Best British Sitcom Ever?

[sir roger]

On 12/04/2019 at 11:47, tokyojoe said:

There used to be a sitcom called Love Thy Neighbour. Bet they wouldn't dare show that now.

 

 

Is that the one with Tommy Smith in it ?

 

Anyway , not sure if it counts as a sitcom ,but I love Ripping Yarns.

[VladimirIlyich]

51 minutes ago, Chip Butty said:

Brass, stands out thats not on the list, however, Soap, Newheart, Fraser, Cheers, Taxi, MASH and Married with Children, to name but a few, are all on my great tv show list, sadly, somewhere in and around  84', the yanks just got better at it. 

 

I hope, Operation Good Guys gets a mention somewhere along the way.  

Operation Good Guys was brilliant. Love,Honour and Obey was the film version.

[tokyojoe]

Waiting for god. Superb.

[suzy]

I went for Porridge as Barker and Beckindale were brilliant. So easily could have gone for Blackadder or Fawlty Towers though. 

[suzy]

And No they don’t show Love Thy Neighbour anywhere now.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, suzy said:

I went for Porridge as Barker and Beckindale were brilliant. So easily could have gone for Blackadder or Fawlty Towers though. 

Porridge had strength in depth. Even the characters who only appeared in a few episodes were great actors or sitcom legends - Peter Vaughan, David Jason, Sam Kelly, Philip Madoc, Dudley Sutton, etc.

[suzy]

6 hours ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Porridge had strength in depth. Even the characters who only appeared in a few episodes were great actors or sitcom legends - Peter Vaughan, David Jason, Sam Kelly, Philip Madoc, Dudley Sutton, etc.

Yes even watched now it’s brilliant. I often see them on ‘Gold’ and I never tire of them.

[stringvest]

On 13/04/2019 at 21:19, Chip Butty said:

Brass, stands out thats not on the list, however, Soap, Newheart, Fraser, Cheers, Taxi, MASH and Married with Children, to name but a few, are all on my great tv show list, sadly, somewhere in and around  84', the yanks just got better at it. 

 

I hope, Operation Good Guys gets a mention somewhere along the way.  

Wow, the Yanks got better at it?  All sorts of wrong there. MASH, Larry Sanders and Curb, I'll give you.  Everything else on your list pales in comparison with the best of UK comedy.  Married With Children, in particular, was dreck.  

[tokyojoe]

The best yank comedy series ever was Hogans Heroes.

[VladimirIlyich]

2 minutes ago, tokyojoe said:

The best yank comedy series ever was Hogans Heroes.

Ive seen clips of that and it looked a bit crap.

[aRdja]

 

[Tony Moanero]

Best American sitcom is Happy Days.

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

Best American sitcom is Happy Days.

You'll be horrified to see the state on the Fonze and Richie Cunningham these days Tony.

[Bjornebye]

Frasier is better than anything ever from America. Seinfeld , Cheers yeah boss. 2 and 3. Friends is boss no matter what any hipster cunt says. 

 

Frasier. Frasier. 

[tokyojoe]

 

[Tony Moanero]

15 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Frasier is better than anything ever from America. Seinfeld , Cheers yeah boss. 2 and 3. Friends is boss no matter what any hipster cunt says. 

 

Frasier. Frasier. 

Friends neg.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

The Larry Sanders Show is probably the best US sitcom for me, Clive. Still remember my old man telling me he thought it was rubbish, because his interviews weren't very good.

[Bjornebye]

Just now, Tony Moanero said:

Friends neg.

custard cream cunt 

[Tony Moanero]

2 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

custard cream cunt 

Easily the nicest thing anyone has said to me this Easter.

[Bjornebye]

5 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Easily the nicest thing anyone has said to me this Easter.

I was your first advocate on this site. I love you to pieces. And you neg me ? Fuck you. I hope you sit on a burning crucifix. 

[KMD7]

12 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

The Larry Sanders Show is probably the best US sitcom for me, Clive. Still remember my old man telling me he thought it was rubbish, because his interviews weren't very good.

It's Gary Shandling was very funny too. Talented man.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

It's Gary Shandling was very funny too. Talented man.

Never seen it; I'll have to hunt it down.

[Tony Moanero]

17 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I was your first advocate on this site. I love you to pieces. And you neg me ? Fuck you. I hope you sit on a burning crucifix. 

Stig, I’ll do my best Mook impression and ram a hot cross bun up my arse.

[Bjornebye]

7 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Stig, I’ll do my best Mook impression and ram a hot cross bun up my arse.

Thanks pal 

[Sugar Ape]

There are loads of boss US sitcoms, wouldn’t have Happy Days anywhere near the top for me personally. I’d say UK had the best sitcoms up until the mid 90s when it started to edge towards US ones.

 

Frasier and It’s always sunny are the best two US ones for me. Curb, Seinfeld and Cheers are also top tier. 

 

The American Office, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Silicon Valley, Veep, Malcolm in the middle, Scrubs, Vice Principls and Arrested Development are also varying degrees of good.

 

Community and The League are two of my personal favourites and Stig is right about Friends. The early seasons are very good but it’s been overplayed way too much nowadays. 

 

If you’re including animated ones as well then obviously The Simpson’s is a match for any sitcom UK or US and South Park, , Archer and Rick and Morty are boss as well.

 

The real genius of US sitcoms is keeping the quality going over so many seasons. Frasier alone had over 200 episodes.