Morn 8 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Ohh that really depends, sometimes that works if it's about for example married couples dealing with sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted November 5, 2002 Author Share Posted November 5, 2002 Most sitcoms of late rely on in your face sex jokes that aren't funny.Old shows that only implied it like Three's Company were funier.K.M.to use the commonly used phrase on this Board.... Total Agreement! i can't stand Will and Grace, though some in your face sex jokes can be funny. but too many shows today rely on that stuff.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Current Shows1. Sex and the City2. Absolutely Fabulous3. Will and Grace4. Friends5. FrasierPast Shows1. Fawlty Towers2. Bewitched3. I Love Lucy4. Are You Being Served5. Mad about YouOf course my favorite is drama and in that catagory it is1. Six Feet Under2. Alias3. ER4. 245. West Wingthough there are plenty more drama's that are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Damn it, that was me up there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Why wasn't I signed in?????? That's odd!!!! And after all the trouble I went through posting current, past and drama!?!?!?!Anyway, sex and the city has to be the best comedy show out there for my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharpdevenport 4 Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Wow ocelot, i like your pictureless post better. You should post as Guest more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Shut up B***h I'm sure plenty of people here do but hey, what can I say, it's just so impersonal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesk 0 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 In sitcoms I did love 3rd Rock from the Sun. Next was Newsradio. Somehow I never cared much for Friends, Seinfeld or Frasier.In animation, these are theoretically SITuation COMedieS that I love: South Park, Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons.From the oldies: I love Lucy, Bewitched, Taxi, Dick Van Dicke. Lost in Space was maybe a sitcom thanks to Dr. Smith and the Robot LOL (man, I loved their fights)These are plain comedy shows that I always have in my digital recorder: Whose line is it anyway, SNL, Mistery Science Theater 3000, and every rerun of Robin Williams in "Inside the Actor's Studio" <- another genius 'Williams'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharpdevenport 4 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 ocelot's boyfriend picture starts talking and in a Arnold Swartsenagger (how ever the hell you spell that) starts saying..."Look- i have hair under my arms.""See dis ladies, you can't hove any of dis man meat. Ya ya." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 sounds funnier if you imagine the caterpillar from bugs life saying it LOL hey, you joined on my birthday, may 31st! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 FYI, Seinfeld's 7th season will be out on November 21st. Check out seinfeld.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Browsing through this thread depresses me.It's almost living proof that I, too, was once one of them - I mean a... newbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Whoa, bump alert.Mad About You in my top favorite sitcom list? What was I thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 They were dark times for the board, Marc.Although Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt did have an amazing chesmitry on-screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 They did.But there are better comedies than Mad About You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I never replied to this thread.Some of my favorites thru the years have been:EmergencyM.A.S.H.Three's CompanyCharlie's AngelsSoapFamily GuyFriendsE.R.N.Y.P.D. BlueHome ImprovementNip / TuckLostGeorge LopezEverybody Loves Raymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Charlie's Angels, E.R., N.Y.P.D. Blue, Nip / Tuck, Lost?You have a weird sense of humor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Yes the title was sitcom wasn't it?oh well subtract the dramas and you have a few of my favorite sitcoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Wow, this is an old thread. Way before my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Yikes, I was in my first year at the board when this thread was posted. Being young and naive was fun!Ray Barnsbury - who, incidentally, still thinks Friends was the best sitcom from the 90s...although it did peak in the 6th season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 but it ended so well, especially when compared to the overrated, not nearly as funny, self centered, bloated so called comedy named Seinfeld. But if you rated final episodes by how much they sucked, then Seinfeld was #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Well, Sex And The City was excellent as was Friends. I also enjoyed the British "alternative" Coupling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Sex And The City was a comedy? I thought it was a tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 The Office. The real one, with Ricky Gervais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Yeah, bump alert, but not even Seinfeld's 7th DVD release doesn't warrant an own thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.ZacharySmith 0 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Old: Green Acres / Gilligan's Island / Petticoat Junction / Beverley H-bsNew: Little Britain (although not really a sit-com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Little Britain (although not really a sit-com)I liked the first and second series a lot, but I didn't think series 3 was funny at all. The last episode was nice, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 The Office. The ongoing, Emmy-winning one, with Steve Carell.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 The Office. The British that's one more than 5 times the number of awards than the American version has, from half the number of episodes. Seriously though, I did enjoy the American version, but nowhere near as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I'll accept that, I suppose. beerchug Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,212 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I never replied to this thread.Neither have I. I have 9 seasons of Friends on DVD (have yet to get the last one) and liked them a lot. I'm also a fan of Gilmore Girls, though I guess that doesn't really qualify as a sitcom.However, Coupling (I only know the British version, and I don't see what's "alternate" about it) is outstanding. The first season is very funny. The first half of the second season is great. From there on until the end of the third season, it's art. A shame about the fourth season though... it'd be okay, actually, though not overly good, but compared to the first three...And there's always Monty Python's Flying Circus (sitcom or not?) and Fawlty Towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 However, Coupling (I only know the British version, and I don't see what's "alternate" about it) is outstanding. The first season is very funny. The first half of the second season is great. From there on until the end of the third season, it's art. A shame about the fourth season though... it'd be okay, actually, though not overly good, but compared to the first three...I don't think there's a single letter in there that I disagree with. Series 4 does have enjoyable moments, but it is a step backward compared to the first three. Good thing they stopped when they did, especially with Stephen Moffat writing every year for Who now.And of coure these two, technically sitcoms, have to be mentioned: Blackadder. Red Dwarf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Freaks & Geeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I remember thinking the shortlived American version of Coupling was remarkably unintelligent and not at all funny. Good to hear that the original was actually good.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,212 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 It wasn't merely good. It was hilarious, and at its peak truly a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Wasn't Friends partially based on Coupling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 It seems most successful American sitcoms are based on original British shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Actually just The Office and, to a much lesser extent, Friends, I think.I mean, an American Jeeves and Wooster would just... not work. Or it'd work just as well as a British Smallville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,212 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Wasn't Friends partially based on Coupling?Well Friends started in 1994, and Coupling started in 2000. But I always thought of Coupling as a sex-obsessed British version of Friends, and I'd be rather surprised it that was simple coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 My mistake. I thought I'd read that somewhere. Must be the other way around then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Coupling was often compared to Friends during it's run, but as someone who loves Coupling and has never been able to sit through more than maybe 5 minutes of Friends I see no comparison beyond the superficial. And on the DVDs I seem to remember Steven Moffat trying to distance his show from those comparisions.And Ray, yes the American version was total and unadulterated crap. It never should have made it on the air, and it was a blessing for the world it was cancelled so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Actually just The Office and, to a much lesser extent, Friends, I think.I mean, an American Jeeves and Wooster would just... not work. Or it'd work just as well as a British Smallville.Not all of them are current shows. Some of the older comedies come from British sitcoms.Three's CompanyAll In The FamilySanford And SonTo name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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