tinman-is-god Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 There are countless good sitcoms- for me, the top two are Curb your enthusiasm and The Office. They are both perfection. Whats best for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Scientists have proven that the two best and funniest tv comedies are (in no particular order) Father Ted and the Mighty Boosh. And you can't argue with scientists, can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
next_year_I_hope Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 MY Family and Only Fools and Horses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Has to be Only Fools and Horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no1cityfan_tucks Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Has to be Only Fools and Horses.There is without a shadow of a doubt, no contest, Only Fools and Horses!!! Absolutly brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 MY Family and Only Fools and HorsesTwo good shouts both have me in stitches. Kris Marshall who plays the older son in My Family is particularly funny.Blackadder has to be up there as well, always showing on UK Gold.Strangely I also quite like Scrubs (and normally I'd rather take a cheese grater to my own face than watch American "comedy"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Men Behaving Badly & Fawlty Towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Peep Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton_City Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Only fools and horsesMen behaving badlyMy familyCoupling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Two good shouts both have me in stitches. Kris Marshall who plays the older son in My Family is particularly funny.Blackadder has to be up there as well, always showing on UK Gold.Strangely I also quite like Scrubs (and normally I'd rather take a cheese grater to my own face than watch American "comedy").Scrubs is superb, i spent 2 months in Thailand watching that, as it was the only decent program on TV over there.Only Fools is excellent, but my fave is probably The Smoking Room. Genius from the makers of Peep Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Very tough question and one that there cannot be a definitive answer to.For me The Office, Peep Show, Fawlty Towers and I'm Alan Partridge are the front runners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Only Fools and Horses - the best by a LONG LONG way..The only thing that comes close is Blackadder, but OFAH is in a league of it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Fawlty Towers, Blackadder (especially 2 and 4) and Porridge for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Id go for all those bar My Family and Coupling...yes there mildely amusing, but never classic!And to add to the list....Bottom....what happened to anarchic comedy? don't make em like they used to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Catherine TateOpen all OursONly Fools and HorsesFawlty Towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman-is-god Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Catherine TateDoes that even count as a sitcom? (let alone a comedy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Tut tut forumites...I'm Alan Partridge is far and away the best sit-com.Other contenders are: The OfficeThe Mighty BooshNathan BarleyCurb Your EnthusiasmGreen WingThe Likely LadsGarth Marenghi's Dark Place (more of a sit-spoof)Hancock's Half HourExtrasFawlty TowersOnly Fools And HorsesALSO - anyone mental enough to think that My Family is actually funny or entertaining is in dire need of a lobotomy. I'll happily perform the operation myself . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Red Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 In no particular orderThe Young OnesOnly Fools And HorsesOn The Buses (Happy Birthday Reg Varney who is 90 years old today)Love Thy NeighbourOpen All HoursFawlty TowersBottomThe OfficeBlackadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman-is-god Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Tut tut forumites...I'm Alan Partridge is far and away the best sit-com.I do love Alan Partridge, and it is superb, but for me the thing that seperates Curb and the Office is the characters- i love Larry, he is always right, and Richard Lewis and Jeff are both superb characters that you associate with. Partridge is very funny, but for me, lacks the depth of characterisation of the other 2. Still hilarious though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 I do love Alan Partridge, and it is superb, but for me the thing that seperates Curb and the Office is the characters- i love Larry, he is always right, and Richard Lewis and Jeff are both superb characters that you associate with. Partridge is very funny, but for me, lacks the depth of characterisation of the other 2. Still hilarious though.Curb uses the fly-on-the-wall style, lack of laughter track and everyday dialogue that Partridge and The Office had both done before it. The way Alan Partridge was shot was very innovative and they managed to make an odious person's lamentable life absolutely hilarious, particularly with the incorporation of surreal touches.Partridge is a satire on both celebrity and the middle classes, and for me has the creative edge over other shows. It's hard to believe the first series of 'I'm...' was nine years ago!Curb is brilliant, but less original (similar concept to AP, similar style to the Office). The Office is brilliant too, although people do say the idea was plagiarised from the film Office Space (which I haven't seen ).All three are very similar though, each with a self-absorbed main character (following in the footsteps of Basil Fawlty) and realistic stylee....I thought Chris Morris' Nathan Barley was a work of genius too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman-is-god Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Curb is brilliant, but less original (similar concept to AP, similar style to the Office). The Office is brilliant too, although people do say the idea was plagiarised from the film Office Space (which I haven't seen ).The point is they are both brilliant, they are both legendary and deserve to be up there in this thread. What do you think of Seinfeld? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 The point is they are both brilliant, they are both legendary and deserve to be up there in this thread. What do you think of Seinfeld?Never got hooked. Curb is the first American sit-com to get me 100%.All three that you spoke about are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinC Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 BlackadderFrasierHappy Daysalso.... 8 Simple Rules - watch that with my daughter, very useful on tips to avoid spotty oiks from dating my daughter when she gets older Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sir Colby-Tit Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Suprised no one has mentioned The Young Ones. Perhaps I'm getting old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Suprised no one has mentioned The Young Ones. Perhaps I'm getting old I think someone did, but you're right, it was wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Suprised no one has mentioned The Young Ones. Perhaps I'm getting old YEs remember that they filmed some of it outside the bank at Fishponds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Quality.Suprised no one has mentioned The Young Ones. Perhaps I'm getting old I loved the one when Neil joined the "pigs"."Open up, it's the pigs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Has to be Only Fools and Horses.Very, very, very good but never the best in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Please sir.My family.Only fools and horses.On the buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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