- The latter episodes of Steptoe and Son
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
- The Good Life
- The strongest episodes of Are You Being Served? (1972-1977)
- The first series of To the Manor Born
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- Fawlty Towers
- Porridge
- George and Mildred
Hey, c'mon, put some All About Me on! It's that or the My Hero DVD. (Actually, I think My Hero was pretty inoffensive old-school comedy, wasn't it?)
I did forget about Phoenix Nights and - ALAN!!! - I'm Alan Partridge. I went for a combination of my own favourites and a few well-known, critically-respected ones.
The 2000s is my choice, but tons of people were happier in their lives in previous decades, and their best TV memories are often claimed by those years. Although, having said that, I was pretty miserable throughout the last decade, so I really appreciated its increase of black humour. I'm not shortsighted enough to claim that bathos is exclusive to latterday comedies, just that I feel that current writers are given more freedom to eschew (possibly outdated) blueprints.
And there was Marenghi (not a sitcom renegade, but he damn well shoulda been!).
There's no universal answer. Nuts in May doesn't make the 1970s the greatest decade for comedy films, love it as I do.
My Favs from the 70's
Are you being Served
The Liver Birds
The Rag Trade
Some Mothers Do Ave Em
George and Mildred
Bless this House
Rising Damp
On the Buses
Fawlty Towers
Man about the House
Citizen Smith
Shelley
Dads Army
The Good Life
It aint half hot Mum
The Likely Lads
Love thy Neighbour
Open All Hours
Porridge
Till Death Do Us Part
Up Pompeii
Please Sir
The Office , Black Adder and Alan Partridge stand put like a beacons , though .
The yanks must have produced 97 out of the top 100 sitcoms ever .
The Americans? Are you serious? They've surely produced 97 of the WORST 100 ever, not sure about the best. Just turn on E4 or Comedy Central for wall-to-wall rubbish American sitcoms.
I've only ever seen five good American sitcoms - Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, The Office (An American Workplace) and 30 Rock. I'm not sure there are many more which can compete with the long list of great British sitcoms.
The Americans? Are you serious? They've surely produced 97 of the WORST 100 ever, not sure about the best. Just turn on E4 or Comedy Central for wall-to-wall rubbish American sitcoms.
I've only ever seen five good American sitcoms - Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, The Office (An American Workplace) and 30 Rock. I'm not sure there are many more which can compete with the long list of great British sitcoms.
I've never seen any of those so I can't comment on them, but the only US sitcoms I found funny were Frasier, Cheers and The Golden Girls.
... plus the american pinch our best, till death us do part, the office, shameless etc etc, what have we copied from them comedywise?
they are good at cartoons though, we have no simpsons or family guy..
We stole the wonderful Golden Girls and tried to remake it as the execrable 'Brighton Belles'. We remade 'That 70s Show' (unsuccessfully) as 'Days Like These'. We attempted to do 'Married With Children' with Russ Abbot in the Ed O'Neill role (it failed). We turned 'Who's the Boss' into the twee 'The Upper Hand'.
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Some of us would rather.
George and Mildred
Man About The House
Robin's Nest
Only When I Laugh
Rising Damp
All of the above genuine Classic Comedy from the ITV.
funny thing humour...i didnt find those sitcoms in the slightest bit funny.
prefered bbc comedy, dads army, it aint half hot mum, monty python, fawlty towers, spike milligans 'q' seriese, are you being served, etc.
- The latter episodes of Steptoe and Son
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
- The Good Life
- The strongest episodes of Are You Being Served? (1972-1977)
- The first series of To the Manor Born
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- Fawlty Towers
- Porridge
- George and Mildred
I did forget about Phoenix Nights and - ALAN!!! - I'm Alan Partridge. I went for a combination of my own favourites and a few well-known, critically-respected ones.
The 2000s is my choice, but tons of people were happier in their lives in previous decades, and their best TV memories are often claimed by those years. Although, having said that, I was pretty miserable throughout the last decade, so I really appreciated its increase of black humour. I'm not shortsighted enough to claim that bathos is exclusive to latterday comedies, just that I feel that current writers are given more freedom to eschew (possibly outdated) blueprints.
And there was Marenghi (not a sitcom renegade, but he damn well shoulda been!).
There's no universal answer. Nuts in May doesn't make the 1970s the greatest decade for comedy films, love it as I do.
Are you being Served
The Liver Birds
The Rag Trade
Some Mothers Do Ave Em
George and Mildred
Bless this House
Rising Damp
On the Buses
Fawlty Towers
Man about the House
Citizen Smith
Shelley
Dads Army
The Good Life
It aint half hot Mum
The Likely Lads
Love thy Neighbour
Open All Hours
Porridge
Till Death Do Us Part
Up Pompeii
Please Sir
think youve got that the wrong way around... 3/100 not 97
batman, police squad... erm... thats it for me!
I think there are some rose tinted spectacles at work when people think of comedy from the 70s.
The Americans? Are you serious? They've surely produced 97 of the WORST 100 ever, not sure about the best. Just turn on E4 or Comedy Central for wall-to-wall rubbish American sitcoms.
I've only ever seen five good American sitcoms - Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, The Office (An American Workplace) and 30 Rock. I'm not sure there are many more which can compete with the long list of great British sitcoms.
I've never seen any of those so I can't comment on them, but the only US sitcoms I found funny were Frasier, Cheers and The Golden Girls.
they are good at cartoons though, we have no simpsons or family guy..
We stole the wonderful Golden Girls and tried to remake it as the execrable 'Brighton Belles'. We remade 'That 70s Show' (unsuccessfully) as 'Days Like These'. We attempted to do 'Married With Children' with Russ Abbot in the Ed O'Neill role (it failed). We turned 'Who's the Boss' into the twee 'The Upper Hand'.