Favourite TV Shows

Mojo · 04-14-2010, 04:58 AM

I really cant think of anything similar to The League Of Gentlemen mate. Maybe someone else can help you out there but id say that its not very likely. All credit to the show I suppose cause i dont think you can really compare anything to it.

Seltzer · 04-27-2010, 05:11 AM

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Anyone have any Britcom recommendations? I'm a fan of League of Gentlemen, Black Books, Porridge, Only Fools & Horses, Peep Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Spaced, Father Ted, Ideal, Blackadder, the IT Crowd, the Office, Fawlty Towers, QI, Red Dwarf, Extras...

On my to-watch list, I have Saxondale, Bottom, Royle Family, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Green Wing and Yes Minister. Lately I've been blindly downloading shows (namely Nightingales, Inbetweeners, Open All Hours, the Good Life, Teachers) without anything to go on so some solid recommendations would be welcome.

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I should probably mention that I'd love to find something in the same vein as League of Gentlemen. I haven't had much luck so far.

Any more Brits that can help me out with this?

I've been watching Teachers lately and it's still too early to tell whether it's a winner yet but I am enjoying it.

IYT · 04-14-2010, 06:24 AM

I'd have to say Family Guy is my favorite.

Highwayman · 04-25-2010, 12:45 PM

1.) Arrested Development (it's pure genius, you just CAN'T beat it!)
2.) The Office (US, baby)
3.) 30 Rock

About a month ago, my roommate was watching House (which I used to hate) but after giving it a second chance, I'm really enjoying it!
Community is pretty good too! Great new show.

Captain Awesome · 04-27-2010, 05:33 AM

Right now the three shows I'm making my way through;

1. Chuck
2. The Sopranos
3. The Mentalist

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-27-2010, 11:01 AM

Seltzer the biggest hole in your sitcom list is The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin.

I'd highly recommend The Armando Innucci shows too. Not really a sitcom but he partly wrote most of the ones in your list.

There was an awesome sitcom in the late 80s called Chelmsford 123, might be hard to get hold of though. I'm STILL waiting for it to come out on Dvd

jackhammer · 05-01-2010, 07:04 PM

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Seltzer the biggest hole in your sitcom list is The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin.

I'd highly recommend The Armando Innucci shows too. Not really a sitcom but he partly wrote most of the ones in your list.

There was an awesome sitcom in the late 80s called Chelmsford 123, might be hard to get hold of though. I'm STILL waiting for it to come out on Dvd

The first series of Reginald Perrin is so good I can barely put into words how I feel about it. It genuinely is a masterpiece of writing. I could watch it for hours.

Korgüll · 05-01-2010, 07:37 PM

Twin Peaks
The Office (US version)
Unsolved Mysteries
Married...With Children

Seltzer · 04-27-2010, 11:13 AM

Excellent, those sound great! Getting them now.

FETCHER. · 04-27-2010, 12:24 PM

The inbetweeners is awesome. If you like them you might like Skins, but most people who aren't 18 and under hate it

04-14-2010, 04:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I really cant think of anything similar to The League Of Gentlemen mate. Maybe someone else can help you out there but id say that its not very likely. All credit to the show I suppose cause i dont think you can really compare anything to it. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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Highwayman Thinkforyourself. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 114	1.) Arrested Development (it's pure genius, you just CAN'T beat it!) 2.) The Office (US, baby) 3.) 30 Rock About a month ago, my roommate was watching House (which I used to hate) but after giving it a second chance, I'm really enjoying it! Community is pretty good too! Great new show. __________________ Soft silly music is meaningful, magical. - NMH

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Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	Right now the three shows I'm making my way through; 1. Chuck 2. The Sopranos 3. The Mentalist __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	Seltzer the biggest hole in your sitcom list is The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin. I'd highly recommend The Armando Innucci shows too. Not really a sitcom but he partly wrote most of the ones in your list. There was an awesome sitcom in the late 80s called Chelmsford 123, might be hard to get hold of though. I'm STILL waiting for it to come out on Dvd __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,914	Excellent, those sound great! Getting them now. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

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IYT Ifail Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lead me back into my bedroom, and put my clothes back on. Posts: 96	I'd have to say Family Guy is my favorite.

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