Your all time fave TV Comedy Show

[LEE]

== YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE ALL TIME FAVOURITE ==

Thread changed from "Series" to "Show" to remove any ambiguity about any implied plural nature of the word Series.

All things considered I think my all time favourite is:

- Porridge

It was a close run thing with Dad's Army, Fawlty Towers, The Royal Family, Extras....

Wait, strike that out...I had a rethink.  Based on which comedy do I never turn off if it comes on TV (even though I have the boxed set)....


"I'm Alan Partridge"

[Chris S]

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.

[Biggsy]

I'm Alan Partridge, for me too.  It doesn't stop me liking Miranda! 

Peep Show.

[caerau]

Fawtly Towers, Monty Python, Blackadder (particularly 1st two series), League of Gentlemen, Porridge, Reggie Perrin, Only Fools and Horses (despite endless repeats).
Good Life and Dad's Army also  - although they have also suffered from the endless repeat thing.

Or did you just want one?

[LEE]

Fawtly Towers, Monty Python, Blackadder (particularly 1st two series), League of Gentlemen, Porridge, Reggie Perrin, Only Fools and Horses (despite endless repeats).
Good Life and Dad's Army also  - although they have also suffered from the endless repeat thing.

Or did you just want one?

Just one.

[caerau]

Fawlty Towers then

Still has me cracking up after endless repeats.

(Monty Python I guess is a sketch show and is different I guess)


Although I think it a little harsh to compare 70s sitcom with 2000s.

Perhaps by decade.

60s - Steptoe and Son
70s - Fawlty Towers ( Reggie Perrin honourable mention)
80s - Fools and Horses
90s - League of Gentlemen (Father Ted honourable mention)

[L CC]

Green Wing

[Kim]

What, no Yes (Prime) Minister?

Or (probably a generational thing, I was the right age during its peak) Red Dwarf?

[caerau]

Good point about Yes Minister - a classic certainly
I went through a short phase of loving Red Dwarf but most series of it were 'meh' for me

[Deano]

Father Ted.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Fawlty Towers. Father Ted. Blackadder. Friends. Yes (Prime) Minister. The Royle Family. Only Fools and Horses.

[Deano]

Or (probably a generational thing, I was the right age during its peak) Red Dwarf?

Me too - there were only three or four good series, but they were very good indeed.

[Woofage]

The Fast Show

[Kim]

Or (probably a generational thing, I was the right age during its peak) Red Dwarf?

Me too - there were only three or four good series, but they were very good indeed.

Series 4 was the peak, I reckon, though 3 and 5 were of a similar quality.  I tend to think of 1 & 2 as a different programme, as the feel changed so radically with series 3.  It goes without saying that they should have stopped after series 6.

[Charlotte]

For sheer, laugh-out-loud entertainment value, I would say Spaced and The Thick of It.

For weird value, Brass Eye and League of Gentlemen.

[Kim]

Ah yes, Spaced.  How could I forget?   


Oddly, I always thought that The Day Today^[1] was the pinnacle of Chris Morris's (and indeed Alan Partridge's) career.  Brass Eye, while the stuff of legends, seemed to take it a little too far.


_{[1] Which was a lot funnier before BBC News24 came along and ripped off the graphics.}

[Basil]

Fawlty Towers.
The Young Ones.

[ian]

I'm voting for Seinfeld, for some reason cruelly ignored by British TV, but without a doubt the best comedy show ever.
Plus they managed to get an episode solely about masturbation on prime time US tv, which scores bonus points. Curb Your Enthusiasm is splendidly nihilistic.

From the Brit side, Brass Eye was better than snorting uncut cake (though Jam was, erm, Weird). I never got into League of Gentlemen, it always seemed to try too hard to be weird. Spaced was very good.

I just don't get sketch shows where they just repeat the same sketches each week, with a minutely tweaked scenario.

[bumper]

I'm with you Paul.

For good comedy with no profanity Porridge is still hilarious and cuts it today.

[Hillbilly]

That would be an ecumenical matter 

Or, skip to the end 

<if you know the quotes, I salute you>

I also commend Garth Marenghi's Dark Place to the house.  Perhaps also Adam and Joe.  Black Books was top drawer entertainment.

You know what, C4 was the dogs bollocks for comedy around 10-20 years ago.  And my, isn't 4oD great...

[Psychler]

Big "Dad's Army" fan here!  I own the box set so I don't watch the repeats.

As far as American comedies go it's "Frasier" that gets my vote although I haven't watched many of any other shows.

[Tim Hall]

The Likely Lads and sequel.

[Wascally Weasel]

The Likely Lads and sequel.

Whatever happened to them?

[Efrogwr]

+ 1 for The Likely Lads.

[Exit Stage Left]

The first series of 'Nighty Night'.