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scottcsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:13 PM
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Poll question: Which is your favorite Britcom
Edited on Mon Jan-05-04 06:15 PM by scottcsmith
Britcom as carried by PBS. I know the list is huge but I'm going off of the top of my head here, knowing that different PBS stations carry different shows.

BTW, my favorite is "As Time Goes By."
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DebJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:16 PM
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1. Red Dwarf is some good simple minded humor too
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:16 PM
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2. Some tough competition, but it has to be "Fawlty Towers"
The casting was brilliant, a great combination of clever, physical humor...

"Fawlty Towers" was the best Britcom ever.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:23 PM
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7. Fawlty Towers! Fawlty Towers!
Each show is so well-developed, with everything fitting together perfectly.
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:55 PM
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18. Fawlty Towers rules...
Second choice would be AbFab:)
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nickine9 Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:17 PM
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3. i think you can see The Office over there now
check it out its either the funniest or saddest thing you will ever see.
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tigerbeat Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:23 PM
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6. the Office....
.....is on BBC America now. it's freaking brilliant and edges out Fawlty Towers by a nose.

side personal note: my girlfriend is in the BBC America promos for The Office. one of the people saying "i'm a BBC American!"
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:27 PM
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10. I love The Office!
It's just a shade exaggerated from real life, which is what makes it so funny.
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:06 PM
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20. THE OFFICE. THE OFFICE!!!
I just received the first season, which I missed, on DVD T O D A Y!!! I'm so excited. It's the funniest/saddest TV ever.
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:42 PM
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40. I'l go with The Office too....
man what a program!!!

Second would be Fawlty Towers and a good finish would be Keeping Up Appearances!
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 08:45 AM
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60. The Office is too funny to be a sitcom I guess.
Personally, I think it's the funniest thing I've ever seen on TV. And I really hate that! :)
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Logansquare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:19 AM
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61. I just saw the first episode last night
You can rent it, now. It's great--a funny, merciless satire that's a little too close to the truth for those of us who have worked in the corporate world.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:18 PM
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4. As a 20-year retail veteran
I've gotta vote for "Are You Being Served?"

But I also love "Red Dwarf."
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:18 PM
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5. Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Absolutley brilliant.
Rumored to have been Margerat Thatcher's favorite show, but don't hold that against it.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:28 PM
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11. Oh, yes, great political satire!
There's been nothing like them on U.S. TV.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:28 PM
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69. GREAT Shows!!!!
Some of the best political satire ever produced!
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murphymom Donating Member (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:24 PM
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8. Waiting for God
I wanna be Diana Trent when I grow up...
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:25 PM
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26. Here, Here!......
Where, Where?...... There There!
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:25 PM
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9. I've only seen one episode...
Edited on Mon Jan-05-04 06:29 PM by punpirate
... of "The Vicar of Dibley," but it had me howling (and that at 3:30 am, in hotel room in Dallas, when I had to be up for a meeting at 6:00).

Still, I give good marks for "Mr. Bean," "To the Manor Born," "Black Adder" and many others.

On edit, I dearly wish there would be a revival of "Doctor in the House," which appeared in the late `60s and early `70s. Without question, some of the funniest stuff I've seen on television since Ernie Kovacs.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:31 PM
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13. Dawn French is wonderful.
I also have a soft spot for "The Vicar of Dibley".

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (Edina on "Ab Fab") have done some television shows together...one show was "French and Saunders at the Movies" which is on DVD and is hysterically funny.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:44 PM
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17. I love "Vicar" too
I was almost rolling on the floor during the episode where they're auditioning for the Christmas play. That old guy was "being" Stephen Hawking. It was priceless!

I think Dawn French is terrific. I heard she was married to the guy from "Chef".
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:04 AM
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48. The only one I've seen was...
... the Easter program, in which the dying old lady perpetuates the Easter rabbit legend of the village by convincing dozens of the town's citizens to carry on her tradition. Very funny stuff.

BTW, Dawn French is married to Lenny Henry, another British comic.

Cheers.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:30 PM
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12. An oldie but goodie:
Good Neighbors, about an idealistic young couple who decide to grow all their own food--in the suburbs. As luck would have it, one of their neighbors is played by Penelope Keith, and if you're a Britcom fan, you know what that means.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:09 PM
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21. Back in the early 80s....
... I just loved that show! While I agree that Fawlty Towers is funnier, Good Neighbors was a well written show, and I always wanted a wife like Barbara - and by gosh I got one, 15 years later. :)
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:06 AM
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49. Yes, another good one from a couple of...
... decades back. Some very funny episodes involving their attempts to become back-to-the-land suburbanites.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:33 PM
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14. Ab Fab!
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:41 PM
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15. "I'm Alan Partridge" - why won't they release it here? WHY?! WHY?
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:16 PM
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22. Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
'i didn't get where I am today..."

