Meow

I am trying to think of some recent good British comedy...

I still love old stuff like The Good Life (no don't laugh - watch it again to realise just how witty it really is), Dad's Army & Blackadder.

My husband is from Yorkshire and loathes LotSW with a passion. It was always shite.

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Jeeper

Ever loved a comedy and then a year or 2 later realised it was sh.ite
For me, that would be 'Little Britain'.

Thought it was hilarious at first - I can't stand it now.

The Dean

Blackadder was a work of genius (not a word I usually associate with Ben Elton) and is still brilliant whenever I see it, but Dad's Army has not worn well in my view. Ditto Fawlty Towers. Both remind me of second-rate pantomimes now (although I admit I enjoyed them at the time).

Meow

Overexposure I reckon, as often happens these days.

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littlejimmy

The Office and Extras were pretty good, I thought...

shiva

the West Wing

Nuff said

spart

Oh wept.... I didnt bother to read it in your first post, but on the second, i followed through and had a look at what he had to say. How the hell did this muppet get a 101 followers? GET A LIFE FFS....

spart

The Simpsons
Seinfeld
Frasier
The Wire
24
Lost
Family Guy

amongst dozens of others!
the West Wing

Nuff said

Weeds
Dexter
Six Feet Under
The Larry Sander Show

The Dean

I suspect the 101 followers are simply people who want to say to their friends "look at this muppet"..........

.......... it gets worse - he sometimes asks questions, as if genuinely expecting an answer ("Has anyone else noticed how heavy the traffic is in Tunbridge Wells this morning?" ).

He actually said to my wife "Are you going to follow me?" - she thought he was a crazy stalker or something.................

The Dean

Dexter............... Michael C Hall won a Golden Globe jobby last night - the same day he announced he had cancer - nice timing............

Autonomy

Hmmm, not sure I agree with that...

Good British Comedy Shows:-

Spaced
Black Books
Father Ted
The Day Today
The Office
Two Pints of.... oh, sorry, that one was crap....

These have their own individuality and quirkiness which follows on from the greats of Blackadder, Monty Python, Goons etc however nothing the UK has produced can stand up to the long term genius of Seinfeld or Curb if you ask me, brief 1 series flashes of brilliance, but not 9 seasons....

Last Of The Summer Whine is torture.

(shock - posters differ with comedic preferences)

Spugsy

The wire is brilliant, love it - 24 is GAY and SHIT.

Spugsy

whatever happened to the likely lads was BRILLIANT
as was porrige, open all hours, auf weidersehen pet,

plus when I was a nipper I loved the goodies.

and basil brush.

Spugsy

fawlty towers is just amazing, how can you say that you gibbon?

Spugsy

hey now