random evil guy Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 1.monty python - still a classic. 2.black adder - the ww1 period. absolutely brillliant! 3.coupling - season 1-3. a bit of a surprise maybe, but i think it is hilarious. 4.the office - kind of awkward, but extremely funny. 5.shooting stars - insane, but funny.
EnderAndrew Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I haven't seen many, but my vote goes to Black Adder.
PrincessSarah Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Gotta go for Black Adder and AbFab. Proud purveyor, owner and operator of the Wonder Twins
Darth Flatus Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Blackadder 2 and 3 are also awesome. The Day Today Brass Eye.
DemonKing Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Black Adder, of course, series 2 being my favourite. The Office (English version - I saw a bit of the US version on the net, but it just wasn't the same). Spaced - because it reminds me of my own life ten years ago. Coupling I like even though for some reason I view it as a guilty pleasure. Almost forgot Drop the Dead Donkey, which is now on DVD I think. Also I used to love Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith & Jones. Strangely though, The Young Ones never did much for me.
Gorth Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Benny Hill. Even if it's only for Hills Angels “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Reveilled Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Blackadder, Still Game, (and if sketch shows are allowed) Chewin the Fat and Dead Ringers. Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
jaguars4ever Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Come on people! Surely you know nothing beats Fawlty Towers. "Well, may I ask what you were hoping to see out of a Torquay bedroom window? The Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeeste sweeping majestically across the plains?" :D
Lucius Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Come on people! Surely you know nothing beats Fawlty Towers. "Well, may I ask what you were hoping to see out of a Torquay bedroom window? The Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeeste sweeping majestically across the plains?" :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Manuel: Qu DENMARK! It appears that I have not yet found a sig to replace the one about me not being banned... interesting.
SteveThaiBinh Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Everyone's choosing TV shows, but as I'm a radio fan I'll do both: TV Father Ted (including probably my favourite joke ever, now in my sig :D Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister Rory Bremner Goodness Gracious Me! Up Pompeii Radio Round the Horne I'm listening to it for the first time, forty years after it was made, and it's still hilarious. Beachcomber By the Way Radioactive Hinge and Brackett Radio 9 Life without BBC7 would have no meaning. :D Edit: And (belatedly) I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, of course. :"> "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Reveilled Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 If we're counting Radio, then I also like I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. And how could I forget Father Ted? Drink! Feck! Arse! Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
><FISH'> Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Dead Ringers and anything with Dawn French. My friends forced me to sit through an entire episode of Little Britain It's so f**king crap.
Shryke Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 monty python (of course ) black books bottom fawlty towers the young ones blackadder father ted (my name is doug, so i've gotten used to being called father dougal :cool: ) i can't think of any others right now when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Reveilled Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I have a terrible memory. I absolutely loved Black Books. When I have a bookshop of my own, that's exactly how it's going to be. "No! We don't have any Harry ****ing Potter!" Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
Kaftan Barlast Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 We didnt get all of them in Sweden(like Ive never seen "The fast show") but me list is like: 1. Monty Pythons flying circus (undisputed master, ruler and king of them all) In no particular order: Little Britain Black Adder medieval variant The young ones & the rest like Filthy, Rich and catflap.. Bottom etc. French & Saunders Red Dwarf(although the early ones were crap) Ive probably forgot about 80% of them. ...I dont like The Office type humour. Its like how we had a run of shows in Sweden who followed that comedy genre of "not really funny". DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
KOTORFanactic Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Blackadder = All the variations of it. Red Dwarf = Great series Little Britain = Brilliant Fawlty Towers = Basil Fawlty was unbelieveably funny Steptoe and Son = An older one. Very funny. Info on this show Dead Ringers = Very funny. The Fast Show = Also very funny.
kirottu Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 The Fast Show Bit of Fry and Laurie Tv to Go Jeeves and Wooster This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Walsingham Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I have to say that I thought Little Britain was just damn awful. I don't hate recurring character skit comedy, but for God's sake Little Britian is recurring joke comedy. I found myself watching several shows just out of sheer disbelief. Black Adder was certainly good. sometimes wildly inaccurate. Sometimes wildly accurate. "the real reason for the whole thing was that it was too much effort *not* to have a war." My favourite recent comedy has to be Black Books. Which is odd, because it clearly the favourite comedy of someone else with access to my study, since my copies of all three series have gone missing *eyes assembled personages suspiciously*. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Darth Launch Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 There's no point me posting my list since I know I'll forget some and have a total ' ' moment... I like most of the shows that have been mentioned though... although, I don't think any one has mentioned "Porridge" DL [color=gray][i]OO-TINI![/i][/color]
SteveThaiBinh Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Little Britain is just a dumbed-down version of The League of Gentlemen. Some of the skits are so obviously rip-offs it's embarrassing. I think the radio version of Little Britain was good, but find the TV series barely watchable. The League of Gentlemen pulls off the gothic funny/creepy thing very successfully, and is definitely worth watching. I never liked Blackadder that much. It had some good moments, but tended to do the same joke again and again as well. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Reveilled Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I thought the League of Gentlemen was just as bad as Little Britain. "I made a little brown fish"? Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
random evil guy Posted August 3, 2005 Author Posted August 3, 2005 forgot about hale&pace. that show was hilarious. anyone remeber "don't look back you wanker..."? :D
Darth Launch Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 I too forgot a show (and I noticed that no one else mentioned it) called 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune'... I'm not sure if you get it anywhere other than the UK though... it was a cool political satire DL [color=gray][i]OO-TINI![/i][/color]
Darth Flatus Posted August 3, 2005 Posted August 3, 2005 Rory Bremner was great back in the day and he is an awesome impressionist. However I find B,B&F to be too far up its own rectum to be funny. The first two series of LoG were awesome; the third series was so-so and the film... well that should just be erased from existence. Little Britain is well past its sell by date. Rock Profiles is better IMO.
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