Also:
Father Ted
Ab Fab


In the why o why can't we have it here category:

The Fast Show (the best sketch comedy I have ever seen)

Vidz (weird cool fast-paced video review program )

Goodness Gracious Me (terrific sketch comedy show - actors and subect matter are Indian: India -Indian)


I can't even include Fawlty Towers or Monty Python because, to me, that's like answering "The Beatles" when asked your favourite band. It is assumed.)
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:17 PM
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24. Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Edited on Mon Jan-05-04 07:19 PM by eek
'i didn't get where I am today..."


Also:
Father Ted
Ab Fab
The Office


In the why o why can't we have it here category:

The Fast Show (the best sketch comedy I have ever seen)

Vidz (weird cool fast-paced video review program )

Goodness Gracious Me (terrific sketch comedy show - actors and subect matter are Indian: India -Indian)


I can't even include Fawlty Towers or Monty Python because, to me, that's like answering "The Beatles" when asked your favourite band. It is assumed.)

(on edit: forgot the Office)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:02 PM
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65. Perrin brilliant, Fast Show scorchio.
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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:11 PM
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80. Alan Partridge - Knowing Me, Knowing You.
That was a funny show! BBC America should show more obscure stuff to give the Yank audiences more of the Brit humor (or is it humour?)

;)


John
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 06:43 PM
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16. STEPTOE AND SON
better than all of the ones you listed
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MrMonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:03 PM
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19. The New Statesman
with Rik Mayall.

Actually, not at the top of the list, but since no one else has mentioned it, I decided I would.

Faux Tory member of parliament trying to work his way up through a number of devious schemes. I was captivated for the first six episodes, then it disappeared from TV, never to be heard from again.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:17 PM
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23. Ab Fab Dahhhling Sweetie
followed by the Office
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:22 PM
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25. Keeping Up Appearances. I love Hyacinth's sisters, Rose and Daisy.
And poor Onslow. I just don't understand why Richard or Elizabeth haven't strangled her yet. And someday, I'd love to see Sheridan.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:29 PM
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29. There were two different actresses who played Rose.
Both did well, I thought.

And Violet (the other sister...with the house with room for a pony) was seen in one episode (with her cross dressing husband, Bruce)

One other cast member in "Appearances"...the hunky vicar! :-)
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:30 PM
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30. Rose, Daisy and Violet are all hilariously done...
I also love Hyacinth's never-seen son, Sheridan and his "special friend" Tarquin.

Now I must go plan my next riverside picnic with riparian entertainment...
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:27 PM
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27. Monty Python's Flying Circus
Or does that not count?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:27 PM
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28. The Piglet Files, Red Dwarf, Waiting for God, Coupling, HHGTTG
If it's sci-fi comedy, oddball situation comedy, spoof comedy, sex comedy, always turn to the Brits first! After all, they were the ones who created the formats that were copied to become "All in the Family" and "Three's Company".

I will say "Just forget about the US version of Coupling, nobody involved cares or wasn't a good actor in the first place."
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 07:33 PM
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31. Tie: Flying Circus & Ab Fab!
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corporatewhore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 08:11 PM
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32. Black Adder or Red Dwarf
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 08:24 PM
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33. French and Saunders!!!!!!!!!
Edited on Mon Jan-05-04 08:28 PM by Cannikin
"Are you going to do the accent?"

"Har ar yer?"

Their Lord of the Rings spoof is top notch. They've also spoofed Phantom Menace, Titanic, Matrix...you name it. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are very talented.

They're are 4 DVDs and a 'Live' video tape available. I've got them all!
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yorgatron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 08:47 PM
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34. i voted for blackadder
but realized too late i could have chosen "other" and Red Dwarf,although it's really scifi.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 09:44 PM
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35. CHEF! I knew I forgot one! Chef!!
"Chef!"

Starring Lenny Henry!

Uproariously funny!

And Roger Griffiths as Everton is a hoot. Awesome actor, Everton is great fun to watch, and he's cute too! :loveya:
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:06 PM
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36. AbFab AND Monty Python--how could you leave these off?
I love Blackadder, though, and love Keeping Up Appearances only because of Hyacinth--I want to be her when i grow up.

