FabSwingers.com forum: 70's Sitcoms

By *inaTitz OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Very subjective, but what do people make of 1970's sitcoms?

Good - Bless This House - Sid James, being Sid James, but all very entertaining.

Bad - On the Buses - huge in its day, but crikey, can you imagine any of the cast on here trying their luck? Talk about poor casting as lotharios.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love on the buses. I love the 70's sitcoms.

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

please sir, good

love thy neighbour, bad.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Reg Varney is a legend.

Bad = it ain't half hot mum

Mind your language

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved Steptoe and Son

Loathed Dads Army

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good - flowery twats and bad - man about the house

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Loved Steptoe and Son

Loathed Dads Army

Loathed what?????? Get out!

;)

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

citizen smith

The Goode Life

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"I love on the buses. I love the 70's sitcoms. "
how the blonde bloke with the teeth and the nose got any at all was always a mystery .. i hate you butler

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Bless This House

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Goodies

Murder she wrote

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

i loved bless this house fancied his daughter .. and his wife .. diana coupland

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

up pompeii.

the fall and rise of reggie perrin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Good - flowery twats and bad - man about the house"

I loved flowery twats, it's one of the only things I can watch over and over again and still laugh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved steptoe and son

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fawlty towers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Loved Steptoe and Son

Loathed Dads Army

Loathed what?????? Get out!

;)"

Dads army was really called get out? How strange lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They were amazing sitcoms in the seventies

Porridge has to be one of the best scripted and acted Sitcoms ever. I would also say citizen Smith and Steptoe and Son.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

On the buses "BUTLER"

Holiday on the buses was brilliant

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Love Thy Neighbour

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

"Love Thy Neighbour"

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"up pompeii.

the fall and rise of reggie perrin."
the prologue ... and it came to pass ... woe woe and thrice woe

..... morning cj .. great .. super

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Till Death Us Do Part

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Nearest and Dearest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Last of the Summer Wine,I still watch the repeats on Gold and its on sometimes on Yesterday in fact Im wathing it now on Yesterday.

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

For the Love of Ada

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"citizen smith

The Goode Life

Citizen smith! When he shouts "power to the people" and the baby bursts out crying, or does the baby laugh? Can't remember

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Mind Your Language

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

"up pompeii.

the fall and rise of reggie perrin. the prologue ... and it came to pass ... woe woe and thrice woe

..... morning cj .. great .. super "

in up pompeii what was the name of lurcio's owner ,i can't remember.

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By *hite SnakeMan
over a year ago

leeds

Last of the summer wine and does anyone remember The Dustbin Men?

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved MASH and Soap.

Also (maybe 80's) do you remember 'Chance in a Million'? Brilliant!

Susan

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

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By *plpxp2Couple
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

in up pompeii what was the name of lurcio's owner ,i can't remember."

Senator Ludricus Sextus, brilliant

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"up pompeii.

the fall and rise of reggie perrin. the prologue ... and it came to pass ... woe woe and thrice woe

..... morning cj .. great .. super

in up pompeii what was the name of lurcio's owner ,i can't remember."
ludicrus sextus .. his wife ammonia .. mmm lovely boobs .. i think the daughter was madeline smith .. who was the drippy son and the odes

what can i offer you

a beauty rivalling venus

my life my love my hope my all and half a yard of .... damask silk ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

George and Mildred

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

lovex george and mildred .. id have given yootha joyce a good time lol

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By *ackandkateCouple
over a year ago

Truro

Brill - till death us do part

Shite - the good life

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

rising damp

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

The Liver Birds

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

The Likely Lads, that was pure quality,

but Fawlty Towers is my all time favourite.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Brill - till death us do part

Shite - the good life"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah George and Mildred, great comedy writing and delivered superbly.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Lots of them where brilliant, best years for sitcoms

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Loved MASH and Soap.

Also (maybe 80's) do you remember 'Chance in a Million'? Brilliant!

Susan"

Chance in a Million was a fave of mine. Young Brenda Blethin and Simon Callow?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I grew up with 70's sitcoms. Used to watch them with my dad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"up pompeii.

the fall and rise of reggie perrin. the prologue ... and it came to pass ... woe woe and thrice woe

..... morning cj .. great .. super

in up pompeii what was the name of lurcio's owner ,i can't remember.ludicrus sextus .. his wife ammonia .. mmm lovely boobs .. i think the daughter was madeline smith .. who was the drippy son and the odes

what can i offer you

a beauty rivalling venus

my life my love my hope my all and half a yard of .... damask silk .."

