Which ones came closest? (and I don't mean the East Enders of this world!)
I often think 'This Life' made a scarily close approach.
'Nearly sitcoms'
Hotel Babylon?
Top Gear
Top Gear
Time Team often gets an honourable mention - although I think this sort of reference is more tongue-in-cheek than serious.
Of course Sitcom's in the strucutre, and character. Makes you wander if these are designed deliberately to be sitcomesque?
Quote: sootyj @ March 23, 2008, 11:28 AMOf course Sitcom's in the strucutre, and character. Makes you wander if these are designed deliberately to be sitcomesque?
Spot on.
There may well be an element of intentional pseudo-ism involved since the planners realise that these structural/character elements have a more general appeal beyond the plot.
And a created sitcom style A,B,C plot, and 2 scene structure.
Gordon Ramseys kitchen nightmares, that's almost an Ealing film.
Quote: Jolanta Zofia Nowak @ March 23, 2008, 11:26 AMTime Team often gets an honourable mention - although I think this sort of reference is more tongue-in-cheek than serious.
If you mean on here I only mention it as a programme I like - never intended to imply it was a comedy at all.
Channel 4 News- Well it's John Snow's tie.
Dirty Sexy Money is not only perilously close to being a sitcom, but it's perilously close to being Arrested Development.
Does anyone remember Frank Stubbs Promotes. I really liked that show and was pretty much a sitcom. This show really needs a DVD release
Quote: chipolata @ March 26, 2008, 10:17 AMDirty Sexy Money is not only perilously close to being a sitcom, but it's perilously close to being Arrested Development.
And skating on the edge of being a big bucket of unfunny comedy poo
I've only seen the trailers for Dirty Sexy Money.
Can someone tell me... do they really have lions in their house??
They just had lions in for a photo shoot. As for the show in general, I think it's quite fun in a fluffy disposable way. Sort of like Ugly Betty. The nasty priest is quite funny, and Donald Sutherland is a legend - well worth watching in whatever he does. And a surprisingly gifted comic actor, despite being best known for boffing Julie Christie on screen and headbutting a cat.
'Blessed' was nearly a sitcom. It had the situation...