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Your favourite or least favourite comedy

  • 08-12-2013 11:17PM
    #1
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭


    Well whats your fav comedy

    For me i love the inbetweeners and also fawlty towers

    I hated dads army and couldnt watch "my hero".. The one with ardal o hanlon


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  • #2
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Tragedy plus time for me.


  • #3
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Just getting in here before mrs browns boys is mentioned as least favourite..

    Don't really have a least favourite myself, Black Books is an easy favourite though.


  • #4
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Least favourite takes me here > http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057100420

    Favourite would be anything along the lines of 'The Fast Show', Father ted, Fawlty Towers, Spike Milligan, Dave Allen, Peter Sellers, and anything with Leonard Rossiter in it + many more.


  • #5
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    The Thick of It is priceless, some of the insults in it are hilarious and Malcolm Tucker is one of the funniest characters in decade.


  • #6
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Amen to Mrs. Brown's Boys beinf the worst. Was never a fan of Mr. Bean, although I appreciate the acting and can see why people like it.

    Fawlty Towers again as a favourite, along with malcolm In the Middle.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • #7
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,710 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


    allo allo, monthy python and the quest for the holy grail, father ted


  • #8
    deseil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭deseil


    Friends and The Royle family are favourites, Mrs Browns boys is terrible


  • #9
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    Favourite - Curb your Enthusiasm
    Hate - Mrs. Brown's Gobsh!tes


  • #10
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    Bravo: The Larry Sanders Show, Monkey Dust.

    Boo hiss: Last of the Summer Wine, Leave it to Mrs O'Brien, Liveline's Funny Friday.


  • #11
    shamrock55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,442 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    Fav- only fools, father ted, royal family

    least fav- 2 and a half men, mrs bb,


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  • #12
    Rabelais
    Site Banned Posts: 263 ✭✭Rabelais


    Another huge vote for The Thick of IT. Malcolm Tucker is a scary and hilarious character, and the writing is very sharp.

    In fact pretty much anything Armando Iannucci has gotten involved in tends to be fantastic.

    Really enjoy Parks and Recreation once you struggle through the first season. Some of the physical comedy in the Inbetweeners is inspired.


  • #13
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    Fave : Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Father Ted (in that order)

    Worst : Funny Friday followed by Mrs Browns Boys.

    Funny Friday is essentially a circle jerk by Joe Duffy and his mates, most who can't get a gig from one end of the year to the next, almost all of whom coincidentally have the same manager, the same guy who manages a huge amount of RTE's stars, and all paid for by the taxpayer and TV licence payers. Fcuking Bullcarp of the highest order. :mad:


  • #14
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Heresy: my least favourite is Fawlty Towers.

    My favourite: The Day Today/Brass Eye.

    Honourable mention for Soupy Norman.


  • #15
    extra gravy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,464 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    Favourite is definitely Frasier...clever, witty and original.


  • #16
    delaad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭delaad


    By era, The Goon Show, Rising Damp, Cheers and The Early Years of the 21st Century.....you couldn't make them up!


  • #17
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    fav: The Big Bang Theory.
    (Simon's Cat on youtube :pac: )

    Worst: Father Ted or those two 'twin' puppets or maybe south park.
    (Ok, no definitely, those puppet twins.)


  • #18
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    favourite current one is Eastbound and Down,it's a HBO show-very,very funny.love Fraiser and Outnumbered aswell. Can't stand Faulty Towers or Big Bang Theory. I have always loved Father Ted but it's ageing badly.


  • #19
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,827 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    Faves: The Royle Family, Early Doors, Benidorm, Curb your Enthusiasm, The Ricky Gervais Show, ANYTHING with Alan Partridge, The Big Bang Theory.

    Least Faves: Mrs Brown's Boys (corny and predictable), that BBC1 comedy with Jason Byrne as a hapless Dad with Pauline McLynn as his mother.
    Also hate Not Going Out and Drifters.


  • #20
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    Bob Monkhouse.


