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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 504473)

Unlike Larry David who is a different form cringe worthy due to what he says and does.

Are You being Served remake was badly written with stupid stereotypical characters and a poor script to boot,with god awful un funny dialogue. To compare this to anything Larry David has done is pointless.

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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline (Post 504475)

I didn't actually see it, just a few clips online.

I also got my wires crossed as i thought you were talking about John Inman when you said Mr Humphries was cringe worthy. Sorry.

That's why i said i liked him.

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 504477)

I also got my wires crossed as i thought you were talking about John Inman when you said Mr Humphries was cringe worthy. Sorry.

That's why i said i liked him.

Ah i see,John Inman was well he was John Inman,You could not recreate a character like that,I luv the original series but its best left in the past.

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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline (Post 504481)

Ah i see,John Inman was well he was John Inman,You could not recreate a character like that,I luv the original series but its best left in the past.

Going back to what you said earlier. I can't recall the last decent sitcom this country produced.

The IT Crowd?

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 504484)

Going back to what you said earlier. I can't recall the last decent sitcom this country produced.

The IT Crowd?

For me, it has to be as far back as 'The League Of Gentlemen'

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 504484)

Going back to what you said earlier. I can't recall the last decent sitcom this country produced.

The IT Crowd?

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 504500)

For me, it has to be as far back as 'The League Of Gentlemen'

Peep Show probably for me.

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman (Post 504379)

Kinda related to the subject topic!

We Asked Americans To Watch British TV Shows – And They Got So Confused | Buzzfeed

Read the wacky comments about:

University Challenge ("This team can’t possibly be comprised of people named Gillow, Savory, Binnie, and Quinn, right? Oh, it’s their last names.")
Hollyoaks ("Did that little girl say “chav”? What is a chav? Is that appropriate language for a child?")
Countdown ("This is like Boggle! But harder. Oh my god. Much harder! WHY IS MATH HAPPENING?!")
Geordie Shore ("I’ll be honest, I can understand maybe 70% of what these people are saying. Christ, they just played more blanket sex and I jumped.")
Made In Chelsea ("I barely watched The Hills, but I remember it looking so fake, and this seems even more fake, so I’m not entirely sure this isn’t some utterly clever meta-satire of American reality TV in the 2000s.")
Take Me Out ("This is like The Voice but it’s like The Date instead. Also, f*** that guy, he’s such a douche.")
Points Of View ("Is this the most British thing I’ve ever seen? You made a talk show about your quibbles?")
Grand Designs ("This is definitely the kind of show you watch on a Sunday afternoon while accidentally drinking an entire bottle of rosé. I’m very much into it.")
Come Dine With Me ("This feels like a show that is trying too hard to be American and overblown. It was so obnoxious and uninteresting that I stopped watching before the 90-second mark.")

Of all the British tv shows they showed them this lot :scared::whip:
Take me out is cheesy and corny as hell, no way can some of them struggle to find a bloke most are gorgeous,
Goerdie shore, made in chelsea?? Really does ANYONE actual watch these tripe they call tv.
Never seen half a hour of these shows the adverts/trailers are enough
One of the comments on Hollyoaks.. Adam: First of all, the opening credits are comically long
:lol: that tickled me considering how many American shows still have the writting credits 10 minutes into the show.
Also amused at how many comedies have a advert break only to come back for a punchline to last less than 30 seconds then the show ends, or the other way round you only just got the opening scene for a advert break.
Love or hate bbc at least its advert free.

I'm a massive fan of Ideal starring Johny Vegas. It ran for six series and was always fresh and entertaining with some extremely memorable characters.

The Young Ones deserves to be mentioned due to its place in alternative comedy history. Oh, and it was funny as f&@k! :nod:

I don't think the problem is that the UK does not make great sitcoms,its just that US can have a season which will can run for 24 episodes and still be consistently good,where as a lot of British comedies loose steam after one series,which is why best British ones usually only last three series.