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Recommend a sitcom

[Deleted User] · 2010-03-31 00:18:44

Currently bored after watching every episode of "How I Met Your Mother" and "How to make it in America". What TV sitcoms would you recommend?

31-03-2010 12:18am

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Currently bored after watching every episode of "How I Met Your Mother" and "How to make it in America". What TV sitcoms would you recommend?

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#2 31-03-2010 12:21am

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House. Its the best ever.

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#3 31-03-2010 12:27am

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the inbetweeners gd show!

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#4 31-03-2010 12:30am

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Seinfeld.

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#5 31-03-2010 12:32am

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How is House a sitcom???...a sitcom is The Big Bang Theory.

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#6 31-03-2010 4:42am

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seanybiker wrote: »

House. Its the best ever.

Albeit not a sitcom, you've turned me onto something brilliant

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#7 31-03-2010 4:46am

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They don't come much better than The I.T. Crowd

Also, as someone else already said, The Inbetweeners is quality too!

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#8 31-03-2010 4:52am

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Richard Dower wrote: »

How is House a sitcom???...a sitcom is The Big Bang Theory.

situation= he works in a hospital.
Comedy= he is fooking hilarious.

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#9 31-03-2010 5:05am

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seanybiker wrote: »

situation= he works in a hospital.
Comedy= he is fooking hilarious.

This is a bit like saying the new Westlife single is a Sitcom

Situation: They're all broken hearted and want their girl back
Comedy: The lyrics are so bad they're hilarious!

House is not a sitcom, it's a drama.

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#10 31-03-2010 5:11am

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MrStuffins wrote: »

This is a bit like saying the new Westlife single is a Sitcom

Situation: They're all broken hearted and want their girl back
Comedy: The lyrics are so bad they're hilarious!

House is not a sitcom, it's a drama.

fair enough. What did the OP say about my opinion. When did music become sitcom ?he wants something funny to watch I gave him something and he said he might watch it. I didnt get technical on the sitcom thing. He might watch something now that he finds funny. Where is the problem?
I dont find house a drama. Suppose it depends on each persons opinion. When I seen it first, yeah it was drama. Then I got into it and No I wouldnt call it drama. Its funny.

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#11 31-03-2010 6:07am

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It's more drama then comedy, yes it has some comedic elements, in the way it's written and some of the lines from House, but it's primarily a hospital drama/procedural. It's a medical diagnostic show at it's core.

House as a charaxter adds a dash of comedy, a sitcom by definition is of Two & A Half Men ilk.

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#12 31-03-2010 8:14am

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30 Rock
Flight of the Conchords
Arrested Development

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#13 31-03-2010 8:19am

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Modern Family
Arrested Development
30 Rock

.. "now that's good watching!"

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#14 31-03-2010 8:21am

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Two & 1/2 Men.

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#15 31-03-2010 8:23am

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i find like films or books humour has alot to do with personal taste. what 1 persons finds funny u may not

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#16 31-03-2010 8:27am

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smilerf wrote:

i find like films or books humour has alot to do with personal taste. what 1 persons finds funny u may not

That's true..

.. I find 'Two And A Half Men' as funny as dropping 17 copies of Tolstoy's 'War And Peace' on top on my penis!

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#17 31-03-2010 9:44am

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30 Rock and Modern family without a doubt the best two new comedic shows that I have seen in the last few years.

Also a little older but it crowd and black books maybe worth ago.

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#18 31-03-2010 11:01am

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The Boondocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jxtHzMOe1w

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#19 31-03-2010 11:13am

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It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia has to be one of the funniest things on the idiotbox at the moment, that and The Inbetweeners

What else? Avoid anything on Paramount, most of it's dire crap like 2 and a half men, anything with Chuck Lorre's name attached to it is a disaster, Big Bang Theory, Cybill etc

Malcolm in the Middle is good too, but I think it's finished, It's Always Sunny in Phil is still on and I think they're making more and The Inbetweeners is being repeated on C4 at the mo and they're gonna make new one for next Sept.

Then there's older stuff, like Blackadder which cannot be beat, Only Fools & Horses etc,
happy viewing

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#20 31-03-2010 1:29pm

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I love "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" - absolutely brilliant stuff. Also, what basquille said:

Arrested Development
30 Rock
Modern Family

Also: Peep show

Parks & Recreation is OK as well - not sure if it's still on. It's a nice change from utter crap like Friends.

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#21 31-03-2010 3:06pm

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Eastbound & Down is well worth a watch

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#22 31-03-2010 4:10pm

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Community on NBC.

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#23 31-03-2010 4:15pm

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Arrested Development. You should be watching it now, not reading this sentence. Then maybe Peep Show.

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#24 31-03-2010 4:15pm

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the big bang theory
US office

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#25 31-03-2010 4:19pm

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Friends
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Eastbound & Down
The Office both UK and US
Modern Family

https://forumofgames.com/

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#26 31-03-2010 4:35pm

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Seinfeld is the best sitcom ever but if you're a certain age you'll have gotten Friends instead which sucked balls. After Seinfeld, Arrested Development is the key

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#27 31-03-2010 6:07pm

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The Larry Sanders Show. Second only to Seinfeld as the greatest sitcom of all time.