  • #21
    I_smell_fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭I_smell_fear


    Favourite: All the really good stuff. I like them.

    Least Favourite: shít


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  • #22
    SimonQuinlank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 767 ✭✭✭SimonQuinlank


    Favourite show at the moment is Louie.Big fan of Eastbound and Down,first series of I'm Alan Partridge,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as well as most things involving Graham Linehan like Father Ted,Big Train,Black Books and the IT Crowd etc.Oh and TMWRNJ too!

    Least favourites would be the god awful Big Bang Theory, and all those other interchangeable shows that are constantly on E4.Though I do sometimes watch 2 Broke Girls on mute because the the two of them are quite hot.


  • #23
    lucky333
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭lucky333


    Fav movie,,, hall pass....
    Movie I hate the most, that monkey film with Bruce willis- weird fcuked up film


  • #24
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    Favourite: Louie. I've loved his stand-up since I came across it a few years ago and when I found out he wrote, directed and starred in his own show I got hard. I think, the show is 10 out of 10. There's the added bonus (for me) that he's a single dad just trying to get by and do his best given the circumstances.

    Least favourite: M*A*S*H. Maybe it's because I'm so dementedly anti-war and I hate anything that tries to normalise it but also because (I think) it was on before The Simpsons for years when I was younger and I had to endure it until I could see Homer do his thing.


  • #25
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    SimonQuinlank wrote: »
    Favourite show at the moment is Louie.Big fan of Eastbound and Down,first series of I'm Alan Partridge,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as well as most things involving Graham Linehan like Father Ted,Big Train,Black Books and the IT Crowd etc.Oh and TMWRNJ too!

    Least favourites would be the god awful Big Bang Theory, and all those other interchangeable shows that are constantly on E4.Though I do sometimes watch 2 Broke Girls on mute because the the two of them are quite hot.


    2 broke girls is horrific but I'd do a j1 in Kat Denning's knickers!


  • #26
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    Fr Ted & Blackadder, esp the WW1 one are faves. The Inbetweeners is a new one I like 'cos that was me 25 years ago! Obviously though, Only Fools & Horses is the best overall, in my book.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
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    Favourite: Probably Arrested Development. First two seasons were pretty much perfect. Season Three was a dip in quality but still very good. Season Four was a brave attempt but sadly just didn't work.

    Honourable mentions: I loved the first four seasons of Friends but it went to shít during Season Five and never recovered, despite sporadic moments of greatness.
    Black Book and Flight of the Conchords deserve a mention too as both were consistently funny during their (admittedly short) runs.

    Least favourtie: Had the misfortune of seeing an episode of Two Broke Girls and an episode of Rules of Engagement. Fifty minutes of my life I'll never get back. Woeful stuff altogether. :mad:
    Also anything involving Lee Evans. He is an antonym for funny.


  • #28
    Sunglasses Ron
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭Sunglasses Ron


    Only Fools and Father Ted are tied for me, I guess Only Fools is only fair because it has more episodes to justify it, yet Father Ted is more conversational quotable!

    Other tops- Peep Show, First 10 odd years of Simpsons (although upon re watching the first two series are pretty average, it took a few years to get as sharp and satirical as it did around 93 or 94)

    Worst- All of the current crop of US sitcoms. Big Bang, How I Met, Two and a Half Men. Family Guy has its moments, but it is generally atrocious, American Dad is much better written.


  • #29
    JumpShivers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 580 ✭✭✭JumpShivers


    Favourite; The Inbetweeners, some Family Guy, Father Ted, The Big Bang Theory.

    I'm not one of those people who'll split their sides laughing for minutes though. :P

    Generally don't watch TV.


  • #30
    Wattle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Wattle


    Faves: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Peep Show, I'm Alan Partridge, Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin.

    Dislikes: American comedies with a laugh track*

    *With the honorable exceptions of Seinfeld and Frasier.


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  • #31
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    Frasier's my favourite. I like Cheers too.

    Generally things like How I met... Rules of engagement etc I don't find funny.


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