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By *inaTitz OP TV/TS
over a year ago
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The 1980s seemed to spawn a number of sitcoms that just slid into obscurity without any visible effort. It may be the same for other decades, just that I grew up in the 80s and can remember the ones that never took off.
Good - Hardwicke House, blink and you'll have missed it. Grange Hill but on acid. Only one episode was ever broadcast as it was shown pre-watershed in a mindboggling decision and immediately pulled afterwards. However, to an 11 year old it was brill.
The bad - Dear John - how depressing was this comedy?
The indifferent - Watching - a show that no one remembers fondly and was so bland as to make cardboard seem an interesting topic on Mastermind.
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"The 1980s seemed to spawn a number of sitcoms that just slid into obscurity without any visible effort. It may be the same for other decades, just that I grew up in the 80s and can remember the ones that never took off.
Good - Hardwicke House, blink and you'll have missed it. Grange Hill but on acid. Only one episode was ever broadcast as it was shown pre-watershed in a mindboggling decision and immediately pulled afterwards. However, to an 11 year old it was brill.
The bad - Dear John - how depressing was this comedy?
The indifferent - Watching - a show that no one remembers fondly and was so bland as to make cardboard seem an interesting topic on Mastermind.
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I remember "Watching" got it in the house on DVD too, not mine though, lol.
Blackadder, Red Dwarf and Only Fools & Horses will be the top 3 for me. |
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did like allo allo, only fools, cheers, brush strokes, duty free was good for a while.black adder spitting image and drop the dead donkey.
Hale and pace and Friday, Saturday night live.
Phil cool too |
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"Mork and Mindy- nanu nanu
Happy Days- The Fonz!
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Mindy: Come on Mork you aren't supposed to be sitting on your face. "Mork is putting his face right into his chair like he's relaxing".
Mork: Then why did God put it there.
Good show, but thought it was the 70s  |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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"Mork and Mindy- nanu nanu
Happy Days- The Fonz!
Mindy: Come on Mork you aren't supposed to be sitting on your face. "Mork is putting his face right into his chair like he's relaxing".
Mork: Then why did God put it there.
Good show, but thought it was the 70s "
Google it and see it went from one decade into the other. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mork and Mindy- nanu nanu
Happy Days- The Fonz!
Mindy: Come on Mork you aren't supposed to be sitting on your face. "Mork is putting his face right into his chair like he's relaxing".
Mork: Then why did God put it there.
Good show, but thought it was the 70s Google it and see it went from one decade into the other."
1978-1981I checked after I posted  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fawlty Towers (I think was still going?), Blackadder & the young ones. Have never liked yanky sitcoms, sorry  "
Fawlty towers was made in 1975 and for some reason the second (last) series was aired in 1979. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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you have to have liked proper 80's sitcoms
ALF,
Full House,
Saved by the bell,
Perfect Strangers,
Benson!!! (that was the one for the Bruthas!! lol)
Garry Shandling's Show!!!
Different strokes!!! (another for the Bro's!!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Fawlty Towers (I think was still going?), Blackadder & the young ones. Have never liked yanky sitcoms, sorry
Fawlty towers was made in 1975 and for some reason the second (last) series was aired in 1979. "
It was brilliance - but ended when Cleese & Connie Booth (Polly)'s real life relationship ended. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Fawlty Towers (I think was still going?), Blackadder & the young ones. Have never liked yanky sitcoms, sorry
Fawlty towers was made in 1975 and for some reason the second (last) series was aired in 1979.
It was brilliance - but ended when Cleese & Connie Booth (Polly)'s real life relationship ended."
Also ended because they didn't want to spoilt the series by making too many episodes. They said they could hae made 8 series's, but it would have been overkill and they got it right with 2 series's containing 12 episodes. |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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"Fawlty Towers (I think was still going?), Blackadder & the young ones. Have never liked yanky sitcoms, sorry
Fawlty towers was made in 1975 and for some reason the second (last) series was aired in 1979.
It was brilliance - but ended when Cleese & Connie Booth (Polly)'s real life relationship ended."
Waldorf Salad! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Fawlty Towers (I think was still going?), Blackadder & the young ones. Have never liked yanky sitcoms, sorry
Fawlty towers was made in 1975 and for some reason the second (last) series was aired in 1979.
It was brilliance - but ended when Cleese & Connie Booth (Polly)'s real life relationship ended.Waldorf Salad! "
"Says in an American accent". I'm going to bust your ass.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Fawlty Towers (I think was still going?), Blackadder & the young ones. Have never liked yanky sitcoms, sorry
Fawlty towers was made in 1975 and for some reason the second (last) series was aired in 1979.
It was brilliance - but ended when Cleese & Connie Booth (Polly)'s real life relationship ended.
Also ended because they didn't want to spoilt the series by making too many episodes. They said they could hae made 8 series's, but it would have been overkill and they got it right with 2 series's containing 12 episodes. "
Yep, but series' like Friends for example went on & on & on - with one-liners, cut every 3 or 4 seconds -yet, gained so much more success! Sacrilege, really! |
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