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harold
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Location: norfolk virginia u.s.a
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 Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:35 pm Post subject: favorite comedys |
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| i agree with phil they remake uk comedies and people probaly think they are american comedys they do not sometimes tell you that the show was based on a uk comedy although sanford and son did in the closing credits which is how i found out about steptoe and son forget the remake give me the uk comedies best in the world in my opinion sorry if i was long winded |
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callous_little_bleeder
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Location: Bromley, Kent
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:16 am Post subject: |
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Right!
<cracks knuckles>
1. Steptoe & Son
2. Till Death Us Do Part
3. Not Only... But Also
4. Hancock's Half Hour
5. Monty Python's Flying Circus
6. Only Fools & Horses
7. Bless This House
8. Rising Damp
9. On The Buses
10. The Young Ones
As you can see it's a UK only list but I do enjoy US shows like Roseanne, Home Improvement, Diff'rent Strokes, Taxi, M*A*S*H, Two & A Half Men, etc.
Other UK shows I enjoy are The Good Life, George & Mildred and The Liver Birds. Although when it comes to The Liver Birds, I think I like the regularity of Nerys Hughes' upskirt shots than the actual comedy itself, so I guess that makes me a dirty little bleeder as well as a callous one. 
60's and 70's mini-skirts... Sally Geeson... mmm...
One UK show that I used to adore was Fawlty Towers but the over-the-top slapstick-iness and the sheer stupidity of the situations really gets on my 'bristoles' (my best Crossed Swords impersonation, LOL) nowadays. Okay, you can throw rocks at me.
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PhilGlass
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I like Fawlty Towers too, and I understand how clever it actually was, but it annoys me when people put in on par with the likes of Steptoe for one simple reason... Only 6 hours worth of Fawlty was ever made.
Steptoe had 57 episodes - you can judge how good or bad a comedy is after that!! Fawlty had 12. Most writers can cunjure up 6 hours worth.
My other favourite 2point4 chiildren had 58 episdoes. Like them or not, after 8 years they must be doing something right (this only ended due to the stars death, more were commissioned).
I love Fawlty towers (and watch it frequently), but I do think it shouldn't have the 'genius' status that it is given.
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