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Post by mangogas15 on Apr 13, 2020 7:15:59 GMT
Favourite TV sitcom ever.
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Post by toteend3 on Apr 13, 2020 7:24:02 GMT
Favourite TV sitcom ever. Fawlty Towers. |
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Post by Teigngas on Apr 13, 2020 8:10:48 GMT
Favourite TV sitcom ever. Going to have to be boring and predictable, Only Fools And Horses. A few worthy mentions, Vicar Of Dibley (yes really), Ab Fab, Bottom, The Young Ones. |
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Post by Rex on Apr 13, 2020 8:16:30 GMT
I'm assuming anyone who suggests 'Mrs Browns Boys' will be facing a posting ban?
Father Ted btw.
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Post by topman on Apr 13, 2020 8:22:11 GMT
Flowery T*ats
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Post by lostinspace on Apr 13, 2020 8:50:06 GMT
Butterflys and the V of Dibs
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Post by a more piratey game on Apr 13, 2020 9:14:15 GMT
Car Share
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Apr 13, 2020 9:30:35 GMT
Father Ted followed by Phoenix Nights.
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Post by Rex on Apr 13, 2020 9:34:37 GMT
Father Ted followed by Phoenix Nights. There have been loads of sitcoms I have liked and when I have seen some years after I can't believe that I found them funny. There weren't many episodes of Father Ted and they are permanently being repeated, but I still watch and enjoy it if it's on, even though I would have seen any given episode several times over. |
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Post by toteend3 on Apr 13, 2020 9:40:27 GMT
Now Then, Now Then, Now Then!
Now : Friday Night Dinner
Then : On the buses
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Post by Rex on Apr 13, 2020 9:57:29 GMT
Now Then, Now Then, Now Then! Now : Friday Night Dinner Then : On the buses I used to love On the Buses as a kid, a few years a go I noticed my mum had a DVD of a couple of episodes so I borrowed it. It was bloody awful  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 10:48:38 GMT
Now Then, Now Then, Now Then! Now : Friday Night Dinner Then : On the buses I used to love On the Buses as a kid, a few years a go I noticed my mum had a DVD of a couple of episodes so I borrowed it. It was bloody awful As a comedy show, well it's just not, but it's interesting as a little piece of history. Women in the workplace as 2nd class citizens, maybe 3rd class if you count managers, drivers, then 'clippies'. The family lived in what would be labelled as poverty by today's standards. But neither of those things are what the show was about, that was just the setting. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 10:54:15 GMT
I used to love On the Buses as a kid, a few years a go I noticed my mum had a DVD of a couple of episodes so I borrowed it. It was bloody awful As a comedy show, well it's just not, but it's interesting as a little piece of history. Women in the workplace as 2nd class citizens, maybe 3rd class if you count managers, drivers, then 'clippies'. The family lived in what would be labelled as poverty by today's standards. But neither of those things are what the show was about, that was just the setting. It wasn't the "setting" It was the awful reality of living in large swathes of the UK in the 1960s. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 11:02:16 GMT
As a comedy show, well it's just not, but it's interesting as a little piece of history. Women in the workplace as 2nd class citizens, maybe 3rd class if you count managers, drivers, then 'clippies'. The family lived in what would be labelled as poverty by today's standards. But neither of those things are what the show was about, that was just the setting. It wasn't the "setting" It was the awful reality of living in large swathes of the UK in the 1960s. It's the same thing Oldie, and that's why it wasn't a problem using it as 'the setting'. In 1 episode, Stan came home, the Mother had prepared the meal, but whilst Stan was washing, Olive ate his portion, so Stan went to bed hungry. The 'joke' here is that Olive is overweight and greedy, but the backdrop was that there wasn't any other food in the house. I didn't notice that when I first saw that episode whenever it was, maybe 1970ish, but of course it's the first thing that you think now; why doesn't Stan phone JustEat and get a curry delivered? Edit. Also, Butterflies is mentioned above. Utterly brilliant, but I'm not sure that was a comedy. It had a few bits of soft humour in it, we see Ria going through what looks like a mid-life breakdown and coming within a hair's breadth of having an affair to try to escape from a life where she thinks she's undervalued and taken for granted. Wonderful work from Carla Lane. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 11:30:45 GMT
