Favourite Sitcoms

Oooh just found out that Desmonds is on Sky 209 the Africa channel at 7 each night

all 6 series are on the 4OD website as well

Married With Children

Only fools and Horses
Vicar of Dibley
Men Behaving Badly
Porridge
Open All Hours
Dads Army
Not Going Out
The Thin Blue Line
Blackadder(series two onwards)
Bread
Early Doors
Gimme,Gimme,Gimme
Game On
Coupling.
Come fly with me

Blackadder
The Fall and Rise Of Reginald Perrin
Only Fools And Horses
The Good Life
Dads Army
Fawlty Towers
Phoenix Nights

(07-01-2014 16:13 )fannysniffer Wrote:  

(07-01-2014 14:42 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  Still Game was one of my favourites - every character in it was funny, especially the corner-shop guy and the Peter Stringfellow barman. One of the few programmes that genuinely made me laugh out loud.
Wish they could make a few more episodes. I suppose their tower-block would have been demolished by now. They can move it to the dead seaside town where Winston moved to.

I heard that there could be more
There was rumours that the writers (who play Jack and Victor) had fallen out, but I've heard that's bull shit and they're gonna be bringing it back.

I only discovered Still game for the first time myself last year, crying shame it's not that well known, because it's right up there with the all time classics IMO.

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hephill did fall out but they seem to have put it behind them now. As far as I know the reunion is only for a stage show at the moment but hopefully a tv series will follow, now they're working together again.

In a sad coincidence Kiernan's 12 year old son was found dead at the family home this morning. Police are treating the death as unexplained at the moment.
Thoughts are with him and his family at this time.

(08-01-2014 13:35 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  Ford Kiernan and Greg Hephill did fall out but they seem to have put it behind them now. As far as I know the reunion is only for a stage show at the moment but hopefully a tv series will follow, now they're working together again.

In a sad coincidence Kiernan's 12 year old son was found dead at the family home this morning. Police are treating the death as unexplained at the moment.
Thoughts are with him and his family at this time.

Wow! that's awful shocking news.

It's interesting that most of those mentioned ( not all) are years old. It either reflects the age of the people contributing to this thread or the fact that TV just doesn't do sitcoms particularly well now.

I like most of the older ones mentioned and still laugh at them. Particularly like Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? And Porridge.

Porridge and Open All Hours were always 2 of my favorites from the old days.

Ronnie Barker was a fantastic character actor.

(08-01-2014 17:13 )stowman Wrote:  It's interesting that most of those mentioned ( not all) are years old. It either reflects the age of the people contributing to this thread or the fact that TV just doesn't do sitcoms particularly well now.

I like most of the older ones mentioned and still laugh at them. Particularly like Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? And Porridge.

It,s more of a reflection on the appalling sitcoms produced now, The Wright way, Citizen Khan, Vicious and Coming of age to name but a few.

Truly abysmal.

Another 'so stupid it's funny one' was Bottom. Just been looking up some quotes from it.

Eddie: This is a sex shop isn't it?
Shop Assistant: Yes.
Eddie: [slaps money down] I'll have five quid's worth then!
Shop Assistant: Very droll sir, I've never heard that one before.
Eddie: Haven't you? Shall I tell it again?
Shop Assistant: No thank you sir, I'd rather have a pineapple inserted violently into my rectum.
Eddie: You've been working here too long mate.
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Pawnbroker: Oh, there's a nice little piece of object d'art! Must be worth at least two an' a half grand... I'll give yer £1.50 for it!
Eddie: Uhh... let's haggle.
Pawnbroker: OK, a quid.
Eddie: No, let's haggle upwards.
Pawnbroker: OK, 50p!
Eddie: God, they don't call you Harry The Bastard for nothing, do they?
Pawnbroker: No. They call me Ted.
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Eddie: So, er, what did you do then?
Falklands War Vet: Well, I'd rather not talk about it.
Eddie: Why? Is it embarrassing? Shit your pants, did you? Cry, did you?
Falklands War Vet: Quite the opposite, actually.
Eddie: What, you sucked water in through your eyes?