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May 24, 2011 20:49
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I agree. In many ways Flying Circus does owe it's success to Seinfeld. Vicar of Dibley and Shittas Empire were both dire, just to clear that up.
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May 24, 2011 20:52
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Pablo Bluth posted:We must start keepinga proper list of recommended programmes, rather than trying to remember everything each time it gets asked. No this way is better, each time we come out with slightly different stuff. 15 Stories High Snuff Box Monkey Dust People Like Us
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May 24, 2011 21:13
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SeanBeansShako posted:Despite the hilarious datedness now I still enjoy The Young Ones and Filthy, Rich and Catflap. Filthy, Rich and Catflap is an underrated treasure. It's a shame it didn't get the reception it deserved, although it ends in a pretty good place. Mr. Squishy posted:Seconding this one, Catterick really is something very special. Reece Shearsmith is so good at playing psychos. Also, it's the only (?) Vic and Bob things which doesn't use incredibly shoddy production as a joke, so looks nice for a change. I was at the Psychoville Halloween Special premiere at the BFI, and they did a panel with him and some others, hosted by Richard Bacon. It's funny, you expect Reese to be more like Ben, the normal guy in The League of Gentlemen, but he is absolutely Mr Jelly. The way he snaps between affable and bitter with his whole persona and voice changing is brilliant (and a little scary) to watch.
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May 24, 2011 21:32
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Am I wrong for thinking Time Trumpet and the AI Show were great?
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May 24, 2011 21:33
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boner meter posted:Am I wrong for thinking Time Trumpet and the AI Show were great? No, I only saw one episode of Time Trumpet, but I liked it.
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May 24, 2011 21:37
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Seconding Brass Eye and The Day Today, both utterly hilarious and also disturbingly relevant. And yes Time Trumpet was excellent.
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May 24, 2011 21:39
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Category Fun! posted:Personally I think Red Dwarf is really, really bad. It occasionally had good moments and I liked it alot when I was younger for some reason, but I can't watch it now. It certainly didn't help when they tried to make it more serialized and have an overarching story, since that just underlined how flimsy the whole thing was. Red Dwarf when it's Lister and Rimmer hating each other and coming to terms with their situation is wonderful. When it turns to them going off on silly sci-fi spoof adventures it gradually gets less good. Although it does have it's moments, with gradually declining frequency.
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May 24, 2011 21:51
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Is anyone watching geordie shore in 10 mins? It's sure to be interesting. Shame I don't have MTV and there doesn't appear to be a stream.
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May 24, 2011 21:53
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wickles posted:No this way is better, each time we come out with slightly different stuff. I think we should just troll the gently caress out of the Americans and recommend nothing but Two Pints of Lager 
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May 24, 2011 21:54
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Talking of sitoms, Lead Balloon finally returns for a 4th series on the 30th. The last new episode was Dec '08.
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May 24, 2011 22:03
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Rarity posted:I think we should just troll the gently caress out of the Americans and recommend nothing but Two Pints of Lager Let's all take a moment to think about Coming of Age, it's BBC3 stablemate.
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May 24, 2011 22:15
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boner meter posted:Am I wrong for thinking Time Trumpet and the AI Show were great? Time Trumpet was brilliant. Might seem a bit dated now due to it talking about years that have already happened.
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May 24, 2011 22:24
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A5H posted:Is anyone watching geordie shore in 10 mins? It's sure to be interesting. I've been watching Made in Chelsea which is so catastrophically awful I can't stop.
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May 24, 2011 22:25
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Adam Curtis was awesome as usual, but he seemed to skip over why the sudden connection of computers should mean a new freedom of the individual, or why those people would have believed that. He covered the financial models, but the individual being connected just got mentioned and taken for granted as something that people believed, without much explanation.
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May 24, 2011 22:32
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Ben Soosneb posted:Adam Curtis was awesome as usual, but he seemed to skip over why the sudden connection of computers should mean a new freedom of the individual, or why those people would have believed that. He covered the financial models, but the individual being connected just got mentioned and taken for granted as something that people believed, without much explanation. I'm sure he'll cover that in the nex two episodes.
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May 24, 2011 22:47
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Am I the only British person that doesn't like Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, Black Books and Red Dwarf?
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May 24, 2011 22:49
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Zorba the Greek posted:Am I the only British person that doesn't like Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, Black Books and Red Dwarf? Well I don't like OFaH, and RD, but the other two? You crazy.
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May 24, 2011 22:53
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Zorba the Greek posted:Am I the only British person that doesn't like Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, Black Books and Red Dwarf? I've alerted the appropriate authorities and you are to be deported within the hour. So what do you like then?
