television comedy

[Firefly]

(not tony's underwear habits)

lets hear what makes u all laugh!

i like blackadder,mr bean,open all hours and porridge
hows about y'all???

[malcsmaesty]

league of gentlemen and all of that ilk,red dwarf etc:D
hence the avatar!

[Firefly]

yes i like red dwarf i also liked brittas empire but chris barrie could have done so much better.
i also like men behaving badly but not the 1st series.

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by Firefly
yes i like red dwarf i also liked brittas empire but chris barrie could have done so much better.
i also like men behaving badly but not the 1st series.
the brittas empire was more kiddy orientated,being early viewing time,so he obviously was limited with that type of show,great entertainment tho' :)

[D87 SMW]

I like:

Open All Hours
Fawlty Towers
Mr. Bean (and animated)
Thin Blue Line
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Bo' Selecta
Girls Aloud
The Royle Family (D'uh!]
The Office
Blackadder


I'm sure there's more...

[Austin-Rover]

Definatley RED DWARF! absolutley brilliant TV.

Cant beat FAWLTY TOWERS either! I can watch them all endlessly!

Basil!

:cool:

[Austin-Rover]

The Brittas Empire sounds vaguely familiar, but i cant put my finger on it!

Can someone remind me....?

[malcsmaesty]

Faulty towers, classic viewing!!!!!:cool:
He's from Barcelona you know...................

[Firefly]

i like the thin blue line as well. i have watched a few episodes of gimme gimme gimme and it is amusing, but i think the main reason i watch it is b'cos my cousin looks and sounds like her apart from the glasses!!! (sorry jo!)

i also like kiss me kate and dinnerladies.

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by RDGelder
The Brittas Empire sounds vaguely familiar, but i cant put my finger on it!

Can someone remind me....?
leisure centre based,manic receptionist,janitor with boils.

[Firefly]

whitbury newtown leisure centre, mr brittas, colin and carol the receptionist.,

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by Firefly
whitbury newtown leisure centre, mr brittas, colin and carol the receptionist.,
have you got the video's ?:laugh:

[Firefly]

no i havn't but i've seen them all!

[Jonathan]

The most important thing about the Brittas Empire, and I'm surprised nobody's picked up on it yet, is that he always drove a Maestro! In fact two of them got trashed in the name of 'comedy' unfortunately :(

Yes I do have all the tapes of every episode.

Why was The Office so popular? I watched a couple of them to see what all the hype was about but couldn't see what was amusing.

[Firefly]

i have 2 admit that i didn't think about it! possibly b'cos we have a montego???
i have 2 agree and say i don't know what the fuss is with the office either i can't stand ricky.

[malcsmaesty]

must admit i sometimes cringed @ the office,not a great fan.
also i used to really like hitchhikers guide to the galaxy:cool:

[tony]

what other films/tv programs had our cars in them ?cannot think of any at the moment but"blott on the landscape" had a sd1 and a metro in it,reta bob and sue too had a sd1 in it and on the human league vid."working in a coctail bar when i meet you "had a gold sd1 in it
.this is not a sd1 page is it ,doh:)

[tony]

Originally posted by malcsmaesty
must admit i sometimes cringed @ the office,not a great fan.
also i used to really like hitchhikers guide to the galaxy:cool:
do u remeber what the answer to the question about life and everything was?

[malcsmaesty]

wasn't it 42?

[tony]

i belive it was ,that makes you as sad as me

[malcsmaesty]

i think,therefore i am.....

[Firefly]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tony
what other films/tv programs had our cars in them ?cannot think of any at the moment but"blott on the landscape" had a sd1 and a metro in it,reta bob and sue too had a sd1 in it and on the human league vid."working in a coctail bar when i meet you "had a gold sd1 in it
.this is not a sd1 page is it ,doh:) [/QUOT
THE SONG WAS 'DON'T U WANT ME' BY THE HUMAN LEAGUE 1983 THE CAR WAS A 1983 ROVER VITESSE (IN GOLD) SUSAN SULLY GOT OUT OF IT AND WALKED 2WARDS THE CAMERA.
from STEVE.

