Your best ever comedy show

w26kay



Joined: 14/10/2007
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 02:25

Blackadder has been mentioned. Fabulous and VVV funny apart from the seriousness of going "over the top" in WWI and then the comedy stops, and it makes you think, and it stops you in your tracks....

Why?

What was the point in all that futile waste of life?



So what is your comedy classic and why do you find it so funny?

SAFFI


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 02:42

Hi Kay

Sorry but for me it has to be AB/FAB,

So funny, it reminds me of my girlfriends in the early day,s when I was the only one with a daughter or child at that point!

She (my daughter) used to come down stairs after a girly night out, and brought them all home for a night cap ??. And tell us you are disgusting/noisey ,and to be quite!!!!, Hence the name SAFFI !!



WHEELS ON FIRE !!!



regards



SAFFI

SAFFI


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 02:46

ALSO FATHER TED



I LOVE IT!

w26kay



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Posts: 479

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:03

Saffi love abfab too. Can relate to that.

SAFFI


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Posts: 342

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:18

What about TITTY BANG BANG,



Some of those skecthes made me die !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SAFFI


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Posts: 342

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:23

OOH, CAN,T RULE OUT LITTLE BRITAIN



AND THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW !!



Best Wishes

Saffi

w26kay



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Posts: 479

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:25

No didnt like that. As bad as it sounds..... i liked the league of gentlemen.

w26kay



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:27

ALAN PARTRIDGE, ROYALE FAMILY....KENNY EVERITT B4 YOUR TIME BTW.... FAWLTY TOWERS.

wearytravellers



Joined: 27/04/2007
Posts: 250

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:34

Still Game..........Jack and Victor are a couple of rogues !!!!!!



Good old Glasgow Humour at it's best !!!!!!!!!!

SAFFI


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 342

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 03:42

OH YES, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLE MAN , ARE YOU LOCAL !!!! V FUNNY



THE ROYALE FAMILY, FANTASTIC WRITING BY CAROLINE & CRAIG,

WE HAVE THE BOX SET , FUNNY EVERYTIME

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 05:24

Victor Meldrew,like me One foot in the grave.

and of course Del Boy and his 3 wheeler car.

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 05:38

Ab fab my all time fave - but does anyone remember 'Chewing the Fat'?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 07:28

It's not my favourite by any means but does anyone remember The Dustbin Men?



I used to think it hilarious and as it upset the hell out of Mary Whitehouse (the TV world's repressed femdom) it can't have been all bad...



There just too many classic ones...



Steptoe and Son

Dad's Army

Sykes

Monty Python's Flying Circus (Ground breaking)

The Good Life

Hugh and I

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 08:27

Tony Hancock in his several variations on prog name - genious.



Likewise, Ronnie Barker - Open All Hours, Porridge - genious again



Only Fools & Horses



The best have comedy and pathos. How many times in the best are you crying with laughter one minute and then tears of sadness. The one mentioned of Blackadder was probably the best one off of this type. I know we just sat in a stunned silence when the went over the top.



However one of the best progs with a regular dose of both was Steptoe and Son. How many times did 'arold want to kill his dad for ruining his love life, then at the end would sacrifice everything for the "Dirty Old Man"!!!!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 09:30

Without doubt - Sgt Bilko.

fredred


Joined: 09/12/2007
Posts: 89

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 10:12

Tommy Cooper has to be my favorite

Baspinar Bob


Joined: 15/02/2008
Posts: 618

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 10:24

For me got to be Peter Kaye in Pheonix Nights .



Bob

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:36

Dinner Ladies!

Watched it so often the DVDs are wearing thin...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:42

Phoenix Nights - Yes definately (fogot about that one)

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:57

Only fools and horses, black adder and rab nesbit (took me ages to tune in to the Glaswegian accent)

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:09

I remember, years ago, going to television centre & watching a recording of "Citizen Smith" power to the people, it was very funny.

P

Wilts Girl


Joined: 16/07/2008
Posts: 159

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:10

Blackadder, you may have guessed that’s a favourite of mine!

Father Ted

League of Gentleman- an acquired taste I think

Coupling wasn’t too bad for a BBC2 comedy

Phoenix Nights- before Paddy McGuiness got a bit annoying

arrry



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Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:17

Eh mam it's the dustbinmen !!!!

