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Great Comedy 15:41 - Jun 13 with 9063 viewsCroydonCaptJack

At the risk of repeating any similar threads and spurred on by the Mince thread.
What has been your favourite comedies over the years (old and new)
For me - Old - Laurel & Hardy, Fawlty Towers, the Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise
Not quite so old - Only Fools, Black Adder (apart from the first series), The Office, Alan Partridge, Harry Enfield and the Fast Show.
Newer - I am struggling a bit to be honest. Modern Family is great and Car Share was brilliant.
I've probably missed loads so fill me in (so to speak)
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Great Comedy on 08:19 - Jun 14 with 2673 viewspaulparker

can I be alone in thinking Dads Army is Sh1te ? I don't find it funny whatsoever, same as Morecambe & wise not funny at all
anyway for what its worth my taste is quite varied

Shooting Stars
Just good friends (very underrated)
Auf Weidersain pet
OFAH
Bottom (when I was going through my Dope smoking years)
Police Squad
Phoenix nights
Fast Show
and the daddy of them all being George Cole in Minder , the bloke was a genius

And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles Brian Moore

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Great Comedy on 08:46 - Jun 14 with 2654 viewsrrrspricey

Friday Night Dinner had some real laugh out loud moments, Mark Heap absolutely brilliant in it (as was he in Green Wing)
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Great Comedy on 08:46 - Jun 14 with 2654 viewsMick_S



That lot down the road - that's their chairman in twenty years time.

Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?

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Great Comedy on 08:47 - Jun 14 with 2651 viewsMetallica_Hoop

I watched this the other week and it made me cry laughing.


Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent

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Great Comedy on 09:20 - Jun 14 with 2624 viewseasthertsr

Some great shouts on here , I'm adding Curb Your Enthusiasm, I know it's not to everyone's taste ( my other half hates it) but I think it's one of the best!
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Great Comedy on 10:23 - Jun 14 with 2597 viewsted_hendrix

Great Comedy on 09:20 - Jun 14 by easthertsr

Some great shouts on here , I'm adding Curb Your Enthusiasm, I know it's not to everyone's taste ( my other half hates it) but I think it's one of the best!


Yea some of the scenes if not most of the scenes with Larry and Leon will never be bettered absolute genius stuff.
I was a huge fan of The Larry Sanders show too, (the late Garry Shandling).
I could spend all day talking to Stanley Unwin.
Tommy Cooper I just had to look at and I'd start laughing.

And as mentioned above somewhere 'Ripping Yarns' especially "Tomkinson's Schooldays" and "Golden Gorden" and to a lesser extent " Across the Andes by Frog"

"Life of Brian" way ahead of it's time.

My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.

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Great Comedy on 10:26 - Jun 14 with 2594 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

Most recently, The Detectorists.

Gentle as a kitten.
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Great Comedy on 10:50 - Jun 14 with 2573 viewsAshdown_Ranger

Great Comedy on 19:57 - Jun 13 by Ashdown_Ranger

Many comedies seemed fun at the time, but the novelty would wear off or the material got too 'samey' or formulaic'.

Those that have stood the test of time for me and which I could watch a number of times.

Porridge
The Young Ones (though there were a few weak episodes)
Frasier
Laurel & Hardy
Bilko (inherited my dad's box set)
The early Tom and Jerry cartoons (not the later poorly animated and rather naff ones...)
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
Rising Damp
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
First couple of series of Outnumbered
Blackadder
Drop the Dead Donkey
Old Harry's Game (radio only)
Clare in the Community (radio only)
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python
Family Guy
South Park (well, some...)
Absolutely Fabulous (though later series started to grate a little)

If I had to narrow it down to just three, probably Blackadder, Porridge and Frasier.


Ah, a couple of good shouts I'd forgotten about.

I'd definitely also include Auf Wiedershen Pet and Green Wing.
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Great Comedy on 10:58 - Jun 14 with 2563 viewswestberksr

i love loads of those already mentioned;

would like to add The IT Crowd, My Name Is Earl, Malcolm In The Middle.

presently rewatching random episodes of Black Books
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Great Comedy on 11:14 - Jun 14 with 2548 viewsTacticalR

Liberal commentator David Pakman has a segment in his show for hate mail sent in by Trump supporters. I find it pretty entertaining in a bizarre sort of way.


Air hostess clique

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Great Comedy on 11:53 - Jun 14 with 2505 viewsSydneyRs

Great Comedy on 17:12 - Jun 13 by wortonranger

Lots of good ones already - but how about This Country? For those of us who have moved out to the sticks it’s so accurate - plus nice to see Swindon Town getting some publicity?


