Iconic TV Comedies You Don't Find Funny

Started by ONeill, October 29, 2024, 10:29:47 PM

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lenny

Fr ted and the IT crowd were very good. Early doors was brilliant and the Royle family very good also. Schitts creek is pretty good on netflix. I liked Gavin and Stacey also.

Write boys

Most of the newer stuff unwatchable. Mrs Brown's boys  terrible
Still game great  better than rab
Early doors brilliant  much better than Royal family
Father Ted brilliant
My favourite black adder especially series 3 and 4.
Only fools good. but not as good as it is made out.
Anyway just my tuppence

Tony Baloney

I know not necessarily a comedy but Arthur Daly in Minder is one of the best characters to have appeared on the box.

And I'll throw in Oz from Auf Wiedershen as another great comic character.

Newbridge Exile

Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 30, 2024, 08:08:21 PMI know not necessarily a comedy but Arthur Daly in Minder is one of the best characters to have appeared on the box.

And I'll throw in Oz from Auf Wiedershen as another great comic character.
Would definitely agree on Arthur Daly I have caught some old reruns on ITV4 recently and really enjoyed them

bridgegael

A lot of the newer comedies wouldn't be great,  hard to beat the older ones.

The Office
Peep show
IT Crowd

Liked 2point4 children and Men behaving badly.
A relatively new one I binge watched was 2 doors down. Thought it was very funny. Will give it another go again.
"2009 Gaaboard Cheltenham fantasy league winner"

Orior

Never ever got into these:

Allo Allo - pish
Mrs Browns - pish squared
Only Fools and Horses - I probably should have tried harder
Friends - chick programme
Absolutely Fab - older chick programme

Cover me in chocolate and feed me to the lesbians

An Watcher

Ah Jesus lads, only fools was unbelievable.   Coukd sit n watch a load of them.  The card game, the watch, batman n Robin, the chandelier.  Absolutely brilliant

Tony Baloney

Quote from: An Watcher on October 30, 2024, 09:40:32 PMAh Jesus lads, only fools was unbelievable.   Coukd sit n watch a load of them.  The card game, the watch, batman n Robin, the chandelier.  Absolutely brilliant
Agree. It should have finished before the last couple of seasons but I could easily watch every episode from ep 1.

imtommygunn

Can't stand peep show. Awful.

Dunno how anyone couldn't like only fools and horses...

AustinPowers

Quote from: Orior on October 30, 2024, 09:17:07 PMNever ever got into these:

Allo Allo - pish
Mrs Browns - pish squared
Only Fools and Horses - I probably should have tried harder
Friends - chick programme
Absolutely Fab - older chick programme



Allo Allo was good  fun. You'd think regular catchphrases  would get boring , but it never  did.  Officer  Crabtree   had sim  groot lunes.

You do need to try  harder with only fools. Took me years  to get into it , but  it was a work of  genius. The last three  episodes were  a mistake though.

ONeill

Anyone remember Game on?

Samantha Janus.
I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

Jell 0 Biafra

Liked Fools and Horses at the time.  Don't think it aged well at all, any time I've watched it over the past 10 years or so.

I'd agree with Orior re the other shows he mentioned (though I've never seen Mrs. Browns).

Have I Got News for You, back when Angus Deayton was doing it was consistently good.  As were shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad, at least for some of their seasons.

bennydorano

Quote from: ONeill on October 30, 2024, 11:01:54 PMAnyone remember Game on?

Samantha Janus.
Loved it & it's still funny, has aged well. It successfully survived the change of the reclusive flat owner character (Ben Chaplin to Neil Stuke) which is not easy done! Men behaving badly did it too, improved considerably from Harry Enfield to Neil Morrisey era.

Milltown Row2

Quote from: ONeill on October 30, 2024, 11:01:54 PMAnyone remember Game on?

Samantha Janus.

Original cast were good in the first season, lead actor changed for second season. Was ok, not same league as others out during that time
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