Definitive sitcom episodes? Page 4

Father Ted- There's too many but I think 'Speed 3'.

The IT Crowd- 'The Work Outing', although there are a few episodes from the third series which are up there.

Not Going Out- I think the 'Death' episode from series one, although again there are too many good gags in each of episode to choose

Spaced- The one with the shoot out the end (can't remember the name now!)

Friends- 'The one where nobody's ready' or that one where Ross makes up a Quiz and they end up swapping apartments

Gavin and Stacey- The one with the barn dance

Black Books- 'Grapes of Wrath', when Bernard and Manny make their own wine

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace- 'Skipper the Eyechild'

Extras- The one with Sir Ian McKellan

I'm Alan Partridge- The episode with 'DAN!!'

Phoenix Nights- When they have a family fun day

I agree with a lot of the above. For Young Ones though I'd choose "Bambi" (University Challenge) - although I'm not a massive fan of several Young Ones episode, that one seems like it packs far more than 30 mins of comedy into an episode.

South Park - I'd choose the first Mr Hankey one, which also has the "Kyle's Mum's a Bitch" song.

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Father Ted - I'll agree with chipolata's The Old Grey Whistle Theft.

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Fuppin' brilliant! I agree with the fuppin' both of yiz, yiz couple of fuppers.

Fuppin' quality of the highest fuppin' order.

Dad's Army - Getting the Bird
Sykes - Uncle
Porridge - No Way Out
Early Doors - The pub quiz
Only Fools - Friday the 14th
The Royle Family - The one when Elsie's just died

This is almost impossible isn't it?
Everyones going to have different favourites. It's like trying to do your 10 favourite bros songs. Impossible!
I don't think that Back to reality is the definitive Red Dwarf episode.
The best one without a doubt, but not really the definitive one.
You'd need something from the third or fourth series, where they are using a few special effects but the Rimmer Lister dynamic still has a bit of character.

And my definitive Bilko episode is that one where he dreams up that crazy scheme, almost makes it, but then has to lose it right at the end.

The Royle Family - The one when Twiggy comes to sunday lunch
Extras - Keith Chegwin
Fawlty Towers - Waldorf Salad, for two reasons:
"Oh, Harold RoBINS?" and of course this:

Mr Hamilton: "What I'm suggesting is that this is the crumbiest, shoddiest dump in the whole of western Europe"
Major: "No! No I won't have that! There's a place in Eastbourne"

Peep Show: The one where Jez makes the music for Honda, or the one where Jez and Superhands are given the pub

The Detectives: 'Dutch Cops' (when Briggs and Louis get trapped in the Pilchard lorry) or 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' (the one with the monkey in Gibraltar)

Black Books: Manny Come Home (the one with Simon Pegg as manager of Goliath Books)

Father Ted: New Jack City (the hairy hands episode)

Partridge - Clearly the mentalist episode.

First thoughts

- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - No Hiding Place
- Father Ted - Eurosong
- Men behaving Badly - Operation (or was it invalid, the one where Dorothy has her appendix out)
- Lead Balloon - Christmas Special recently transmitted

