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Following on from stevedeckchair's excellent thread regarding albums, i thought i would post this one about tv comedies. Tv comedies only though and not feature films. Mine are as follow

1. Alan Partridge both the travelodge one AND knowing me knowing you
2. Phoenix Nights
3. Bottom
4. Blackadder all
5. Father Ted

Are we talking sketch shows or general T.V comedies and sit-coms?

Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
Coupling
Not Going Out
Dads Army

Sketch shows are fine steve, i like the fast show and little britain too and those are sketch shows.

Peep show is my favourite, absolutely brilliant.

Others; Only fools and horses, scrubs, friends, blackadder, fast show, inbetweeners, IT crowd

Okay, good topic

Not in the right order and not properly thought about but...

Blackadder
Peep Show
The Office (US)
Friends

And some others... need more time, this will consume me for a while!!

Spaced
Peep Show
The IT Crowd (although as I work in IT, I see this as more of a documentary...)
Fawlty Towers (the Torquay connection, even though it was filmed in Buckinghamshire...)
The Young Ones

Soory Guys. I can assume most of you are just youngsters. I remember such real classics as and Listen. I vil say zis only Vonce. (In no particular order).
!.Allo Allo
2.George and the Dragon. (Peggy Mount in her Glory.)
3.Only Fools and Horses
4.LAst of the Summer wine
5.The Thin Blue line.
6.Dads Army.
7.Till death us do part.
8.It Ain't half hot mum.
9.Some Mother do have em
10. Please Sir!
11.Blackadder
12. The Muppet Show
13.Faulty Towers
14. Monty Pythons flying Circus.
15.Yes minister and it's sequel Yes Prime Minister.
16 The Good Life.
17.Citizen Smith.
18.Are you Being served
19. Steptoe and Son.
20. Rising Damp
21.The fall and Rise of Reginal Perrin.
22.Porridge.
23.Open all hours.
24.The Morecombe and Wise show
25.The Two Ronnies.
26. On the Busses.
27. The Dave Allen Show.
28. The Benny Hill Show.
29. Candid Camera
30. Game for a laugh. Anyone remember that alien arriving in the womens front garden with all the emergency services in on the set up. And she fell for it. Untill Beadle shows up.


And for those U.S. ones
The Bob Newhart show.
Taxi
MAsh
Here's Lucy (Lucille Ball) to name but four.
I bet most of these will still be seen on TV in 50 years times if not all.

only fools and horses
fawlty towers
royle family
early doors
have i got news for you

(wasn't sure if Simpsons and Family Guy were allowed ??)

I forgot Only fools and horses!! How could I?! Cult viewing...

Among others, you missed this one Gloster : Hancock's Half Hour


(don't confuse with Hancox and his half hour at Rochdale in 2005)

Trojan 67 wrote:Among others, you missed this one Gloster : Hancock's Half Hour


(don't confuse with Hancox and his half hour at Rochdale in 2005)

Oh dear I stand chastised Troj my ole mucker. How could I forget Hancocks half Hour. a true gem. sadly missed by many. shame the Goons didn't quite make it onto the electric goldfish bowl. I would have beed in seventh heaven then.
I also missed out The "Vicar of Dibley" and one for all Torquay fans. "One foot in the Grave" Victor Meldrew doing his brilliant impression of Brucie!

Porridge
Only Fools and Horses
Dads Army
Blackadder
The Vicar of Dibley
One Foot in the Grave

Sorry needed six.... :Oops:

Blackadder
Only Fools and Horses
Red Dwarf
Coupling
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (yes...it *is* a comedy show.)

happytorq wrote:Blackadder
Only Fools and Horses
Red Dwarf
Coupling
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (yes...it *is* a comedy show.)

Glad you said Coupling. That show is brilliant. I still watch the reruns on BBC America and on youtube.