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Old School Comedy Yes Or No
Les Dawson .....bit dated but a talented guy
Dick Emery .....cross dressing superstar
One Foot In The Grave ......absolute crap
Rising Damp ......Great comedy actors , superb scripts
Only Fools And Horses .....never thought much of that
Keeping Up Appearances .....shoot anyone involved in that nonsense
Bread ......unfunny scouse cobblers
Porridge ......top stuff
Two Ronnie's........could drag on but had their moments , mastermind and hardware shop being the best
Man About The House ......rubbish but Paula Wilcox was worth watching
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Couple of unsung heroes.
The Brittas Empire & Dear John.
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splott parker
Couple of unsung heroes.
The Brittas Empire & Dear John.
Not forgetting, Roger, Roger.
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Hancock’s half hour
Charlie Drake
Harry Worth
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Are American comedies allowed?.....If so, F Troop, The Phil Silvers Show, Beverley Hillbillies, M*A*S*H.
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Dad's Army -best ever
Hi de Hi and Are You Being Served - had their moments
Allo Allo - excellent, often underrated
Blackadder- can't believe it's 40 years old, but still one of the best.
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Me and My Girl
The Two of Us
Get Some In
All the greats.
One Foot in the Grave was alright. Ripping Yarns was on the iplayer recently; that still holds up.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Les Dawson .....bit dated but a talented guy
Dick Emery .....cross dressing superstar
One Foot In The Grave ......absolute crap
Rising Damp ......Great comedy actors , superb scripts
Only Fools And Horses .....never thought much of that
Keeping Up Appearances .....shoot anyone involved in that nonsense
Bread ......unfunny scouse cobblers
Porridge ......top stuff
Two Ronnie's........could drag on but had their moments , mastermind and hardware shop being the best
Man About The House ......rubbish but Paula Wilcox was worth watching
Gggggggg GRANVILLE!
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Been watching on the buses recently.
I used to love that show. But my god it's so dated and so poor
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ummm the young one, alan barstard, bottom...or does it have to 70's stuff.
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Jim Davidson
Bernard Manning
Chubby Brown
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Fawlty Towers, brilliant.
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The Marx Brothers, particularly Groucho, a comic genius. Catch him on YouTube hosting ‘What’s My Line’, absolutely outstanding comedy.
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The Bloop
Dad's Army -best ever
Hi de Hi and Are You Being Served - had their moments
Allo Allo - excellent, often underrated
Blackadder- can't believe it's 40 years old, but still one of the best.
Allo Allo ?
Sort yourself out
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BLUETIT
The Plank is very dry
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waynekerr55
Gggggggg GRANVILLE!
In the bin
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Armitage Shanks
Been watching on the buses recently.
I used to love that show. But my god it's so dated and so poor
I model my life on blakey
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ToTaL ITK
ummm the young one, alan barstard, bottom...or does it have to 70's stuff.
That's alternative comedy
Your name is not on the list
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splott parker
Couple of unsung heroes.
The Brittas Empire & Dear John.
“Dear John” was underrated I think.
Red Dwarf was great.
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splott parker
The Marx Brothers, particularly Groucho, a comic genius. Catch him on YouTube hosting ‘What’s My Line’, absolutely outstanding comedy.
They were alternative before alternative
Totally left field
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Wash DC Blue
“Dear John” was underrated I think.
Red Dwarf was great.
Red Dwarf I would suggest is modern , alternative and bizarre in parts
Too zany to be considered old school
Jimmy Tarbuck ......absolutely talentless .....that's the angle
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Les Dawson .....bit dated but a talented guy
Dick Emery .....cross dressing superstar
One Foot In The Grave ......absolute crap
Rising Damp ......Great comedy actors , superb scripts
Only Fools And Horses .....never thought much of that
Keeping Up Appearances .....shoot anyone involved in that nonsense
Bread ......unfunny scouse cobblers
Porridge ......top stuff
Two Ronnie's........could drag on but had their moments , mastermind and hardware shop being the best
Man About The House ......rubbish but Paula Wilcox was worth watching
No Citizen Smith Sludge?
"Power to the people!"
Would've thought right up your alley.
Agree with the rest of you list.
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splott parker
The Marx Brothers, particularly Groucho, a comic genius. Catch him on YouTube hosting ‘What’s My Line’, absolutely outstanding comedy.
