SOAP....still brilliant after all these years, bought the whole lot .
ALAN PARTRIDGE....any Partridge is top class.
RISING DAMP....what can I say?
REGGIE PERRIN.....totally different from Rigsby, some truly wonderful characters.
BOTTOM.......Love it, love it, love it!!!
SORRY! Ronnie Corbett`s best ever show.
CITIZEN SMITH....better than the over rated Only Fools And Horses, in my opinion.
DEAR JOHN...under rated little gem.
YOU RANG M`LORD? Wonderful cast with amazing period detail.
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE....Patrick, Pippa, Mister Sweeney all add to the mix.
I'm Alan Partridge - Nothing else to say
One Foot In The Grave - Usually excellent with a good supporting cast but ended at the right time
You Rang M'Lord - Overlooked but cleverly written and well acted
The Golden Girls - Loved this series
The Office - Still the best thing Gervais has done in my opinion
Porridge - Well acted, great scripts
Steptoe and Son - As above
Rising Damp - One of ITV's few funny comedy series
Home to Roost - Often forgotten but I thought John Thaw was excellent in this
Hi-De-Hi - Tacky, but a good cast and some good episodes, it should have ended 2 series before it did though
Love Hi-De-Hi but do agree it should have ended earlier, probably when Simon Cadell (Fairbrother) left for me.
Other sitcoms I love include (in no particular order):
Only Fools and Horses (I know it's obvious but I can watch it again and again and it will always laugh - although I tend to ignore the last 3 specials they did in the early 00's, really should have left it alone)
Porridge
Open All Hours
Steptoe and Son
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock
Blackadder (particularly Blackadder Goes Fourth)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (Stunning performance from Leonard Rossiter)
Faulty Towers
Dad's Army
Are You Being Served? (Another one that should have ended much earlier than it did though)
Allo Allo
I'm Alan Partridge
Mr Bean
Father Ted
Barbara
The Inbetweeners
I used to like watching repeats of On The Buses when i was younger but now I just find it really annoying.
I'm not a massive fan of American sitcoms but I do love Friends, Frasier and The Big Bang Theory. And also a few of How I Met Your Your Mother episodes I've seen have made me laugh but I haven't committed to watching it regularly.
Keeping Up Appearances, One Foot In The Grave, The Vicar Of Dibley, Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em, Last Of The Summer Wine (used to watch that with my Nan), My Family, Birds Of A Feather, Early Doors, Two Pints Of Lager..., All fab shows!
I'm Alan Partridge - Nothing else to say
One Foot In The Grave - Usually excellent with a good supporting cast but ended at the right time
You Rang M'Lord - Overlooked but cleverly written and well acted
The Golden Girls - Loved this series
The Office - Still the best thing Gervais has done in my opinion
Porridge - Well acted, great scripts
Steptoe and Son - As above
Rising Damp - One of ITV's few funny comedy series
Home to Roost - Often forgotten but I thought John Thaw was excellent in this
Hi-De-Hi - Tacky, but a good cast and some good episodes, it should have ended 2 series before it did though
I agree with you about You Rang M'Lord. I think it could do with being repeated for a change as we seem to get Allo Allo and Dad's Army quite often.
Reading through the thread I can see a few others I loved League of Gentlemen, Just Good Friends...I think I'd better stop!
Alan Partridge
Fawlty Towers
Sorry!
Some Mothers do ave em'
The Goode Life
Still Game
One Foot in the Grave
Cheers
Frasier The High Life (Alan Cummings & Forbes Masson, I think)
Such a shame we only got one series of this - in fact, you might say "oh dearie me!"
One Foot In The Grave
Are You Being Served?
The Golden Girls
Birds Of A Feather
Gavin & Stacey
The Vicar Of Dibley
Mrs Browns Boys
Fresh Fields (yes really!!!)
That's My Boy
Miranda
I guess my list just shows how subjective comedy is! So many shows that are loved I cannot bear and I cannot understand how people find them funny especially-
The Big Bang Theory (just irritating)
Only Fools (some funny moments but never got the love for it)
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers (just annoying)
Rising Damp (just no)
I'm quite surprised by the lack of love for The Good Life.
Too bloody nice as The Young Ones said; other sitcoms by the same writers; EDC and Mulberry for instance; were far more subversive. My fav sitcoms are prettymuch everything else the cast of The Good Life did (EDC, Yes Minister, TTMB, even Solo)
One that deserves a first mention is Til Death do us Part, really well played by Warren Mitchell and the fact he hated the guts of Tony Booth in real life as well as on screen makes it all the more funny.
One Foot In The Grave
Are You Being Served?
The Golden Girls
Birds Of A Feather
Gavin & Stacey
The Vicar Of Dibley
Mrs Browns Boys
Fresh Fields (yes really!!!)