It wasn't the "setting" It was the awful reality of living in large swathes of the UK in the 1960s. It's the same thing Oldie, and that's why it wasn't a problem using it as 'the setting'. In 1 episode, Stan came home, the Mother had prepared the meal, but whilst Stan was washing, Olive ate his portion, so Stan went to bed hungry. The 'joke' here is that Olive is overweight and greedy, but the backdrop was that there wasn't any other food in the house. I didn't notice that when I first saw that episode whenever it was, maybe 1970ish, but of course it's the first thing that you think now; why doesn't Stan phone JustEat and get a curry delivered? Edit. Also, Butterflies is mentioned above. Utterly brilliant, but I'm not sure that was a comedy. It had a few bits of soft humour in it, we see Ria going through what looks like a mid-life breakdown and coming within a hair's breadth of having an affair to try to escape from a life where she thinks she's undervalued and taken for granted. Wonderful work from Carla Lane. That's the point. It was not a "setting" in the very loose use of that word. It was the brutal reality of post war Britain right through to the 1970s. The plays of the post war period, "Cathy Come Home", "Look Back in Anger" for eg, brutally exposing the reality of life in a bankrupt Britain. Having grown up during that period, I don't look back with any particular fondness, but I do now, especially now, realise the bonds that held it, society, together. For me, in my experience, (Council House in Knowle) was the certainty of medical provision, certainty of an evolving education system. For some reason my memories of housing were mixed, I recall living with my grandparents, being identified by the council rent collector and us being allocated a new council house in Hartcliffe. I remember my mother hating it there and through the council we were re allocated back to Knowle. All that within the first six years of my life. (1952 through 1958) Funnily enough 1958 was the year that a brand new comprehensive school was opened in Hengrove, a glass and concrete marvel at the time. I was sent there after, miraculously because to this day I never understood how, I passed the 11+ at Knowle Park Juniors. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 12:08:18 GMT
It's the same thing Oldie, and that's why it wasn't a problem using it as 'the setting'. In 1 episode, Stan came home, the Mother had prepared the meal, but whilst Stan was washing, Olive ate his portion, so Stan went to bed hungry. The 'joke' here is that Olive is overweight and greedy, but the backdrop was that there wasn't any other food in the house. I didn't notice that when I first saw that episode whenever it was, maybe 1970ish, but of course it's the first thing that you think now; why doesn't Stan phone JustEat and get a curry delivered? Edit. Also, Butterflies is mentioned above. Utterly brilliant, but I'm not sure that was a comedy. It had a few bits of soft humour in it, we see Ria going through what looks like a mid-life breakdown and coming within a hair's breadth of having an affair to try to escape from a life where she thinks she's undervalued and taken for granted. Wonderful work from Carla Lane. That's the point. It was not a "setting" in the very loose use of that word. It was the brutal reality of post war Britain right through to the 1970s. The plays of the post war period, "Cathy Come Home", "Look Back in Anger" for eg, brutally exposing the reality of life in a bankrupt Britain. Having grown up during that period, I don't look back with any particular fondness, but I do now, especially now, realise the bonds that held it, society, together. For me, in my experience, (Council House in Knowle) was the certainty of medical provision, certainty of an evolving education system. For some reason my memories of housing were mixed, I recall living with my grandparents, being identified by the council rent collector and us being allocated a new council house in Hartcliffe. I remember my mother hating it there and through the council we were re allocated back to Knowle. All that within the first six years of my life. (1952 through 1958) Funnily enough 1958 was the year that a brand new comprehensive school was opened in Hengrove, a glass and concrete marvel at the time. I was sent there after, miraculously because to this day I never understood how, I passed the 11+ at Knowle Park Juniors. It's funny isn't it Oldie, I'm a couple of years younger than you, but with similar memories. I'm sure that people are still getting by in this country in similar, or worse conditions, but to set 'poverty' at 60% of today's median UK income, in real terms, just about everybody in the country would have been 'living in poverty' back then. There's interesting stuff on line about the East End post war, where people were moved out of their old, run down, often dangerous properties into new builds, sure the accommodation was nice, but communities were torn apart. |
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Post by Rex on Apr 13, 2020 12:45:47 GMT
If you had to nominate two posters most likely to turn a 'just for fun' thread, into a discussion on social history. I think Oldie and Bambi would be most people's favourites |
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 13, 2020 12:53:49 GMT
Remember coming home from school looking forward to Bootsie and Snudge! ‘59 through ‘60. Always stayed in my mind. My kids always stayed up for Terry and June and laughed like drains so it’s a happy memory. I bet they are embarrassed about it now! Can’t decide between Dads Army and Only Fools and Horses. Recent stuff The Office and now This Country really good. Reading what others have said just makes you realise that there have been some quality stuff over the years. Most stand the time test as well, funny then, funny now.
I’ll go for Dads Army.
UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 12:59:04 GMT
Faulty Towers, Porridge, Blackadder and Father Ted. Can't choose one sorry.
Soap was mint too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 13:12:06 GMT
If you had to nominate two posters most likely to turn a 'just for fun' thread, into a discussion on social history. I think Oldie and Bambi would be most people's favourites Be gentle Rex, one day you'll turn into that old bloke who sits in the corner of the pub, sipping from one pint all evening and moaning relentlessly about how much better things used to be. Sure we all had nits and scurvy, no running water and we lived under a dead dog in the gutter, but it was our dead dog, and we were happy. |
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