1. Dads Army
Not necessarily as smooth, clever or perfectly edited as modern comedies - but still retained a magic that has never been recreated in anything I've ever seen. I could wax lyrical all day and all night, only I'm busy spending all my spare time making a video compilation for YouTube. I could watch Arthur Lowe and Frank Williams for ever, I wish the BBC would release more of his stuff for critters like me who weren't alive in his lifetime. Sitting on their old tapes like dragon's on a pile of gold... ooo, it makes my blood boil...
2. Family Guy (does this count?)
About as far away from dads army as is possible - but sometimes it's funny to laugh at toilet humour... or am I simply too immature? I hope I don't stir up a can of worms and get thrown off the site.
3. Blackadder
Anything with Rowan Atkinson or Stephen Fry is usually good. Brilliant scripts, simply done - those two can get so much out of a single word... reminds me of a few other actors I could mention.
4. Porridge
I put this in simply as I love Ronnie Barker, but I've never managed to put the hours in to become 'obsessed'.
5. Father Ted
Used to hate - now I love. Irreverent priests have always tickled me, and the more stupid and corrupt the better. I even find the tea-lady funny - quite a controversial topic in my house.
6. Peep Show
Mitchell & Webb before they started doing adverts. So simple but effective. The idea of voicing people's thoughts outloud on TV I don't think has ever been done and it's such a neat trick with hilarious results.
7. Allo Allo
Haven't seen many - but silly accents just kill me - and all the better if they're German. It doesn't take much to please me (as you can tell), but I could watch the Germans for ever.
8. Black Books
Bill Bailey is a highly talented comic genius, and although this programme seemed on a limited scale, the script-writing was brilliant combined with some excellent physical humour placed carefully. Confined comedies work the best sometimes.
As you can see, I've never been on a comedy forum and I'm letting off a little steam. I'm sure I'll calm down in the near future.
I welcome comment - what fun this is, ho ho...
Posted: Fri 02 Jan 2009 16:58 pm Post subject: Re: Alternative Comedies
davecov wrote:
Not quite as the title suggests.
We know Will likes Steptoe and Son as much as Dad's Army, but what are your alternative favourites to Dad's Army? My favourite comedy is On The Buses. Dad's Army doesn't even figure in the top five nowadays.
My top five "alternative" comedies are:
1. On The Buses
2. The Likely Lads/Whatever Happened to
3. Rising Damp
4. Porridge
5. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
(Dad's Army)
So, what are yours?
Dave
on the buses
rising damp
are you being served
steptoe and son
dads army
Dad's Army will always be my favourite TV comedy, closely followed by The Simpsons.
I'm a big fan of British comedy and don't think I could narrow down a ranked list of five, but the others I most enjoy watching include in no particular order:
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
You Rang M'Lord
First of the Summer Wine
Open All Hours
Only Fools and Horses
One Foot in the Grave
Last of the Summer Wine (till Foggy left anyway)
Porridge
Red Dwarf
Blackadder
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
Fawlty Towers
There are plenty others I like too like Father Ted, Ripping Yarns, Black Books, etc but those on the list above are those I have to watch whenever they're on.
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