Quote: shaggy292 @ April 8 2009, 3:33 PM BSTHere's my Top 40:
5.The League Of Gentlemen
*Shakes puny, unthreatening fist*
Great sitcom list Page 5
Mental List To Try &Do, But Here Goes..........
1. Goodnight Sweetheart
2. 2 Point 4 Children
3. Next Of Kin / Birds Of A Feather
4. Absolutely Fabulous
5. The Upper Hand
6. The Vicar Of Dibley
7. On The Up
8. As Time Goes By
9. One Foot In The Grave
10. Only Fools And Horses
11. Men Beahving Badly
12. Keeping Up Appearances
13. 'Allo 'Allo!
14. Dad's Army
15. Hi-De-Hi!
16. After You've Gone
17. My Family
18. Chalk
19. Keeping Mum
20. So What Now?
In no particular order, others that I liked (and some I think were bad but secretly like):
Ain't Misbehavin'
Dad
Waiting For God
Last Of The Summer Wine
All Along The Watchtower
Oh Doctor Beeching!
Surgical Spirit
The Brittas Empire
Game On
Bless This House
Butterflies
The Good Life
To The Manor Born
Pilgrim's Rest
Heartburn Hotel
Quote: Jack Massey @ June 11 2008, 12:59 AM GMTCouldn't resist not finishing the list. After a lot of thought and plenty of tough decisions - here are my top 100 sitcoms:
1. Dad's Army
2. Citizen Smith
3. On the Buses
4. Last of the Summer Wine
5. Till Death Us Do Part
6. Steptoe and Son
7. Fawlty Towers
8. Two in Clover
9. Porridge
10. One Foot in the Grave
11. Rising Damp
12. Only Fools and Horses
13. Father Ted
14. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
15. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
16. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
17. The Thin Blue Line
18. Men Behaving Badly
19. The Vicar of Dibley
20. Blackadder
21. Bottom
22. Open All Hours
23. The Good Life
24. Hancock's Half Hour
25. The IT Crowd
26. Please Sir!
27. Only When I Laugh
28. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
29. My Family
30. Bless This House
31. Black Books
32. Extras
33. The Royle Family
34. Benidorm
35. ChuckleVision
36. Doctor at Large
37. Goodnight Sweetheart
38. Going Straight
39. Phoenix Nights
40. First of the Summer Wine
41. Keeping Up Appearances
42. Seven of One
43. Mr Bean
44. Never the Twain
45. Sykes
46. You Rang, M'Lord?
47. Early Doors
48. Barbara
49. In Sickness and in Health
50. The Likely Lads
51. Dear John
52. The Office
53. Doctor in the House
54. Hancock
55. My Hero
56. The Lovers
57. Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
58. A Sharp Intake of Breath
59. The Fenn Street Gang
60. The Fosters
61. Ripping Yarns
62. Clarence
63. Desmonds
64. A Bit of a Do
65. Don't Drink the Water
66. Sorry!
67. Duty Free
68. Potter
69. Nightingales
70. Mrs Merton and Malcolm
71. The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
72. Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
73. Hippies
74. Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
75. Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
76. Keeping Mum
77. Hi-De-Hi!
78. Hugh and I
79. Mind Your Language
80. Rab C Nesbitt
81. The Green Green Grass
82. George and Mildred
83. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
84. Citizen James
85. Man About the House
86. The Rag Trade (BBC)
87. The Young Ones
88. Gimme Gimme Gimme
89. George and the Dragon
90. Teenage Kicks
91. Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
92. The Magnificent Evans
93. A Tribute to the Likely Lads
94. All This and Christmas Too
95. Dead Man Weds
96. Till Death...
97. Sykes and A
98. Are You Being Served?
99. Bless Me Father
100. Surgical Spirit
Amazing how one's comedic tastes change in two and a half years. This list is way out now in reality. Will make a new one I think and see how much the change has been.
