Surprised by the lack of times Only Fools and Horses is listed.
Very funny, but personally I think it went on a bit too long and had too many spin offs.
Should have been killed off at the point Damien was born, if not a bit before.
Also very funny in it’s time. Apart from the classic set pieces and occasional bits of dialogue it doesn’t cut it for me. A bit like Morecombe and Wise. At the time I ached with laughter watching their shows but now meh.
Bottom Father Ted I'm Alan Partridge The Office The Inbetweeners
Only Fools and Horses was great, but In my opinion it should have finished in the early 90s. Rodney's character changed at some point, I'm not sure when it happened, but the moment he stopped being a dimwit the joke was over.
Rodney became intelligent and too self sufficient as soon as he met Cassandra (Yuppy Love). I feel that Raquel (Rachel) also spoiled Dels character somewhat. He offered her somewhere to live (The Jolly Boys Outing) and suddenly became all controlling. This goes completely against Dels character. Still my favourite show though.
if you ask me a dozen times I probably wouldn’t give you the same 5 any one time, but I would say OFAH and Fawlty Towers would be in all 12 answers and Modern Family would appear more often than not.
FFS The Office? Not a single vote for Monty Python or Men Behaving Badly or The Young Ones, Hancock, The Worker. Liked Derry Girls, Bilko, Fonz. Personally Steptoe, Young Offenders, Inbetweeners are up there but hard to narrow down to five. Comedy you consistently laughed at or ones that occasionally actually split your sides?
FFS The Office? Not a single vote for Monty Python or Men Behaving Badly or The Young Ones, Hancock, The Worker. Liked Derry Girls, Bilko, Fonz. Personally Steptoe, Young Offenders, Inbetweeners are up there but hard to narrow down to five. Comedy you consistently laughed at or ones that occasionally actually split your sides?
To be honest I tried to pick the 5 I enjoyed the most at the time of their original broadcast. As some of them are 50+ years old I doubt I'd like them so much if I was watching them now with an older mans eyes.
This Country Detectorists Dad's Army Porridge Blackadder
This Country is underrated, one the funniest things thatvhas ever been on telly.
I think it's criminally underrated - the writing is superb and the characters are all well developed. It's a great observation of rural life for the young in modern Britain. Hard to choose a favourite character.
The Vicar is a fantastic character, however the actress who plays Kerry is just boss.
FFS The Office? Not a single vote for Monty Python or Men Behaving Badly or The Young Ones, Hancock, The Worker. Liked Derry Girls, Bilko, Fonz. Personally Steptoe, Young Offenders, Inbetweeners are up there but hard to narrow down to five. Comedy you consistently laughed at or ones that occasionally actually split your sides?
Never saw Monty Python as a sitcom. It was more a sketch show wasn’t it? Lots of votes for the Young Ones and MBB, I think.
Parks and Recreation Curb Your Enthusiasm Camping Extras Flight of the Concords
Never heard of any of ‘em?
The three I've heard of are absolute crackers, so on that basis I'll be checking out Parks and Recreation and Camping.
Parks and Rec is superb, but be warned - season 1 isn’t all that. It only starts getting really good when Adam Scott and Rob Lowe turn up near the end of season 2. It then becomes terrific.
This Country Detectorists Dad's Army Porridge Blackadder
This Country is underrated, one the funniest things thatvhas ever been on telly.
I think it's criminally underrated - the writing is superb and the characters are all well developed. It's a great observation of rural life for the young in modern Britain. Hard to choose a favourite character.
The Vicar is a fantastic character, however the actress who plays Kerry is just boss.
The actors playing Kurtan and Kerry are brother and sister in real life and also wrote it which perhaps explains why the dialogue is so good and the acting so natural. The vicar I agree is a great character.
I've edited this 3 times, gonna copy @cubes formula!
UK: The Office (UK) Blackadder Peep Show Fawlty Towers The Young Ones
US: Curb Your Enthusiasm Arrested Development Scrubs (minus the botched ending, no thanks to the writer's strike!) Trailer Park Boys (actually Canadian) Malcolm in the Middle
Animated: South Park Beavis & Butt-Head King of the Hill Futurama Brickleberry
Honourable mentions: Bottom Detectorists Extras Happy Days One Foot in the Grave Only Fools & Horses (before the endless deteriorating specials) Phoenix Nights Red Dwarf Seinfeld The Simpsons (would've made top 5 if they'd quit shortly after their golden era)
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Should have been killed off at the point Damien was born, if not a bit before.
OFAH
Blackadder
The Office
Goodnight Sweetheart
Father Ted
I'm Alan Partridge
The Office
The Inbetweeners
Only Fools and Horses was great, but In my opinion it should have finished in the early 90s. Rodney's character changed at some point, I'm not sure when it happened, but the moment he stopped being a dimwit the joke was over.
One Foot In The Grave
The Office (US)
League Of Gentlemen
Phoenix Nights
One Foot in the Grave
Fawlty Towers
Whatver Happened To The Likely Lads
Phoenix Nights
Steptoe and Son
Bless This House
George and Mildred
Robin's Nest
Apart from that any four from 30 or so depending on what springs to mind.
5 from here
Peep show
Only fools
Men behaving badly
It crowd
Car share
5 USA
Fraiser
Curb
Seinfeld
Two and a half men
Parks and rec
5 animated
Simpsons
South park
Family guy
King of the hill
Rick and morty
As some of them are 50+ years old I doubt I'd like them so much if I was watching them now with an older mans eyes.
1. Flight of the Conchords
2. Phoenix Nights
3. The Office (US)
4. Peep Show
5. The Royle Family
Only fools and horses
The big bang theory
Always sunny in Philadelphia
Fawlty Towers
Lots of votes for the Young Ones and MBB, I think.
It only starts getting really good when Adam Scott and Rob Lowe turn up near the end of season 2. It then becomes terrific.
Rising Damp
This Country
Only when I laugh
Fawty Towers
Any order - all great!
UK:
The Office (UK)
Blackadder
Peep Show
Fawlty Towers
The Young Ones
US:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development
Scrubs (minus the botched ending, no thanks to the writer's strike!)
Trailer Park Boys (actually Canadian)
Malcolm in the Middle
Animated:
South Park
Beavis & Butt-Head
King of the Hill
Futurama
Brickleberry
Honourable mentions:
Bottom
Detectorists
Extras
Happy Days
One Foot in the Grave
Only Fools & Horses (before the endless deteriorating specials)
Phoenix Nights
Red Dwarf
Seinfeld
The Simpsons (would've made top 5 if they'd quit shortly after their golden era)