[tony]

thanks for that my memory is not what it was

[Firefly]

Originally posted by malcsmaesty
must admit i sometimes cringed @ the office,not a great fan.
also i used to really like hitchhikers guide to the galaxy:cool:
if we r going 2 get involved in other aspects of telly then maybe we should throw it open instead of sticking to comedy.

yes i liked hitchiker 2. better than dr.who really.

[CyrixDes]

I cant believe no-ones mentioned surely the greatest sitcom this countrys produced....

Only Fools and Horses

Brilliant program, I could sit and watch them over and over again. Straying from comedy I could watch anything with David Jason in, A Touch of Frost and Open All Hours are another couple of excellent shows.

[tony]

david jason has that gold touch turn his hand to anything so belivable at what he does

[Firefly]

i must confess i got fed up with only fools etc.
but frost!!! now you're talking!
i can't wait 4 a week 2 go by so i can c it again. i watch all the repeats of it brilliant!!

[Firefly]

did u know that he was in porridge?

[malcsmaesty]

i am still amazed at how much stuff david jason has been involved in........... only fools & horses definately his best, voice over as dangermouse and a very moving lead role in all the kings men,to name but a few, not many can pull off such a diversity of roles, top man!;)

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by Firefly
did u know that he was in porridge?
yeah,but can't remember his character name tho':)

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by Firefly
if we r going 2 get involved in other aspects of telly then maybe we should throw it open instead of sticking to comedy.

yes i liked hitchiker 2. better than dr.who really.
when i was a kid,i was petrified of the daleks:eek: cybermen were cool tho':cool:

[e692wtt]

I've got a lot of time for David Jason. Anyone remember him in Porridge? Frost is good but Fools & Horses is timeless, as is Monty Python...

Hitch-hikers (and offshoots like 'Dirk Gently') is brilliant, both books and TV. How can such a good writer die so Young (apart from a heart attack at his gym...). Let's have a moment's silence.



















Blott on the Landscape (Tom Sharpe) is brilliant, but I made the mistake of reading the book before the series was on TV, which detracted somewhat (aged 14...).

How's about Porterhouse Blue (Tom Sharpe book, David Jason starring on TV again)?

Rita Sue and Bob too... blimey, blast fron the blast, that - Sheffield, wasn't it?

How's about 'Taking over the Asylyum' approx 1993, with Ken Stott driving an Allegro III 1.3? At this point in my life, I thought I was about to suffer the same fate as the main characters...

I'd watch Fawlty Towers and Monty Python all night, but does anyone remember...

'If you see God tell him' (BBC) circa 1994 with Richard Briers and Ade Edmondson?

Everyone will know 'Bottom'...

And of course, for anyone of 'a certain age', The Young Ones'...:laugh: The Python of the '80s!

And there's more, just give me time...:laugh:

The other other Rich.:laugh:

[tony]

not trying to be pickky but i though it was the bradford area,not sheffield but i maybe incorecct,rita bob and sue i enjoyed that for all the wrong things

[Firefly]

david jasons character in porridge was BLANKO.
u r right about DM 2 but did u know he also did duckula????
i was scared 2 death by cybermen but liked daleks!
i have met k9 in person...well, robot.


Steve said
Sad Bitch!!!!!!

[malcsmaesty]

thanks 4 that, i would have lost some serious sleep trying to remember his name.
knew he did duckula, i watched it loads of times:)
re; steve saying sad bitch,he was refering to k9 wasn't he?:laugh:

[Firefly]

Originally posted by malcsmaesty
thanks 4 that, i would have lost some serious sleep trying to remember his name.
knew he did duckula, i watched it loads of times:)
re; steve saying sad bitch,he was refering to k9 wasn't he?:laugh:
Steve here
no m8

[e692wtt]

Rita, Sue and Bob too... I'm not sure re locations, but the image of the Rover's horn going off 'every stroke' (You know what I'm saying!) sticks in my mind somehow...:laugh:

If the locations were Bradford, that's ok...:laugh:

The other other Rich.:laugh:

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by Firefly
Steve here
no m8
i wouldn't get away with that in my house:eek: a slap would wing its way rather sharpish .....ouch!:censored:

[Firefly]

goodnight chaps!!

