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socalsk1nhead

02-10-2010, 01:04 AM

Fawlty Towers, Top Gear, Little Britain, Extras, The Office, Blackadder, Monty Python, Benny Hill, Ab Fab, The Young Ones, Father Ted, Who's Line Is It Anyways, Friday Night with Jonathon Ross, Graham Norton, Skins, The Inbetweeners, The League of Gentlemen, Red Dwarf, and one of my favorites of all time is Jeeves and Wooster.

BluePower

02-10-2010, 07:35 AM

I'd add Black's Books to your list, socal..(I think I got the name right, watched it about 10 years ago..)

seamus'SKA'murphy (RUDE)

02-10-2010, 07:42 AM

dude you left out IDEAL,THE BOSH and BOTTOM as well as the show Rick did between THE YOUNG ONES and BOTTOM Fuck what was it calld again.....?

seamus'SKA'murphy (RUDE)

02-10-2010, 07:59 AM

adrian and ricks second show cummon one of you bastards has to know it nope o well yeah its a real pisser anyway

BluePower

02-10-2010, 08:04 AM

Have "Bottom" on dvd but haven't seen that one..

seamus'SKA'murphy (RUDE)

02-10-2010, 08:17 AM

yeah im pretty sure they only did afew eps you seen guest house paradiso mate?

eastlondonboy

02-10-2010, 11:10 AM

without doubt only fools and horses, followed closely by porridge

socalsk1nhead

02-10-2010, 12:14 PM

I'd add Black's Books to your list, socal..(I think I got the name right, watched it about 10 years ago..)

I can't say I've seen it. Who's in it and what was it about?

dude you left out IDEAL,THE BOSH and BOTTOM as well as the show Rick did between THE YOUNG ONES and BOTTOM Fuck what was it calld again.....?

I can't say I've seen those. Growing up in LA you don't get exposed to too many British shows. I remember when I was like 13 watching Benny Hill super late at night on Comedy Central. Same with Ab Fab and Whose Line. The stuff like Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Father Ted and stuff is just things that get suggested by friends over the years. I fucking love Jeeves and Wooster though. Fry and Laurie are great together and I know they did a season or two or a sketch show that I haven't seen yet.

And while we're on the subject, I have to vent about something that pisses me off.

Fucking Death at a Funeral remake? What the fuck is that? Not saying I hate Chris Rock or anything, but it order to reach a wider audience than the British humor, they are making it a black comedy and hitting that demographic. The original one was fucking brilliant. I watched the trailer for the new one and every fucking detail is the same. New boyfriend accidentally gets drugged, he attacks the coffin, the wrong body is delivered, there is a secret gay midget lover of the father's. Hell it's even the same fucking midget actor that was in the British one! Fucking hell.

socalsk1nhead

02-10-2010, 12:15 PM

Oh and a friend of mine has The Vicar of Dibley, but it looks like something I wouldn't find too interesting. Am I right or should I check it out?

The Liquidator

02-10-2010, 03:30 PM

only fools followed by Father Ted yeah i know its irish but commisioned first by channel 4

skingirl_em

02-10-2010, 04:03 PM

Oh and a friend of mine has The Vicar of Dibley, but it looks like something I wouldn't find too interesting. Am I right or should I check it out?

It looks shit but its alright really once you get into it. My all time favourites are Only fools & horses, Open all hours, Porridge, The fell and rise of Reginald Perrin. I like The Inbetweeners and The I.T. Crowd now and obviously Rab C Nesbitt now he's back on telly but he's Scottish so doesn't count in this English thread!

Pagal

02-10-2010, 04:07 PM

Oh and a friend of mine has The Vicar of Dibley, but it looks like something I wouldn't find too interesting. Am I right or should I check it out?

I wouldn't bother. It gives new meaning to 'Middle of the road'. Safe and bland, in my book. Having said that it was fucking popular over here, so what the fuck do I know...

Approve of your other choices though, well done sir!

socalsk1nhead

02-10-2010, 04:23 PM

It looks shit but its alright really once you get into it. My all time favourites are Only fools & horses, Open all hours, Porridge, The fell and rise of Reginald Perrin. I like The Inbetweeners and The I.T. Crowd now and obviously Rab C Nesbitt now he's back on telly but he's Scottish so doesn't count in this English thread!

