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CliffH said:
Yes: Ronnie Barker was a genius as a writer and performer. I loved 'The Young Ones' too, even though their parody of 'The Two Ronnies' hastened Barker's retirement! Their 'University Challenge' parody was great too.
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The 2Rs parody was not the nine o’clock news? Griff Rhys Jones & Mell Smith. Loved that satire too.
 
CliffH said:
Of course! The set-up and timing - and Grandad coming in at the end: "All right Del?".

I've often thought that OFAH is a successor to Laurel & Hardy - at least before it became sentimental, when Uncle Albert took over from Grandad -(
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I think you could be right about laurel & Hardy? That whole bro “another fine mess” “you plonker Rodney.” Indignant catchphrase?
 
Alan44 said:
Oh you remind me
Men behaving badly, absolute classic and more up to date than my other picks
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In terms of recent sitcoms, I love 'Gavin & Stacey', 'Motherland', 'The Detectorists' and 'Staged'
 
CliffH said:
In terms of recent sitcoms, I love 'Gavin & Stacey', 'Motherland', 'The Detectorists' and 'Staged'
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Gavin and Stacey, yes, because I'm half Welsh and just love the accent
 
CliffH said:
In terms of recent sitcoms, I love 'Gavin & Stacey', 'Motherland', 'The Detectorists' and 'Staged'
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... and 'Hang Ups'. Of course, though, Blackadder's funnier than a funny thing, apart from the first series, which looks a million dollars - but cost a million pounds.
 
The Fall And Rise of Reginald Perrin deserves a mention too I think (unless I missed it)

More recently Ghosts is brilliant too.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
The Fall And Rise of Reginald Perrin deserves a mention too I think (unless I missed it)

More recently Ghosts is brilliant too.
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I was a bit too young to fully understand and appreciate Reginald Perrin when it came out - although I loved the Cinzano adverts with Leonard Rossiter and Joan Colins :rofl:
 
CliffH said:
I was a bit too young to fully understand and appreciate Reginald Perrin when it came out - although I loved the Cinzano adverts with Leonard Rossiter and Joan Colins :rofl:
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Yes I only saw it when it was re-run in its entirety in the 80s

CJ “I didn’t get where I am today…” and the Grot empire etc etc
 
So many......other people have mentioned ones i was going to

I can always watch ello ello no matter how many times ive seen it
 
For me it was Round the Horne and The Navy Lark listened to after Sunday lunch in hall over a game of bridge. I remember the Goons and ITMA on the radio but even I was a bit young to be over influenced by them.

It was Spike Milligan in later life who said that he did not enjoy sitcoms because "he knew all the jokes". The thought was that Laurel and Hardy had done all the jokes and everybody following them just repeated them in their own style. I think he had a point so I'm guessing that a bit of age comes in here - the older you are, the older the favourites because that is where you first saw the jokes.

PS... Anybody else remember ITMA - and its theme tune?
 
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For radio comedy, Radio 4 has a long running slot at 6:30pm every weekday. Old Harry's Game, Cabin Pressure and Elvin Quest were some of my favourites. They did various sketch shows and shows like Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue as well.

I know that I'm in a minority but I never liked Only Fools And Horses. Just the same gag over and over, Del Boy buys something cheap. It turns out there was a reason why it was cheap. This reason is then revealed with tiresome predictability. The scene with the chandelier was funny I'll concede that one.
 
Chris Hobson said:
For radio comedy, Radio 4 has a long running slot at 6:30pm every weekday. Old Harry's Game, Cabin Pressure and Elvin Quest were some of my favourites. They did various sketch shows and shows like Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue as well.

I know that I'm in a minority but I never liked Only Fools And Horses. Just the same gag over and over, Del Boy buys something cheap. It turns out there was a reason why it was cheap. This reason is then revealed with tiresome predictability. The scene with the chandelier was funny I'll concede that one.
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Dead ringers on the radio was funny, too. Back when my wife had a bedside radio & not Alexa we’d chill out to JAM & HAC. Del Boy chat ups using French was amusing.
 
Hate to say this but I wonder if my parents never mentioned ITMA because they didn't enjoy it? Hence I didn't know That Man in the first place, let alone Again!
 
Satan’s little helper said:
Like the office. I preferred the British version of Ghosts. Similar with “Being human.” Lol, & don’t even mention the USA version of Life on mars. 😱
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Yes, I loved 'The Office'. I never watch US sitcoms: two countries divided by a common language 🙄.
 
Chris Hobson said:
For radio comedy, Radio 4 has a long running slot at 6:30pm every weekday. Old Harry's Game, Cabin Pressure and Elvin Quest were some of my favourites. They did various sketch shows and shows like Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue as well.

I know that I'm in a minority but I never liked Only Fools And Horses. Just the same gag over and over, Del Boy buys something cheap. It turns out there was a reason why it was cheap. This reason is then revealed with tiresome predictability. The scene with the chandelier was funny I'll concede that one.
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I think that the first few series of 'Only Fools and Horses' were the only ones worth watching, when there was still a bit of 'bite' to the humour. After Lennard Pearce died (forcing them to bring in Uncle Albert as a replacement for Grandad), the show became too sentimental for me.

Much the same happened with 'Minder': it started off as a fairly tough vehicle for Dennis Waterman post-Sweeney, with George Cole just as comic relief. Unfortunately for Waterman, Cole acted him off the screen and so it became 'The George Cole Show' instead. I love George Cole - but not as the star of a show/film.
 
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