Walker
Monday 11th June 2007 5:14pm
Teesside
307 posts
Frasier and Scrubs are excellent. The two American sitcoms i love most. Scrubs would probably be in my top 5 favourite sitcoms of all time. Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends and My Name Is Earl all have their moments to. In saying that, Britain hasn't been that frequent in producing good sitcoms. Not Going Out and Green Wing may be the only two, while sitcoms like The IT Crowd and Roman's Empire generally have the audience split, probably because they are borderline good. Classic British sitcoms are masterpieces, Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, Porridge, you name it, it is legendary. What i am trying to say by rambling on is that Britain has lost his way recently with sitcoms, the BBC aren't as risky as they used to be with the comedy department, and the real genius writers haven't found a foundation yet. Meanwhile across the pond, the way comedy is written, the standard is very much the same now as it was years ago. That is the difference.
And obviously, we Brits are more creative. Look at all the ideas the Yanks are using of ours, The Office, Steptoe and Son, The IT Crowd, even Little Britain have all been dragged off for an American version.