FabSwingers.com forum: USA v GB....

By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

....for the greatest sitcom aired on tv.

At the minute I'm chuckling away to Steptoe and Son and got to wondering which is the best sitcom of either side of the Atlantic from any era.....??

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

Hmm it’s a toughie as both have excellent ones and woeful ones! I used to love Married with Children back in the day as a student from the US, and on its day everything from Only Fools to ‘Allo ‘Allo can be hilarious from the UK

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Still think that Brit. Tv shows work best for me because the British sense of humour is different. If I had to choose a US comedy then it'd be Taxi.

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Married with children!! Now there's a lost Gem.

Always a fan of roseanne back in the day

And VERY forgotten British hilarity called black books, Dylan Morran and Bill Bailey wrote and starred in it

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

Think us Brits have this but the US dominate for animated sitcoms... The Simpsons and South Park

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Married with children was a good show but the American need to add canned laughter to all their shows just makes them unwatchable for us.

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By *icassolifelikeMan
over a year ago

Luton

Curb your enthusiasm was funny as. But it’s the British who do lasting humour better. Fawlty Towers has to be up there.

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

Can you beat Friends though??

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

UK - Spaced

US - Brooklyn 99

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

"Can you beat Friends though??"

Yes. Yes you can. I find the news funnier than that shite

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

"Think us Brits have this but the US dominate for animated sitcoms... The Simpsons and South Park

And family guy

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

"UK - Spaced

US - Brooklyn 99 "

Brooklyn 99!!

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Our "Era" of either side of the water are Roseanne and The big bang theory, mainly cos of our age preferences and the cast seemed to follow each other from both sitcoms

Though there are lots more that could make the list such as

How I met your mother, different strokes, happy days, mork and minds.

UK is more difficult as Dad's army, fawlty towers, allo allo, porridge and who knows how many more could take top spot

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester

My favourite us sitcom is cheers, great writing as it never actual moved anywhere except the bar.

British sitcom was dinner ladies and funnily enough it never moved anywhere from the cafeteria so again required great writing

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

**Mindy** fkn autocarrot!!

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Now if your talking static comedy in 1 room.

The royal family is taking that title!!

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"Now if your talking static comedy in 1 room.

The royal family is taking that title!!

"
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There few and far between as the writing gets harder when you have less "props"

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By *limolder54Man
over a year ago

Fife

Only fools and horses

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Shows how good the creative writing is to keep it funny with a sofa a chair and 5 people in the same room

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

"Can you beat Friends though??"

I dunno I liked it at the time but I've re-watched it now it's on Netflix and some of it really hasn't aged well.

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By *naquest321Man
over a year ago

Carlisle

USA

Sgt. Bilko

Friends

Fawlty Towers

Only fools and horses

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

Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got...

I watched cheers religiously and often re watch the box sets now, the wit and dry humour has aged brilliantly.

Porridge is my all time fav though, so it’s a big win for the UK

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

Only Fools And Horses

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

Only fools and horses and cheers

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Just recapping on the forgotten gems.

Fresh fields

Just good friends

Home to roost

And the legendary Goode life!!

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

Maybe people don't know about this but there is a point in the mid Atlantic that is a bit like the Van Allen belts in space. Humour (or Humor) can't cross it.

Occasionally, although very rarely, something will find a way through.

I nominate Bob Newhart (Walter Raleigh, driving instructor Etc) as the man who made it through, although his sitcom was pretty dire.

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"Just recapping on the forgotten gems.

Fresh fields

Just good friends

Home to roost

And the legendary Goode life!!"

Home to Roost was bloody awful.

One of the few things that John Thaw did that was toe curlingly embarrassing.

Everything else he did was to notch.

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

"Now if your talking static comedy in 1 room.

The royal family is taking that title!!

Nah, if you watch it now it’s rather annoying and repetitive.

Game on was the best example of static comedy and was literally all filmed in one room.

Admittedly the humour was a bit childish at times.

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

"**Mindy** fkn autocarrot!! "

I struggle with or toe carrot as well sum thymes.

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Fitted admit it took.me a while to get to it but 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps was quite good.

And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

**Gotta**

Swear to fkn God....autocarrot is ruthless tonight

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Spaced. The Young Ones, The IT Crowd. The Office. Extras. Acorn Antiques. Dads Army. Bottom. Absolutely Fabulous. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie. Black Books. Red Dwarf. Blackadder. Fawlty Towers. Only Fools. Keeping Up Appearances. Are You Being Served. Peep Show. I'm Alan Partridge. The Vicar of Dibley.

Schitts Creek. The Golden Girls. Curb Your Enthusiasm.

We win

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

"And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly "

Terrible. Unfunny. Awkward. Believe me I've tried.

If we're thinking British/Irish, Father Ted pisses all over it

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

These are in no particular order, just as I think of them...

US:

Friends

How I Met Your Mother

Frasier

'Allo 'Allo

Fawlty Towers

Dad's Army

Hancocks Half Hour

2 pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

And that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Wow.

Some of those completely slipped my mind!

The young ones ffs!!

Now THAT was good

And the vicar of dibley!

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

"And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly

Terrible. Unfunny. Awkward. Believe me I've tried.

If we're thinking British/Irish, Father Ted pisses all over it"

Father Ted!!

Agreed without a fight.

I stand corrected!!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I'm deterred by the need that most US comedy has for making humour forced and totally in your face, without subtlety or nuance. Otherwise it's akin to the level of a less intelligent child.

There've been incredibly good comedians from both countries but I just regard American comedies as really dumbed down.

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

Can I just say friends is, was and had always been dog shite.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"UK

Schitts Creek. The Golden Girls. Curb Your Enthusiasm.

We win

really...... c'mon

no seinfeld, cheers, frasier, the chapelle show, community, parks and recs, 3rd rock, 30 rock!!! scrubs and i could go on...

the issue at the moment is a lot of the better shows at the moment aren't making regular tv... where they did in the past!

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

"And Mrs browns boys has to be one of the greatest. A classic? Not a chance but up there with the best of the latest generation. Undoubtedly

Terrible. Unfunny. Awkward. Believe me I've tried.

If we're thinking British/Irish, Father Ted pisses all over it

Father Ted!!

Agreed without a fight.

I stand corrected!!

That would be an ecumenical matter

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

Car share is funny

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

Brits do it better but have to admit two & half men was very funny quite a bit of Brit humour involved

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

Father Ted is british made, so that.

I.T. Crowd was also great.

After that early peep show was good.

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By *eorge Jetson OP Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Men behaving badly must get a place on the list?

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

Arthur lowe in dads army as he was the captain and centre piece of the show but clive dunn and john lemessurier added to that with a few others in the cast, probably the longest sit com on tv, but arthur lowes quality shines through every show.

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

US: another vote for Curb your Enthusiasm

UK: Citizen Smith

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"Shows how good the creative writing is to keep it funny with a sofa a chair and 5 people in the same room "
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I'll give you another one, same writer.

Early doors

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