Favourite Comedy Programmes

[Rinrada]

The "Worker" with ...ello my daling....wee Charlie Drake needs a spot.

Last time I saw him was on a BBC thingy where he was the old sex tourist who went out to the Phillippines with a bunch of guys from South Wales on a tak-a- way bride holiday week.

The old whoremaster /owner of the agency was Greengrass from that Yorkshire show where they play the 60s music.(heartbeat..remembered)

Unlike the newbies in "Sunshine Girls" he knew the score and as soon as they arrived in Manila he was off with a couple of numshies out on the razzle while the others went through the marriage rigmarol...Over 50s ..very popular they are....I dont know....whyyyyyyyyy.

Sexton ends up getting off with "Rosie from the Bar" marrying her and opening up their own agency in Cardiff...sounds familar........final words.....you have tried the rest ...now try the Best

[johng]

Who's line is it anyway ?

Red dwarf

Spitting image

Black adder

Only fools and horses

Fawlty Towers

The Kenny Everert Video show ( just for the naughty bits )

[cdnvic]

British

Yes Prime Minister

Keeping Up Appearances

Faulty Towers

Are You Being Served?

Father Ted

The Chef

American

The Simpsons

Fraiser

South Park

All in The Family

Three's Company

The Golden Girls

The Odd Couple

Get Smart

Canadian

The Kids in the Hall

Trailer Park Boys

Wayne & Shuster

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Royal Canadian Air Farce

SCTV

Many, many have been left out. Also, there are some great comedy programs to come from Australia but as they weren't intended as comedies I've left them out.

cv

[Tippaporn]

I can't believe that no one has mentioned I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Life of Riley, The Dobey Gillis Show, Gilligan's Island, MacHale's Navy, The Jacky Gleason Show and the Dick Van Dyke Show...

I can't believe you think we're all as ancient as you.

[Tippaporn]

O.K., tutsi, let's show our age . . . (granted these are all from the U.S., so no whinging from all you Brits, please . . . )

The Bob Hope Show

The Burns and Allen Show

The Jack Benny Program

Amos and Andy

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Red Skelton Show

Topper

The Phil Silvers Show

The Steve Allen Show

The George Burns Show

The Sid Caesar Show

Leave It To Beaver

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

My Three Sons

The Andy Griffith Show

The Carol Burnett Show

Father of the Bride

Hazel

Mr. Ed

The Beverly Hillbillies

Car 54 Where Are You?

My Favorite Martian

Petticoat Junction

No Time For Sergeants

The Addams Family

The Munsters

Hogan's Heroes

F Troop

Get Smart

Green Acres

I Dream Of Jeannie

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

The Flying Nun

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Bill Cosby Show

The Flip Wilson Show

The Odd Couple

M*A*S*H

Here's a cool link to comedy shows from the BBC. (No one really thought I'd remember all of these shows off the top of my head, would you???) You can select by year going back to the 30's. What's highly interesting is the number of UK comedy shows compared to the US. Almost 10 to 1.

[thaibebop]

We can't forget some of the funniest shows - cartoons:

Walt Disney - Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, et al.

Bug Bunny

Woody Woodpecker

Mighty Mouse

Tom and Jerry (which I watch all the time with the kids here in Thailand).

Right on, Tip!!!!

[Tippaporn]

Now Bops is a guy big girl's blouse with a real sense of humour.

[tutsiwarrior]

O.K., tutsi, let's show our age . . . (granted these are all from the U.S., so no whinging from all you Brits, please . . . )

The Bob Hope Show

The Burns and Allen Show

The Jack Benny Program

Amos and Andy

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Red Skelton Show

Topper

The Phil Silvers Show

The Steve Allen Show

The George Burns Show

The Sid Caesar Show

Leave It To Beaver

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

My Three Sons

The Andy Griffith Show

The Carol Burnett Show

Father of the Bride

Hazel

Mr. Ed

The Beverly Hillbillies

Car 54 Where Are You?

My Favorite Martian

Petticoat Junction

No Time For Sergeants

The Addams Family

The Munsters

Hogan's Heroes

F Troop

Get Smart

Green Acres

I Dream Of Jeannie

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

The Flying Nun

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Bill Cosby Show

The Flip Wilson Show

The Odd Couple

M*A*S*H

Here's a cool link to comedy shows from the BBC. (No one really thought I'd remember all of these shows off the top of my head, would you???) You can select by year going back to the 30's. What's highly interesting is the number of UK comedy shows compared to the US. Almost 10 to 1.

you forgot 'My Little Margie' with Gale Storm and ZaZu Pitts...

don't ever try an' one up the mighty tutsiwarrior...

[tutsiwarrior]

who on this forum can do 'the soupy shuffle'?...and who were white fang and black tooth?...

(dey can't mess wid me...nossuh...'(mumble, grumble an sorry mufukc and sumbitch...))...

tutsi disintegrates under the strain...

