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DarthBalls · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: Top 5 comedy series on TV

Brass Eye/The Day Today (same thing if you ask me)
My Name is Earl (ignoring the 3rd series)
Vic and Bob's Catterick
Spaced
The Mighty Boosh (1-3)

Honourable mentions to Garth Marenghi's Dark Place and Look Around You (Series 1).
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Matt · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject:

The Office
Phoenix Nights
Frasier
Vicar of Dibley
Only Fools
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BeN · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:22 am Post subject:

We've had this before.

(No particular order)
Friends
Everyone Loves Raymond
Seinfeld
The King Of Queens
The Office
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kraftwerk · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:32 am Post subject:

Again, in no particular order...

01. Porridge
02. Flight of the Conchords (if you like comedy and music, and haven't seen this, do yourself a favour and buy the DVD. I promise you won't be disappointed)
03. Curb Your Enthusiasm
04. Pulling
05. The Thick of It
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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:51 am Post subject:

Black Adder
Fawlty Towers.
Brass Eye/Day Today
Bottom.
M*A*S*H
Python.

Honourable mentions for Red Dwarf, The Young Ones, Flight of the Conchords, Fast Show, Earl, Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, Danger Mouse, Kath & Kim (series one), Spaced, Mitchell & Webb, Not the Nine O'clock News, Royle Family & Peep Show.
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kraftwerk · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:08 am Post subject:

I forgot Family Guy. Perhaps the most consistently-funny show on TV at the moment.
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SpecB · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:27 am Post subject:

Stewie rocks!
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DarthBalls · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

I agonised a lot over including Python but I haven't seen the series since I was a kid when they repeated them on the telly in the 80s and a lot of comedies I liked then just don't make me laugh now - The Young Ones being the main example.

I'd like to see the New Statesman and Drop the Dead Donkey again - I loved those when I was younger - we used to watch them as a family (including my grand parents), same with the Young Ones.
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Blarno · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject:

Family Guy
Red Dwarf
Scrubs
My Name Is Earl
Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:

Mighty Boosh
Blackadder (any or all of them)
Fawlty Towers
South Park
The Simpsons

TimR · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:44 am Post subject:

Spaced
Family Guy
Still Game
Blackadder
My Name Is Earl

franki68 · Petrolhead Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 2306

blackadder
fawlty towers
family guy
simpsons
south park
mash
frasier
scrubs..first few seasons
porridge
alan partridge
ali g
shameless

tali · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject:

I can't recall any great modern comedy -the oldies are the best, no time for USA ones either apart from Seinfeld
Partridge and The Office show genius - but in very small doses- and light years away from the true greats.
Twelfth has my closest matches apart from MASH
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woof woof · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject:

In no particular order, but more than 5.

Third Rock.
The IT Crowd.
Fawlty Towers (so few episodes though.)
Rising Damp.
Dad's army.
Steptoe and son.
One foot in the grave.
Nearest and dearest.
Last of the summer wine.
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woof woof · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

There was a comedy show years ago and one of the characters used to say...

"Served all through first world war Carter."

What was the show called?
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simonp · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject:

Black Books
Most of Vic and Bob's stuff (anything with the Stotts will do!)
Conchords
The IT Crowd
Father Ted

Rodge · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject:

simonp · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject:

Dunno where the info came from, but a chap I work with tells me that season 2 of Flight of the Conchords starts on May 15th.

Big TC · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

Fawlty Towers
Frasier
Family Guy
Blackadder
Shameless (is it a comedy these days.....?)
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Nice Guy Eddie · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:25 pm Post subject:

Bottom
The Inbetweeners
Only fools and Horses (the early years)
Blackadder
The Young ones
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