Best tv comedies

suzyvermoesen · #1 10-16-2007, 06:17 AM

The tearjerker thread inspired me and made me wonder which tv comedies you like best ?

My alltime favourites are :
I Love Lucy
Roseanne
Blot on the landscape
The young ones
Monthy Python
Absolutely Fabulous
Soap

TrueFaith77 · #2 10-16-2007, 06:21 AM

My favorites (off the top of my head) are:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Golden Girls
The Simpsons
Seinfeld

rubytuesday · #3 10-16-2007, 06:41 AM

Spaced
Big Train

There's a heap more but that's all that come to mind at the moment. I base my life around British comedies so there'll be many others but I have a mind blank.

Anyone else a fan of Spaced?

suzyvermoesen · #4 10-16-2007, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by rubytuesday

Spaced
Big Train

There's a heap more but that's all that come to mind at the moment. I base my life around British comedies so there'll be many others but I have a mind blank.

Anyone else a fan of Spaced?

Don't know those i'm afraid, but another British comedy just came to mind that i sorely miss : Black Books

Suzy

rubytuesday · #5 10-16-2007, 06:58 AM

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Don't know those i'm afraid, but another British comedy just came to mind that i sorely miss : Black Books

Suzy

Oh! You made me sit up in my seat. If you know Black Books then you'll know of the Spaced people. It's all an extended family. Spaced was by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright and all the actors in Black Books, Spaced, Big Train, Shaun of The Dead & Hot Fuzz appear in each others stuff.

I'm not a big fan of the series Black Books (but I do own all 3 seasons on dvd) 'cause I'm a huge fan of Dylan Moran, he's my favourite stand-up but he didn't use his full potential in the show I don't think. Have you seen his standup dvd Monster? It's brilliant. I definitely recommend Spaced though, same era and similar group of people but just much more enjoyable in my opinion.

suzyvermoesen · #6 10-16-2007, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rubytuesday

Oh! You made me sit up in my seat. If you know Black Books then you'll know of the Spaced people. It's all an extended family. Spaced was by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright and all the actors in Black Books, Spaced, Big Train, Shaun of The Dead & Hot Fuzz appear in each others stuff.

I'm not a big fan of the series Black Books (but I do own all 3 seasons on dvd) 'cause I'm a huge fan of Dylan Moran, he's my favourite stand-up but he didn't use his full potential in the show I don't think. Have you seen his standup dvd Monster? It's brilliant. I definitely recommend Spaced though, same era and similar group of people but just much more enjoyable in my opinion.

I really never heard of it so i Googled and found it's a Channel 4 series.
We only get the 2 Beebs on the cable, so i guess unless one of the dutch or belgian networks runs it, there's not much chance i'll get to see it.
Dylan Moran i only know from the Black Books series and he's not just funny, he's also very cuddly

rubytuesday · #7 10-16-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by suzyvermoesen

I really never heard of it so i Googled and found it's a Channel 4 series.
We only get the 2 Beebs on the cable, so i guess unless one of the dutch or belgian networks runs it, there's not much chance i'll get to see it.
Dylan Moran i only know from the Black Books series and he's not just funny, he's also very cuddly

Did you see him in Shaun of the Dead? He's not as cuddly there but in Black Books and his standup he's so adorable he needs to be poked.

danax6 · #8 10-16-2007, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by suzyvermoesen

We only get the 2 Beebs on the cable, so i guess unless one of the dutch or belgian networks runs it, there's not much chance i'll get to see it.

Nope. I've never heard of it, so I don't think so. We only get two Belgian channels here, how many Dutch channels do you get? Ned 1, 2 and 3?

As for my favorite comedies:

Friends
Absolutely Fabulous
Sex and the City
The Simpsons

My mind is rather blank right now. I can't think of anything else.

Hey Suzy, if you watch The Young Ones, surely you must have seen Bottom also, right? I like watching those too. And don't forget Men Behaving Badly.

I love British comedy.

rubytuesday · #9 10-16-2007, 07:51 AM

Actually I've managed to get copies of Spaced on dvd down here in Australia. I don't know if they aired it here when it came out but you can get it here so I imagine you can get it in Europe too.

suzyvermoesen · #10 10-16-2007, 08:32 AM

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Nope. I've never heard of it, so I don't think so. We only get two Belgian channels here, how many Dutch channels do you get? Ned 1, 2 and 3?

Yes, we only get N1,N2 and N3.

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Originally Posted by danax6

As for my favorite comedies:

Friends
Absolutely Fabulous
Sex and the City
The Simpsons

Oooh...forgot Sex and the City and Friends ; those are great too !

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Originally Posted by danax6

Hey Suzy, if you watch The Young Ones, surely you must have seen Bottom also, right? I like watching those too. And don't forget Men Behaving Badly.

I love British comedy.

Did you see Grumpy Old Women / Men ? Looooooved it ! (but maybe that's because some of it is just too familiar

)

And did you ever watch That's Life! with Ester Rantzen ? British humor at it's best. It left me rolling on the floor sometimes.

And for the dutch Ledgies : another favorite of mine is "Het Peulengaleis".

suzyvermoesen · #11 10-16-2007, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by rubytuesday

Actually I've managed to get copies of Spaced on dvd down here in Australia. I don't know if they aired it here when it came out but you can get it here so I imagine you can get it in Europe too.

Thanks ! I'll keep it in mind and check Ebay (when my new paycheck arrives that is

)

#1LiddyBuckFan · #12 10-16-2007, 08:39 AM

The Carol Burnett Show
M*A*S*H
I Love Lucy
All In The Family
Friends
Frasier
The Nanny
Family Guy
South Park
Sex and the City

Miss Vicky · #13 10-16-2007, 09:13 AM

Absolute favorite:

Blackadder

Others:

Night Court
Roseanne
Married With Children
Mr. Bean

Edit: Are we including animated comedies? If so, I want to add:

Daria
Ren and Stimpy
The Oblongs
The Simpsons

suzyvermoesen · #14 10-16-2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Absolute favorite:

Edit: Are we including animated comedies? If so, I want to add:

Daria
Ren and Stimpy
The Oblongs
The Simpsons

Then i want to add :
Everything by Tex Avery and especially Roadrunner

GypsySorcerer · #15 10-16-2007, 09:23 AM

THE WONDER YEARS
Friends
Sex and the City
Cheers
Moonlighting
Will & Grace