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Britain's Greatest Sitcom

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Easter Road 1980, Jan 21, 2019.

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Britain's Best Sitcom?

  1. Terry And June

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  2. Hi De Hi

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  3. Allo Allo

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  4. Fawlty Towers

    42.9%
  5. It Ain't Half Hot Mum

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  6. 2.4 Children

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  7. Keeping Up Appearances

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  8. Never The Twain

    14.3%
  9. Bread

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  10. Darkie Street

    42.9%
  1. Easter Road 1980

    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    Red Dwarf was painfully unfunny with utterly **** actors. Especially the darkie/half caste muppet with the fake ponytail.
     
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  2. Easter Road 1980

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    Agreed.
     
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  3. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    I went to Dimension Jump, the Red Dwarf convention, in 2015. It was a decent weekend. I met many of the stars, plus Doug Naylor and Dave Benson Phillips.
     
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  4. Toley Fart

    Toley Fart not606's best fighter

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    Yup. Appeals to mutants like Aldo & Dev
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Agreed <ok>
     
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  6. Strange Nipples ST

    Strange Nipples ST Well-Known Member

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    Yeah? Who cares?
     
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    Fawlty Towers.
    Funny and you can think about shagging Polly in her maids uniform.

    No " Absolutely Fabulous " on the list?


    Darkie Street never made it beyond the pilot episode iirc .
     
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    I shouldn't think anyone really cares, but that's life.
     
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  9. Easter Road 1980

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    Connie Booth was the genius behind Fawlty Towers. Cleese is and always has been an unfunny ****.
     
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    Early ref dwarf was funny but doesn't age well...

    Still game is pish ...

    The IT crowd ...funny

    Black books .... Funny

    The office ...funny

    Peep show ... Funny

    Gavin and stacey ...****in horrendous
     
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    Brush Strokes was decent.
     
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  12. Strange Nipples ST

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    If it's comedies that haven't aged well you're after try watching Men Behaving Badly.
     
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    Green wing....funny

    The thick of it ...hilarious

    Benidorn ...as funny as arse cancer
     
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    Love Thy Neighbour was genius.

    Still relevant today.

    Same with Man About The House.
     
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    Yeah, definitely of its time ...
     
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    That was **** when it started and remained so throughout it's ****ing awful life.

    Clunes and Morrissey are ****ing awful at anything they are in.
     
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    Hywel Bennett as Shelley. Great stuff.
     
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    Calm down, man. You'll give yerself a connery.
     
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    Not seen car share yet but I’m guessing it’s hilarious as Peter Kay is just wonderful. Garlic bread lol
     
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