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Jim Garten 
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Posted: August 28 2007 at 07:52 |
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Kid-A wrote:
Mighty Booch is hilarious, and the actors are progheads apparently. |
yeah their big zappa and beefheart fans.......it shows lol  |
Sorry - never got it - I've tried many times but on the few occasions I've got all the way through an episode, I've done so completely straight faced; I just find them totally unfunny... ditto Tittybangbang & Katherine Tate.
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Posted: August 27 2007 at 03:34 |
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Anyone come across "The IT crowd"? I just started watching it recently, and found it very good.
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Posted: August 27 2007 at 01:58 |
Kid-A wrote:
Mighty Booch is hilarious, and the actors are progheads apparently. |
yeah their big zappa and beefheart fans.......it shows lol
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 08:54 |
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Red Dwarf, Father Ted, Phoenix Nights and The Royle Family are obvious omissions.
Of the comedy sketch shows my two favourites are The Fast Show and Big Train.Both maintained a high standard whereas the likes of Bo Selecta and Little Britain just rehashed the same ideas which soon became very tired.
I think the first series of League Of Gentlemen and episode one of series two were sublime but got progressively dire after that.
My Personal Top 10 including older shows would be:
1. Blackadder
2. Phoenix Nights
3. Fawlty Towers
4. Red Dwarf
5. The League Of Gentlemen Series 1
6. The Royle Family
7. I'm Alan Partridge
8. The Office
9. The Young Ones
10.Bottom
Bubblng under: Porridge,Father Ted, Only Fools and Horses, Rising Damp.Steptoe & Son and Dad's Army.
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 08:21 |
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Mighty Booch is hilarious, and the actors are progheads apparently.
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 07:42 |
Passionist wrote:
The list lacks Gordon Brown. Hm, I feel a bit odd having seen none of these. I don't think they run in finland. I've heard red Dwarf is good though :P |
red dwarf was very good. I'd vote for that.
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 05:31 |
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The list lacks Gordon Brown. Hm, I feel a bit odd having seen none of these. I don't think they run in finland. I've heard red Dwarf is good though :P
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 05:09 |
sorry - none of the above really 
British comedy is in something of a low at the moment - My Family is typical traditional sit-com and isn't bad, i really liked 2 Pints of Lager but the new one Grownups is disappointing in comparison.
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 04:36 |
Kotro wrote:
Some of my favorites are missing, though: ...Coupling |
Coupling for me. Brilliant show.
[the american version is just sh*t]
Off the list I think I've only seen "The League Of Gentlemen", "The Office", "Little Britain" and "I'm Alan Partridge". They're all good but nothing I've really followed.
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Posted: August 23 2007 at 05:28 |
mrcozdude wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Very tough poll! I went for 'Brass Eye' I'm a big Chris Morris fan. I like The Day Today, Jam and Nathan Barley too, which were all projects he was involved in. Alan Partridge, The Office and The League of Gentlemen are all brilliant too. I've just bought the first three series of Peep Show on DVD, and they are hilarious, and very original too. Spaced was also mentioned here. That is one one my favourite sit coms of all time, next to Fawlty Towers, Ab Fab and BlackAdder. |
yeah chris morris is a genius but was quite dissapointed when he didnt affend me in the i.t crowd |
If you want to be offended by a Chris Morris product, then check out 'Nathan Barley'
I couldn't believe how bizarre and completly obnoxious that sit com was. I loved it! 
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Posted: August 22 2007 at 00:45 |
darqdean wrote:
mrcozdude wrote:
yeah chris morris is a genius but was quite dissapointed when he didnt affend me in the i.t crowd |
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I couldn't find his name listed their ,was that the point of the link?lol
Jim Garten wrote:
God what a choice -
I was torn between League Of gentlemen & Alan Partridge, but went for Partridge in the end, as Steve Coogan maintained the quality throughout the series, whereas LoG (in my opinion) lost the plot in the third series (and don't even mention the execrable film...)
darqdean wrote:
The Green Wing - Surreal & Hilarious. Tamsin Greig is our greatest female comedic actor ( ) |
I'm definitely with you on that one:
Splendidly surreal comedy  |
Also i really like the 3rd season but it couldnt of been as good as the other due to only keep certain charcters focused without it,and the film well..... it was a good idea im suprised about the characters they chose though
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Posted: August 20 2007 at 07:37 |
God what a choice -
I was torn between League Of gentlemen & Alan Partridge, but went for Partridge in the end, as Steve Coogan maintained the quality throughout the series, whereas LoG (in my opinion) lost the plot in the third series (and don't even mention the execrable film...)
darqdean wrote:
The Green Wing - Surreal & Hilarious. Tamsin Greig is our greatest female comedic actor ( ) |
I'm definitely with you on that one:
Splendidly surreal comedy 
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Posted: August 20 2007 at 05:48 |
mrcozdude wrote:
yeah chris morris is a genius but was quite dissapointed when he didnt affend me in the i.t crowd |
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Posted: August 19 2007 at 23:16 |
Blacksword wrote:
Very tough poll! I went for 'Brass Eye' I'm a big Chris Morris fan. I like The Day Today, Jam and Nathan Barley too, which were all projects he was involved in.
Alan Partridge, The Office and The League of Gentlemen are all brilliant too. I've just bought the first three series of Peep Show on DVD, and they are hilarious, and very original too.
Spaced was also mentioned here. That is one one my favourite sit coms of all time, next to Fawlty Towers, Ab Fab and BlackAdder. |
yeah chris morris is a genius but was quite dissapointed when he didnt affend me in the i.t crowd
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 14:25 |
darqdean wrote:
Tapfret wrote:
Is the show with the aging rock and roller who is a pest control technician who drives a Charger (or is it a Cougar?) and shares his deep ethics in rock and roll metaphors with his teenage son one of the ones on the list?
I vote for that one. |
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Yes yes yes...thats the one. It's shown...or was, on BBC America.
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 10:42 |
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I must admit I don't know any of them, but then a) I don't live in the UK and b) I hardly ever watch tv. you could show me a list of German comedy shows of today; I wouldn't know them either, except for "Die Camper" ("The Campers"), and that one only because a friend of us plays one of the female leads in it
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 06:38 |
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that's it.. wonderfully weird, and very funny
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 06:34 |
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^ Posh Nosh with Richard E Grant and Arabella Wier?
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 06:20 |
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did we even get any of these in the U.S. other than the Office? I don't recognize them, ah well.. my favorites; Wooster and Jeeves, the Office, and Fawlty Towers for classic stuff... and some strange cooking show parody that was funny.
Edited by Atavachron - August 15 2007 at 06:21
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Posted: August 15 2007 at 06:15 |
Tapfret wrote:
Is the show with the aging rock and roller who is a pest control technician who drives a Charger (or is it a Cougar?) and shares his deep ethics in rock and roll metaphors with his teenage son one of the ones on the list?
I vote for that one. |
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