Wistaston Ram Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hancock's Half Hour - One of the original sitcoms that has stood the test of time and contains some wonderful lines. More recently I've enjoyed Ghosts, but my favourites tend to be on the dark/ surreal side - League of gentlemen, One Foot in the Grave, Father Ted, Nighty Night. Miggins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggins Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, Wistaston Ram said: I forgot about Ghosts! Really enjoy watching this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, Miggins said: Blackadder Father Ted Frasier Dad's Army The Two Ronnies All of the above I can watch over and over again. Some, like 'Til Death us do part, Steptoe and Son I can't watch despite their genius because they are too rooted in tragedy. Alf Garnett, Harold Steptoe led such unhappy lives that they stood no chance of escaping from and although I find it very funny it's also almost too sad to watch, not to mention poor, put-upon Hercules! I feel like I shouldn't be laughing. I know that most comedy has its roots in tragedy and I find that an amazing fact. This thread has made me determined to watch more sit-coms, especially the more recent ones which I have ignored. Thanks to all who have posted with recommendations. ☺️ I'm not too sure whether you're on a wind up here Miggins. You do know they were characters ...right Alf Garnett was an east ender, A bigot, Wife abuser, Hated scousers and as tight as a ducks ass. Harold Steptoe, Was a Womaniser without getting a Woman, Who looked after his Father who was a coniving old sod. Hercules on the other hand...was a horse I get the feeling you've gone fishing and caught a whopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggins Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Quite serious, Alf and not a wind up at all! (I'm not that clever!?) Perhaps I shouldn't take comedy so seriously! Perhaps instead of tragedy I should have said that a lot of comedy is generated by sad situations. Probably over-analyzing here! However, I still felt really sorry for Hercules! I know that it's been rightly pointed out that Not the Nine o'clock News and Little Britain weren't sit coms but I found them very funny too! Edited December 17, 2021 by Miggins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I used to love watching The Mighty Boosh and Vic Reeves Big Night Out I know nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, Miggins said: Quite serious, Alf and not a wind up at all! (I'm not that clever!?) Perhaps I shouldn't take comedy so seriously! I know that it's been rightly pointed out that Not the Nine o'clock News and Little Britain weren't sit coms but I found them very funny too! Hhmmm, If you've not seen After Life with Ricky Gervais...take a look, Comedy and Serious life at it's best and worse. It's was/is on Netflix. TigerTedd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggins Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, Unlucky Alf said: Hhmmm, If you've not seen After Life with Ricky Gervais...take a look, Comedy and Serious life at it's best and worse. It's was/is on Netflix. I'll give it a go. Thanks. Ram-Alf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, Miggins said: I'll give it a go. Thanks. It’ll make you cry. Big dirty sobbing tears. And then it’ll make you laugh. All the feels. Miggins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinder Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Eddie said: This episode takes some beating... Queeg! Have you seen the documentaries they did on Dave last year? Beautifully nostalgic and reminded me how much I loved Red Dwarf. cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Tyler Durden said: I used to love watching The Mighty Boosh and Vic Reeves Big Night Out Boosh yes, never got Reeves & Mortimer, Shooting Stars etc, they're two comics beter off apart IMO Edited December 18, 2021 by Coconut's Beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Does Toast of London count as a sitcom? What about Flowers? Both C4 both very good The Detectorists is a must watch. Galavant... musical sitcom, brilliant, one of my favourite series. Trial & Error (spoof of The Staircase) was brilliant from 2017 Further away from sitcom but still sorta counts... Upright (Tim Minchin) amazing, Medicial police on Netflix decent Don't Trust The Bitch in Apt 23 was great but cut far too short Edited December 18, 2021 by Coconut's Beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 9 hours ago, Coconut's Beard said: Boosh yes, never got Reeves & Mortimer, Shooting Stars etc, they're two comics beter off apart IMO Reeves & Mortimer did the Montreal Comedy Festival in their early years...they Bombed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWC1983 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Once you get past the first couple of episodes, Park's and Recreation is a nice easy watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 12 hours ago, Coconut's Beard said: Boosh yes, never got Reeves & Mortimer, Shooting Stars etc, they're two comics beter off apart IMO I loved Shooting Stars. Their own show stuff i found very patchy, occasionally brilliant. I think the panel show format channelled them well. Bob is superb on WILTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I'm not sure if they're sitcoms or rather observational wryly amusing drama but I enjoy stuff penned by Craig cash. Royle family and early doors both have some cracking moments (as well as moments of pathos) stejawh, Norman and sage 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 33 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: I'm not sure if they're sitcoms or rather observational wryly amusing drama but I enjoy stuff penned by Craig cash. Royle family and early doors both have some cracking moments (as well as moments of pathos) Though I've liked more recent sitcoms, for me, The Royle Family was the last great sitcom. Van der MoodHoover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 4 hours ago, sage said: Though I've liked more recent sitcoms, for me, The Royle Family was the last great sitcom. The Royle Family had the stronger ensemble cast. Including the late and hilarious Liz Smith, who I also used to enjoy in Vicar of Dibley and an earlier one called I Didn't Know You Cared back in the late 70s. cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoooMarkWright Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Early Doors is a very underrated comedy. Brilliant, set in a pub in the early 2000’s. Only 2 series made but the characters are great. On a different scale, The Inbetweeners is class. A modern classic! Ram-Alf, sage, Van der MoodHoover and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 27 minutes ago, enachops said: Early Doors is a very underrated comedy. Brilliant, set in a pub in the early 2000’s. Only 2 series made but the characters are great. On a different scale, The Inbetweeners is class. A modern classic! Agree re Early Doors. Captured a working class world that is disappearing TuffLuff, OoooMarkWright and I know nothing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Watched Still Game during the first lockdown and I thought that was better than any sitcom I’d watched in years. It does become a bit of a parody towards its end but a lot of it is excellent. Would love to watch Early Doors again, if only for this excellent moment Van der MoodHoover, cstand, Ram-Alf and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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