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by malcsmaesty
wasn't it 42?

Yeah, I believe after a few million years thatwas the answer. I don't particularly like that program though.

With regards to The Office, the comedy is not as consistant is it as in The Royle Family, but some parts of it are hilarious. I.e. the Dirty Bertie thing they had on there. I thought that was especially funny as my neighbour has one...

[D87 SMW]

Oh, and I'll add Bottom and Men Behaving Badly to my list. ;) :)

[MaestroMatt]

Hitchhikers was fantastic - the radio series was the best incarnation, followed by the books, then the TV series. The film, apparently, is still in the offing. Adams' other books - the two Dirk Gently novels are as good, if not better, than Hitchhikers so if you haven't read them, go and get them!

I thought the Office was consistently brilliant for the entire two series. Did anyone else see Early Doors, the recent Craig Cash sitcom? - clearly devivative of the Royle Family but incredibly good. In my opinion, it was better then The Royle Family.

[Firefly]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by e692wtt
[B]































'If you see God tell him' (BBC) circa 1994 with Richard Briers and Ade Edmondson?

yes i remember that 1. With richard Briers as the old man,right?

That brings us round 2 the good life which is timeless as far as i'm concerned.

[tony]

well if we are going back as far as the good life we have to put the goodies in,they just dont show them any more:(

[Firefly]

i forgot about them! iv'e got the (weird!) annuals they brought out.
does anybody remember @the 2 of us'??? with nicholas lyndhurst??

[D87 SMW]

Just remembered 'Peter Kays' Phoenix Nights.' That was hilarious!

[MaestroMatt]

Phoenix Nights was fantastic (think it is being repeated on C4 in August) as was That Peter Kay Thing and actually just about every thing that Peter Kay has a hand in - the man is a genius and without doubt the best thing ever to come out of Bolton.

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by MaestroMatt
Phoenix Nights was fantastic (think it is being repeated on C4 in August) as was That Peter Kay Thing and actually just about every thing that Peter Kay has a hand in - the man is a genius and without doubt the best thing ever to come out of Bolton.

Repeats in August? Cooooool!!! :cool: :)
Never did bother with That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights was faaar better!

[MaestroMatt]

Originally posted by F170 GGT
Never did bother with That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights was faaar better!

Only because it came after - Phoenix Nights was born out of one of the episodes of TPKT which was a fantastic series for the time. Have you seen/heard Peter Kay do stand-up? Brilliant.

Did anyone ever watch Spaced? - that was pure genius as well.

[D87 SMW]

I've watched Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower about 5 times literally! Hilarious. Janice, Barbara and Sandra stuck on the rollercoaster that got stuck, "and if things couldn't get any worse...it started spitting."
Peter Kay played about three or four different characters in Phoenix Nights. The guy in the wheelchair, the bouncer, and the one in the van.
Funny how "Garlic, bread." and "Eight, grand." relate to each although they were from different shows.

P.S: "Den Perry did it!"

[MaestroMatt]

Top of the Tower is superb. Booked it, packed it, f***ed off. He did use garlic bread in Phoenix as well - when his is trying to persuade everyone to rebuild the club, he says that they can start serving exotic food...

"like garlic bread"
"Garlic...? bread...?"
"Yes gentlemen, I've tasted it, it's the future"

Marvellous.

[Firefly]

i also like farscape and the burning zone which is excellent!:D

[Firefly]

and columbo and quincy still hold their own.

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by Firefly
and columbo and quincy still hold their own.
Don't forget hawaii five-0,that could be put in as a comedy,flares,wide collar shirts and dodgy haircuts,welcome to bad barnet,book 'em danno!! :laugh:

[Firefly]

then theres skippy and champion the wonder horse and rin tin tin....shall i go on?