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May 24, 2011 22:53
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cloudchamber posted:I'm sure he'll cover that in the nex two episodes. Yeah. I hope so. Just wondering if anybody else thought it seemed a bit lacking. He normally goes into more depth on the philosophical points of view. He certainly did with Ayn Rand, even if to only point out she was wrong. Zorba the Greek posted:Am I the only British person that doesn't like Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, Black Books and Red Dwarf? Dunno, I like some or all of them to different degrees, it seems a bit weird to list the ones that you don't like and ask if anybody else is exactly the same.
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May 24, 2011 22:54
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Zorba the Greek posted:Am I the only British person that doesn't like Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, Black Books and Red Dwarf? I'm quite fond of Father Ted but the rest range from mediocre to not good for me.
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May 24, 2011 23:03
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All of Graham Linehan's sitcoms are the same, featuring irate Irishmen and silly-but-well-meaning sidekicks; Ted-Dougal, Bernie-Manny, Roy-Moss... I like them all the same, but still.
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May 24, 2011 23:10
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Well... Geordie Shore was alright. Nothing on Jersey but a loving mile ahead of that Only Way Is Essex shite.
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May 24, 2011 23:15
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NaDy posted:Seconding Brass Eye and The Day Today, both utterly hilarious and also disturbingly relevant.
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May 24, 2011 23:16
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The problem with shows like Blackadder and Red Dwarf is that I watched every episode over and over when I was young, so now I find it impossible to judge whether they are actually good or not. When I watch them I can still remember every line and joke and so I get caught up in this weird mood of childhood nostalgia. Are they actually funny? I have no idea. As far as British sitcoms that Americans might like, I have found that Spaced always goes down well, because it has a normal enough setting but still some pretty surreal comedy. Also most of its cultural references are to American movies or TV shows so there's not too much quirky British knowledge required. I also like showing Americans Outnumbered because I think it is quite a nice look at an average middle-class British family. They usually love it, especially the little kids obviously.
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May 24, 2011 23:20
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I still maintain that Allo, Allo! is one of the quintessential British sitcoms. It has the right amount of silly accents, men in dresses and innuendo for anyone not to find sone of it funny.
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May 24, 2011 23:27
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Nighty Night. Jill Tyrell must be the most vile and unpleasant sitcom character ever created.
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May 24, 2011 23:37
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Curry and Chips is the most british thing. Just caned the first three episodes of The Shadow Line. At first I thought it a mix of Luther and The Wire but it's now shaping up to be something a bit different, which I like.
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May 24, 2011 23:41
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justcola posted:Just caned the first three episodes of The Shadow Line. At first I thought it a mix of Luther and The Wire but it's now shaping up to be something a bit different, which I like. It's brilliant but the only qualms i have are with the mystery guy with perfect knowledge. He has to have access to some fancy gps tracking software or something else in order to have tracked that driver through the city as he gave him down to the second instructions. Actually, the matrixy, coreographed fight scene was a little on the nose too. :/
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May 24, 2011 23:50
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justcola posted:Curry and Chips is the most british thing. Yikes, this looks like what would happen if they'd made Love Thy Neighbour with blackface. What is it with Spike Milligan and Pakistanis?
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May 25, 2011 00:00
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:I still maintain that Allo, Allo! is one of the quintessential British sitcoms. It has the right amount of silly accents, men in dresses and innuendo for anyone not to find sone of it funny. And recurring gags and catchphrases that it absolutely hammers into the molten core of the earth. And an ambiguously gay chap.
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May 25, 2011 00:16
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Bottom is brilliant and I still watch it anytime it's on. gently caress Ade edmondson though. Seeing how much of a cock he was on the various reality tv programmes he's appeared on was awful. I know, I know. It's just okay. But 8 year old me thought it was the best thing on TV
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May 25, 2011 00:22
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While not a sitcom, I still think The Adam and Joe Show is a staple of 90s British humour.
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May 25, 2011 01:30
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And their podcasts, which aren't particularly cutting or satirical, they are just fun
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May 25, 2011 01:35
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Gorn Myson posted:Yes. To be honest, I'm not really into British Comedy unless it's like stand up or Peep show.
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May 25, 2011 01:51
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Ben Soosneb posted:And their podcasts, which aren't particularly cutting or satirical, they are just fun
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May 25, 2011 01:52
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ChuckDHead posted:Yikes, this looks like what would happen if they'd made Love Thy Neighbour with blackface. He was an Anglo-Indian after all.
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May 25, 2011 02:01
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Isn't Joe from the Adam & joe Show a writer or producer on the new TinTin film?
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May 25, 2011 02:01
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The Natural posted:Isn't Joe from the Adam & joe Show a writer or producer on the new TinTin film? Yup, along with Stephen Moffat and Edgar "Holy nerds, am I right guys!?" Wright.
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May 25, 2011 03:16
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Mary Whitehouse Experience It was hilarious when I was a kid, anyone seen it recently and has it suffered from age?
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May 25, 2011 08:01
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