Haha I love the Inbetweeners. It comes on BBC America right after Top Gear. Funny as hell. I haven't heard of the I.T. Crowd but the premise looks funny. My ol lady read Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging way back when, and it's being shown on Teen Nickelodeon so I may end up watching that.

Approve of your other choices though, well done sir!

Haha thanks. Not bad for someone who has to search hard to find episodes of the stuff huh?

One thing I never really got into, which is probably sacrilege, is Doctor Who. I didn't grow up with it so it has no nostalgic value, and besides every time I saw David Tennant on the screen, all I could see is him licking his lips all creepy and saying "Hello father!" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

brian frederick

02-10-2010, 04:28 PM

Vicar of Dibley is awesome. My church really is like that. My Hero and Skins, although my wife says Skins is like 90210 for chavs.

skingirl_em

02-10-2010, 04:31 PM

I only started watching Dr Who when David Tennant was in it. There's just something about him!

socalsk1nhead

02-10-2010, 04:38 PM

Vicar of Dibley is awesome. My church really is like that. My Hero and Skins, although my wife says Skins is like 90210 for chavs.

Hahahaha the funny thing about Skins is there's this cat on there names James Cook/Cook/Cookie, and when I watched the show for the first time, it's exactly how I imagined Delboy/Truth/Troof to be like in real life.

On a related note, I barely found out last year that Stephen Fry is gay. Crazy since he doesn't seem to come off like that.

socalsk1nhead

02-10-2010, 04:40 PM

I only started watching Dr Who when David Tennant was in it. There's just something about him!

Haha yeah something kind of creepy and stalkerish. Its cool if those are the types of guys you're into.

:p

Einherjar

02-11-2010, 12:04 AM

I grew up in the non-politically correct era of watching BBC comedies.
I can't believe no-one's mentioned "Till Death Us Do Part":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOhXpmozpbE&feature=related

and some more of the legendary Alf Garnett, the "Jesus was English" episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWKy4RHf5tQ

I used to love this as a kid, but looking back on it, I doubt they're going to try and do a remake...
"Love Thy Neighbour":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gN7zlpnz8

uppercut

02-11-2010, 12:12 AM

I used to watch Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances on PBS all the time. Now I pretty much just watch The Young Ones, Little Britain, and Born and Bred (yeah, it's not a comedy, but I like it anyway)

Danibyrd

02-11-2010, 03:37 AM

Young Ones, Abfab, Bottom

Blair.OF.WN

02-11-2010, 06:50 AM

Old - Porridge, New - Inbetweeners.

Blair.OF.WN

02-11-2010, 06:53 AM

Hahahaha the funny thing about Skins is there's this cat on there names James Cook/Cook/Cookie, and when I watched the show for the first time, it's exactly how I imagined Delboy/Truth/Troof to be like in real life.

He was also in This Is England as Pukey Nichols.

Billlybawb

02-11-2010, 07:25 AM

Can't believe noone's mentioned the Swiss Tony and Alan Partridge series! The Brittas Empire's alright for a lazy Sunday afternoon. And then there's this more recent series called Doc Martin I'm adicted to, even if only for the amazing setting (Cornwall if I'm not mistaken). All the episodes are on youtube, by the way.

Delboy

02-11-2010, 07:45 AM

Vicar of Dibley is awesome. My church really is like that. My Hero and Skins, although my wife says Skins is like 90210 for chavs.

No.

Completely different demographic. Skins is the most grossly exaggerated bollocks about middle class kids who think they're fucking hard, taking drugs and just being obnoxious dickheads because there ain't no one about to give them a kicking and make them turn it in. It's more like England's equivalent of the OC.

