garde) 'The Goon Show' These are classics and if you can get hold of the tapes I suggest you listen to them. IP: Logged
Bregalad Super Geek Posts: 203 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Registered: Jan 2002	posted January 29, 2002 17:55 The Goon Show was fantastic, but a little before my time so I've only heard little snippets. Peter Sellers et al were very funny people. We should add "Are You Being Served?" and "To the Manor Born" to the list of great UK comedies that have sailed to the new world. For those that are interested, there is Blackadder DVD set available with the four series and all the specials including The Cavalier Years and the Blackadder reunion. IP: Logged
Rednivek unregistered	posted January 29, 2002 21:34 Sanford & Son was a remake of Steptoe and Son.... However, it was still one of the best. And Redd Foxx's real name was... yeah... IP: Logged
spungo Super Geek Posts: 212 From: Hell's toilet Registered: Jan 2002	posted January 30, 2002 02:32 Rednivek has a point... Sandford and Son was a remake of Steptoe and Son - both timeless - I used to watch Sandford and Son when I was a kid ... loved it (prefered it, I must say) - yes, probably should have been in the list - a shameless omission. ------------------ ...ah, would you look at him there with his hairy hands! IP: Logged
littlefish Geek Posts: 71 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: Nov 2001	posted January 30, 2002 03:11 Well, something I love but isn't too well known is Time Gentlemen pleas, which starts a new series tonight in the UK. I can't wait! (for those who care 10pm sky one) Can I also add that I feel like a true geek today because I am posting from a text-based browser for the first time - ooh soo fast!) IP: Logged
FatGnome Geek Posts: 72 From: Idaho Registered: Jan 2002	posted January 30, 2002 07:30 Well I don't know if it is a sitcom but it is a foreign comedy. The "Red Green Show" has to be one of my favorites. I mean it has one of the biggest geeks of all time in it. Don't forget in the list of great UK sitcoms "Waiting for God." I don't know but there is just something about horny and slightly delusional old people that I find funny. ------------------ What a complete and utter waste of time to read my Signature don't you think? IP: Logged
Oldguy geek Alpha Geek Posts: 306 From: Blacksburg, Va., USA Registered: Nov 2000	posted January 30, 2002 08:18 quote: Originally posted by FatGnome: Don't forget in the list of great UK sitcoms "Waiting for God." I don't know but there is just something about horny and slightly delusional old people that I find funny. I love that show. Nothing like a Victor Meldrew rant. I especially remember one with a running gag about a door-to-door salesman selling "bendy dinosaurs." IP: Logged
Demosthenes Assimilated Posts: 372 From: Boston, MA, USA Registered: Sep 2000	posted January 30, 2002 13:39 quote: Originally posted by FatGnome: The "Red Green Show" has to be one of my favorites. harold! harold r0x0rz, he reminds me of a slightly more-clueless version of lewis from rotn. [cue comic-book-guy voice: best. eighties-movie. ever.] i've been a big fan of 'will and grace' since it went on the air. [ducks flying vegetables] oh! and how could one ever forget 'freaks and geeks!' IP: Logged
plastic Super Geek Posts: 158 From: Land of Lincoln Registered: Apr 2001	posted January 31, 2002 00:48 1. all in the family 2. simpsons 3. a-team 4. family guy 5. knight rider 6. spongebob squarepants 7. digimon 8. mad about you 9. the drew carrey show 10. quantum leap ( i know some dont technecally count as sitcms, too bad :P ) ------------------ quote: The greatest pleasure in life, is doing what other people say you cannot do. IP: Logged
joliet_jane Super Geek Posts: 140 From: PA Registered: Jun 2001	posted January 31, 2002 08:37 We can't forget those sitcoms that were shit but will always have a special place in many people's hearts (um, for some sort of reason): Family Matters Full House Step By Step Hanging With Mr.Cooper Home Improvement The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire I should also mention "The Critic" as a hilarious show that should NEVER have been axed but was anyway... twice. IP: Logged
Evilbunny Highlie Posts: 614 From: A Calculus book near you... Registered: Nov 2001	posted January 31, 2002 18:02 How about ALL of the Monty Python movies!? IP: Logged
Evilbunny Highlie Posts: 614 From: A Calculus book near you... Registered: Nov 2001	posted January 31, 2002 18:04 Oh, whoops, you were talking about sitcoms... IP: Logged
ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth! Posts: 1117 From: Milton, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2001	posted February 01, 2002 15:29 quote: Originally posted by Evilbunny: Oh, whoops, you were talking about sitcoms... Did you not find comedy in their situations >;o) ........Z IP: Logged
trowelblister Super Geek Posts: 227 From: doylestown, pa, usa Registered: Sep 2001	posted February 04, 2002 15:57 only sitcom i watch with any regularity (or is it just obsession?) is the simpson's. the rest don't really interest me IP: Logged
Akira Super Geek Posts: 182 From: in transit Registered: Oct 2001	posted February 04, 2002 17:23 quote: Originally posted by Bregalad: The Goon Show was fantastic, but a little before my time so I've only heard little snippets. blah blah blah gnutella blah blah blah alt.binaries.multimedia.mp3.comedy blah blah blah ------------------ I am Dyslexic of Borg. Prepare to have your ass laminated. IP: Logged
octothorp Assimilated Posts: 361 From: calgary, alberta, canada Registered: Feb 2000	posted February 05, 2002 23:02 I'm not much of a TV guy... other than simpsons, most of the sitcoms I watch are collected on tape. 1. Wooster and Jeeves 2. Simpsons 3. Fawlty Towers 4. Red Green Show 5. Blackadder (especially the last season... what a cast! Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tim McKinnery... incredible!) 6. Absolutely Fabulous 7. Happy Days 8. Waiting for God 9. Seinfeld 10. The Critic I'd also like to nitpik that as incredible as Monty Python was, it wasn't technically a sitcom: sitcoms must have an underlying premise around which everything is based (note the Seinfeldian discussion about a show about 'nothing'). Skit-based shows such as Monty Python, Kids In the Hall, Saturday Night Live and possibly This Hour Has 22 Minutes (though I might budge on that one) are all in a genre that could best be described as comedy showcase. # IP: Logged

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