Greatest TV show of all time?

Big Stick

What is the best TV show of all time?

qwidgybo

TED
i do realise,big stick,that you're american so you wouldn't have put fr.ted in there but it is the BEST TV SHOW EVER.EVER.
in my opinion,anyway...

Mystic Fibrosis

Twas in its prime, now, it is like the fading rock star

Big Stick

Actually, I'm Irish, I should have put Ted in... Dammit... Just what I need, another pamphlet started to overturn the ruling of a poll I've overseen...

You're all just like Gore... :mad:

Moni

heheh. I love how everyone thinks big stick is american.

And I'm american, and I know fr. ted, and I like the show.. and americans aren't as sheltered as you think, Aideen! :P
the show is actually on over here.. but im not exactly sure when.

qwidgybo

oh right,sorry big stick

and i'm glad to hear you have ted.no one should be denied that experience

Elvish

I know this may turn this thread into a ted quote forum but.......

Bishop Brennan in the Vatican meeting the pope: He DID kick me up the arse!!!!

Brilliant

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Only Fools and Horses
Porridge
Friends
Home Improvement
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Futurama
Keeping Up Appearances
Scrubs
Batchelors Walk
Father Ted
Boy Meets World
A Black Day at Blackrock

All brilliant, there are many more brilliant ones, I can't pick a favourite.

TheAlmightyArse

Originally posted by Moni

the show is actually on over here.. but im not exactly sure when.

Yes, and so's stuff like the League of Gentlemen.

Only at some gods-forsaken hour and with all the best bits edited out in case they offend. Tch. How could they not include Tubbs' nude dance?

Phryxus

none of the above (although i do like family guy)

1. thundercats
2. mask
3. transformers
4. jason and the wheel warriors
5. most other 80's cartoons were brilliant.

lordsippa

YOU BADSIRS!!!! WHERE IS RED DWARF?!

and of course we all know <don't we?> that the real greatest show is the highly underrated We Are History.


Pimp Tom. Pimp.

lordsippa

Just reading the post above me <appeared as i was posting>
... MASK! JASON AND THE WHEEL WARRIORS! HE MAN! TRANSFORMERS! THUNDERCATS! SUPER MARIO BROTHERS! CAPTAIN N! D&D <the cartoon>! ... and one other one which i can't remember properly right now...

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Since Where's Father Ted has been answered, where's Fawlty Towers and The West Wing, I want to know.

Fawlty Towers because it was even better than Father Ted, in all fairness, which makes it something special.

The West Wing because it gives me a chance both to shout at the Democrats and thank God I'm not American, every week.

So where are they. The Simpsons used to be brilliant as well, though

Mystic Fibrosis

INVADER ZIM.

I think its back on Nick again....well, it was on today...

pretty*monster

six feet under
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Happy CTYI guy

No, It's Monty Pythons Flying Circus. Thats it, no objections, I'm absolutely 100% right so anyone who disagrees can burn in hell and be slapped in the face with large fish.Period.

pretty*monster

< burns in hell and is slapped in the face with large fish >
I don't like Monty Python, I mean some of it is funny but alot of it is just...not

SOL

and they al have yet to realise, tv sucks
i've moved on to computer games :P

Green Hand Guy

Voices in my head! Voices in my head!

Or since they aren't being broadcast on TV 9(yet):
1. Cheers
2. The Simpsons
3. Family Guy
4. Southpark
5. Red Dwarf
6. Futurama
7. Friends
8. Monty Pythons Flying Circus
9. The League of Gentlemen (Yay Tubbs nude dance!)
10. Whatever show I end up hosting.

Or if you knew me in the eighties:
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2. Thomas the Tank Engine
3. Bosco
4. He-Man
5. Thunder Cats
6. She-Ra (Anyone remember that? It was a weird He-Man spin-off)
7. Dungeons and Dragons
8. Mask
9. Fat Albert
10. Pob

TheAlmightyArse

Originally posted by lordsippa
Just reading the post above me <appeared as i was posting>
... MASK! JASON AND THE WHEEL WARRIORS! HE MAN! TRANSFORMERS! THUNDERCATS! SUPER MARIO BROTHERS! CAPTAIN N! D&D <the cartoon>! ... and one other one which i can't remember properly right now...

I have a 3 HOUR tape full of Super Mario Bros, I do! Yay, me!

And Monty Python definetely doesn't deserve top spot. Like has been said, it was nowhere near consistently funny. It shaped British comedy, it had some of the funniest moments in TV history in it, and, well, I grew up with it *sniff*, but when all's said and done there's a definite reason John Cleese abandoned ship towards the end.

Fawlty Towers, on the other hand, was, is, and always shall be, fantastic.

TheAlmightyArse

Save for the absence of Fawlty Towers and the Day Today, Green Hand Guy's list is great. I'm tempted to, er, 'diss' Friends, I am, but when I think about it, how many times have I seen each episode, and yet they can still make me laugh... same would go for the Simpsons, if it weren't for the horror of every new episode for the past three or so years.

Oh, and if anything, She-Ra was better than He-Man. And the cross-over movie, well, that was genius.

littlehedgehog

BELIEVE NOTHING! god that programme kicks ass!
Oh scrubs rocks too and the rose of tralee (does that count?)

smiles

I love Fr. Ted. Aideen loves Fr. Ted.

Fr. Ted wins

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Laura

"I LOVE MY BRICK!" Fr. Ted ( makes my sides hurt)

Monty Pythons Flying Circus (i love those guys)

Fawlty Towers (just is brilliant)

and the Simpsons because it makes me laugh constantly. anyone who knows me knows how true this is.