Delboy

02-11-2010, 07:49 AM

I like Raab C Nesbitt. About a dirty old Scottish geezer who lives on benefits... I think it's absolutely jokes. Shameless is quality although not really a comdey. It's more black humor and the story lines always get deadly serious and deep... so much more like a drama but it's a bit funny because they're stupid fucking northerners. In one episode in season one, a little boy has been kidnapped and they think a pedo's running about... Frank steams in and says 'Alright, we've beaten a confession out of ice cream man Alec, he's been sticking his knob in the tubs!'.... fucking priceless. Ideal is another good one about thick northerners.

socalsk1nhead

02-11-2010, 10:43 AM

matte bxl

02-11-2010, 11:25 AM

I ' love green wing , little britain, blackadder.

skingirl_em

02-11-2010, 12:05 PM

So out of curiosity, how many American shows do you guys get over there? Obviously what we get is from BBC America and maybe a couple other obscure cable channels but nothing mainstream. On BBC America it's mostly Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen nightmares and F Word, Doctor Who, Skins, Inbetweeners, Graham Norton, Jonathon Ross, Mary Queen of Shops, Antiques Roadshow UK, Cash in the Attic, Demons and some new show called Survivors coming up. Not really any show talked about one here.

So how much of a variety of American shows do you get?

Sounds like you get all our shit!! Do you get David Dickinsons REal Deal? Now thats a cracker! We get some good American stuff here, CSI is on almost every night, Desperate Housewives, Sons of Anarchy, Flash forward, The Big Bang Theory, loads but I can't think right now. The one thing I hate America for is sending us Glee!!!! Fuck I hate that show and all the music that goes with it, why do all the kids here have to have Don't stop believing as their ringtone!!

Delboy

02-11-2010, 01:39 PM

The one thing I hate America for is sending us Glee!!!! Fuck I hate that show and all the music that goes with it, why do all the kids here have to have Don't stop believing as their ringtone!!

I hate most American comedy. I can't stand all that lowest common denominator toilet humour. Scrubs is the only decent American comedy. I find the American Office an ok watch simply because the people are such mongs. Can't touch the English version though.

socalsk1nhead

02-11-2010, 01:50 PM

Sounds like you get all our shit!! Do you get David Dickinsons REal Deal? Now thats a cracker! We get some good American stuff here, CSI is on almost every night, Desperate Housewives, Sons of Anarchy, Flash forward, The Big Bang Theory, loads but I can't think right now. The one thing I hate America for is sending us Glee!!!! Fuck I hate that show and all the music that goes with it, why do all the kids here have to have Don't stop believing as their ringtone!!

Oh I forgot Top Gear of course. It's a good variety, but nothing that really was named in this thread. It seems like there is tons we aren't seeing.

I hate most American comedy. I can't stand all that lowest common denominator toilet humour. Scrubs is the only decent American comedy. I find the American Office an ok watch simply because the people are such mongs. Can't touch the English version though.

You know I can't even watch our version of The Office. I've tried watching it a couple times and it disappoints so much. I actually saw ours first and hated it, and then watched the UK one and loved it. Something about the delivery of the character. Steve Carell comes of like just an out of touch boss that's kind of an idiot. Ricky is out of touch, a bit of an ass too, but he does it with a certain sharpness and wit. He makes you laugh but you actually also feel for the sad git sometimes. The Christmas special got to me a little.

Danny_Mc

02-11-2010, 01:59 PM

On the subject of American sit coms... we get quite a lot them over here. I liked Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and My Name is Earl. I really can not for the life of me understand the popularity of shit like Everybody Loves Raymond or Two and a half men though.... I won't say anything about Friends except that Channel 4 have finally decided to stop running the damned show! Thank fuck for that.

The American Office is better than I thought it would be but I've only seen one or two episodes. Scrubs was ok at the beginning but the constant moralising and running jokes got old very quickly for me.

Shameless is worth checking out if you get the chance....

Quadfather

02-11-2010, 03:10 PM

little britain is awesome
i love the guy in the wheelchair

Delboy

02-11-2010, 03:15 PM

I despise Little Britain. I think most of it is fucking idiotic. I can understand if you're into toilet humour or NFL (immediately showing you have a short attention span)

Stance

02-11-2010, 03:16 PM

little britain is awesome
i love the guy in the wheelchair

Nah! You need 'I'm Alan Partridge' pal.

Danny_Mc

02-11-2010, 03:25 PM

Nah! You need 'I'm Alan Partridge' pal.

Ahh haaaa...second that

Wings... the band The Beatles could have been... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZspqjtG2k)

Stance

02-11-2010, 03:26 PM

Ahh haaaa...second that

Wings... the band The Beatles could have been... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZspqjtG2k)

Spot on. Second series ain't a patch on series one mind. You like Saxondale?