Totally agree, one of the all time comic greats.
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Dear John's a good shout. Rachel Bell's line "were there any sexual problems" always got a laugh. "it ain't half hot mum" was great but not PC to show these days.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Allo Allo ?
Sort yourself out
The early series of Allo Allo were brilliant. Lost its way a touch at the end.
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To be honest Sludgey, your opinions on music are very suspect to say the least.
When it comes to comedy, your opinions carry even less weight.
You are better off slagging TLG, and supporting the meek.
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I like slapstick, farce, nothing that pretends to be too clever or is just way over the top.
I'm a big fan of One Foot in the Grave, ever since it first came out. I think David Renwick is a terrific writer - Jonathan Creek was great. He sets up strands of storylines, and no matter how implausible, they all come together. Victor is a great character and we've all felt a bit like him at some point. There are also those poignent moments, like Fools and Horses, that connect.
Me and my boy have been watching a lot of Brittas over the last year. Great stuff. He's now into Fools and Horses as well.
I'm a fan of Goodnight Sweetheart - harmless comedy that provides a bit of escapism.
Benidorm was great until the last few series. One line from the first series always has me in stitches - "You gays have got it right, there's nothing more a wife can do to her husband to show him that she loves him by letting him park his car round the back". There was nothing "double" about many of the entendres.
Quite liked Royle family. Not been much of a fan of Rik Mayall's comedies, but he was great in Blackadder.
I also love the Vicar of Dibley.
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Just finished watching a show about Les Dawson-gave me the giggles.
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bobh
The early series of Allo Allo were brilliant. Lost its way a touch at the end.
Absolutely. Probably from series 6 onwards. But it was utter slapstick, a policeman who could use his misuse of vowels to say naughty words, one of the ugliest cafe owners who had all this totty after him, really well written stuff.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Red Dwarf I would suggest is modern , alternative and bizarre in parts
Too zany to be considered old school
Jimmy Tarbuck ......absolutely talentless .....that's the angle
It’s over 30 years old!
If it’s old school you want….one of the first great comics to be “cancelled”
https://youtu.be/i3dseRsJnWo
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Eric the Half a Bee
I like slapstick, farce, nothing that pretends to be too clever or is just way over the top.
I'm a big fan of One Foot in the Grave, ever since it first came out. I think David Renwick is a terrific writer - Jonathan Creek was great. He sets up strands of storylines, and no matter how implausible, they all come together. Victor is a great character and we've all felt a bit like him at some point. There are also those poignent moments, like Fools and Horses, that connect.
Me and my boy have been watching a lot of Brittas over the last year. Great stuff. He's now into Fools and Horses as well.
I'm a fan of Goodnight Sweetheart - harmless comedy that provides a bit of escapism.
Benidorm was great until the last few series. One line from the first series always has me in stitches - "You gays have got it right, there's nothing more a wife can do to her husband to show him that she loves him by letting him park his car round the back". There was nothing "double" about many of the entendres.
Quite liked Royle family. Not been much of a fan of Rik Mayall's comedies, but he was great in Blackadder.
I also love the Vicar of Dibley.
Couple of good shouts there with Brittas and Goodnight Sweetheart. Both great comedies. Further to earlier posts, Red Dwarf is up there with the very best. Kryton is one of my favourite characters of all time (spare head 1).
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MacAdder
No Citizen Smith Sludge?
"Power to the people!"
Would've thought right up your alley.
Agree with the rest of you list.
One trick pony
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splott parker
The Marx Brothers, particularly Groucho, a comic genius. Catch him on YouTube hosting ‘What’s My Line’, absolutely outstanding comedy.
Genius comedy, WC Fields wasn't bad either, my little Chickadee.
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Reggie Perrin should get a mention, as should Till Death.
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Eric the Half a Bee
Absolutely. Probably from series 6 onwards. But it was utter slapstick, a policeman who could use his misuse of vowels to say naughty words, one of the ugliest cafe owners who had all this totty after him, really well written stuff.
It was utter bollocks
Repetitive
Canned laughter
I will say this only once .....no you won't, its your only line
Bin it
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Wash DC Blue
The cut off point is about 1980
Citizen Khan is fairly recent but so utterly shite that its in the cesspit of comedy death