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Jesus! How could I forget Fawlty Towers? Dermo bought me every episode of that ever made for christmas, all twelve of them... they are still unbelievably brilliant though!

And, be you Laura whose bus stop I went to to make sure you were okay?

littlehedgehog

were there not 13? or maybe I'm losing my mind................again...............................

TheAlmightyArse

6 episdoes per series is the standard BBC fare, so unless they did a Christmas special or something... in which case, if they did, I'm positively browning up my dressing gown at the thought of unseen Fawlty Towers. Please say it's true!

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Well, the DVD box makes a big song and dance about every episode ever made... and the third disc full of cool **** documents why only twelve episodes were made.

Barry Aldwell

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists go around wearing black and telling people what to do, and priests... More drink!

littlehedgehog

my bad then.............but I could have swore there was a 13th...................I'm probably wrong.................who is going to have to clean your dressing gown we wonder...............................

Crash

Hmmm.....What about DINO-RIDERS!!?!?! And....hmmm...lessee, Shazzaam!

qwidgybo

how did ted get 2003 votes??i mean,i know it's amazing beyond belief,but 2003??does boards have that many users??

pretty*monster

I think someone's tinkered with the poll

littlehedgehog

no rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreally????????????? how on EARTH did you guess that? Look you can almost cut my sarcasm with a knife...........

kaimera

Got to be Ted. No question!

s0l

<vote Farscape>

I mean come on! the new Seires r0x0rs!

Kryton: I'm insannnnneeee and I'm wearing womens clothing!
Rigel: yes I'm a doctor! a good bleeding is the cure for anything!
kryton: insane I tell you insane!!!!!!!
erin: you know, your kind of cute when insane john.
kryton: insane!!! ohh sex scene!

but yes Father Ted is the ultimate show

smiles

Originally posted by qwidgybo
how did ted get 2003 votes??i mean,i know it's amazing beyond belief,but 2003??does boards have that many users??

Boards has over 10000 users i think....

erm did you read my post.


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Declan L.

Monthy Python, in general
The Simpsons
or, and im suprised that no1 mentioned it yet, The Fast Show

Admittedly some, ok alot, of it was bullsh1t, but some bits were just genious. Same for jackass and trigger happy tv, but not as much.

TheAlmightyArse

Now, I like to think of myself as a fairly open, accepting bloke, when it gets right down to it. Hell, one of my closest friends is even a goth. I think. But, and here's the but, there are some things that, inherintly, could never, SHOULD never be classed as good, ever. Jackass falls nicely inot this category.

qwidgybo

fio,you tampered just for me?!?!awwwwww!remind me to move to galway with you so we can ALWAYS BE IN THE SAME SCHOOL!

smiles

Originally posted by qwidgybo
fio,you tampered just for me?!?!awwwwww!remind me to move to galway with you so we can ALWAYS BE IN THE SAME SCHOOL!

Me? Tamper? NEVER (mock shock disbelief!)

<< Fio >>

It wasn't me!

Nothing will ever, ever, ever beat TED. It is without doubt the epitomisation of all that is Irish, chain-smoking comedy. Ted rules and always will. Good explanation for why it's kicking unbelievable ass in the poll!:D

It wasn't me!

Ted Rules! Nothing will ever beat the best of Irish, chain-smoking comedy! It tells us who we are! We are all TED! At this point I move that we start a poll to find out how many think I'm crazy,or weird, or a little of both!!;)

Green Hand Guy

Another Dr.Evil? We've got three of them now! Why do people rip me off? I propose we settle this over a baby throwing contest. We'll all meet up in the land of Mordor tomorrow at dawn. Supply your own babies since the amount you manage to produce between now and then may be used in the case of a tie breaker.

Plasticman

not above example of posting by "it wasn't me"?

that is a prime example of annoying spamming. he could have said that in one message, and the two were basically the same anyway. even if he thought of something to say after he had already posted, there is an "edit" button you can click to change a post. keep in mind in future.

sorry if i come across as a crotchety bastard, but, well, meh.

Typedef

I'd just like to point out this poll was rigged.

Obviously Buffy is the greatest proggie ever.... since it has the tastyest chick ever.

QED.

Thanks for calling.

Typedef

Moreover since this thread has been viewed 310 times as of right now, I move father Ted is put into prison with that TD whats his name... for electoral impropiety.

Plus chanel four made Father Ted, hence the stereotypical view of Ireland (bang the rebel drum), so umm, liking it because it's Irish is a misnomer.

hmmmm

It wasn't me!

Do I seem to care that Channel 4 made it? So what? It's funny and a great insight into Irish life, where I come from anyway. Besides, what TD are you on about?

The second post was a screw-up and was never ment to be sent in the first place so if I offended you please accept my humble, lowly apologies! :rolleyes:(For you, Where is my Mind)

You voted for Buffy along with one other person. How many votes did Ted get, 2008. Mostly Irish people too. So the comment that it's not Irish might not be taken too well in these parts!

Happy CTYI guy

(insert sex here) on about Liam Lawlor

TheAlmightyArse

Originally posted by Typedef


Plus chanel four made Father Ted, hence the stereotypical view of Ireland (bang the rebel drum), so umm, liking it because it's Irish is a misnomer.

Er, so the fact that the program was funded by a British company, and despite the fact that it was written by Irish comedians, starred Irish comedians, has a theme tune by an Irish band and was filmed in Ireland, makes it British? You clod.