The best of the "Brit Coms"?

[GreenPartyVoter]

Me, I am still partial to Monty Python and Black Adder above all else. :) But Allo Allo was a lot of fun too.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Fawlty Towers was good

As was Red Dwarf

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Tickety-boo!

[VOX]

24. "Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once..."

"...but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war."

:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Oops, gotta add Hitchhiker's Guide too.

[Nevernose]

4. Apparently the movie version they're currently shooting

Is actually going to be good, or so says all rumor.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Movie?!? *she screeched* No way!!! Got a link?

[Nevernose]

10. Starring Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, and John Malcovich

http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?obj_id=30944&aff_id=0&this_cat=Development+Heck
While one of my favorite sites, it doesn't seem to be too current, as I remember hearing that shooting had started. Script by Douglas Adams.

I'll see if I can't dig out something else.

[Nevernose]

14. More:

Official site: http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html

Reults of my google search: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&client=REAL-tb&q=Hitchhiker%27s+Guide+to+the+Galaxy+Movie

[Rowdyboy]

5. Big fan of "Keeping Up Appearances" and "The League of Gentlemen"

Though they are totally unalike.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Was appearances the one with the sisters who all have flower names?

[Rowdyboy]

9. Exactly

Hyacinth, Rose, Daisy and Violet along with the senile Daddy", the colonel, and various assorted characters. My favorite was Daisy's sluggard husband, Onslow.

[realisticphish]

13. my fav

is a three-way tie between onslow, richard, and emmet


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Rowdyboy]

17. Poor, long-suffering Elizabeth deserves recognition too, as well as

the Vicar and his wife.

[realisticphish]

18. of course

not to mention the postman, the milkman, and pretty much everyone hyacinth has ever come in contact with

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[pagerbear]

30. Ooh! The dishy vicar!

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Also adding, Whose line is it? and Ground Force, despite

not being sitcoms, I do get a kick out of these shows. (Whatever happened to Alan?)

[earthside]

11. Two of the Best

'The Rise and Fall of Reginal Perrin"

and

"Yes, Minister" and the follow-on "Yes, Prime Minister".

[DODI]

15. I loved Reggie and Python.

Also must add The Goodys. I haven't seen it in over 20 years -- but it was so funny. I also love To the Manor Born.

[SPQR]

22. I second "Yes, Minister"

and I'll add "Dad's Army".

[TheMightyFavog]

12. Blackadder!

Thin Blue Line is OK. The woman playing PC Habib is a real hottie!

And of course, MPFC!

[Deja Q]

16. Waiting for God, Chef!, Red Dwarf, Coupling, The Piglet Files,

Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy,
Whose Line is it Anyway (avoid the crap US version)
The Piglet Files
Are You Being Served?
Coupling (UK version ONLY, forget the crap US version)

[SarahB]

19. Monty Python was ingrained in me at an early age.

So that's definately my favorite.

Good lord, my dad used to watch Benny Hill all the time- can you say juvenile? OK, a little funny though (a bit sexist though).
A couple years ago, I went through a rather odd Red Dwarf phase where I stayed up late a couple weekends in a row watching all the episodes. :crazy:

[jdonaldball]

20. "Last of the Summer Wine!"

I don't think this ever aired in America. The provincial aspect wouldn't be understood in America.
Best line I remember: The three Yorkshire "boys" wonder about Heaven and Hell. One says this obviously isn't Hell, because Hell would be further south (near London).

[T_i_B]

28. That....and Nora Batty's stockings!

Anyone for Father Ted?

DRINK!

FECK!

ARSE!

GIRLS!

[pagerbear]

31. We get that here in NYC

...on the Long Island PBS station's Friday night Britcom lineup. At first I found it boring, but now I think it's charming.

Anyone ever seen Mulberry? I like that one too.

And of course AYBS and 'Allo 'Allo!

[frylock]

21. the young ones

[Magrittes Pipe]

32. Oh, I bet you think that's very funny, don't you Neil?

I suppose you're laughing and laughing. </Rik>

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. Black Books, Father Ted (ok, an Irish-com), Mr. Don and Mr. George.

The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Porridge.

[flamingyouth]

25. I love "Are You Being Served?"

Chalk it up to two decades in retail, but I can't help that it cracks me up.:D

[Proud2BAmurkin]

26. The Office

!

[monchie]

27. Monty Python's technically not a "Brit Com"...

...it's a Brit sketch comedy program, not a sitcom. But I loved it.

Also loved Fawlty Towers and Father Ted. Basil Fawlty reminds me a bit of Ralph Kramden, especially his blowhard-iness. Father Ted has a lot of Python-ish absurdism in it.

Yeah, I know Father Ted is basically an Irish show--the producers, writers and actors are all Irish--but wasn't it aired on UK's Channel Four? It's doubtful that the Irish TV network would carry it--too much pressure from the Catholic Church. But I think Channel Four, as well as other British networks, is carried by Irish cable systems, so they probably snuck it into its native country by the back door.

I have every episode of all 3 series on DVD.

[Cocoa]

29. "Do shut up"

It's about a hard-drinking yet loving family of soccer hooligans. If they're not having a go with the birds, they're having a row with the wankers.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

33. 'Allo 'Allo: large "cult" following but also sadly overlooked

Gets the "oh really" response from a lot of folks when they find out it's the brainchild of Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, the "Are You Being Served" masterminds.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

36. Overlooked? It was mainstream early-evening fodder viewed by millions.

And, I'm sorry to say, pretty dire.

[Guy_Montag]

34. Spaced

Bunch of stoners doing the sort of things stoners do.

BBC Radio 4 comedy like the Now Show, The News Quiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is also excellent & often a starting off point for transition to TV.


I'm always trying to draw attention to the repeats of Radio comedy on BBC7

Including radio versions of League of Gentlemen, Dad's Army & others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/

[Myrina]

35. "British Men Behaving Badly" and "Coupling"

Unfortunately, the major US networks tried to Americanize them, and they stunk.

Re: non-comedy (well, maybe sorta comedy - it has its funny points), does anyone watch Monarch of the Glen ?? I LOVE that show !
:loveya: