favorite COMEDY

[RobertScorpio]

I can honestly say, that for the most part, I hate comedic TV shows. HOWEVER...This new show called THE BIG BANG THEORY, because it is written for those like "us", is really my favorite comedy in decades...I love this show...

Classic comedies I like? Soap...Mash...but my all time favorite is All In The Family. Have it on DVD. Its not only funny, and very funny at that, it also has something to say.

Rob

 

[Rii]

Yes Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister.

 

[Jono]

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
Full Frontal/Fast Forward
Coupling
The Simpsons
Big Train
The Office
and anything starring Shaun Micallef

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

There's a few good ones.

NewsRadio was one of the most gutbustingly funny, quirky, character driven comedies of all time (before Phil Hartman was murdered, forever sullying everyone else's interest in doing the show).

Someone here once described Frasier as the 20th Century equivalent of Shakespeare. I'd have to agree.

Red Dwarf is a show I can watch over & over again and never tire of it.

The Simpsons was a great show, once upon a time...

Made in Canada is the sharpest satire ever written for TV, and it's about TV.
"Other than the being dead part, dying is always a good career move."
"If you ask nicely, they say no. If you threaten, they say no. If you imply that you may threaten them at some indeterminate point in the future, that's when they get nervous."
"Honey, I've been thinking, I don't care if I ever have an orgasm, just as long as you do. And you can sleep with other women, lots of other women. And I'll stand by you because I'm Faith; stupid, no orgasm Faith!"
"Beaver Creek, the kind of show a Mormon could love. And they did. We got letters."
"There's no concept. Alan was going through a 'concepts are bad' phase."

 

[auntiehill]

M*A*S*H
Frasier
The Simpsons
Cheers
Night Court
WKRP
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Maude
Good Times
Barney Miller

...boy, I'm really.... OLD.

 

[Lonemagpie]

The Goodies
Fawlty Towers
Steptoe And Son
Only Fools And Horses
Sledge Hammer
Third Rock From The Sun
Married With Children
Father Ted
Spaced
Black Books
Time Gentlemen Please
Still Game

 

[RobertScorpio]

The Goodies
Fawlty Towers
Steptoe And Son
Only Fools And Horses
Sledge Hammer
Third Rock From The Sun
Father Ted
Spaced
Black Books
Time Gentlemen Please
Still Game

some of those shows I have never even heard of...are they american???

Rob

 

[Mistral]

M*A*S*H
Frasier
The Simpsons
Cheers
Night Court
WKRP
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Maude
Good Times
Barney Miller

...boy, I'm really.... OLD.

I guess I am, too. You left off Taxi. And the Mary Tyler Moore show. And The Bob Newhart Show. But I'll forgive you. I'd mention MASH but it always seemed like a 'dramedy' to me, same as All in the Family.

 

[Lonemagpie]

The Goodies
Fawlty Towers
Steptoe And Son
Only Fools And Horses
Sledge Hammer
Third Rock From The Sun
Father Ted
Spaced
Black Books
Time Gentlemen Please
Still Game

some of those shows I have never even heard of...are they american???

Rob

No, they're funny.

 

[Starbreaker]

1. How I Met Your Mother
2. Big Bang Theory
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Weeds
5. Scrubs

Off the air: Cheers, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, The Drew Carey Show

 

[Harvey]

Curb Your Enthusiasm or Red Dwarf.

 

[John Picard]

M*A*S*H
Frasier
The Simpsons
Cheers
Night Court
WKRP
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Maude
Good Times
Barney Miller

...boy, I'm really.... OLD.

I guess I am, too. You left off Taxi. And the Mary Tyler Moore show. And The Bob Newhart Show. But I'll forgive you. I'd mention MASH but it always seemed like a 'dramedy' to me, same as All in the Family.

To add to both lists, Monty Python's Flying Circus, although that qualifies more as satire.

 

[TheArsenal]

A few off the top of the head and in no particular order ...

Father Ted
Spaced
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Monty Python
The Dick Van Dyke Show

 

[J.T.B.]

The first five seasons of "The Andy Griffith Show."

 

[Carpe Occasio]

MASH
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
All In The Family
Futurama
Everybody Loves Raymond

 

[RobertScorpio]

MASH
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Futurama
Everybody Loves Raymond

Good picks Carpe!!

Rob

 

[Carpe Occasio]

MASH
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
Futurama
Everybody Loves Raymond

Good picks Carpe!!

Rob

Thanks. I should add All In The Family to that (so I will).

 

[Montresor]

My top 3 would probably be:

Seinfeld
Arrested Development
Frasier

Just well done, smart comedies. There are no current sitcoms I even watch.

 

[Miss Chicken]

My favorite comedies tend to be British

Red Dwarf
Father Ted
The Vicar of Dibley
Steptoe and Son
The Goodies
Fawlty Towers

and Australian

Full Frontal
Fast Forward
Frontline
The Games

The American comedy I like the most is F Troop (I have just bought both season of it and enjoying it after having seeing it on TV for more than 20 years)

 

[Andrew_Kearley]

My favourite is and will always be...

Dad's Army