This Country is a great shout, brilliant show.
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Great Comedy on 12:10 - Jun 14 with 2490 viewsLancashirehoop

Too many to mention but if great means great then;

Laurel & Hardy - Alternative comedy isn't a recent thing
Bilko - Fast paced wise cracks
Steptoe & Son - The best ever , the pathos makes it.
Morecambe & Wise - Complete professionals
Reggie Perrin - Surreal
Young Ones - Slightly anarchic but managed to remain mainstream
Frasier - American comedy in the English ensemble style. Roz or Daphne ?

Too many honourable mentions to list though.
Last of the Summer Wine, The Good Life......................................

Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean we're not all against you.

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Great Comedy on 12:53 - Jun 14 with 2461 viewstraininvain

People just do nothing
Eastbound and Down (first season only)
Workaholics

Forgot to add Atlanta which is probably the best thing on tv right now.
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Great Comedy on 13:16 - Jun 14 with 2431 viewsTonto

Coupling is very underrated (OK first 3 series as series 4 went off)
Arrested Development (also first 3series, although I see there is now a series 5 on netflix)

Recently I enjoyed both Episodes and Detectorists

very few ITV comedies on here I note!

Why stop now, just when I'm hating it
Poll: Is it essential that QPR stay in the Borough of H&F?

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Great Comedy on 13:18 - Jun 14 with 2429 viewsCroydonCaptJack

Great Comedy on 12:10 - Jun 14 by Lancashirehoop

Too many to mention but if great means great then;

Laurel & Hardy - Alternative comedy isn't a recent thing
Bilko - Fast paced wise cracks
Steptoe & Son - The best ever , the pathos makes it.
Morecambe & Wise - Complete professionals
Reggie Perrin - Surreal
Young Ones - Slightly anarchic but managed to remain mainstream
Frasier - American comedy in the English ensemble style. Roz or Daphne ?

Too many honourable mentions to list though.
Last of the Summer Wine, The Good Life......................................


Roz for me please ;)
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Great Comedy on 13:35 - Jun 14 with 2414 viewsR_from_afar

Great Comedy on 11:53 - Jun 14 by SydneyRs

This Country is a great shout, brilliant show.


Absolutely! BAFTA winning now....



RFA

"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."

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Great Comedy on 22:18 - Jun 16 with 2251 viewsessextaxiboy

House of Fools with Vic and Bob

Clarence
Dinner Ladies
Fast Show
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Great Comedy on 22:28 - Jun 16 with 2239 viewsLblock

For me it's a tie...

THE FAST SHOW

And (of course)

THE DAY TODAY

Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal

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Great Comedy on 22:29 - Jun 16 with 2237 viewsMistication92

The Thick of It
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Blackadder
Partridge
There was this Icelandic (IIRC) comedy on BBC 4 a few years ago set in a petrol station, which I found hilarious. Can't find what it was, might've dreamt it.
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Great Comedy on 22:30 - Jun 16 with 2237 viewsCamberleyR

Great Comedy on 17:20 - Jun 13 by PunteR

Mighty Boosh
Spaced
Big Train


Good shout on Big Train. Criminally underrated series.

Poll: Which is the worst QPR team?

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Great Comedy on 01:23 - Jun 17 with 2202 viewsstowmarketrange

I’m not really into American garbage like Friends but I thought Taxi and Cheers were quite funny at times.Especially with Coach behind the bar.
British comedy shows like ofah and rising damp were pretty funny in places.I must’ve been the only one in my family who used to find Only when I laugh amusing.Home to roost showed a different side to John Thaw and was funny too.
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Great Comedy on 01:40 - Jun 17 with 2195 viewsPerth_R

A lot of good ones mentioned I would add.
Men Behaving Badley.
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Great Comedy on 01:54 - Jun 17 with 2192 viewsessextaxiboy

Great Comedy on 01:40 - Jun 17 by Perth_R

A lot of good ones mentioned I would add.
Men Behaving Badley.




Just remembered this , "I didnt know you cared "
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Great Comedy on 09:58 - Jun 17 with 2117 viewsE17hoop

I'm in a significant minority but think Count Arthur Strong is brilliant.

It's always noisiest at the shallow end
Poll: When you go to QPR games, what do you think will happen?

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Great Comedy on 21:10 - Jun 17 with 2042 viewshantssi

Just watched it again, Acorn Antiques, brilliantly subtle but hilarious.
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