Good quoting - impressed of Weston x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Porridge

Rising damp

Faulty towers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh gawwd!

I was still sperm hahahaha

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By *RS79Man
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - one of my all time favorites!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Good - flowery twats and bad - man about the house

I loved flowery twats, it's one of the only things I can watch over and over again and still laugh. "

I prefer Farty Towels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i was born in 76 so most of the good ones i wouldnt have appreciated at the time.

wen older there are so many that i couldnt possibly stop at 1 fave, or indeed 1 bad one, cuz many of those mentioned i never really enjoyed, but again, probably more down to the lack of being repeated through the 80s and 90s rather than them actually being poor, so bless this house, george and mildred and so on, didnt get them.

enjoyable: fawlty towers, porridge and one that hasnt been mentioned as yet, in sickness and in health. LOVED it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love Thy Neighbour....... What a god awful programme that was.........

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

Used to love "some mothers do ave em" and "are you being served" .... Oh Betty... I'm Freeeeee lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Porridge

Rising damp

Faulty towers

+ Reggie Perrin & Citizen Smith!!

But Farty towels is probably the best sitcom ever - it raised the bar!!

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By * times sexyCouple
over a year ago

Staffs

I was brought up in Tottenham, North London through the 60s and 70s, I still remember "Till Death Us Do Part" and later on "Love Thy Neighbour" probably the most racist programme ever made masquerading as "comedy" I witnessed at first hand the few black school friends I had (2nd generation West Indian)being called disgusting names in the playground directly as a result of this garbage. Seeing them upset and of course how could their parents explain its "just a TV programme" when they too were going through shit every day at work and in the street. It used to make me sick watching my dad laughing at it and all that Jim Davidson "my mate chalky" bollocks. Even "Mind Your Language" was just half an hour of continuous "lets take the piss out of the Stupid funny foreigner" people living up north probably thought it was hilarious where there wasnt any large black communities at that time but in London where us kids black,white or whatever were just good mates growing up together it was horrible seeing this shit on the box. Oh yeah that was the golden age of comedy alright,, NOT. Thank God its all gone, dead and buried . It should never have been made in the first place, So as you can probably tell, No Im not a fan of 70s comedy lol

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By *himanMan
over a year ago

chichester

"Loved Steptoe and Son

Loathed Dads Army

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wf dads army just the funniest sitcom ever made thats y there still showing it

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"Loved Steptoe and Son

Loathed Dads Army

Loathed what?????? Get out!

;)"

And don't tell 'em your name on the way Pike

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"Nearest and Dearest"

Yes Pledges pickle factory, Hilda Baker and the late great Jimmy Jewel.

Yooooou you've not 'ad the pleasure of me yet yoooooou.

Shurrup yer knock kneed knackered old nosebag.

any way what time is it?

It's a quarter to ooooh I must get a little hand on this watch

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I loved and still do The Good Life but seem to be in a small minority on that. I was never a fan of Monty Python.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good - Steptoe & Son

Bad - Mind your language

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"George and Mildred"

Did someone mention us???

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"George and Mildred

Did someone mention us???

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whats your favourite sitcom guys

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What is this 70's of which you speak?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you go back and watch any comedy shows, there are some very week episodes in the long running runs. Just look at national treasures like Only Fools... some of those were poor.

Fawlty Towers was faultless, but probably because there were so few of them.

Citizen Smith was filmed in the 70s in Tooting, were I was growing up. So that always holds a soft spot in my heart.

Bless this house I remember fondly, just because of Sid James laugh!

The Rag Trade used to make me laugh.... 'everybody out!'

I used to really fancy the French girl on Mind Your Language

Others I hated and still do

It aint half hot mum

Dads Army

I remember being bored to tears watching this.

Its amazing how many shows were blatantly racist during these times. Just a thought, but I bet you cannot get back copies of Love Thy Neighbour anywhere!

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"George and Mildred

Did someone mention us???

I think there is a profile on here called Terry and June (seen them post in the forums before), so Terry and June, where are you? lol

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

George & Mildred

The Liver Birds with Polly James tho.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ripping Yarns

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"I grew up with 70's sitcoms. Used to watch them with my dad "

So did I!

My dad loved:

Til Death Us Do Part

Love Thy Neighbour

Mind Your Language

For me all the above was shite; I liked:

Rising Damp

On the Buses

Rising Damp

George and Mildred

Terry and June

Man about the House

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rising Damp - so good, they named it twice!

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

"Reg Varney is a legend.

Bad = it ain't half hot mum

Mind your language"

Ill have you up that jungle so fast...

Punka walla punka!

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

And dont forget the Good Life!

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