Quote: Aaron @ November 21 2009, 9:59 PM GMT*snigger*
A Fine Romance is alright, but the humour hasn't really stood the test of time that well. It's a little flat now. IMO.
I was watching out local PBS station last night and they were running 2 episodes of Fresh Fields back to back. They have now replaced the second episode with
A Fine Romance which is a welcome improvement. No, it isn't hysterically funny and seems a little old, but it beats Hester and her pointless shenanigans. IMO. 
I've not actually seen Fresh Fields yet. I'll make sure to get around to it soon with all of these ringing endorsements! 
Quote: Aaron @ November 22 2009, 3:06 PM GMTI've not actually seen Fresh Fields yet. I'll make sure to get around to it soon with all of these ringing endorsements!
I didn't like either Fresh Fields or French Fields. Weak I thought. But some people seem to really like them.
>_< I don't belieeeeeeeeve it!
Quote: Aaron @ November 22 2009, 3:06 PM GMTI've not actually seen Fresh Fields yet. I'll make sure to get around to it soon with all of these ringing endorsements!
Aaron, have you seen 'If you see God Tell him...?' A bit dark but I thought it was great. A real dig at the advertising industry. For a while after seeing it my 'viewer watch out they're trying to hypnotise you into emptying your wallet into their bank account' consciouness was considerably raised. Also a dig at how cruel the system can sometimes be. You can buy it on DVD now.
[Richard Briers (The Good Life) plays Godfrey Spry, who, having been hit on the head in a freak accident ends up with an attention span of 30 secs. As a result he begins to obsess over TV commercials and begins to take advertising claims literally, causing erratic twists in his behaviour and complicating the lives of those around him. Dark funny writing which satirises the advertising industry and a million miles away from a typical Richard Briers cosy comedy.
Dark funny writing which satirises the advertising industry and a million miles away from a typical Richard Briers cosy comedy.]
Yes, I've seen it. A little light on the funny and heavy on the dark for my tastes really, particularly the end.
I think the US sitcom Reba is overlooked over here, although it was a big hit in the US and ran for six seaons between 2002-08.
An American sitcom called Action starring Jay Mohr. It only ran for 13 episodes, but great stuff. I also enjoyed Bakersfield PD - again, cancelled after a paltry number of episodes, but great stuff.
Action was great now you've reminded me! Very un-American in humour -- I don't think they quite got it.
Dan
Quote: swerytd @ November 23 2009, 11:36 AM GMTAction was great now you've reminded me! Very un-American in humour -- I don't think they quite got it.
Dan
If it had been on HBO it might have survived, but I think it was a network show. And the wider public weren't really ready for the swearing and negativity.
Did anyone watch Off Centre an American sitcom with Sean Maguire in?
I thought it was decent but it didn't last that long.
No I didn't see that one. Not a gem but I think under rated and over looked was the Porridge follow up, Going Straight. I remember watching every one (only one series) and really enjoying it.
What was the name of that US sitcom that Eric Idle was in? It was shit.
On a related point...
What was the name of that US sitcom that Peter Cook was in? It was shit.
(Looking at the thread title again, I am of course assuming that someone will disagree that these were shit, remember the names of shows on that basis, and remind me what they were called.)
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 24 2009, 11:15 PM GMTWhat was the name of that US sitcom that Eric Idle was in? It was shit.
On a related point...
What was the name of that US sitcom that Peter Cook was in? It was shit.
(Looking at the thread title again, I am of course assuming that someone will disagree that these were shit, remember the names of shows on that basis, and remind me what they were called.)
Eric Idle was in two series, Suddenly Susan for a season, and one in 1989 called Nearly Departed, and the Peter Cook series was called The Two Of Us
Not the most memorable sitcoms are they. Neither men have been known to be that choosy over work, Idle in particular is thought of as quite mercenary. At least Cook was still very creative in his final years and managed to fit some really good stuff in with the bad.
That mid 80s ITV comedy Valentine Park. Don't remember much about it but what I do remember I thought was pretty good.
Quote: peter gazzard @ November 25 2009, 9:48 AM GMTEric Idle was in two series, Suddenly Susan for a season, and one in 1989 called Nearly Departed, and the Peter Cook series was called The Two Of Us
Cheers Peter, The Two Of Us came back into my memory soon after posting. Peter played a rather wooden butler. Nearly Departed was the Idle one I couldn't remember. Did he play a ghost in it or something? 