[Firefly]

i don't know if any1 is interested but on uk gold next weekend they r doing a battle between 'porridge' and 'only fools and horses'
porridge will obviously win no question.

[Alan the Vanner]

If only Del-Boy were to have a Maestro van......

[Firefly]

there is a van goes round leigh park/havant way done up like del boys, only prob is,its not the same make/model as del's one. dave, do u know if it's still about???

[Alan the Vanner]

There's a Reliant dealership on the A5 between Towcester and Daventry that has one as well. It's used to advertise their business.

[topgear]

amazing!
If you ask me, thats a wicked way of advertisement, but you wont, so i'll stop it! :D hehe

[Alan the Vanner]

Del-boy: "Come on Albert, bring the van up here."
Albert: "But I'm not insured!"
Rodney: "Well don't have a crash then!":laugh:

[Alan the Vanner]

Hang on just a miniute here! How could anyone forget the Fast Show?!
Innovative or what?

"Welcome to Jazz Club...Nice!";)

[e692wtt]

Anyone remember 'Brass Eye' from the early 90s? Can't remember the writer's name though.

The other other Rich.

:laugh:

[MaestroMatt]

Brasseye was written and starred in by the great Chris Morris - the same comedy genius that was behind On The Hour (R4), The Day Today (BBC2. First sighting of Alan Partridge), Blue Jam (R1) and Jam (C4). All brilliant. The man can do no wrong. His short BAFTA winning film was on C4 last week but I missed it :-(

[e692wtt]

Chris Morris, he's the man.

I always regretted that the bbc cut his impression of Peter Sutcliffe singing "I'm just a simple lorry driver"! Do u remember the Corleone Family, especially Colin Corleone?:laugh:

Happy days...:laugh:

The other other Rich.:cool:

[D87 SMW]

Just watching dinnerladies. Brilliant.

"Don't tell me to watch it! I was a desert rat! I had to watch it!"

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[D87 SMW]

There's also Swiss Toni... worked in a showroom...

"Driving a car, is very much like, making love, to a beautiful woman..." :laugh: :laugh:

[H48HPE]

I like most of the above mentioned especially the office, its genius.

i like the likely lads too and bo' selecta

bo' selecta always has me in stiches the bear in the tree house is brilant and the craig david bits are brilant or to use his words "proper bo!"

ali g started off very funny but he lost it with his last series.

alan partridge is always good too.

andy

[Austin-Rover]

'It were proper bo' I tell thee'

[D87 SMW]

Did anyone see Craaaiiiig Daaavid doing the "in, out, shake it all about" routine?? - Hilarious!!! :laugh:

Ah - the bear on Hampstead Heath... he has some good books doesn't he? :laugh: :laugh: ;)

[Alan the Vanner]

I was listening to the Jack Dee show on Paramount while on the forum, last night and he was talking about the infamous joy-riding incident in Blackbird Leys, in Oxford. He asked, "How do you associate joy with driving a Maestro?"
Quite easily, I would have thought, or am I missing something?:rolleyes:

[e692wtt]

I always said Jack Dee is, errm, not funny at all. Just commenting on his alleged Act - the above confirms what I've said for years.:shoot:

[John S]

I thought Jack Dee took the mick out of the MG Turbo around the time of its release saying what's the point of a supermarket trolley going so fast?
On the Vauxhall front - I vaguely remember sometime ago Jasper Carrot on TV saying that there'll be taxi drivers racing around in Lotus Carltons (predicted for around about now I think)
:laugh:

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by M170 RFA
[B]I thought Jack Dee took the mick out of the MG Turbo around the time of its release saying what's the point of a supermarket trolley going so fast?[B]

They moan if it's too fast, they moan if it's too slow. What next! :confused: :rolleyes:

[Alan the Vanner]

I know that this thread hasn't been added to in yonks, but I thought that I should re-use old threads. (Insert smily with halo here!)
However, did anyone watch the BAFTA tribute to Ronnie Barker last night? Comic genious or what?:D

[F690OTF(RIP)]

Yes, I watched it. Genius is not the word.

Fork 'andles :laugh: