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Greatest sitcoms of all time?

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  1. therealfenian

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    I never could get into U.S. comedy sitcoms.

    Always turn my stomach.

    Friends etc.

    Awful.
     
    therealfenian, Mar 23, 2013
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  2. monthehoops1888

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    Still Game and Mrs Browns Boys...
     
    monthehoops1888, Mar 24, 2013
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  3. CelticBhoyDavid

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    One of my favourite American one's was Friends.

    British one was Only Fools And Horses.

    I liked Still Game, Rab C Nesbitt, Cheers and Open All Hours as well. Open All Hours used to round off my Sunday nights nicely when I was a kid :smiley-laughing002:
     
    CelticBhoyDavid, Mar 24, 2013
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  4. StPauli1916 Gold Member Gold Member

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    I think the vast majority of American sitcoms are style over substance but when they get it right they really get it right.

    I love Malcolm In The Middle. The bit with the hand grenade in the fridge and the grandads reaction to it is something I can watch over and over.
     
    StPauli1916, Mar 24, 2013
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  5. trip2themoon Concomitant Allez-Vous?

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    For the Yanks Malcolm In The Middle was a rare piece of magic with perfect writing and casting. People go on about how great Friends is but the 3 girls are annoying as * and Ross could be winner of sitcom's dullest ever character. Sports Night is a close second to Malcolm In The Middle for best American comedies.
     
    trip2themoon, Mar 24, 2013
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  6. Dhan

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    Most of my favs have been noted already

    Probably am showing my age but "Taxi" used to be realy funny when i was a kid can always remember my dad laughing at Danny Devito and the mad guy i think he was called Jim whos brain was fried from the 60s

    show was way ahead off its time
     
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  7. Fiferbhoy1991

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    In no particular order
    The Young Ones
    Father Ted
    Fawlty Towers
    The Office
    Extras
    The Thick of It - probably my favourite sitcom. Peter Capaldi as Tucker is brilliant, plus theres an episode he has a go at fans of the huns
     
    Fiferbhoy1991, Mar 24, 2013
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    Shame nobody seemed to remember it. One of the very best ever.
    I have all the box sets...
     
    ReggDegg, Mar 24, 2013
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    I hated them cows
     
    monthehoops1888, Mar 25, 2013
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    Alan Partridge, Fawlty Towers, The thick of it, and the Office are about as good as it gets for me.
     
    Sween, Mar 26, 2013
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    Cheers. Have watched every episode and still love it to this day
     
    Petauk74, Mar 26, 2013
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    They've now added a new character called --- Stirling Albion:smiley-laughing002:
     
    caramia, Mar 26, 2013
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    There is an easy way to work this out. About 20 years ago script writers realised that any good sitcom needed the village idiot character. We have Trigger (OFAH), Fr Dougal, Coach/Woody (Cheers) etc. Then the next step was obvious: two village idiots and the success of Friends via Phoebe and wotsisname. I didn't get in quick enough but the concept was finally extended to the obvious and hence the greatest sitcom of all time must be The Vicar of Dibley!
     
    jimmythewon, Apr 9, 2013
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    PS Golden Girls has to be right up there and follows the rule via Betty White (think that's her name), the dippy one with Scandinavian roots.
     
    jimmythewon, Apr 9, 2013
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    Steptoe & Son have the box set it is timeless,also really like Pheonix Nights if it falls under a sitcom category and could watch Fawlty Towers any time it is on
     
    Gyp Rosetti, Apr 9, 2013
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    Golden Girls was quite ok, Taxi was quite good, and Steptoe and Son was brilliant in patches, but sometimes painful!(wanting Harold to succeed!)
    Phoenix Nights was pretty good also.

    Cant remember my last post, but Early Doors and The IT Crowd for me are soooo underrated.Can watch them over and over!
     
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    Friends ... I was addicted at one point
     
    Jungo, Apr 10, 2013
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    Forgot about Phoenix Nights... :smiley-laughing002:
     
    therealfenian, Apr 10, 2013
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  19. StPauli1916 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Agree about early doors.

    "Crime won't crack itself"
     
    StPauli1916, Apr 10, 2013
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    One foot in the grave deserves a mention.
     
    limezer, Apr 10, 2013
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