Edited April 30, 2006 by tutsiwarrior

[chuchok]

O.K., tutsi, let's show our age . . . (granted these are all from the U.S., so no whinging from all you Brits, please . . . )

The Bob Hope Show

The Burns and Allen Show

The Jack Benny Program

Amos and Andy

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Red Skelton Show

Topper

The Phil Silvers Show

The Steve Allen Show

The George Burns Show

The Sid Caesar Show

Leave It To Beaver

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

My Three Sons

The Andy Griffith Show

The Carol Burnett Show

Father of the Bride

Hazel

Mr. Ed

The Beverly Hillbillies

Car 54 Where Are You?

My Favorite Martian

Petticoat Junction

No Time For Sergeants

The Addams Family

The Munsters

Hogan's Heroes

F Troop

Get Smart

Green Acres

I Dream Of Jeannie

Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

The Flying Nun

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Bill Cosby Show

The Flip Wilson Show

The Odd Couple

M*A*S*H

Here's a cool link to comedy shows from the BBC. (No one really thought I'd remember all of these shows off the top of my head, would you???) You can select by year going back to the 30's. What's highly interesting is the number of UK comedy shows compared to the US. Almost 10 to 1.

missed out SOAP..one of the funniest shows ever to come out of seppo land.

[taxexile]

are you being served , another of bbc's finest sitcoms.

[tutsiwarrior]

who on this forum can do 'the soupy shuffle'?...and who were white fang and black tooth?...

(dey can't mess wid me...nossuh...'(mumble, grumble an sorry mufukc and sumbitch...))...

tutsi disintegrates under the strain...

no takers??? 'The Soupy Sales Show' only broadcast on local LA tv at 3 pm on a school day...meant to be for school kids but when you got humor like 'I doan' like apple pie but my wife sure can make my banana cream' you gets the message...he had puppets like white fang and black tooth and pookie an' nookie...then soupy holds out 5 fingers and says 'one for white fang...et all' with the middle finger remaining ans sez 'an' this one for the sponsor...'...

absolutely brilliant... Soupy Sales...an American icon...prepared the way for massive LSD consumption and a whole new way ob lookin' at the world...

[Tippaporn]

I'm curious to know from any of you Brits if you've checked out this link by the BBC. I think the number of comedy programmes each year back in the 50's and 60's is rather astounding. How many of these were actual hits and became popular?

Well, I guess during those decades the U.S. had just as many westerns. Good God, there were more of those than I could name.

Edited April 30, 2006 by Tippaporn

[Tippaporn]

missed out SOAP..one of the funniest shows ever to come out of seppo land.

I quit watching TV in '78. So anything since then I'm clueless about. I've heard many of the names but don't no nothin' about 'em. Lots of people talked about Soap, though.

BTW, where's 'seppo land?' Is that like . . . east southeast of Australia?

[Tippaporn]

you forgot 'My Little Margie' with Gale Storm and ZaZu Pitts...

don't ever try an' one up the mighty tutsiwarrior...

The Jim Backus Show

The Slowest Gun In The West.

Two-up!!

[tutsiwarrior]

you forgot 'My Little Margie' with Gale Storm and ZaZu Pitts...

don't ever try an' one up the mighty tutsiwarrior...

The Jim Backus Show

The Slowest Gun In The West.

Two-up!!

(...sounds of snarling and gnashing of teeth...)

[lordofdelusion]

I must throw in another vote for The Family Guy. Funniest thing on U.S. TV now. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is the only news worth watching.

[ThaiPauly]

Thanx for all your responses.

There were many that I had forgot about that have been mentioned

However for laughs for me NOTHING will EVER beat Faulty Towers

[solo siam]

Black Books

Alan Partridge

Spaced

I like coupling but my grandparents watch it (and have all the episodes on DVD, so its not going in my list I'm afraid).

[meadish_sweetball]

British stuff that I like

Monty Python

Fawlty Towers

The Office

Extras

British comedy I only find mildly funny

Yes Minister

Father Ted

Only Fools and Horses

US Comedy that I really like

Seinfeld

Simpsons (it is actually amazing how high the quality of this show still is despite running for so long)

South Park (or should this be under Canadian?)

US Comedy that I can watch but only find mildly funny

Friends

Cheers

[tutsiwarrior]

US Comedy that I can watch but only find mildly funny

Friends

Cheers

I only watch them shows to fantasize about having sex with the female principals...(yes, I would want to have sex with Danny DeVito's wife in Cheers...nice, active compact unit...Shelly Long and the tall, hoarsed voiced, dark haired woman remind me of old girl friends and splendid oral sex...)

[mickmac]

Has anyone over here managed to get to see Ricky Gervais' last show "Extras"? I think it is funnier than "The Office". Well worth picking up a copy of the DVD's when next back in the UK folks.