Top five comedies of all time?

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  • sussex_seagirlsussex_seagirl Posts: 1,302
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    Blackadder
    The Vicar of Dibley
    Goodnight Sweetheart
    Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
    Only Fools and Horses
  • peter_speter_s Posts: 4,407
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    Rising Damp
    The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin (Leonard Rossiter version)
    Porridge
    Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
    Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
  • poshnoshposhnosh Posts: 1,166
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    OFAH
    Steptoe
    Porridge
    Blackadder ( but not the first series)
    Dad's Army

    Honourable mentions:
    Frasier
    Open All Hours
    Yes Minister/Prime Minister ( the original of course)
    Good Life
    Watery Fowls
  • BluejuBlueju Posts: 773
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    Hancock
    Steptoe and Son
    Rising Damp
    Frasier
    One Foot In The Grave

    Subs: Im Alan Partridge; Till Death Us Do Part
  • blossom24blossom24 Posts: 411
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    Only Fools and Horses
    Open All Hours
    Last of the Summer Wine
    Keeping up Appearances
    Miranda
  • tabithakittentabithakitten Posts: 13,860
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    Dub2 wrote: »
    Blackadder was brilliant....apart from the first series, which was poo. But was it really funnier than Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Only Fools, Frazier, Curb,One foot in the grave, The Office, Porridge, Steptoe and Son......etc?

    Yes.


    :D
  • Cissy FairfaxCissy Fairfax Posts: 11,782
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    1 Fawlty Towers
    2 Blackadder
    3 One Foot In The Grave
    4 Only Fools and Horses
    5 Police Squad

    Drop the dead donkey 6th.

    Other than police squad, not sure another American show would make my top 30, Diff'rent Strokes maybe just.
  • Cissy FairfaxCissy Fairfax Posts: 11,782
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    The Net wrote: »
    Talking about sitcoms not ageing well I used to love in the late 70s Citizen Smith. I saw a repeat recently and found it cringingly unfunny. Funny how comedy tastes change.

    BTW Dads Army is shockingly under mentioned in this thread but for me it is the most timeless comedy series of all.



    I used to be in absolute hysterics at Bread in the late 80s. No idea why now.

    Clarence with Ronnie Barker the same.

    Staggered no mentions of Police Squad yet given how Airplane still wins every film poll.
  • philenglandphilengland Posts: 8,176
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    Dear John
    Green Wing
    The Golden Girls
    Phoenix Nights
    Watching
    I have a soft spot for Duty Free as well :)


    The Golden Girls
    Rhoda
    Maggie & Her
    George & Mildred
    Sorry
  • Glenn AGlenn A Posts: 23,794
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    The Golden Girls
    Rhoda
    Maggie & Her
    George & Mildred
    Sorry
    Interesting list, Phil, as not a lot of people will remember Sorry or Rhoda now.
    Another of my five favourites and one in the list that is little remembered now:
    Rising Damp
    On The Buses
    Police Squad
    The Kit Curran Radio Show
    Hancock's Half Hour
  • quirkyquirkquirkyquirk Posts: 7,160
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    Cheers tops

    and
    Frasier
    Only Fools and Horses
    Birds Of A Feather
    Till Death Us Do Part
  • kempshottkempshott Posts: 1,881
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    Monty Python (three pages so far and I think that's the first mention)
    Red Dwarf
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Dad's Army
    The Office
  • colgirlcolgirl Posts: 242
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    Rising Damp
    Im Alan Partridge
    Father Ted
    The Office.
  • Glenn AGlenn A Posts: 23,794
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    Another five:
    Birds of a Feather( Dorien in particular)
    Brush Strokes
    The New Statesman
    Soap
    Sex and the City
  • ilovewallanderilovewallander Posts: 41,530
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    The Golden Girls
    Rhoda
    Maggie & Her
    George & Mildred
    Sorry

    Sorry! I loved that too, can't believe I forgot that one.

    I did like the first few series of May to December, but I'm sure not everyone would agree with me! And Colin's Sandwich was also a favourite.
  • ilovewallanderilovewallander Posts: 41,530
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    kempshott wrote: »
    Monty Python (three pages so far and I think that's the first mention)
    Red Dwarf
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Dad's Army
    The Office

    Yes, people are going for 'sitcoms' when it could include other types of comedy shows like Monty Python. I'd add Whose Line Is It Anyway and Absolutely to the list. I loved them in the 80's/90's and seeing them now they still make me laugh :)

    The Day Today, Brass Eye, Nathan Barley and a rather strange one called Jam.

    Has anyone mentioned League of Gentlemen?
  • RyJaRyJa Posts: 900
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    1. Father Ted
    2. Only Fools and Horses
    3. Blackadder (particularly Blackadder II)
    4. The Royle Family
    5. The Office
  • pericompericom Posts: 6,021
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    The League of Gentlemen
    Only Fools & Horses
    Red Dwarf
    The Office
    Im Alan Partridge
  • Collins1965Collins1965 Posts: 13,806
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    1. Cheers
    2. Goodnight Sweetheart
    3. Friends
    4. MASH
    5. Dad's Army
  • Paul WilsonPaul Wilson Posts: 5,108
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    Frasier, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Extras, Everybody Loves Raymond.
  • Terry WigonTerry Wigon Posts: 6,831
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    Porridge
    One Foot in the Grave
    Frasier
    Keeping Up Appearances
    Drop the Dead Donkey
  • smilliekyliesmilliekylie Posts: 3,661
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    1) 30 Rock (Tina Fey is a Genius)

    2) Frasier (The First 8 Seasons are just sublime, loses it's way towards the end of the run, but at it's worst is still better than most comedies)

    3) Curb Your Enthusiasm

    4) Father Ted

    5) Black Books

    Can watch all these shows again and again and often do, as there's little on TV I like these days.
  • redandwhiterobredandwhiterob Posts: 1,097
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    Blackadder
    Only fools and horses
    The Office
    Partridge
    Bottom
  • elnombreelnombre Posts: 3,625
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    I've split my list into US & UK

    UK

    Black Adder
    Porridge
    Bottom
    Red Dwarf
    Steptoe & Son

    US

    The Honeymooners
    Seinfeld
    Cheers
    I Love Lucy
    Friends
  • WillbertWillbert Posts: 1,090
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    Blackadder
    Fawlty Towers
    The Day Today
    Modern Family
    Alan Partridge
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