I loved it and still do.
Totally underestimated sitcom these days. It did receive great praise back in the 90s but to me, it's the comedy that most people have forgotten about.
I still laugh aloud at the one liners and situations they landed themselves in.
The second best sitcom of the 90s behind One Foot in the Grave.
TiVo thought that I'd enjoy the S4 episode, entitled 'Pornography' and duly added it to my suggestions, so like the lamb I am, I watched it. Blimey, it's dated more than say, 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' - I suppose it caught the 'new lad zeitgeist' at the time, but well, let's just say that I didn't laugh much.
Yes I very much doubt you could make this now, someone from the liberal brigade of the Beeb would stop it on the grounds of sexism or being too laddish or the men are enjoying theirselves too much. We live embedded in the Neo Stalinist age, where Big Nanny tells us what we can watch. F**k off liberals. 
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 30th August 2015, 7:28 PM BSTYes I very much doubt you could make this now, someone from the liberal brigade of the Beeb would stop it on the grounds of sexism or being too laddish or the men are enjoying theirselves too much. We live embedded in the Neo Stalinist age, where Big Nanny tells us what we can watch. F**k off liberals.
That's rather a generalisation. I'm a liberal and I have nothing against Men Behaving Badly. I love it.
The idea is to have these characters be conflicting and thus views and opinions of the whole spectrum create a personality behind these, sometimes monsters, and sometimes very flawed creations.
Usually it ends with the bad guy getting their comeuppance. Same here applies, the guys do something awful and are soon put in their place.
And so does Till Death Us Do Part and Love Thy Neighbour but do you see these on TV anymore? We are controlled by weak blooded liberals and they can sally forth.
BTW the same liberals who were proved in a recent survey to be keeping all the best jobs for white people. Just shows you don't it. >_< spits
You're a bit off-the-mark on this one, Alfred. It's the PC lefties to blame, and they're anything but 'liberal'. Quite the opposite. 'Cultural stalinists' is closer to the truth.
I think if the BBC were run by liberals, we'd see some much more daring original comedy on TV right now. Stuff like Mrs. Brown and that crappy series on right now called Mountain Goats aren't the work of people with liberal sensibilities.
The reason you wouldn't get a series like Men Behaving Badly now is because it doesn't work that well anymore. It was my favourite show when it first started up to about its fourth series. Maybe it's because I was in my early teens then or maybe it's because I was watching it in the context of it being the 1990s, but when I see it now, it just doesn't seem that funny.
You're both using a way too literal meaning of the word liberal, if I may. I used it in the political sense: left wing liberalism - which is where PC rose from in America.
When talking about Haringay council I'd say looney lefty yes, but it doesn't sound right for the Beeb who are more cultural liberals desperate not to look politically incorrect and out of step. Even though that BBC employment survey showed in practice they are. Whilst we lose some great TV for their hypocrisy. Hmmph. Liberals!
Live in eternal hope that they will bring back a Xmas special of this, like other long finished series have benefited from. The characters seem to remain good friends in real life and this gives me the hope!
I doubt liberals would have any issue with MBB now, given how the original played out its characters. For example, it likely would kick up a fuss if the male characters never had any fallbacks or negative consequences effect them, however MBB often made Gary & Tony the idiotic butts of situations. Whilst we laugh with them, it's predominantly the fact they're fools and sort of losers that makes it funny. The female characters were never degraded or weak.
MBB is innocent in its attitudes in comparison to contemporary shows like 'White Gold' or 'The Inbetweeners'
I'm not quite sure what your point is.
Are you saying attitudes to it HAVEN'T changed?
Quote: WarmWasp @ 16th August 2017, 6:26 PMI doubt liberals would have any issue with MBB now, given how the original played out its characters. For example, it likely would kick up a fuss if the male characters never had any fallbacks or negative consequences effect them, however MBB often made Gary & Tony the idiotic butts of situations.
That doesn't stop the ill-informed moaning about Love Thy Neighbour or Till Death Us Do Part though.
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I know this post was from years ago, but I would love a little more context to this 'squaring up' from Martin Clunes. Why was he squaring up and calling you a shit stirrer whilst waving a pair of novelty scissors?
He obviously had good reason to? Not to excuse the bad temper he displayed.
More context please! All I know is that you interviewed him.
Love it! The 2nd best sitcom from the 90s imo. First one is Bottom. I really love it! The characters, the episodes are fantastic even the last 3 episodes was fantastic. Series 1 was the weakest imo. My favourite episodes include Sofa, the one where they are watching TV. The one with the van and Deborah and Gary are in a lift, the one where Dorothy's 12 year old nephew comes to stay and more. Love it.
I never really got into Bottom (!) although I loved the Young Ones. But I can watch MBB over and over again. Even the Harry Enfield series. They're being repeated on a couple of stations.