Danny_Mc

02-11-2010, 03:28 PM

I didn't get to see Saxondale at all when it was on, was it up to much?

Stance

02-11-2010, 03:30 PM

I didn't get to see Saxondale at all when it was on, was it up to much?

Caught the first series. Very good! Takes a few episodes to get into but highly recommended.

Quadfather

02-11-2010, 03:36 PM

who?

Remell

02-11-2010, 03:38 PM

Spot on. Second series ain't a patch on series one mind. You like Saxondale?

i actually prefered the 2nd and 3rd series - 1st series is brilliant but its great watchin the guy deal with failure and hurtling towards a mental breakdown - classic

Pagal

02-11-2010, 08:26 PM

i actually prefered the 2nd and 3rd series - 1st series is brilliant but its great watchin the guy deal with failure and hurtling towards a mental breakdown - classic

I loved them all. Fuckin brilliant stuff.

Really liked Saxondale too, though it wasn't as LOL funny ast Partridge.

tonychernobyl

02-11-2010, 08:29 PM

english TV is to dry for me (for the most part)

BOUNCING SOUL

02-12-2010, 01:37 PM

My favourites would be dad's army, steptoe and son, and only only fools and horses. Hard to beat those, in my humble opinion.

Remell

02-12-2010, 04:02 PM

english TV is to dry for me (for the most part)

Thats why they go well with beer - its a crackin combo!

magichateball

02-12-2010, 04:31 PM

Monty Python and Are You Being Served? do it for me. Outside of that, I don't watch much comedy (British or American). I prefer stuff like NCIS and Law and Order. If i want comedy, I'll go with Barney Miller or something older, where you had to have some thought about the joke itself, instead of something that gives you the punchline to laugh at without a joke behind it.

socalsk1nhead

02-12-2010, 06:59 PM

I just realized another show that I've seen a bit of that makes me laugh my ass off.

That Mitchell and Webb Look. I always thought it was pretty clever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEle_DLDg9Y

BluePower

02-13-2010, 05:49 AM

Dylan Moran was the lead actor, plays an alcoholic that owns a bookstore but doesn't want to actually sell books to anyone because he hates everybody, except for his one friend.

Remell

02-13-2010, 07:50 AM

I just realized another show that I've seen a bit of that makes me laugh my ass off.

That Mitchell and Webb Look. I always thought it was pretty clever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEle_DLDg9Y

Armstrong and Miller is dam funny too - especially the chav ww2 pilots

No Class

02-13-2010, 08:34 PM

dude you left out IDEAL,THE BOSH and BOTTOM as well as the show Rick did between THE YOUNG ONES and BOTTOM Fuck what was it calld again.....?

Filthy, Rich and Catflap...

Shameless is probably the best thing we have in the last few years...great stuff...
Spaced, Nighty Night, League Of Gentlemen and Big Train I don't think have been mentioned but my top ones would be Minder (with Dennis Waterman only), Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Alan Partridge, Hancocks Half Hour ,Porridge etc...
Saxondale was superb, really underrated...
Can't forget Auf Weidersehen Pet, either...

Remell

02-13-2010, 08:46 PM

Filthy, Rich and Catflap...

Shameless is probably the best thing we have in the last few years...great stuff...
Spaced, Nighty Night, League Of Gentlemen and Big Train I don't think have been mentioned but my top ones would be Minder (with Dennis Waterman only), Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Alan Partridge, Hancocks Half Hour ,Porridge etc...
Saxondale was superb, really underrated...
Can't forget Auf Weidersehen Pet, either...

Definitely good choices! Hancock was a comic genius and the newer stuff like League of Gentlemen and Spaced are funny as hell.
Shameless is beltin - tho it was even better when it first came out. Big train season one was fantastic but season two was terrible (new writers maybe?) the humour just changed?

Drunkard

02-14-2010, 05:18 AM

A guy at work gave me "the IT - crowd" and thats pretty good, worth checking out if you haven't seen it. Other then that a big fan of "allo 'allo", "monty python", "fawlty towers", "bottom", "young ones".

