scottyboy Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 still game. red dwarf was great as well... league of gentlemen: not really watched much of it at all tbh but what i've seen was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Red Dwarf, Spaced and Still Game are the winners for me but many of the aforementioned are great as well. can't be arsed listing them all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 took far too long for 'spaced' to be mentioned. without a doubt my favourite. 'the mighty boosh' is also great, and 'black books' is even better. if we're going further back, then 'fawlty towers', and 'smack the pony' and 'big train' were great...not as far back as fawlty but not recent by any means. i seem to remember enjoying 'the adam and joe show' too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Harry Hill's TV BurpFunniest thing on TV just now certainly, and probably the only funny thing on ITV ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Mock The Week should be added.Frankie Boyle is a genius. Shame I'll miss him when he comes to Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Til death us do partSteptoe and sonMonty PythonDad's ArmyYoung OnesRed DwarfBlackadderLeague of GentlemenFather Ted (not Uk, I suppose)The Fast Show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Father Ted (not Uk, I suppose)It was, it was made by hat-trick productions and Ch4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Funniest thing on TV just now certainly, and probably the only funny thing on ITV ever.You forgot Celeb love island!Harry Hill's tv burp pushes all my buttons. Sarcasm and really obscure observations, awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 och TV is a richt but ye canna beat seeing it liveDrummonds this Sunday and the first Sunday of every month is worth a look, it's run by Gus Tawsewww.myspace.com/gustawse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 8-) Til death us do partSteptoe and sonSteptoe may not have aged well but was hillarious in its day. However, Till Death (along with the rest of Speight's dreadful race-based offerings, remember Curry & Chips?), even though it lasted 25 years was utter shite then & now.As for those citing anything involving Reeves & Mortimer. What about the originals whom they owe it all to - Morcambe & Wise. Of the rest, these are top-flight IMO: Monty PythonQThe GoodiesNot The Nine O'Clock NewsThe Young OnesThe Man From AuntieBlackadderThe Mary Whitehouse ExperienceSpitting ImageNaked VideoAbsolutelyFather TedDerek & CliveDrop the Dead DonkeyRed DwarfBrass Eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKMartin Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Getting a hold of 'The smell of Reeves and Mortimer' is on my to do listVirgin had the two series DVD for 8.99 before Christmas. I bought it ; it's as uproariously funny as I remember, but it's the TV edit. The old VHS editions had the proper extended versions.I find Reeves and Mortimer more consistently funny than Morecambe and Wise. AKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 8-) Steptoe may not have aged well but Till Death (along with the rest of Speight's dreadful race-based offerings, remember Curry & Chips?), even though it lasted 25 years was utter shite then & now.All a matter of opinion....at the time, Til Death Us Do Part had me laughing out loud, which most comedy on TV (including a lot on your list) doesn't. The only UK TV comedy series which got my Dad laughing were Harry Worth and Eric Sykes. Neither were particularly my thing, but then I put Not the Nine o'clock News, Brasseye, Drop the Dead Donkey in the same bin as Terry and June, Keeping up appearances, Butterflies etc . I've got a massive blind spot for Little Britain, too:puke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I remember laughing at Harry Worth when I was very young but Sykes never really did much for me at all, although some of the other stuff he wrote was OK.Little Britain leaves me quite cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Well Alan, I used to like Terry and June as well, remember the classic episode where Terry gets left some premium bonds in a will, and the numbers come up, but he then finds out that they are non-transferable? Classic stuff.But now I've got the theme tune stuck in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Current favourite is Green Wing. Fucking amazing.Otherwise, Alan Partridge, Blackadder, Black Books, Teachers...can't be arsed to keep thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Well Alan, I used to like Terry and June as well, remember the classic episode where Terry gets left some premium bonds in a will, and the numbers come up, but he then finds out that they are non-transferable? Classic stuff.But now I've got the theme tune stuck in my head.Serves you right!As a nipper I liked 'Hugh and I', which had Terry Scott in it, but I was never a fan of Terry & June (although I've always found June Whitfield strangely attractive!). Did you ever have the misfortune to see 'The Gnomes of Dulwich'?I also have dim memories of liking a show called 'All gas and gaiters' with Robertson Hare in it. I think it got 'revamped' as something else in the 70s.Other guilty pleasures..Rising DampCitizen SmithThe High LifeThe Vital SparkRab C NesbitMy dead Dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzHines Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Has anyone mentioned Big Train? It was well funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I just remembered Terry Wogan's Janet and John. Poor John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Peep ShowThe Armando Iannucci Shows, anything Armando Iannucci has done really.Dark PlaceThe Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Only joking, Terry and June was crap. Good shout on Citizen Smith though. "Freedom for tooting!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Only joking, Terry and June was crap. Good shout on Citizen Smith though. "Freedom for tooting!"I should hope so! Anything with Terry Scott tended to send me in the other direction. Yup Citizen Smith was good. All Gas & Gaiters was the reincarnation of something else, possibly a one-off play? Hard to think it was pretty controversial at the time but nobody had sent-up the church in that way on TV before. It also stereotyped Derek Nimmo in the clergyman role (which was apparently about as far from the real Mr Nimmo as you could get!) which later made him a household name in Oh Brother & Oh Father (shudder!) although these shows were not directly descended from it.You might be glad to know the BBC have apparently "lost" all the archive footage of The Gnomes of Dulwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Oh Brother! & Oh Father! were about as bad as it gets!(They were what I thought All Gas and Gaiters mutated into....the Nimmo becoming even more grimmo).'Nearest & Dearest'........now that was bizarre! (But not necessarily in a good way!)Not too far removed...'The Clitheroe kid'.I also liked 'The Dustbin men'.I admit to liking Absolutely Fabulous, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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