Top 10 sitcoms (1 Viewer)

Otis · Jan 17, 2014

Okay. Top 10 sitcoms of all time. Both British and American.

For me, in no particular order .....

1. Only Fools and Horses
2. Men Behaving Badly
3. Porridge
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
6. Frasier
7. Cheers
8. Friends
9. The Office
10 Hancock's Half-Hour

Also special mention to Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin , Citizen Smith, Till Death Us Do Part, Blackadder and League of Gentlemen.

wingy · Jan 17, 2014

Open all hours

skybluejelly · Jan 17, 2014

Terry and June

rondog1973 · Jan 17, 2014

Fawlty Towers
I'm Alan Partridge (Series 1)
Blackadder (3,2,4 & 1 in that order of preference)
Only Fools & Horses (1980's episodes)
Early Doors
The Office
Porridge
Frazier
It ain't half hot Mum
The Young Ones

ccfc92 · Jan 17, 2014

Being Born in 92, I haven't been as privileged as some to great TV,

But IMO....

Only fools, Porridge, Rising Damp, Fawlty Towers, Royle Family.

Then from my own era, the Inbetweeners

stupot07 · Jan 17, 2014

The office, Gavin and Stacy, faulty towers, peep show, porridge, friends, men behaving badly, black adder, royal family, open all hours.

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bringbackrattles · Jan 17, 2014

1. Rising Damp.
2. Fools and Horses.
3.Porridge.
4.Dear John.
5.Fawlty Towers.
6.One foot in the Grave.
7.Till death do us Part.
8.Cheers.
9.Steptoe and Son.
10.Only when I laugh.

jesus-wept · Jan 17, 2014

Only fools and horses
Porridge
Royle Family
Steptoe and Son
Vicar Of Dibley
Till Death Us Do Part
Please Sir
The Goode Life
Bread
Father Ted

sky blue zam · Jan 17, 2014

only fools and horses
porridge
open all hours
mrs browns boys
dads army
men behaving badly
vicar of dibley
friends
fawlty towers
allo allo

rondog1973 · Jan 17, 2014

Forgot about Dear John and Father Ted.

Otis · Jan 17, 2014

Me too.

Really liked Dear John.

Covstu · Jan 17, 2014

Need to add Red Dwarf and Still game in there somewhere!

bringbackrattles · Jan 17, 2014

Still game was a Glasgow comedy ? Loved the humour,an underrated comedy.

Grendel · Jan 17, 2014

I'm amazed the Wright Way does not appear on here.

Otis · Jan 17, 2014

Grendel said:
I'm amazed the Wright Way does not appear on here.

You little tinker, Grendel. Don't you ever let up?

Ashdown1 · Jan 17, 2014

Some cracking shows in there..................but 'The Orifice' and that twat Ricky Gervais, nah, I don't think so !!

Otis · Jan 17, 2014

Ashdown1 said:
Some cracking shows in there..................but 'The Orifice' and that twat Ricky Gervais, nah, I don't think so !!

Guess he's like Marmite.

I think the Office and Extras are pure class though.

Houchens Head · Jan 17, 2014

Shows I couldn't / can't stand, coz they were absolute shite:

The Office
Friends
Frazier
The Royal Family
Cheers
Gavin & Stacey
Vicar of Dibley
That Mrs Brown shite
(Am I the only person on the planet who's never seen a single episode of Friends?)

Shows that I liked:
Red Dwarf
One Foot in the Grave (Victor: my hero!)
Black Adder
Men Behaving Badly
My Family
Scrubs
Maybe a few more but can't think at the moment.

stupot07 · Jan 18, 2014

Forgot about scrubs and red dwarf. Also early series of My Family were great.

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stupot07 · Jan 18, 2014

Otis said:
Guess he's like Marmite.

I think the Office and Extras are pure class though.

Didn't really get Extras to be honest but loved the Office, I could identify to a few of the characters from people I've shared offices with.