No Class

02-14-2010, 08:03 AM

Definitely good choices! Hancock was a comic genius and the newer stuff like League of Gentlemen and Spaced are funny as hell.
Shameless is beltin - tho it was even better when it first came out. Big train season one was fantastic but season two was terrible (new writers maybe?) the humour just changed?
I'm not sure about that with Big Train but you're right...plus sketch shows are always a bit hit and miss as a whole, I guess...

Danny_Mc

02-14-2010, 08:09 AM

Are you being served? Allo Allo? Jesus lads.......

http://www.52shows.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/huh.jpeg

No Class

02-14-2010, 08:44 AM

Are you being served? Allo Allo? Jesus lads.......

http://www.52shows.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/huh.jpeg

http://www.hobo-bonobo.co.uk/topten/images/0809220004168.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1981/gallery/340/terryandjune.jpg

Couple more for you Danny....don't fight it...we all love a bit of both of these...:D

StreetPunkSkin

02-15-2010, 03:39 AM

The Young Ones, most definitly, and there was this one wierd one that used to come on PBS with a bunch wierd british dudes in space but i can't think of the name of that shit to save my life?

Einherjar

02-15-2010, 04:17 AM

The Young Ones, most definitly, and there was this one wierd one that used to come on PBS with a bunch wierd british dudes in space but i can't think of the name of that shit to save my life?

Red Dwarf

JakeUKHC

02-16-2010, 04:25 PM

F**k all that crap just chill out n watch some eastenders

skinheadm8

02-16-2010, 07:06 PM

Terry & June (joke, cos most of yer wont get it)

Decibiel

02-22-2010, 06:04 PM

Bottom and the Young ones \,,/

Decibiel

02-22-2010, 06:05 PM

Red Dwarf

....and Red Dwarf

mungo

02-22-2010, 11:29 PM

Black Adder, father Ted

Hostile Class

02-22-2010, 11:45 PM

No one mentioned "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". I liked it when back in the day.

No Class

02-23-2010, 05:47 AM

No one mentioned "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". I liked it when back in the day.

I did...keep up...:)

Danny_Mc

02-23-2010, 07:34 AM

Peep Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLOCzN5a19o) is good

StormSaxon

02-25-2010, 12:38 PM

Yes, Prime Minister and Hancock's Half-Hour.

Danny_Mc

02-25-2010, 12:42 PM

The New Statesman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EmlFLwbw4) was funny, well the first series was anyway....

DrBassie

03-03-2010, 12:47 PM

Spaced was a great one.
The Inbetweeners is my new favorite.

Swiatek

03-03-2010, 01:11 PM

I used to catch Rising Damp once in a while, also Last Of The Summer Wine. Somebody must have mentioned Keeping Up Appearances by now.

PromoteChaos

03-03-2010, 02:25 PM

Filthy, Rich and Catflap...

Shameless is probably the best thing we have in the last few years...great stuff...
Spaced, Nighty Night, League Of Gentlemen and Big Train I don't think have been mentioned but my top ones would be Minder (with Dennis Waterman only), Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Alan Partridge, Hancocks Half Hour ,Porridge etc...
Saxondale was superb, really underrated...
Can't forget Auf Weidersehen Pet, either...

You didn't mention Gavin & Stacey or Phoenix Nights, ya huge gayfer!

Shameless is still one of my most favorite shows ever. Speaking of my favorites, I wish Alan Partridge & Phoenix Nights would return.

RACofRibs

03-03-2010, 09:07 PM

Black Adder, father Ted

Loved this show

PromoteChaos

03-04-2010, 12:04 AM

Loved this show

Which one? Father Ted? That was good shit!

SWIFTY

03-04-2010, 07:15 PM

rizsisindra

03-05-2010, 12:29 AM

Not really a sitcom but Top Gear is great.

^this
the only thing worth watching on BBC :cool:

england belongs clothing

03-08-2010, 09:26 PM

skins is great black adder was just the best

Sensibyrd

03-08-2010, 09:40 PM

I miss Holly Oaks,So much has happened since I last watched. But I got so into it. Some of my favorites are The Office,Footballers Wives,Skins,Inbetweeners,Abfab,Top Gear,Shameless is classic,Gavin and Stacey,Jonathan Ross,Graham Norton and a bunch of others. But Keeeping Up Appearances fucking made me giggle.