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#28 31-03-2010 6:45pm

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The Thick of It

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#29 31-03-2010 9:05pm

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The King of Queens is good.

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#30 31-03-2010 9:11pm

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Go for some older stuff, and you can rarely go wrong:

Frasier
Fawlty Towers
Only Fools and Horses
Bottom
King Of The Hill (animated, but still an absolute classic)

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#31 31-03-2010 9:13pm

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Just finished watching Eastbound and Down.Even though there were only six episodes,I really struggled to the end.There were funny moments but not many.I flippin' hated the Steve character.It did nothing to make me care about how it ended.

Party Down is really good.Season two will be starting in the States at the end of this month I think.30 Rock has slowly grown on me.

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#32 31-03-2010 10:14pm

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Overature wrote: »

the big bang theory

Grrrrr. No. I will leave it at that.

The Thick of It

Good writing and acting even if you aren't that mad about it.

But as they said what ever makes you laugh.

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#33 31-03-2010 11:23pm

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Spaced or Black Books..

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#34 01-04-2010 9:35pm

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Anyone else remember WRKP in Cincinnati? If they ever show that again, jump on it. I also have fond memories of Kate & Allie, which is what Jane Curtin did after SNL but before 3rd Rock From The Sun (also good).

More recent: am I the only person who watched Studio 60 from the Sunset Strip? It didn't "take" and was cancelled after one series. I think it confused audiences, since it was a kind of "dramedy", with the creators and many actors from The West Wing doing comedy.

You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.
―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray

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#35 01-04-2010 10:02pm

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bnt wrote: »

More recent: am I the only person who watched Studio 60 from the Sunset Strip? It didn't "take" and was cancelled after one series. I think it confused audiences, since it was a kind of "dramedy", with the creators and many actors from The West Wing doing comedy.

I watched that as well. It was pretty good, though not as canned-laughter-ish as it probably needed to be to survive. Good to see Mathew Perry in a decent show.

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#36 01-04-2010 10:41pm

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bnt wrote: »

Anyone else remember WRKP in Cincinnati?

I remember the spin off with one of the characters called Head of the Class, coincidentally one of the stars of that show has his own thread here.

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#37 07-04-2010 12:29pm

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two and a half men is brill ....... us office is quite good

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#38 07-04-2010 12:35pm

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bnt wrote: »

Anyone else remember WRKP in Cincinnati? If they ever show that again, jump on it.

Mmmm. Loni Anderson. Mmmmm

bnt wrote: »

More recent: am I the only person who watched Studio 60 from the Sunset Strip?

Not the only person, just one of a few ? If you enjoyed that, and West Wing, check out Sports Night. What Aaron Sorkin did before West Wing.

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#39 07-04-2010 12:45pm

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from the old school, Porridge is defintely up there as a great show

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#40 07-04-2010 1:23pm

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Elmo wrote: »

I remember the spin off with one of the characters called Head of the Class.

nope, same actor, different characters. not a spin off.

just watched first 20 episodes of community, now its not perfect but its made me laugh. great character growth and its not afraid to poke fun at itself (they're in danger of entering into scrubs preachyness though) for the type of show it is you expect the characters to be one dimensional but thankfully they're not.

its always sunny is (apart from season 1 and 4) consistantly good, as is 30 rock

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#41 07-04-2010 1:28pm

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30 ROCK

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#42 07-04-2010 5:53pm

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just got into arrested development thanks to this thread - quality show!

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The Big Bang Theory
IT Crowd
Arrested Development
30 Rock
The Office US Version
Frasier
Father Ted

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Current crop of American sitcoms:
Modern Family
The US Office

Nothing of note from the UK at the moment, but Black Books is one to catch up on if you haven;t seen it yet

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Two & 1/2 Men.

Gone very stale, it has definitely jumped the shark.

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#47 09-04-2010 3:02pm

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why do people like the big bang theory, its about as funny as milk..zero laughs. always a turnoff when the sets look so fake and in a studio setting like this.

these are more like it
30 rock, modern family, extra's, king of queens is deadly IMO. old guy in it cracks me up.

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#48 09-04-2010 6:33pm

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SICKBOi wrote: »

the inbetweeners gd show!

Ditto. Brilliant show. Also, if you haven't watched Gavin and Stacey yet.........you should.

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#49 10-04-2010 12:12am

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Red Dwarf,

Arrested Development,30 rock,Peep show and everything thing else mentioned pretty much agree (even house).What about The Sahra Silverman Show,Flights of the conchords.I go through my collection and see if I can find any other gems.

got another one cant belive its not mentioned before "Entourage"

Get watching mate your falling behind

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#50 10-04-2010 1:13am

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Curb your enthusiasm.

Not sure if it's called a sitcom. More like funny as fúck-com.

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