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:23

It's a tradition in many a Scot's house to watch Rikki Fulton at New Year's Eve..



He's dead now but his memory lives on in characters like I. M. Jolly and Supercop... wonderful stuff...



I've got the VHS tapes of Scotch & Wry his best works... even when you know what's coming it's still very, very funny...



PS spotted a few "definately"'s slipping into the thread.... Definitely not please..

Baspinar Bob


Joined: 15/02/2008
Posts: 618

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:48

Some mothers do have em great classic.



Bob

Lanrick


Joined: 21/01/2008
Posts: 135

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:03

Fawlty Towers, comedy at its best.

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:04

I grew up loving the Ealing comdy films with people like Alaistair Sim, Wilfred Hyde-White and best of all Will Hay, Graham Moffat and Moore Marriot... I used to be in stitches when Moore Marriot squeaked out "Mr Porter!" as Harbottle in the eponymous film.

Rogerdodger


Joined: 24/04/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:38

Fools and Horses,



When Del boy falls through the open hatch in a posh bar

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:00

No one else enjoy Auf Wiedersein Pet ?

Lanrick


Joined: 21/01/2008
Posts: 135

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:05

On The Buses! Reg Varney R.I.P.

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:16

The Golden Shot.

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:24

Boys From The Black Stuff...



Classic scene... full of angst and pathos



Yozzer Hughes to his priest.. "I'm desperate Father!"



Priest, "Please, call me Dan"



Yozzer "I'm desperate Dan!"



Alan Bleasdale... what a masterful script writer...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:32

The Simpsons.



A Homer classic - "If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers."

1python


Joined: 03/11/2008
Posts: 32

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:04

as politically uncorrect as he was the beloved bigot Bernard Manning tickled my ribs....R.I.P.

JimmyG


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Posts: 900

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 17:06

Not a mention of The Office yet - the appraisals episode was a classic.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 17:35

Open All Hours, Blackadder, The Young Ones, Auf Wiedersein (the original one), The Royle Family, Red Dwarf, The League of Gentlemen, Phoenix Nights, Gavin & Stacey, Green Wing, The Office.



We're watching a series at the moment called the Inbetweeners which is about 4 teenage schoolboys. Sounds odd but it is absolutely hilarious.

stewy


Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 279

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 19:45

Youve been framed but only with Harry Hill hosting.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:22

only fools and horse has to be the best.

and we just love granham norton or nortie graham as we call him.



kibtec, no more power cuts.

racing turk taxi, needing 2 lanes.

4 up on a moped.

the turkish economy is doing great.

mr t and mr c making peace.

the price of 4 turkish coffees in the harbour.

paying to go to escape beach.

the trnc legal system.





all very funny indead.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:23

sorry i forgot one

CTA.

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 21:45

2 pints and pack of crisps, 'side splitting'

jakki



Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 865

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 22:02

The Fast Show - the sketches had me in stitches!!

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 22:10

The Brittas Empire---Brittas and Tony Blair could have been twins both of them were hilarious.



Its just a pity Tony wasnt a leisure centre manager,instead we let him run the country.

mitsi


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 345

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 22:11

Bernard Manning Brilliant. Rising Damp, Fawlty Towers, Only fools and horses,

Rab Nesbitt but can't remember the name of the show with various sketches all in broad Glaswegian accents! Favourite comedian of all Billy Connelly.

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 22:17

Mitsi,



Naked video

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 22:39

Yes Minister and Yes prime Minister both classic comedy. And the box set is cheap at the moment. If you want a classic in the making watch 'Outnumbered' on BBC2. The joys of parenthood. The children are brilliant.

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 22:42

The Naked Gun series curled me up. Scenes such as an outline crime scene body marked out on the water and Detective Leslie Nielson shouting to the crowd 'Move along nothing to see' as a fireworks factory explodes in the background...

sunnycyprus


Joined: 17/10/2008
Posts: 64

Message Posted:
28/11/2008 09:18

jo&jelly....another dwarfer1! (are you going to lambusa on sat6th?)



red dwarf...all time fav..

blackadder

TLOG

father ted

2 pints

simpsons

the office,

and for stand-up, it has to be Eddie Izzard closely followed by Lee Evans

would love to see them live!