Here's my new list which I completed this morning. Makes interesting comparison with my previous:
1. Dad's Army
2. One Foot in the Grave
3. Fawlty Towers
4. Only Fools and Horses
5. Citzen Smith
6. On the Buses
7. Steptoe and Son
8. Porridge
9. Father Ted
10. Hancock's Half Hour
11. Two in Clover
12. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
13. Rising Damp
14. Blackadder
15. Men Behaving Badly
16. Open All Hours
17. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
18. Till Death Us Do Part
19. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
20. The Good Life
21. The Thin Blue Line
22. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
23. The Vicar of Dibley
24. Hancock (1961)
25. The Bounder
26. Goodnight Sweetheart
27. Bottom
28. The Inbetweeners
29. Last of the Summer Wine
30. The Likely Lads
31. Doctor at Large
32. Extras
33. Keeping Up Appearances
34. Seven of One
35. Not Going Out
36. Black Books
37. In Sickness and in Health
38. Doctor in Charge
39. Bless this House
40. The IT Crowd
41. ChuckleVision
42. Mr Bean
43. Only When I Laugb
44. My Family
45. Sykes
46. Outnumbered
47. Dear John...
48. Going Straight
49. Please Sir!
50. Hot Metal
51. Ever Decreasing Circles
52. Early Doors
53. The Galton and Simpson Playhouse
54. The Office
55. Get Some In!
56. Never the Twain
57. The Old Guys
58. The Other One
59. The Royle Family
60. Barbara
61. Casanova '73
62. Hi-De-Hi!
63. Phoenix Nights
64. Doctor at Sea
65. The Lovers
66. Rock & Chips
67. Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...
68. Doctor in the House
69. Benidorm
70. Ripping Yarns
71. You Rang, M'Lord?
72. Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width
73. The Fosters
74. Keeping Mum
75. The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
76. First of the Summer Wine
77. My Hero
78. The Fenn Street Gang
79. Sorry!
80. Six Dates with Barker
81. Down the 'Gate
82. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
83. Time Gentlemen Please
84. Robin's Nest
85. Mrs Merton and Malcolm
86. Clarence
87. Duty Free
88. Nightingales
89. The Rag Trade (1961)
90. Are You Being Served?
91. The Young Ones
92. Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
93. A Bit of a Do
94. Gimme Gimme Gimme
95. Dawson's Weekly
96. Rab C Nesbitt
97. Desmond's
98. Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt
99. A Sharpe Intake of Breath
100. George & Mildred
Can't believe how low down Not Going Out is, given your recent praise for the show!
I know it's pointless and silly to 'argue' with someone about their own taste/opinion.
(But I'm going to anyway) you like My Hero more than George and Mildred??
Quote: zooo @ January 30 2011, 3:51 PM GMTI know it's pointless and silly to 'argue' with someone about their own taste/opinion.
(But I'm going to anyway) you like My Hero more than George and Mildred??
Surely that should just be 'You like My Hero?!!?'
Quote: Griff @ January 30 2011, 4:00 PM GMTPlenty in your list I haven't heard of.
And you call yourself a fan of comedy? Tut!
Aaron - Was making sure I wasn't too comtemporary with this list, hence being harsh on 'Not Going Out'. But I'm sure once the hype is over, it will be higher - series 4's been ace and I'm half way through the first series which I've also enjoyed.
Zooo - I haven't seen 'My Hero' since it was originally on (and I didn't watch a single episode with James Dreyfus in the title role), so it's got in on a bit of nostalgia, but I've recently watched a bit of 'George and Mildred' on ITV3, and it didn't really do a lot for me.
Griff - I've never really watched 'Peep Show'. I know I should due to all the hype, whereas ChuckleVision gets fairly high due to nostalgia as it was my favourite children's sitcom.
Treat yourself to watching Peep Show, Some great stuff through the years. Practicaly all of it is on 4OD. Just missing the first 3 episodes of series 7 for some reason. Possibly because they're trying to sell the DVD.
EDIT: Just noticed the other episodes of series 7 aren't there now either. 1-6 are though.
I'm sure people know of it but here's a direct link:
http://www.seesaw.com/TV/Comedy/b-8535-Peep-Show
(Only series 1-6 available).
Quote: Griff @ January 30 2011, 5:14 PM GMTI had definitely never heard of Barbara though, and that's a modern one.
I have absolutely no idea if you'd like it, but the first two series are now available on DVD.
I think my list would be quite a bit different to Jack's.
I don't know where they'd go but Red Dwarf would be in there definitely.
Never watched it Steve
That's alright then