The Funniest UK Sitcom Of All Time - Round 1. Porridge vs Some Mothers Do Av'Em

[Tony Moanero]

5 hours ago, Remmie said:

Is 'Some mothers' that Frank Spencer one? If so, Porridge though I've seen a collective total of about 15 seconds of both.

Yes, Frank Spencer.

[Davelfc]

Mismatch of epic proportions this. Porridge. 

[Barrington Womble]

I never got some mother's do have em. I just thought it was shite. I was only a kid when I watched it, so maybe there was something there over my head, but I just thought it was shite. 

 

Porridge by a fucking mile. It was great when I was a kid and still good now. 

[VladimirIlyich]

8 minutes ago, Barry Wom said:

I never got some mother's do have em. I just thought it was shite. I was only a kid when I watched it, so maybe there was something there over my head, but I just thought it was shite. 

 

Porridge by a fucking mile. It was great when I was a kid and still good now. 

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was a lot of slapstick and visual comedy which isn't really done any more without the aid of special effects or instead using animated characters. It was brilliant back in its time and Michael Crawford was fantastic in it but it may seem dated now. Porridge on the other hand was brilliant back in it's day and is still brilliant now through it's constant repeats. Had to be Porridge but Some Mothers Do Ave Em was excellent too.

[Mike D]

Fulton McKay was in both.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWPBj4xiNRk

 

[Mike D]

Richard Wilson trying not to laugh.

[Mike D]

Michelle Dotrice was gorgeous.

 

 

[Mike D]

Everything Glynn Edwards was in was good.

 

 

[KMD7]

3 hours ago, Mike D said:

Michelle Dotrice was gorgeous.

 

 

Yeah she was lovely

[Barrington Womble]

4 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was a lot of slapstick and visual comedy which isn't really done any more without the aid of special effects or instead using animated characters. It was brilliant back in its time and Michael Crawford was fantastic in it but it may seem dated now. Porridge on the other hand was brilliant back in it's day and is still brilliant now through it's constant repeats. Had to be Porridge but Some Mothers Do Ave Em was excellent too.

I did watch it when I was younger but I was young and maybe remember it from 80s repeats. I still didn't get it! 

[Ronnie Whelan]

23 hours ago, Dave D said:

Porridge. No one is going to want to draw them in the next round

Fawlty Towers and only fools and horses are capable of springing a shock surely Andy?

 

Not for me Clive. Porridge has the guile and creativity to win this one hands down. The others are great don't get me wrong, but there's only going to be one winner.

 

 

[Ronnie Whelan]

23 hours ago, Dave D said:

Porridge. No one is going to want to draw them in the next round

Fawlty Towers and only fools and horses are capable of springing a shock surely Andy?

 

Not for me Clive. Porridge has the guile and creativity to win this one hands down. The others are great don't get me wrong, but there's only going to be one winner.

 

 

[Barrington Womble]

19 minutes ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Fawlty Towers and only fools and horses are capable of springing a shock surely Andy?

 

Not for me Clive. Porridge has the guile and creativity to win this one hands down. The others are great don't get me wrong, but there's only going to be one winner.

 

 

Only fools is already knocked out. 

[Grinch]

Whatever shite won from dads army v MBB is fav shirley? 

 

Every other tie was a hard choice cause it was two great shows. 

[Bjornebye]

Porridge won. 
 

Quarter finals will commence tomorrow. Hold on to your hats. 

[Strontium]

Ronnie Barker was first choice for the character of Frank Spencer. Not sure how that would have worked, it would have been a very different show.

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Ronnie Barker was first choice for the character of Frank Spencer. Not sure how that would have worked, it would have been a very different show.

Is that true? Bloody hell. Never would have worked. 

[Strontium]

Just going by what the BBC page says:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/somemothers/

 

Though the BBC had wanted Norman Wisdom or Ronnie Barker for the role, Crawford was the perfect choice, combining an air of innocence with the youth and athleticism necessary to perform some of the biggest and most dangerous stunts British comedy would ever see.

 

Norman Wisdom I can sort of imagine, but even back then he would surely have been too old.

[Bjornebye]

3 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Just going by what the BBC page says:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/somemothers/

 

 

 

 

Norman Wisdom I can sort of imagine, but even back then he would surely have been too old.

The same bbc you accused of lying about jo swinson being a wizard in the ku klux klan? Right. 
 

hypocrite 

[Mike D]

People who dont get Frank Spencer are probably like him.

[VladimirIlyich]

6 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

Ronnie Barker was first choice for the character of Frank Spencer. Not sure how that would have worked, it would have been a very different show.

Imagine Frank Spencer is HMP Slade. Biggins would have had a field day.