That's My Boy
Miranda
I guess my list just shows how subjective comedy is! So many shows that are loved I cannot bear and I cannot understand how people find them funny especially-
The Big Bang Theory (just irritating)
Only Fools (some funny moments but never got the love for it)
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers (just annoying)
Rising Damp (just no)
agree, your list is horrible imo. but a fair few must enjoy them shows as they are very popular. for me, mrs brown boys and birds of a feather are terrible.
not seen many people slag fawlty tower off on here before, but i would say it's definitely overrated.
agree, your list is horrible imo. but a fair few must enjoy them shows as they are very popular. for me, mrs brown boys and birds of a feather are terrible.
not seen many people slag fawlty tower off on here before, but i would say it's definitely overrated.
Some episodes are forgettable and dated but The Germans with the triple whammy of the talking moose's head, the fire drill and his goose stepping is unequalled. How OFAH always gets the vote for the Chandelier scene when the rest of the episode is dull as anything beats me.
Goodnight Sweetheart
2Point4 Children
Birds of a Feather
Fawlty Towers
Frasier
The Golden Girls
Friends
Father Ted
The Brittas Empire
Desmond's
Only Fools and Horses
Absolutely Fabulous (only up until The Last Shout though - it should have ended there)
Bread
The Vicar of Dibley
Keeping Up Appearances
From when I was a tween/teen:
Saved By The Bell
California Dreams
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Sister, Sister
Kenan & Kel
10 - Mrs Brown's Boys
9 - The IT Crowd
8 - Vicar of Dibley
7 - Birds of a Feather
6 - Fawlty Towers
5 - My Family
4 - Miranda
3 - Benidorm
2 - Not Going Out
1 - Only Fools and Horses
One Foot In The Grave
Are You Being Served?
The Golden Girls
Birds Of A Feather
Gavin & Stacey
The Vicar Of Dibley
Mrs Browns Boys
Fresh Fields (yes really!!!)
That's My Boy
Miranda
I guess my list just shows how subjective comedy is! So many shows that are loved I cannot bear and I cannot understand how people find them funny especially-
The Big Bang Theory (just irritating)
Only Fools (some funny moments but never got the love for it)
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers (just annoying)
Rising Damp (just no)
10 - Mrs Brown's Boys
9 - The IT Crowd
8 - Vicar of Dibley
7 - Birds of a Feather
6 - Fawlty Towers
5 - My Family
4 - Miranda
3 - Benidorm
2 - Not Going Out
1 - Only Fools and Horses
You can't seriously include Mrs Brown's Boys in a list of the best sitcoms of all time. Come on. Stop and think about it.
The four sitcoms which I have seen which stand head and shoulders above the rest are in alphabetical order: Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras and The Office.
There are 20-30 other very good ones I have seen and perhaps even better ones which I haven't yet seen. I'm a massive comedy fan and trying to work my way through as many as possible.
Fawlty Towers
One Foot In The Grave
Only Fools and Horses
Keeping Up Appearances
The Good Life
Hi-de-Hi
The IT Crowd
Benidorm
My Family
Bread
2point4 Children
Mr Bean (live action)
Last of the Summer Wine
One Foot in the Grave without a doubt I would say.
The Big Bang Theory for its first 4 seasons was pretty great, I didn't agree with most saying it had gone in a bad direction but recently it's definitely feeling more and more like Friends 2.0.
This was mentioned on another thread a year or two back, probably by you At the time I looked it up on YouTube, saw series 1 and loved it! Was trying to get the DVDs but they were always too expensive. You've just reminded me, so I'm going to check prices again. Thanks for the reminder
Steptoe and Son
Only Fools And horses
To The Manor Born
The Good Life
Keeping Up Appearances
SomeMothers Do have 'Em
Porridge
On The Buses
Open All Hours
Man About The House
George And Mildred
Rising Damp
Bless This House (although Sally and Mike looked far too old to be teenagers;-) )
I used to like Worzel Gummidge, not sure if that is classed as a sit com
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ALAN PARTRIDGE....any Partridge is top class.
RISING DAMP....what can I say?
REGGIE PERRIN.....totally different from Rigsby, some truly wonderful characters.
BOTTOM.......Love it, love it, love it!!!
SORRY! Ronnie Corbett`s best ever show.
CITIZEN SMITH....better than the over rated Only Fools And Horses, in my opinion.
DEAR JOHN...under rated little gem.
YOU RANG M`LORD? Wonderful cast with amazing period detail.
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE....Patrick, Pippa, Mister Sweeney all add to the mix.
