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Hmm it’s a toughie as both have excellent ones and woeful ones! I used to love Married with Children back in the day as a student from the US, and on its day everything from Only Fools to ‘Allo ‘Allo can be hilarious from the UK |
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Married with children!! Now there's a lost Gem.
Always a fan of roseanne back in the day
And VERY forgotten British hilarity called black books, Dylan Morran and Bill Bailey wrote and starred in it |
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Our "Era" of either side of the water are Roseanne and The big bang theory, mainly cos of our age preferences and the cast seemed to follow each other from both sitcoms
Though there are lots more that could make the list such as
How I met your mother, different strokes, happy days, mork and minds.
UK is more difficult as Dad's army, fawlty towers, allo allo, porridge and who knows how many more could take top spot |
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My favourite us sitcom is cheers, great writing as it never actual moved anywhere except the bar.
British sitcom was dinner ladies and funnily enough it never moved anywhere from the cafeteria so again required great writing |
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Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got...
I watched cheers religiously and often re watch the box sets now, the wit and dry humour has aged brilliantly.
Porridge is my all time fav though, so it’s a big win for the UK  |
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Maybe people don't know about this but there is a point in the mid Atlantic that is a bit like the Van Allen belts in space. Humour (or Humor) can't cross it.
Occasionally, although very rarely, something will find a way through.
I nominate Bob Newhart (Walter Raleigh, driving instructor Etc) as the man who made it through, although his sitcom was pretty dire. |
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"Just recapping on the forgotten gems.
Fresh fields
Just good friends
Home to roost
And the legendary Goode life!!"
Home to Roost was bloody awful.
One of the few things that John Thaw did that was toe curlingly embarrassing.
Everything else he did was to notch. |
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"Now if your talking static comedy in 1 room.
The royal family is taking that title!!  "
Nah, if you watch it now it’s rather annoying and repetitive.
Game on was the best example of static comedy and was literally all filmed in one room.
Admittedly the humour was a bit childish at times. |
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Fitted admit it took.me a while to get to it but 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps was quite good.
And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly |
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UK
Spaced. The Young Ones, The IT Crowd. The Office. Extras. Acorn Antiques. Dads Army. Bottom. Absolutely Fabulous. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie. Black Books. Red Dwarf. Blackadder. Fawlty Towers. Only Fools. Keeping Up Appearances. Are You Being Served. Peep Show. I'm Alan Partridge. The Vicar of Dibley.
US
Schitts Creek. The Golden Girls. Curb Your Enthusiasm.
We win  |
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"And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly "
Terrible. Unfunny. Awkward. Believe me I've tried.
If we're thinking British/Irish, Father Ted pisses all over it |
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These are in no particular order, just as I think of them...
US:
Friends
How I Met Your Mother
Frasier
UK
'Allo 'Allo
Fawlty Towers
Dad's Army
Hancocks Half Hour
2 pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
And that's all I can think of off the top of my head. |
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"And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly
Terrible. Unfunny. Awkward. Believe me I've tried.
If we're thinking British/Irish, Father Ted pisses all over it"
Father Ted!!
Agreed without a fight.
I stand corrected!! |
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I'm deterred by the need that most US comedy has for making humour forced and totally in your face, without subtlety or nuance. Otherwise it's akin to the level of a less intelligent child.
There've been incredibly good comedians from both countries but I just regard American comedies as really dumbed down. |
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over a year ago
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"UK
Spaced. The Young Ones, The IT Crowd. The Office. Extras. Acorn Antiques. Dads Army. Bottom. Absolutely Fabulous. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie. Black Books. Red Dwarf. Blackadder. Fawlty Towers. Only Fools. Keeping Up Appearances. Are You Being Served. Peep Show. I'm Alan Partridge. The Vicar of Dibley.
US
Schitts Creek. The Golden Girls. Curb Your Enthusiasm.
We win "
really...... c'mon
no seinfeld, cheers, frasier, the chapelle show, community, parks and recs, 3rd rock, 30 rock!!! scrubs and i could go on...
the issue at the moment is a lot of the better shows at the moment aren't making regular tv... where they did in the past! |
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"And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly
Terrible. Unfunny. Awkward. Believe me I've tried.
If we're thinking British/Irish, Father Ted pisses all over it
Father Ted!!
Agreed without a fight.
I stand corrected!! "
That would be an ecumenical matter  |
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Arthur lowe in dads army as he was the captain and centre piece of the show but clive dunn and john lemessurier added to that with a few others in the cast, probably the longest sit com on tv, but arthur lowes quality shines through every show. |
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