Ok, hit me with your favourite UK comedy. Could be sitcom, sketch, quiz I don't care, I'm not fussy.
Here's a few of mine,
Father Ted
I'm Alan Partridge
Peepshow
The Mighty Boosh
The IT Crowd
Python. I know, I know current show. Uhm, World Service?
Man, Peep Show is friggin' great. I'm about halfway through, and I love every minute of that shit.
Also, just started checking out Spaced. I like what I've seen so far.
Caught a few episodes of Spaced. Funny. Also, though the US version is bit of a downer, the UK Shameless is hilarious.
Jazzed up the OP with a few clips. Enjoy!
The Fast Show was great.
Yep, the Fast Show was cool, but I think my favourite British TV comedy would have to be Blackadder.
Quote from: RageofKlugman on May 17, 2012, 06:26:00 AM
Yep, the Fast Show was cool, but I think my favourite British TV comedy would have to be Blackadder.
Blackadder had a lot going for it, I never felt like it lost its steam, even through four series. The writing was just as good at the end as it was at the start of series 1.
Incidentally I had a friend at school who's surname was Blackadder. Anyone care to hazard a guess what his school days were like?
benny hill was the king..
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^^^^yep.
QuoteYep, the Fast Show was cool, but I think my favourite British TV comedy would have to be Blackadder.
Blackadder had a lot going for it, I never felt like it lost its steam, even through four series. The writing was just as good at the end as it was at the start of series 1.
Incidentally I had a friend at school who's surname was Blackadder. Anyone care to hazard a guess what his school days were like?
I've never been a massive fan of the first series of Blackadder; it's bit different in tone from the later ones. I have a feeling it was written by Richard Curtis on his own and Ben Elton was subsequently drafted in as a co-writer for the remaining three series.
^ That's exactly what happened.
Some of my other favourites:
Red Dwarf
Not the Nine O clock news
Fawlty Towers
Britta's Empire
Coupling
Saxondale
That Mitchell & Webb Look
The Thin Blue Line
etc
Mitchell and Webb do some excellent spoofs. Here's one of Sky TV sports coverage,
Saxondale is an excellent gentle character comedy; ageing roadie turned pest controller, it's much more about Steve Coogan making Saxondale a completely believable character, which I think he does.
The Mary Whitehouse Experience did these excellent spoofs of stuffy academic programs. enjoy!
bumpppp.
i don't usually like UK comedy. because it isn't funny. *waits to get yelled at*
but i just finished the first three seasons of misfits and it made me laugh a lot.
(http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/misfits-tv-show2.jpg)
plus it's got the dude who plays ramsay snow from GOT in it.
first two seasons of Misfits were great. after that it went downhill fast.
I'll second
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
Spaced
Red Dwarf
and will add
The Inbetweeners
Extras
League of Gentlemen
The Office
i enjoyed season 3, but it definitely wasn't as good as previous seasons. the rudy character was pretty shit and the ability to switch powers to whatever you wanted was a huge cop-out.
whatever you do, don't watch season 4.
my friend said season 4 was his favourite. i'm about halfway through and i like it. not sure i'd say it was my favourite, but it doesn't seem like a huge drop-off either.
Misfits was really cool initially, then fell apart once cast members started bailing. The story also ceased to make any sense when their powers started switching up. The big-titted girl that played Kelly was also filthy. Too bad she got arrested for racial assault and left the show before showing them.
season 1 and 2 were great. season 3 had a lot of WTF and "well that's convenient" moments, but i stuck with it. season 4 just feels like a different tv show. the power swapping thing really did this show in, in addition to losing the entire original cast. i'm not sure, but i heard even the guy that plays rudy isn't gonna be in season 5. so why bother?
TBH I only watched the first two episodes of Season 4 before giving up on it entirely.
Newbie report it. Enable Signature with it
Fill out yer top ten.
Quote from: strangelight on June 26, 2013, 09:21:54 PM
bumpppp.
i don't usually like UK comedy. because it isn't funny. *waits to get yelled at*
Strangelight, why would I yell at you when I can simply "put you in the comfy chair"?
Quote from: strangelight on June 26, 2013, 09:21:54 PM
bumpppp.
i don't usually like UK comedy. because it isn't funny. *waits to get yelled at*
but i just finished the first three seasons of misfits and it made me laugh a lot.
(http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/misfits-tv-show2.jpg)
plus it's got the dude who plays ramsay snow from GOT in it.
their fucking outfits sure look funny...