ill forget you even said anything to prevent any possible frustration ? Vicar of Dibley funnier than Father Ted - this must be one of these Star Trek parrallel Universe things.
First great mystery of the 21st Century, in the BBC all-time Greatest sitcom poll:
at number 11, just missing the final vote - Father Ted...
and at number 10 - The Vicar of Dibley...
Right up there alongside Lord Lucan that one...I mean, even in a poll of comedies based on religous figures, Vicar of Dibley wouldn't get to 2nd place - some of the old "with Derek Nimmo as the vicar" tosh is better...IMHO of course.
Anyway, I gather the final voting is this weekend, with only the top ten allowed. Register your protest by ignoring it all...
ill forget you even said anything to prevent any possible frustration ? Vicar of Dibley funnier than Father Ted - this must be one of these Star Trek parrallel Universe things.
I really wanted to watch those awards but havnt seen anything of them.
Do i take it Only Fools and Horses is still there for the vote.
Would anyone disagree that this is the greatest comedy series of all time?
Saw a bit of this and even the presenter seemed a little bit surprised that the Vicar of Dibley made it into the top ten. Definitely not in the same league IMO as Father Ted. I suppose everyone’s sense of humour is different and Father Ted seems to fit with mine (all together now for the chorus of ‘My lovely horse’…)
Originally posted by Paul F
Would anyone disagree that this is the greatest comedy series of all time?
OH come on now......... Fawlty Towers forever, surely ?
Yeah, as i typed that, Fawlty Towers was THE only other one I was thinking of.Originally posted by bobgadjet
OH come on now......... Fawlty Towers forever, surely ?
Vicar of dibley???
Watched it once for about 30 seconds , what a load of drivel,
but my friends,
that is the great british public for ya!
My own favoutite is of course RED DWARF, I like the Young Ones(I'm ashamed to say) and of course Basil and his cronies.then Monty python.
Dads army.
Not the nine o'clock news.
I love Father Ted too.
Anyone else a Red Dwarfer?
Fruity
looks to me like somebody showing their age ! !Originally posted by fruitcake
Monty python.
Dads army.
Not the nine o'clock news.
Fruity
Dad's Army, now come on ! ! !
Vicar of dibley???
Watched it once for about 30 seconds , what a load of drivel,
but my friends,
that is the great british public for ya!
My own favoutite is of course RED DWARF, I like the Young Ones(I'm ashamed to say) and of course Basil and his cronies.then Monty python.
Dads army.
Not the nine o'clock news.
I love Father Ted too.
Anyone else a Red Dwarfer?
Fruity
OOps, done it twice- and why not- makes my point-I think Captain Mainwaring is SOOOOO cute!
Of course I am not old, i have just been watching the repeats-of course!
OF COURSE you haveOriginally posted by fruitcake
OOps, done it twice- and why not- makes my point-I think Captain Mainwaring is SOOOOO cute!
Of course I am not old, i have just been watching the repeats-of course!
year, right ! ! !
So there is somebody out there as old as me then !
gimme gimmie gimmie, Only fools and horses and the young ones get my vote
Have to say that my vote is tied between Yes Minister/Prime Minister, Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.
Close behind, is Red Dwarf, the Young Ones, and Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Only Fools and Horses really didn't do that much for me.
Steve
I am young at heart mate! Though I still could take Captain Mainwaring home.Though it would be illegal, as I'm so young. My age IS on my profile but I notice yours isnt Bobgadget, do we have to guess??Originally posted by bobgadjet
OF COURSE you have
year, right ! ! !
So there is somebody out there as old as me then !
I forgot about gimme gimme gimme, that is outrageously funny, wot with Beryls 'gavina'and the rest! That takes my 2nd vote actually.
Fruity
Porridge with Ronnie Barker still makes me laugh, Only fools and horses still does although it's a bit out of date now.
In fact anything with Ronnie Barker is good - he was a genious, and quit at the right time when he was at the top.
The two Ronnie's was good family entertainment on Saturday's - you could sit the family down on Saturday evening on BBC1 and not have to worry about being offended or bad language.
It's got to be Red Dwarf for me.
Fawlty Towers - too contrived
Father Ted - too many catch-phrases
Only Fools and Horses - too cosy
Monty Python - funny at the time...
Yes Prime Minister - very funny but too accurate
Vicar of Dibley - too much chocolate
The Young Ones - very, very funny - but I was busy having a family and working on my career when it was at it's peak - probably would have appealed when I was a student
Not the Nine O'Clock News - wasn't that pornography? With Pamela Stevenson showing her underwear at every opportunity I know that was why I watched it in my teens
Dad's Army - don't even think about it.
So, yes, Red Dwarf get my vote
There's only about four I would ever watch:
Faulty Towers
Superb - but maybe just for nostalgia fans nowadays. At the time I think it was a spin off of the Monty Python type humour wasn't it? Breaking taboos and combining different types of comedy in one show.
Men Behaving Badly
Not as funny now as it was at the time, but quite groundbreaking in those days on the taboo-breaking issues - and almost providing insight and social comment on the locker-room mentality of 'respectable' lager-drinking males. Still worth the odd watch if there's nothing else on.
Red Dwarf
Mostly rubbish but it's consistent and very watchable - the only one I'd circle (except for the final of The Office). Sci-fi and humour is a didfficult combination. I think you have to warm to 'Dwarf' otherwise it's all too easy to expect something as cereberal as Douglas Adams.
The Office
Groundbreaking because it took a new direction in comedy, very much geared to the times, and often unsettling rather than funny.
One way of looking at the value of sitcoms is that the situations portrayed enable us to think how we would react in such circumstances, which enlarges our understanding and ability to deal with situations. This is not really the intention, but MBB and the Office touch on it perhaps.
American sitcom is so much more predictable and relaxing - Cheers, Friends (I don't suppose South Park counts!)
Well Blackadder has to come fairly near the top for me - followed by men behaving badly
Both well written and include those things we would "oh so like to say sometimes"
Lets just say I want to be a teenager when I grow up ! ! !Originally posted by fruitcake
My age IS on my profile but I notice yours isnt Bobgadget, do we have to guess??
Fruity
Best leave it there for now. (PLEASE)
I'll not count Python or Not the Nine O'Clock News as the BBC poll is for sitcoms only...
Main reason I think Father Ted is brill, is because the writing is so reminiscent of my favourite Irish writer, Flann O'Brien. There's a surreal edge (like the time Mrs.Doyle tells the Bishop he can't leave Craggy Island "because they've taken the roads in") which is pure Flann.
I grew up watching Rising Damp, Reggie Perrin (Leonard Rossiter - best comic actor of his time?), Porridge... then the Young Ones came along and pretty much did to sitcom what punk did to music! I've never been able to watch University Challenge with a straight face Red Dwarf and Gimme Gimme Gimme were good too, and I'd throw in Spaced and League of Gentlemen as well.
I think Only Fools should have quit while they were ahead. By all accounts the recent Xmas specials have been rubbish (didn't watch any myself).
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