1. On The Buses
2. Only Fools And Horses
3. Man About The House
4. Steptoe And Son
5. George & Mildred
6. Terry & June
7. My Family
8. Are You Being Served?
9. One Foot In The Grave
10. The Good Life
11. Gavin & Stacey
12. Father Ted
13. The Vicar Of Dibley
14. Down The 'Gate
15. I'm Alan Partridge
16. The Green Green Grass
17. The Royle Family
18. Dinnerladies
19. 'Allo 'Allo!
20. Dad's Army
1. Only Fools & Horses
2. Mrs Brown's Boys
3. Fawlty Towers
4. I'm Alan Partridge
5. Gavin & Stacey
6. Last of The Summer Wine
7. Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere
8. Mr Bean
9. Father Ted
10. The Royle Family
11. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
12. The Brittas Empire
13. On The Buses
14. Rev.
15. Extras
16. The IT Crowd
17. The Inbetweeners
18. Little Britain
19. The Two Ronnies
20. The Office
Quote: G180e @ July 20 2013, 12:28 PM BST1. Only Fools & Horses
2. Mrs Brown's Boys
3. Fawlty Towers
4. I'm Alan Partridge
5. Gavin & Stacey
6. Last of The Summer Wine
7. Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere
8. Mr Bean
9. Father Ted
10. The Royle Family
11. Extras
12. The Brittas Empire
13. On The Buses
14. Rev.
15. Extras
16. The IT Crowd
17. The Inbetweeners
18. Little Britain
19. The Two Ronnies
20. The Office
David Smith Syndrome strikes again. 
You have Extras on there twice.
I should become a proof reader, or mod, or something.
What I find funny is that it manages to rise/fall in your rating simultaneously.
Quote: George Kaplan @ July 20 2013, 1:43 PM BSTDavid Smith Syndrome strikes again.
You have Extras on there twice.
I should become a proof reader, or mod, or something.
What I find funny is that it manages to rise/fall in your rating simultaneously.
Ok, George calm down, we all make mistakes don't we!
Quote: G180e @ July 20 2013, 1:53 PM BSTOk, George calm down, we all make mistakes don't we!
This may be completely pointless, and I may have missed the point in this discussion, but I went and counted all the shows you've mentioned and put ranked all the shows you've mentioned and how highly you regard them. So here they are:
174 Only Fools & Horses
141 Fawlty Towers
105 Blackadder
94 Steptoe & Son
85 Dad's Army
81 Porridge
78 Knowing Me, Knowing You/I'm Alan Partridge
64 Father Ted
56 On The Buses
54 The Office (UK)
53 Red Dwarf
50 Peep Show
50 The Royle Family
49 'Allo 'Allo!
45 Last Of The Summer Wine
41 Seinfeld
36 Gavin & Stacey
36 Hancock's Half Hour.
35 My Family
32 One Foot in the Grave
30 Black Books
30 Frasier
30 The Mighty Boosh
29 Green Wing
29 The Young Ones
26 George & Mildred
26 The Vicar Of Dibley
24 Mind Your Language
24 Spaced
24 Mr Bean
23 Are You Being Served?
23 Bottom
23 Man About The House.
23 Men Behaving Badly
23 Open All Hours
23 Rising Damp
22 Curb Your Enthusiasm
22 Dinnerladies
22 Extras
22 The Good Life
21 Cheers
21 Reggie Perrin,
20 Drop the Dead Donkey
20 Scrubs
19 The IT Crowd
19 Mrs Brown's Boys
19 The Likely Lads
19 Till Death Do Us Part
18 Big Bang Theory
18 Bilko
17 Coupling
16 The Sarah Silverman Program
16 15 Storeys High
16 Arrested Development
16 Friends
15 Terry & June
14 Count Arthur Strong
14 Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere
14 The You
13 Not Going Out
12 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
12 The Adventures of Leno and Woodley
11 As Time Goes By
10 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
10 Citizen Smith
10 Early Doors
10 It Ain't Half Hot Mum
10 Phoenix Nights
10 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
20 pts for top listed show.
5 pts for anything outside the top 10.
1 pt for anything outside the top 20
Nothing scientific.
I disregarded Kenneth's list of his bottom 20, but added 5 points to Red Dwarf anyway, bloody idiot!!! :-P
Thanks Chop, those are rather interesting results indeed!
Compare to the nationwide 2004 Top 50 Sitcoms results. Very similar top few!
Oh yeah! Wow that would have saved me a lot of time! hahaha
Honestly I'm just trying to catch up. I haven't seen most of these shows. I discovered Gavin and Stacey last night, and then I watched Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, absolute pissers!!
A lot of these shows seem very dated to me. I don't get the fuss over Only Fools and Horses. What episode should I start with?
The first one.
1.The Likely Lads/Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
2.Only Fools And Horses
3.Men Behaving Badly
4.'Allo 'Allo!
5.My Family
6.Not Going Out
7.The Good Life
8.Early Doors
9.Drop The Dead Donkey
10.The Vicar Of Dibley
11.Dad's Army
12.Open All Hours
13.Two In Clover
14.Till Death Us Do Part
15.Benidorm
16.Steptoe And Son
17.dinnerladies
18.Mind Your Language
19.One Foot In The Grave
20.Doctor In The House
Great, varied selection!
Thanks. I felt I had to balance old with new. It's harder than it seems. I did a top 100 after reading Jack's but don't like a lot of my bottom 10 or so really.
Some shows (e.g. My Family) are higher than necessary because of a nostalgic edge which may seem odd but, as a child I had to wait each year for a new series while the oldies I could watch uninterupted from DVD
I can't believe how many of these shows mentioned around here I'd never even heard of. I've got a lot to learn!
Half of the sitcoms listed are shockers. Things like On the Buses might have been slightly amusing at the time, but I think people are looking at things like that and The Good Life through rose tinted glasses as they just don't stand up today unlike timeless comedy such as Only Fools, Porridge, Blackadder etc.
Anyway, here's my list of top 10 UK -
1 - Blackadder
2 - Porridge (perfectly written, perfectly cast)
3 - Only Fools And Horses
4 - Steptoe And Son
5 - Red Dwarf
6 - Peep Show
7 - Alan Partridge
8 - Black Books
9 - Open All Hours
10 - Father Ted
U.S Top 10 -
1 - Cheers
2 - Seinfeld
3 - Curb Your Enthusiasm
4 - The Office
5 - Frasier
6 - Mash
7 - The Golden Girls
8 - Arrested Development
9 - Taxi
10 - The Cosby Show
On The Buses stands up perfectly well if it's to your sense of humour, Nick.