Brilliant rubbish

Which sitcoms do you think qualify under this?

Not Going Out is perhaps the best example of this. Terrible puns, mad and unreal situations, but so brilliant at the same time. Really really funny stuff.

Another sitcom that is having this feeling on me is Bless This House, which I'm currently making my way through. It's shit: the characters are unbelivable and unrealistic, the jokes are repetitive and predictable, yet it is just absolutely fantastic at the same time. Sid James is brilliant. As is Anthony Jackson as Trevor and Sally Geeson as Sally. I think it is reliant on the cast - without Sid James I think it would be genuine shit - but with him in the role, it is just downright great in my view.
What do other people think?

Depnds on your definition of 'rubbish'. Or 'shit'. For me, and I suspect most of the population, I want a sitcom to a) make me laugh, and b) leave me feeling satisfied when the credits have rolled.

You seem to be defining 'rubbish' as something that's unrealistic and is relentlessly funny almost for the sake of being funny - i.e. a traditional sitcom. Certainly not a definition I have any tolerance for.

Quote: Aaron @ February 24 2011, 11:40 PM GMT

Depnds on your definition of 'rubbish'. Or 'shit'. For me, and I suspect most of the population, I want a sitcom to a) make me laugh, and b) leave me feeling satisfied when the credits have rolled.

You seem to be defining 'rubbish' as something that's unrealistic and is relentlessly funny almost for the sake of being funny - i.e. a traditional sitcom. Certainly not a definition I have any tolerance for.

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I see your point. I mean things that I think are purposely bad: certainly the case of 'Not Going Out' but due to its funniness and sharpness, it is fantastic at the same time.
Bless This House probably wasn't intended to be like this - it for me has just gone like this with age. But it is just so great at the same time.
The two mentioned do make me laugh and make me satisfied. But in the case of both shows mentioned, I tend to laugh and shake my head at the same time. And I like that reaction. A brilliant combination of being rubbish and fantastic.

I watch WWE for this very reason. As for British comedy, um?? I can't think of anything I watch like that. I'm sure there are many examples, something like watching the audition rounds on talents shows maybe? But for sitcoms, I either like it or I don't. Can't think of anything I half watch, N.G.O is a the closest example I guess.

I suppose I would say Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. I love that programme, but I can see why other people would not like it.

It's not really rubbish though. You just have to be young to appreciate it!

Quote: aquasplash3 @ February 25 2011, 8:30 PM GMT

You just have to be young to appreciate it!

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Not young, just open minded and non cynical.