One Foot In The Grave - Usually excellent with a good supporting cast but ended at the right time
You Rang M'Lord - Overlooked but cleverly written and well acted
The Golden Girls - Loved this series
The Office - Still the best thing Gervais has done in my opinion
Porridge - Well acted, great scripts
Steptoe and Son - As above
Rising Damp - One of ITV's few funny comedy series
Home to Roost - Often forgotten but I thought John Thaw was excellent in this
Hi-De-Hi - Tacky, but a good cast and some good episodes, it should have ended 2 series before it did though
Other sitcoms I love include (in no particular order):
Only Fools and Horses (I know it's obvious but I can watch it again and again and it will always laugh - although I tend to ignore the last 3 specials they did in the early 00's, really should have left it alone)
Porridge
Open All Hours
Steptoe and Son
Hancock's Half Hour/Hancock
Blackadder (particularly Blackadder Goes Fourth)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (Stunning performance from Leonard Rossiter)
Faulty Towers
Dad's Army
Are You Being Served? (Another one that should have ended much earlier than it did though)
Allo Allo
I'm Alan Partridge
Mr Bean
Father Ted
Barbara
The Inbetweeners
I used to like watching repeats of On The Buses when i was younger but now I just find it really annoying.
I'm not a massive fan of American sitcoms but I do love Friends, Frasier and The Big Bang Theory. And also a few of How I Met Your Your Mother episodes I've seen have made me laugh but I haven't committed to watching it regularly.
In my very long list I'd forgotten Yes, Minister and YPM! They were both very funny, great cast too.
Don't use cliches, SULLA.
Mrs trevgo and I have always avoided cliches like the plague.
A cliche to us is like a red rag to a bull.
Only Fool's And Horses
The Good Life
Keeping Up Appearances
I know my list was long, I love all of them so I couldn't narrow it down! No I haven't seen Early Doors, that's another for my 'to watch' list.
I agree with you about You Rang M'Lord. I think it could do with being repeated for a change as we seem to get Allo Allo and Dad's Army quite often.
Reading through the thread I can see a few others I loved
Such a shame we only got one series of this - in fact, you might say "oh dearie me!"
Are You Being Served?
The Golden Girls
Birds Of A Feather
Gavin & Stacey
The Vicar Of Dibley
Mrs Browns Boys
Fresh Fields (yes really!!!)
That's My Boy
Miranda
I guess my list just shows how subjective comedy is! So many shows that are loved I cannot bear and I cannot understand how people find them funny especially-
The Big Bang Theory (just irritating)
Only Fools (some funny moments but never got the love for it)
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers (just annoying)
Rising Damp (just no)
One that deserves a first mention is Til Death do us Part, really well played by Warren Mitchell and the fact he hated the guts of Tony Booth in real life as well as on screen makes it all the more funny.
agree, your list is horrible imo. but a fair few must enjoy them shows as they are very popular. for me, mrs brown boys and birds of a feather are terrible.
not seen many people slag fawlty tower off on here before, but i would say it's definitely overrated.
Goodnight Sweetheart
2Point4 Children
Birds of a Feather
Fawlty Towers
Frasier
The Golden Girls
Friends
Father Ted
The Brittas Empire
Desmond's
Only Fools and Horses
Absolutely Fabulous (only up until The Last Shout though - it should have ended there)
Bread
The Vicar of Dibley
Keeping Up Appearances
From when I was a tween/teen:
Saved By The Bell
California Dreams
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Sister, Sister
Kenan & Kel
9 - The IT Crowd
8 - Vicar of Dibley
7 - Birds of a Feather
6 - Fawlty Towers
5 - My Family
4 - Miranda
3 - Benidorm
2 - Not Going Out
1 - Only Fools and Horses
You can't seriously include Mrs Brown's Boys in a list of the best sitcoms of all time. Come on. Stop and think about it.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby.
enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhIL4RqaDA
There are 20-30 other very good ones I have seen and perhaps even better ones which I haven't yet seen. I'm a massive comedy fan and trying to work my way through as many as possible.
One Foot In The Grave
Only Fools and Horses
Keeping Up Appearances
The Good Life
Hi-de-Hi
The IT Crowd
Benidorm
My Family
Bread
2point4 Children
Mr Bean (live action)
Last of the Summer Wine
The Big Bang Theory for its first 4 seasons was pretty great, I didn't agree with most saying it had gone in a bad direction but recently it's definitely feeling more and more like Friends 2.0.
This was mentioned on another thread a year or two back, probably by you
Steptoe and Son
Only Fools And horses
To The Manor Born
The Good Life
Keeping Up Appearances
SomeMothers Do have 'Em
Porridge
On The Buses
Open All Hours
Man About The House
George And Mildred
Rising Damp
Bless This House (although Sally and Mike looked far too old to be teenagers;-) )
I used to like Worzel Gummidge, not sure if that is classed as a sit com
From USA, I liked Happy Days and MASH