What the hell, I'll flood you with my favourite episodes:
American Dad- Stan of Arabia
Barbara- Valentine
Benidorm- Episode 4
Blackadder Goes Fourth- Private Planes
Black Books- Manny Come Home
Bless this House- A Touch of the Unknown
Bottom- Burglary
The Bounder- Raffles
Chucklevision- Clueless Chuckles
Citizen Smith- The Hostage
Clarence- Episode 2
Dads Army- Operation Kilt
Dear John- Death
Desmonds: Anti Susu
Doctor at Large- No Ill Feeling
Doctor at Sea- Floating Profits
Doctor in Charge- The Fox
Doctor in the House- The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Casino
Don't Drink The Water- Home From Home
Duty Free- El Macho
Early Doors- Series 2 episode 3
Extras- Series 2 episode 3
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin- Series 1 episode 2
Father Ted- Competition Time
Fawlty Towers- The Wedding Party
The Fenn Street Gang- The Thin Yellow Line
First of the Summer Wine- The Way of the Warrior
The Fosters- God's Business is Good Business
Going Straight- Going, Going, Gone
The Good Life- The Early Bird
Goodnight Sweetheart- When Two Worlds Collide
Good Times- Sex and the Evans Family
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose- The Peeper
Hancocks Half Hour- The Set that Failed
Hancock- The Blood Donar
Hippies- Hippy Dippy Hippies
Hugh and I- Episode 1
In Sickness and in Health- Not sure on when it was, but Spike Milligan plays Fancy Fred
It Aint Half Hot Mum- The Road to Banu
The IT Crowd- Calamity Jen
Keeping Mum- The Theif
Keeping up Appearances- The Rolls Royce
Last of the Summer Wine- The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper
The Likely Lads- Rocker
The Lovers- Brainwashing
Men Behaving Badly- Jealousy
Mr Bean- Do it Yourself Mr Bean
Mrs Merton and Malcolm- Episode 2
My Family- Imperfect Strangers
Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width- Old Soldiers Never Die
Never the Twain- A Matched Pair
Nightingales- Scrutiny on the Bounty
The Office- Series 2 episode 1
One Foot in the Grave- Love and Death
Only Fools and Horses- Friday the Fourteenth
Only When I Laugh- The Man with the long Face
On the Buses- Foggy Night
Open all Hours- The Ginger Men
Please Sir- They're Off
Porridge- No Peace for the Wicked
Potter- Episode 1
Ripping Yarns- The Curse of the Claw
Rising Damp- A Night Out
The Royle Family- Series 2 episode 6
Seven of One- Spanners Eleven
A Sharpe Intake of Breathe- Seven year Itch
The Simpsons- Dancing Homer
Some Mothers do ave em- Have a Break Take a Husband
Sorry- Does Your Mother Know You're out
Steptoe and Son- Pilgrims Progress
Sykes- Uncle
The Thin Blue Line- Fly on the Wall
Till Death us do Part- Holiday in Bournmouth
Top Cat- Hawaii Here We Come
Two in Clover- Series 1 episode 3 (episode 4 on the DVD)
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle- The Scotch Connection
The Vicar of Dibley- Dibley Live
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads- No Hiding Place
You Rang M'Lord- Money Talks

I could go on.

The Goodies - Earthanasia

Especially for the line when Tim has just hit Graeme with the fridge or cooker or whatever it was.

"You shouldn't have hit me with that! You've ruined the cake!"

Quote: The Producer @ January 22 2009, 6:16 PM GMT

I agree with a lot of the above. For Young Ones though I'd choose "Bambi" (University Challenge) - although I'm not a massive fan of several Young Ones episode, that one seems like it packs far more than 30 mins of comedy into an episode.

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In my opinion, I think The Young Ones is packed with so many solid episodes that it is difficult to pick out one that is necessarily better than another. The thing about Bambi is that it was selected as the episode put forward for awards and therefore has had a higher platform than any other episode. Bambi is definitely great and I can see a few reasons why people would pick it. It probably comes down to preference in the end.

Def.

Quote: Fred Sunshine @ January 22 2009, 8:19 PM GMT

And my definitive Bilko episode is that one where he dreams up that crazy scheme, almost makes it, but then has to lose it right at the end.

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I like that one too.

I always liked the Bilko episode where it turns out his crazy schemes were actually becuase he was a Russian spy, and he gets executed by firing squad.

Right up there with the episode of Dad's Army where Pike goes mad from being called a stupid boy. He kills himself and Mainwaring in the Church toilets in scene Kubrik ripped off in Full Metal Jacket.

Quote: Deferenz @ January 23 2009, 8:21 AM GMT

In my opinion, I think The Young Ones is packed with so many solid episodes that it is difficult to pick out one that is necessarily better than another. The thing about Bambi is that it was selected as the episode put forward for awards and therefore has had a higher platform than any other episode. Bambi is definitely great and I can see a few reasons why people would pick it. It probably comes down to preference in the end.

Def.

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I doubt most people of my generation even read papers/watched award shows at the time the Young Ones came out - I certainly had no idea about that till your post. You're right though - depending on your exact sense of humour, you could pick several episodes as the best. Bambi also has the benefit of "Ace of Spades" as the music track of the week, whereas lots of the other tracks used were pretty average...which is a hammer blow to 10% of the running time of the episodes in question.

Men of the World - the episode where Lenny and his mates are all arguing about who scored the winning goal in a football match when they were at school.

Oh, and Hancock - The Blood Donor. One of the best episodes and also shows his character off perfectly.