No, I want to be Patsy!
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:31 PM
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37. AbFab, of course. It's the best -absoutely the best.
Absolutely Fabulous is by far the most innovative, funny, sardonic comedy. I love this show. I like dysfunction!
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Pegleg Thd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:34 PM
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38. Last of the Summer Wine.
If we don't get rid of bushco this year we'll all end up like Compo.
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:06 PM
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66. My favorite AbFab moment
was when Eddie (Edina) went teetering into Saffie's Oxford classroom holding a can of tuna she needed Saffie to open.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 05:27 PM
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85. OMG! I saw that episode. It was too funny! nt
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:39 PM
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39. Man About the House
I've always had a real soft spot for that show. Three's Company was based on that show, but don't hold that against it.
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oldleftguy Donating Member (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:46 PM
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41. Jeopardy Forever!
:bounce:
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:48 PM
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42. AbFab & the Blackadder series...
Sweetie, Dahling! How could you forget AbFab?

My favorite of the Blackadder series is most definitely the first - Brian Blessed is the coolest "Bluto" type of actor there is!

Ed-MUND!
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phaseolus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 10:54 PM
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43. I forgot the title, no one ever knows which show I'm talking about, and...
...it's better than all of the above! It aired in the early '80s here in the U.S. and was about a right-winger, a retired British Army (I think) Major, who formed his own little militia to overthrow the British government for being too soft and liberal. Does anyone else besides me remember this one???

Oh, and Dawn French fans -- she's in the Harry Potter movie that's coming up in 5 months. She'll be playing The Fat Lady in the picture.
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Torgo Johnson Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 01:50 AM
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50. You're thinking of "Fairly Secret Army"
"One of the many highlights of The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin was the episode in which Jimmy displayed to Reggie his secret cache of rifles, put aside 'in case the balloon goes up'. In Fairly Secret Army that inflatable object - Harry believes - is about to ascend. He supposes there's a battle to be fought, to 'rekindle the spirit of the British Lion' by forming a group dedicated to fighting the 'wet-leftie-feminist-loonies' taking over the country. He and his fraudulent and dangerous right-wing cronies set out to rescue the country from itself."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/f/fairlysecretarmy_1299001104.shtml">Link
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 11:06 PM
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44. Red Dwarf
Smeg head

-LK
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 11:13 PM
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45. BASIL!! Flowery Twats, of course! Also "Manchild",
Blackadder, and Keeping Up Appearances.

And what was the one with the old curmudgeon? Was it "One Foot in the Grave"? I liked that one, too
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 01:44 PM
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76. Yes! Watery Fowls is tops!!!
Polly! Manuel! Sybil!

:toast:
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-04 11:42 PM
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46. That Bucket woman!!
Keeping Up Apperances is great, and I love Chef.
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beawr Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:01 AM
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47. Python
Right up there with the Marx Bros.
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45th Med Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:05 AM
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51. Red Dwarf! You Smegheads!
lol
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Torgo Johnson Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:16 AM
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52. "Allo Allo"
Can't believe no one's mentioned this yet. This show put Hogan's Heroes to shame. My favorite characters were Leclerc and especially Crabtree, the British spy who posed as the French police officer and always got his words mixed up ("Good Moaning" instead of Good Morning).

I haven't seen any episodes in a few years because the local PBS station stopped showing it. I just found out, though, that the first series will be coming out on DVD in the U.S. this month. I definitely plan on ordering it.


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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 03:20 AM
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53. What about "Only Fools And Horses"?
For those of you who don't about that show. It was on in the early 80's. It was about this shady salesman named Del Boy Trotter who lives with his younger brother named Rodney who is trying to make his own way in the world but gets dragged into Del Boy's shananigans. Their Grandad lived with him until he died during the duration of the show which brings in their Uncle Albert. It was a hilarious show! The PBS station in Tacoma, WA showed it for a while. Anybody else seen this show?

Here's more info on the show!


http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/O/htmlO/onlyfoolsan/onlyfoolsan.htm


John
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 04:04 AM
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54. "Are You Being Served"...
I LOVE :loveya: that show, I can watch it again and again and again. :bounce:
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 07:19 AM
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55. BBC is about to do a vote in the UK on this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/top100.shtml

there was voting on a list of 100; this Saturday they reveal the order so far, and start the voting on the top 10 (these 'top 100' or 'top 10' shows are taking over British TV).

