The Sit-Com thread and other comedy series thread

[Zizu]

Now it may or may not be common knowledge but I abhor British sit-coms / comedy series apart from the odd one like PLEBS or Friday Night Dinner .

Some of the ones I’ve been dipping into recently include

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Schitt's Creek


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[Niamh.]

Schitts creek is my favourite American/Canadian Sitcom. Fr. Ted is my favourite Irish Sitcom.

Would you consider The Office or afterlife as sitcoms? If so those are my favourite of the British

[Alf]

Now it may or may not be common knowledge but I abhor British sit-coms / comedy series apart from the odd one like PLEBS or Friday Night Dinner .

Some of the ones I’ve been dipping into recently include

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Schitt's Creek


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[Alf]

Schitts creek is my favourite American/Canadian Sitcom. Fr. Ted is my favourite Irish Sitcom.

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[Niamh.]

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Don't even recognise what that's from :p

[Alf]

Don't even recognise what that's from :pA4I9DMSvJxg

[rusticgal]

Don't even recognise what that's from :p


I think it was called Hello Hello...:shrug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think it was called Hello Hello...:shrug:

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[Niamh.]

I think it was called Hello Hello...:shrug:

It's a Goodbye, Goodbye from me :smug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

2 doors down is a very funny current sit-com

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[Zizu]

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I just don’t get this kind of ‘humour’ tbh

Falling through the bar gap and the chandelier sketch were witty rather than humerus


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[Zizu]

The Good Place is decent as well ( US sitcom)


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[Zizu]

Allo Allo


Dire


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[Niamh.]

I just don’t get this kind of ‘humour’ tbh

Falling through the bar gap and the chandelier sketch were witty rather than humerus


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Yeah, really not my cup of tea either.

Not sure if you'd class Resident Alien as a Sitcom either (probably not) but it's hilarious as well

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[Zizu]

Yeah, really not my cup of tea either.

Not sure if you'd class Resident Alien as a Sitcom either (probably not) but it's hilarious as well

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Yeah I liked the first series but not the second


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[Niamh.]

Yeah I liked the first series but not the second


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I'm only 2 episodes in to Season 2

[Zizu]

Can the mods amend the thread title slightly to ..

The Sit-Com and other comedy series thread ..


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[Zizu]

I just feel that the yanks write funnier stuff , the acting is better .. better all round really

I guess they have a massive population though and logically they will have far more excellent writers / actors …


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[Niamh.]

Can the mods amend the thread title slightly to ..

The Sit-Com and other comedy series thread ..


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yes'sir :douf:

[Alf]

I just don’t get this kind of ‘humour’ tbh

Falling through the bar gap and the chandelier sketch were witty rather than humerus


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[Zizu]

yes'sir :douf:


Thank you !!


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[Zizu]

It's called a catchphrase. Like this.



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Only Fools leaves me cold as does Father fecking Ted …

Life’s too short to be honest .. even worse that they seem to be on REPEAT … FOREVER


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[Niamh.]

Only Fools leaves me cold as does Father fecking Ted …

Life’s too short to be honest .. even worse that they seem to be on REPEAT … FOREVER


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[Zizu]

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Nuff said


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[Denver]

This Country, The Royal Family, Early Doors, Two Doors Down, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Dinner ladies and Ideal are all must watches

[Alf]

The difference is American comedy is about the optimistic American dream, whereas British is dark reality.

The American comedy actor wants to play the hero whilst the British comedy actor wants to play the failure. We're better at laughing at ourselves.

We can get humour out of awkwardness, whilst the Americans find that cringy. We also don't over analize every little thing and take it too seriously, we're much more laid back.

[Zizu]

The difference is American comedy is about the optimistic American dream, whereas British is dark reality.

The American comedy actor wants to play the hero whilst the British comedy actor wants to play the failure. We're better at laughing at ourselves.

We can get humour out of awkwardness, whilst the Americans find that cringy. We also don't over analize every little thing and take it too seriously, we're much more laid back.


Interesting..


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[Zizu]

This Country, The Royal Family, Early Doors, Two Doors Down, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Dinner ladies and Ideal are all must watches


This Country is genius .. I concede


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[Mystic Mock]

I just feel that the yanks write funnier stuff , the acting is better .. better all round really

I guess they have a massive population though and logically they will have far more excellent writers / actors …


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It's sad that Comedy seems to have died in the US over the last few years.

[Zizu]

It's sad that Comedy seems to have died in the US over the last few years.


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You mean here in the last 40 years ?
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The last real funny comedians were yonks ago .. Morcambe and Wise , Tommy Cooper etc


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[Mystic Mock]

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You mean here in the last 40 years ?
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The last real funny comedians were yonks ago .. Morcambe and Wise , Tommy Cooper etc


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The last great American Comedy imo was Parks & Recreation.

[Zizu]

The last great American Comedy imo was Parks & Recreation.


Yeah ..I liked that as well ..


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[Alf]

Hooray for Harold Lloyd

I used to watch this when I was very little. Used to be on every night around tea time on BBC 2. I must have been about 4 or 5 but I can remember it. Must have been my earliest introduction to a comedy show.


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[Zizu]

Hooray for Harold Lloyd

I used to watch this when I was very little. Used to be on every night around tea time on BBC 2. I must have been about 4 or 5 but I can remember it. Must have been my earliest introduction to a comedy show.


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Forgotten genius


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[Zizu]

We used to absolutely love Lano and Woodley

https://youtu.be/4I1xbYHW3rw


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Forgotten genius


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was on when we broke up for school hols every night

did all his own stunts

and boy were they something

[Mystic Mock]

Yeah ..I liked that as well ..


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To tell a lie I did also like Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

But Parks & Recreation was probably my last 10/10 Comedy from America.

[Oliver_W]

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Jeeves and Wooster ain't really a show from which you can pick "funny moments" because it's stories with funny bits, if that makes sense?

Anyway, here's one of my favourite episodes.

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