I'll give you one and it's the reason I didn't put it on my list of the best ever British sit-coms. It's because though I thought it was very good at the time and was different to the stuff that had gone before, but it's a bit like a joke that's only funny the first time you hear it. There's clips from it that are still funny to watch, but I'd never actually sit down and watch full episodes again, whereas the others I would. Basically, I think it was of its time, as was The Young Ones.
That I've seen since Breaking Bad? Game of Thrones (was late to it even though I had read the books) True Detective Hannibal Borgen Mad Men (I had watch it before, but didn't really get into it until later on) House of Cards Parks and Recreation (another one I got into late) There are others, but they are the big ones. Like I said in that post, it wasn't even my fave TV series, that was (and still is) Band of Brothers.
Might try some of them im off work for 2 month now. Started watching Sons of anarchy but " Jesus its gruesome" Breaking bad is excellent i dont care what anyone thinks Just finished the 1st series of Better call Saul .. Enjoyed aswell The Returned on Netflix is good aswell
True Detective is really good. The first season in particular. The second was fine, but was a definite drop from the first. Parks and Recreation is pretty much the only live action US comedy I have liked. (I say live action because nothing has come close to The Simpsons in the mid-90s) Sons of Anarchy is pretty decent, but you're right, it is gruesome. I didn't enjoy Better Call Saul as much as I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but I'm just not as into it as I expected. The Returned is on my watchlist, I've got quite a few things to catch up on.
Not a fan of the Downey Sherlock. They're good films and Downey is great, I think it's the fact he's playing Sherlock Holmes which puts me off it slightly.
Bottom was funny too, full of slapstick and double entendre. Edmondson and Mayall as a team were comic geniuses on the many shows they worked on.
I'm not sure how sit-coms are defined, but in my mind "Rumpole of the Bailey" was an amazingly funny series. Stacked with tremendous actors, wonderful character development and marvellous scripts and direction. As were "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister". None of the above diminish with the passing years.
Shut up clown. He was only asking and may not know. Close. But Fawlty Towers will never ever be bettered. The 12 episodes make it so. Anymore would have diluted what was produced.
I love them both, but I enjoy The Young Ones more purely because my Rik reminds me of my old man so much. Another superb comedy (which might be my favourite, but it isn't a sitcom) is The Thick of It. My word I love Peter Capaldi in that.
You know the most ironic thing about this scene is that it only happened when Roger Lloyd Pack(Trigger) walked onto the OFAH set when he had some down time from doing another show. John Sullivan said he had to re-write part of the scene to get RLP into it. Thanks Roger and John for making a good scene into a true classic.
I apologise, I was quoting from memory. Of course 'No filler, no wasted space' is radically different in meaning to 'not one scene wasted' ... You'll notice that the phrase 'not one frame wasted' doesnt appear anywhere in my post.
Random fact of the day, I have the same birthday as Roger Lloyd Pack. He passed away 2 years ago this Friday.
I got to the end of Mad Men and I was expecting to be disappointed, as I couldnt work out how they could end it the right way. As it stands I thought it was one of the best written endings of any programme. Sopranos is up there for me. I've watched the entire thing through at least 5 times.
