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Older British Sitcoms
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Poll Question: Pick your favourite from this list of sitcoms from the 60s, 70s & 80s
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But really Terri...you didn't like Fawlty Towers ?? One of the few people I've met that didn't. And I can say that because... I'VE MET YOU Thumbs Up
 
I don't find people being humiliated funny.  I used to spend every episode cringing.  It never worked for me as a comedy.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I expected a Yes Minister/ Yes Prime Minister vote, Lazland.

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Yes, given my avatar, a reasonable statement

There is, actually, a reason why not. As brilliant as the tv series were, the books of them were vastly superior, certainly when read through the eyes of a lifelong civil servant. They go into the detail of civil service machinations and manipulations far better than the shows ever did, and come highly recommended if you can get them.
 
agreed, the books are great, but the books didn't have Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

I should vote for Yes Minister or Blackadder...but I loved The Good Life.


Felicity Kendal... sigh



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My husband would agree with you...and I wouldn't blame him one bit.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

I should vote for Yes Minister or Blackadder...but I loved The Good Life.


Felicity Kendal... sigh



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Just ask Tom Stoppard about this.
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Originally posted by Guy Guden Guy Guden wrote:

Do you consider Rumpole of the Bailey a sitcom?  Liked Leo McKern and his supporting cast very much.
It's more of a comedy-drama (dramedy) than a situation-comedy (sitcom) - while they can have a serious side, sitcoms are generally played for laughs whereas comedy-dramas are more dramas with comedy in them. 

I prefer the radio versions of Rumpole (Timothy West played the older Rumpole and now Benedict Cucumberbatch is currently playing the younger Rumpole).
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Guy Guden Guy Guden wrote:

Do you consider Rumpole of the Bailey a sitcom?  Liked Leo McKern and his supporting cast very much.
 
I prefer the radio versions of Rumpole (Timothy West played the older Rumpole and now Benedict Cucumberbatch is currently playing the younger Rumpole).
 
Didn't know about the radio versions of Rumpole, Dean.  Thanks.  I should track those down and have a glass of Chateau Thames.
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Other: Red Dwarf followed closely by Black Adder then The Young Ones...


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In this poll i mis "Allo Allo"
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