Fave comedy?

finchy
finchy Posts: 6,686
edited November 2008 in The bottom bracket
Which comedies make you laugh?

I'll go for Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf and Peep Show as the best British ones.

US-wise I like 3rd Rock from the Sun. Er, does this + Red Dwarf make me a geek? Well, if you say yes then pot, kettle black 'cos we're all on a web forum :) !

Check this "comedy" out if you speak frog: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uBhnhJ12oAI Believe it or not, this merde makes people laugh en France. I used to suffer it when I had a French girlfriend. Painful :cry:
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  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Too many to mention - but recent faves include Peep Show, Green Wing and Early Doors
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  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    must be getting old, i've not heard of any of them

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  • ror_b211
    ror_b211 Posts: 65
    You haven't heard of green wing? My fave has to be father ted :D
  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    nope, never heard of green wing

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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Pretty much anything either Graham Linehan or Chris Morris have been involved in. That's a hell of long list, so highlights are Partridge, Father Ted and Brass Eye.
  • Schmidthouse
    Schmidthouse Posts: 134
    Yes Minister/Prime Minister although as my major client is the Govt I feel that its more a documentary rather then a comedy :D
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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Pretty much anything either Graham Linehan or Chris Morris have been involved in. That's a hell of long list, so highlights are Partridge, Father Ted and Brass Eye.

    Can't believe I overlooked these... wow, happy memories come flooding back!
  • McBain_v1
    McBain_v1 Posts: 5,237
    Bremner, Bird and Fortune are bitingly funny.
    I like Big Bang as well - geeky to the max :!:
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  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    Majorly geeky but the I.T. Crowd is one of my favourites. New series starts on Friday.
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  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    The Goon Show! I'm still trying to collect all the episodes on CD.

    Why 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' hasn't been mentioned yet is bizzare. The first series of 'Green Wing' and 'League of Gentlemen'; the second series were too dark to be funny.

    'Spitting Image' and 'The Muppets'

    'Not the Nine O'Clock News' and 'The Fast Show'

    'The Two Ronnies' - loads of really clever word play.

    I can't remember the title of Harry Hills 2 sketch-style series Essentially the same show repeated over the 2 series, but they left me with sore sides and gasping for air every week.
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  • EdHarris
    EdHarris Posts: 81
    On the radio: bue jam.

    On TV: Day Today, Brasseye, the Alan Partridge series and Darkplace. Peep show is up there with monkey dust not far behind. Not the Nine O'Clock News is very good too.
  • FCE2007
    FCE2007 Posts: 962
    Blackadder 2 ..... Nursey! I like it firm and fruity :lol:
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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Slackbladder 2, 3 & 4. Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, Father Ted, (was in Ireland when Dermot Morgan died, no idea why I mention that) Scrubs used to be watchable, green wing never was. Never heard of peep show, I will have a shufty for it later.

    I cant watch Only Fools anymore, its on every frigging night and has been worn out. Im from London and am obviously not the League of Gentlemens target audience, might as well have been made by the Coen bros!

    Love they neighbour, "pinky ponky I am a honky". Why dont they show re runs of that then? Till death us do part was also great, probably wont ever be shown ever again either :lol:
  • synchronicity
    synchronicity Posts: 1,415
    I enjoy Open All Hours, Red Dward, Only Fools and Horses.

    Here in Spain, there are only 1 or 2 decent comedies I enjoy watching. If you can understand Spanish, "Aída" is definitely one of the best.
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  • bornagainbiker
    bornagainbiker Posts: 127
    I'd have to recommend

    SPACED

    COUPLING (the first 3 series are the best) "I've got too many legs!"

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  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    bornagainbiker wrote:
    I'd have to recommend

    SPACED

    COUPLING (the first 3 series are the best) "I've got too many legs!"

    ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

    +1 for Spaced (groundbreaking format) and Coupling. Geoff was the star of that show.
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  • bornagainbiker
    bornagainbiker Posts: 127
    Having been such a fan of Spaced I was very disappointed with 'Shaun of the dead'. I just didn't find it all that funny. It seemed like a pale imitation of an overlong spaced episode. :?

    Yep Jeff was 'brilliant'

    STEVE: Jeff, Jeff, I know about the giggle loop, the sock gap, the nudity buffer, and what you said to Audrey Watkins. Believe me, there is nothing you can possibly say that will surprise me. What’s gone wrong this time?

    JEFF: I’ve got too many legs.

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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Crapston Villas.
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  • unclemalc
    unclemalc Posts: 563
    Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
    Rising Damp
    Porridge
    Open All Hours
    (Early-mid) Only Fool and Horses
    Ab Fab
    (mid-series) Red Dwarf.
    Father Ted.
    Blackadders (esp. with Queeny and Sir Percy...)
    Peep Show.
    Lead Balloon.

    Bilko (I'm older than you.... :D )
    (Early) Mash
    Cheers
    (early) Frasier
    Larry Sanders Show
    Seinfeld
    Curb Your Enthusiam.
    Spring!
    Singlespeeds in town rule.
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    i was a big father ted fan - but right now I am into some of the american stuff - in particular:

    2 and a half men - charlie sheen's greatest role - and scrubs - both on paramount comedy at the moment
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    I can't believe that nobody's mentioned Keeping Up Appearances :twisted:

    Er, wait a minute, yes I can.
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Father Ted.

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    In no real order:
    The Inbetweeners ("That sounded just a little bit rapey")
    Phoenix Nights (Toby Foster (Les from LesAlanos) does the breakfast Show on Radio Sheffield)
    Coupling (currently being badly dubbed by the French and branded as "Six Sexy")
    Partridge
    Gavin & Stacey (Quality writing and Rob Brydon is a legend)
    Marion & Geoff (Rob Brydon is a legend)

    In terms of stand up:
    Peter Kay
    Ross Noble
    Jimmy Carr (though I don't like him on TV)

    And general geniuses of comedy:
    Ali G
    John Cleese
    Steve Coogan
    Ricky Gervais

    Also, even though I've seen every episode at least thrice, I'm not afraid to say I love Friends, and it's probably the greatest show in it's genre (I call it a sitcom) for the last 20 years.
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Forgot to mention Jack Dee too. And Whose Line Is It Anyway - not the US version though.
  • jellybellywmb
    jellybellywmb Posts: 1,379
    Men Behaving Badly
    Office
    Spaced
    "BEER" Proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy
  • Lysander
    Lysander Posts: 349
    Paul Calf Video Diary
    The League of Gentlemen
    Alan Partridge
    Jacque Tati 'Je de Fete' Has a wonderful cycling sequence in it. One of my favourite films.
  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    +1 for Spaced & Green Wing. We watched them on DVD with the kids when they were 11 and 13 and they have become firm family favourites.

    We all also really enjoyed "Jour de Fete", especially the cycling.

    Further back, Blackadder was inspired and some of Dad's Army (the characters more than the storylines) is timeless human comedy.

    I'm off to find out more about Peep Show, as I have never heard of it.

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  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps.
    And the best line in any show.
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pwldGmw4yDo
    followed by
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MadRUqMvm ... re=related
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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    black books

    spaced

    peepshow

    brasseye

    father ted

    i.t crowd
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  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    Taxi with Christopher Lloyd as the rev.Jim Ignatowski and Danny DeVito as louie de palmer
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