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Houchens Head · Jan 18, 2014

Forgot M*A*S*H! Top show! Loved Radar and Klinger! (also fancied the pants of Major Hoolihan (a female, just so our younger posters don't misunderstand me!))

thaiskyblue · Jan 18, 2014

porridge absolute class, been watching it recently not dated at all , brilliant characters in the whole cast. love it.

Otis · Jan 18, 2014

Houchens Head said:
Shows I couldn't / can't stand, coz they were absolute shite:

The Office
Friends
Frazier
The Royal Family
Cheers
Gavin & Stacey
Vicar of Dibley
That Mrs Brown shite
(Am I the only person on the planet who's never seen a single episode of Friends?)

Shows that I liked:
Red Dwarf
One Foot in the Grave (Victor: my hero!)
Black Adder
Men Behaving Badly
My Family
Scrubs
Maybe a few more but can't think at the moment.

How come you rate Friends as shite, Houch, yet say you've never seen a single episode?

Agree with you on Scrubs. Totally disagree on My Family, which for me is one of the very worst sitcoms ever. Bloody awful, derivative nonsense and embassingly poorly written.

As it got worse they threw more and more characters at it trying to make it funny, but it just got worse and worse and worse.

The best sitcoms are those usually based in some kind of reality (Porridge, Likely Lads for example). My Family exists in a world of unbelievable, pure fantasy.

Sorry, rant over.

Quite like One Foot in the Grave and Rew Dwarf though.

Houchens Head · Jan 18, 2014

Blimey Otis, so that means you didn't like My Family? Must admit, I liked it in the early days but then it drifted off the rails a bit. As for Friends, I say I've never seen a single episode - I watched about 10 minutes once, just to see what all the fuss was about. I thought it was typical U.S. sitcom drivel. I've also seen clips on TV because they keep showing them to advertise the programme, therefore I can't escape from seeing bits of it, so with that, I make my view that it is shite.

Real · Jan 18, 2014

Only Fools & Horses
Rising Damp
Porridge
Till Death Us Do Part
Steptoe & Son
The Royle Family
Gavin & Stacey
Benidorm
Citizen Smith
Please Sir

Houchens Head · Jan 18, 2014

Can't stand Cheers either! Same U.S. sitcom drivel as Friends.

Grendel · Jan 18, 2014

Citizen Khan anyone?

Otis · Jan 18, 2014

Grendel said:
Citizen Khan anyone?

Citizen Smith for Muslims!

thaiskyblue · Jan 18, 2014

auf wiedersiene pet. sorry couldn't spell it properly. Oz what character.

ajsccfc · Jan 18, 2014

Houchens Head said:
Shows I couldn't / can't stand, coz they were absolute shite:
Frazier
Cheers

Shows that I liked:
My Family

This is the funniest thing in the thread.

Jack Griffin · Jan 18, 2014

Houchens Head said:
Shows I couldn't / can't stand, coz they were absolute shite:

(Am I the only person on the planet who's never seen a single episode of Friends?)

No mate.

Otis · Jan 18, 2014

Jack Griffin said:
No mate.

I think you've missed an 's' off the end there, Jack.

Elvis Pressley · Jan 18, 2014

Baywatch

....

WillieStanley · Jan 18, 2014

Spaced
I'm Alan Partridge
Father Ted
Black Books
The Mighty Boosh (devisive choice)
The Office
Garth Marenghi's Dark Place
Nighty Night
The Young Ones
Blackadder

As for My Family - as well as being poorly written, it opened the door for the out dated foormat the BBC have constantly adopted on their comedy ever since. Mrs Browns Boys, Miranda, Citizen Khan, Not Going Out are all painstakingly horrible, not at all adventurous and basically dumbed down rubbish.

The IT Crowd and Friends are two that on another day, would have snuck the top 10.

stupot07 · Jan 18, 2014

The Green Wing was also funny, and I also like Friday Night Dinner

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