Not mentioned here so far (maybe it was never showed in the USA) is Porridge - very good acting by several people in it, and good writing (Clement and le Frenais - they now mainly write in the USA, for Tracy Ullman and others, often anonymously 'rescuing' shows that get into difficulty, apparently).
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 07:46 AM
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56. You forgot "Absolutely Fabulous."
Even though it is no longer produced, it was the funniest of all the Britcoms.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 08:30 AM
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57. New episodes of Ab Fab are being shown on Oxygen
Don't know when they were done, but they're definitely new to the US. It's one of my faves but I voted for "Blackadder". Other favorites: "The Young Ones", "Red Dwarf", "Father Ted" & "Chef".

"Monty Python" & "Fawlty Towers" are forever enshrined in the Hall of Fame--let some of the newer ones compete. Of course, the "newer" ones over here may be very old over there. "Are You Being Served" is definitely one of the old ones & most of the jokes were ancient when the show was new. But it still cracks me up.

"The Office" is excellent but a bit depressing--too close to reality.



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45th Med Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 08:42 AM
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58. The Young Ones!
Not mentioned yet.

Also the LENNY HENRY SHOW!
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:27 PM
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68. I see your Young Ones and raise you one Filthy, Rich and Catflap.
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45th Med Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 08:43 AM
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59. Last of the Summer Wine and CHEF
Also not mentioned.
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omshanti Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:23 AM
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62. Black Adder, and "Mind your Language" from the (?) 70's
It was wonderfully un-PC, about a bunch of immigrants who were taking night-time English lessons.
Dealt in pretty much every stereotype you could think of: the stern, no-nonsense headmistress, the sexy but clueless French woman, the silent Asian woman knitting in the back, the Indian and Pakistani men going at each other...

Anyone else remember it?
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:57 AM
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63. Vicar of Dibbly (nt)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:59 AM
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64. Father Ted blows everything away. As for best comedy? Brasseye.
Edited on Tue Jan-06-04 12:02 PM by Screaming Lord Byron
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45th Med Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:41 PM
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73. OK. As a Catholic, I heartily endorse Father Ted!
Great Britcom!
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 01:47 PM
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78. Another Father Ted fan here!
Good thing I taped the series because they stopped airing it here. Feck! Arse!
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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:06 PM
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79. I know Father Ted was produced and filmed in England but....
isn't it more Irish than British?

John
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:20 PM
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82. They put it on Britcom Saturday Night on our PBS
station. So I guess it counts. Maybe.


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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:45 PM
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83. Half and half. UK Channel, Production Co, Irish writers and cast.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:07 PM
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67. Black Adder al the way!
The funniest, most outrageous show I've ever seen. Take Faulty Towers and multiply it by about 4.
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Caution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:30 PM
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70. Red Dwarf
#1 Red Dwarf
#2 Black Adder
#3 The Young Ones
#4 Monty Python
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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:36 PM
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71. I like many ... from 'To the Manor Born' to 'My Hero' ...
Edited on Tue Jan-06-04 01:25 PM by cosmicdot
the Bucket woman always makes me laugh, as do Mrs. Slocomb and Mr. "Menswear" Humphries are you free ...

'AbFab' is brilliant ... and, I love 'the Vicar of Dibley'

but, I voted for 'Blackadder' because of its setting in different historical periods, and Rowan Atkinson and his side-kick, Baldrich, are so funny
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 12:39 PM
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72. I loved "To the Manor Born" and also that one that had the neighbors
who were uppercrust brittwits/back to nature types (Jerry and someone/Tom and Barbara)
Python and Fawlty Towers excellent as well, of course...
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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 01:29 PM
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75. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) was my main intro to Britcom
Edited on Tue Jan-06-04 01:30 PM by cosmicdot
sitcoms ... unlike Benny Hill or Python ...

having visited England in the 80s was a perfect introduction for appreciating it all the more ...

now, if BBC America could just bring us up-to-date so we can be watching the current lot being watched in the UK ... now, that would be nice

I often look at the year of production to see where we are.
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scottcsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 01:04 PM
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74. No Dame Judi Dench fans?
What's wrong with you people!!
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creativelcro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 01:45 PM
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77. I think they all suck. Sorry....
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 03:29 PM
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84. What's superior?
I ask not out of rudeness, but rather curiosity.
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Flightful Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 02:18 PM
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81. Smeghead! You left the best ones off the list!
Coupling and Red Dwarf.
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