The Goggle Box Thread

[Carrotdude]

I don’t mind them tbh, just turn my brain off and instantly forget most of what happened when it’s over

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I don’t mind them tbh, just turn my brain off and instantly forget most of what happened when it’s over

Mmm, maybe this is the best way to watch Wolves? Wouldn't hurt as much!

 

[Kenny]

Mmm, maybe this is the best way to watch Wolves? Wouldn't hurt as much!

Then we pop on here and its impossible

I wonder if there is a Harlan Coben forum where fans are furious with plot lines, characters etc.
Threads around people trying to work out how a teacher can live in a £3m house in Cheshire.
Watch along threads where people get more and more angry as the episodes roll on.

"Yeah you sit in your upper west side Manhattan Apartment Harlan and we are forced to watch this shit"
"FFS Harlan, Richard Armitage and James Nesbitt must have dodgy photos of you or something...PICK DIFFERENT ACTORS YOU BASTARD"

 

[leedswolf]

I don’t mind them tbh, just turn my brain off and instantly forget most of what happened when it’s over

I've never read or watched any of his works tbh.

 

[b3h]

Didn't realise Colin from Accounts had a 2nd series. That's the next couple of nights sorted

 

[ROVERT47]

Currently watching the first episode of Brian and Maggie, channel 4 are brilliant at this sort of thing.
For those of us who can remember Brian Walden, Steve Coogan has got his voice perfect, Harriet Walter’s version of the witch ain’t bad either.

 

[sycophantia]

Currently watching the first episode of Brian and Maggie, channel 4 are brilliant at this sort of thing.
For those of us who can remember Brian Walden, Steve Coogan has got his voice perfect, Harriet Walter’s version of the witch ain’t bad either.

Looking forward to watching that, used love Brian Waldens interviews.

 

[Lupo]

They are absolute garbage. Tried his new one of Netflix, Missing You. Turned it off after 15mins. Formulaic crap that's not suited to the British setting.

Finished it last night

Steve Pemberton's character was pure League Of Gentlemen

 

[ROVERT47]

Reminds you of how awful most ‘sitcom’s’ were in the seventies & eighties.

 

[Tony Towner]

Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Dad's Army, Blackadder, Yes Minister, Porridge, Open all Hours and The Good Life. 8/10 of the sitcoms voted as Britian's greatest were all from the 70s and 80s

 

[The Bear]

The Young Ones too.

 

[Tony Towner]

The Young Ones too.

Number 31 on the poll I used. The 2 that weren't from the 70s and 80s were One Foot in the Grave and The Vicar of Dibley.

 

[sycophantia]

I didn't hate the shows Murphy was in, they were of their time.
All the ones TT and Bear were excellent.

 

[ROVERT47]

Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Dad's Army, Blackadder, Yes Minister, Porridge, Open all Hours and The Good Life. 8/10 of the sitcoms voted as Britian's greatest were all from the 70s and 80s

Ha, very true, none of them on ITV though.

 

[The Bear]

Number 31 on the poll I used. The 2 that weren't from the 70s and 80s were One Foot in the Grace and The Vicar of Dibley.

Father Ted? Phoenix Nights? The Office?

 

[Tony Towner]

Father Ted? Phoenix Nights? The Office?

11,35,26

Top 50 TV Sitcoms - British Comedy Guide

A list of the best British comedy Sitcoms on TV.

www.comedy.co.uk

 

[Tony Towner]

Ha, very true, none of them on ITV though.

Yeah, you'd have to go to number 16 and Men Behaving Badly, which doesn't count really. Otherwise it's Rising Damp at 27.

 

[The Saturday Boy]

Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Dad's Army, Blackadder, Yes Minister, Porridge, Open all Hours and The Good Life. 8/10 of the sitcoms voted as Britian's greatest were all from the 70s and 80s

Blackadder has just aged me, i can't believe it was 1983 it first aired and it would still work if it had first aired in 2025. Yes Minister has somewhat been overtaken by real life and the Good Life was shit then and would still be shit.

Never took to Open All Hours but Porridge was and is an exceptional situational comedy.

 

[Keef]

Fools and horses is way overrated, couple of half decent episodes, good few funny scenes which get clipped and shown all the time and everyone says it’s amazing, went on too long, should have finished when they sold the watch and made millions.
I’m not a David Jason fan either, my young at the time godson approached him at Lincoln castle during a break in filming, asked for an autograph and got told “ fuck off im working”
Vicar of dibley meh, not fit to lace father teds shoes tbh.
Faulty towers good, but shown way way way too often, and a couple of dud episodes in that as well.

 

[Tony Towner]

Just maybe comedy is subjective?