Worst Comedies Ever!

[poster342002]

Friends - nothing positive to say about it.

Comedy for those with no sense of humor.

"Diet Humour - for people who don't like to laugh too much".

 

[Donna Ferentes]

people who say that my family and 2 pints are shit are...not my kind of people.

You have found virtues in My Family? Your generosity is great, sir.

 

[Madusa]

I really have to disagree with the Cosby Show being included. It transcended comedy round our way. You barely saw black or Asian people on the TV unless they were starving, dancing or being taken the piss out of for talking funny.

I rarely saw culturally relelvant TV that I could identify with. We used to call each other to say there was an Indian family on Family Fortunes for goodness sake! The Cosby Show was funny and positive- we loved the kids and the parents and their friends. It was very moral (overly so) and made young kids from mixed neighborhoods think there was a life outside of their tiny bit of London/ Brum IME of course. Fresh Prince did something very similar, but I defy anyne to say that wasnt funny!

It was a nice show, but I dont remember it being funny. It's definately not one of the worst though and yes, shouldnt be included. Plus it had Lisa Bonet in it. *drool*

 

[Reno]

I wasn't a big fan of Friends, but I still rather watch that than most British sitcoms and comedy shows. US sitcoms are written by large teams of genuinely talented writers who move around between shows (anything from Seinfeld, to Cheers, to Will and Grace to The Simpsons) and who do come up with great lines and gags. Those things are formulaic, but at least they don't recicle the same gag over and over again as the likes of Little Britain and The Catherine Tate Show do.

 

[Melinda]

It was a nice show, but I dont remember it being funny. It's definately not one of the worst though and yes, shouldnt be included. Plus it had Lisa Bonet in it. *drool*

and I raise you Theo Huxtable!

 

[Madusa]

and I raise you Theo Huxtable!

He wore leggings!

ETA, Just seen a recent promo pic and he does look quite nice actually.

 

[bluestreak]

people who say that my family and 2 pints are shit are...not my kind of people.

sorry milesy

you're still welcome for a cup of tea anytime though.

 

[Melinda]

He wore leggings!

ETA, Just seen a recent promo pic and he does look quite nice actually.

I did the same! went looking for evidence of these rumoured leggings!



but more interestingly instead I found this! Rudy!!


Soz for the derail!

 

[Madusa]

OMG, Rudy's grown up a bit!

 

[zoltan]

A loathed the cringingly unfunny French & Saunders - I just couldnt work out why people thought this shit was funny ?


A few years on , and it seems even worse

 

[rekil]

Upwardly Mobile, The Cassidys - absolutely appalling Irish efforts.

Little Britain
Friends
Duty Free
Thin Blue Line
Small Wonder
Chef
Bread
Baddiel's Syndrome (was it supposed to be a comedy?)

I never saw Sam's Game (Ed Byrne, Davina McCall) but I bet it was atrocious.

 

[DotCommunist]

I wasn't a big fan of Friends, but I still rather watch that than most British sitcoms and comedy shows. US sitcoms are written by large teams of genuinely talented writers who move around between shows (anything from Seinfeld, to Cheers, to Will and Grace to The Simpsons) and who do come up with great lines and gags. Those things are formulaic, but at least they don't recicle the same gag over and over again as the likes of Little Britain and The Catherine Tate Show do.

The US show Curb Your Enthusiasm cured me of my hatred for the sitcom format. It is very funny indeed.

This particular bit shows it's genius well

 

[Reno]

The US show Curb Your Enthusiasm cured me of my hatred for the sitcom format. It is very funny indeed.

This particular bit shows it's genius well

Yes, it's great. Have you seen Arrested Development ? I think that was the best US sitcom of the last decade or so.

 

[Badgers]

Curious one...

I agree with a lot of what is posted in the thread.

Fools and Horses is okay in my book
Friends is painful but I do watch it if there is nothing else on
Some Mothers Do Have is a favourite of my fathers so I grew up liking it and still do

Two Pints of Lager makes me think that Fred West was a nice bloke

 

[DotCommunist]

Yes, it's great. Have you seen Arrested Development ? I think that was the best US sitcom of the last decade or so.

I haven't. Methinks I'll do some torrenting tonight

 

[Melinda]

Ooh- contender for a winner here.

What was the one with Karl Harman (Howman?) and Denise Van Outen.
It was repulsive. Ugly old bloke with a paunch still perving on girls. Blee.

 

[Chz]

It has to be Two Pints.

It's not that there aren't worse comedies than Two Pints, but that there are no worse comedies that ran for seven fucking series.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Absolutely Fabulous. Always found it very annoying.

 

[PacificOcean]

IT Crowd
Last of the Summer Wine (though I think that is more of a Pavlov's dog reaction because everytime I hear the theme music it reminds me that I had school the next day, same with the Antiques Roadshow)
Seinfield (just don't get it)
As Time Goes By
Hyperdrive
Red Dwarf (just not funny)

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

hyperdrive... sci-fi comedy for those who don't understand sci-fi (see futurama for the correct use)

IT Crowd... computer comedy for those who don't understand computers (a winrar is you)

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

not precisly what you lot are talking about but i would also like to say that i watched norbit recently and it made me decide that eddie murphy is no longer a member of the human race

 

[Melinda]

Red Dwarf seasons 1 and 8- not funny.

Is season 8 the one with the awful Kochansski that isnt Clare Grogan? Well anyway, that one.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah 7 and 8 were woefully bad. 1-6 were good though.

 

[PacificOcean]

Ooh- contender for a winner here.

What was the one with Karl Harman (Howman?) and Denise Van Outen.
It was repulsive. Ugly old bloke with a paunch still perving on girls. Blee.

Babes in the Wood.

 

[poster342002]

Red Dwarf seasons 1 and 8- not funny.

Is season 8 the one with the awful Kochansski .

For the life of me I couldn't understand why they brought that Kochanski charecter in as a regular. It spoilt the whole dynamic of the series, imo.

 

[Reno]

For the life of me I couldn't understand why they brought that Kochanski charecter in as a regular. It spoilt the whole dynamic of the series, imo.

...and why if they absolutely felt they had to do it, they didn't cast Clare Grogan

 

[Kaka Tim]

I really have to disagree with the Cosby Show being included. It transcended comedy round our way. You barely saw black or Asian people on the TV unless they were starving, dancing or being taken the piss out of for talking funny.

I rarely saw culturally relelvant TV that I could identify with. We used to call each other to say there was an Indian family on Family Fortunes for goodness sake! The Cosby Show was funny and positive- we loved the kids and the parents and their friends. It was very moral (overly so) and made young kids from mixed neighborhoods think there was a life outside of their tiny bit of London/ Brum IME of course. Fresh Prince did something very similar, but I defy anyne to say that wasnt funny!

But it wasn't funny. It was a standard dull family sit com. Yeah you can give it points for actually having african-americans as the central charcters - but its humour was utterly bland.

'oh the kids have said something a bit grown up - how cute' (cue canned laughter). Plus heavey handed family values with a 'moral lesson' every week. Vomit inducing really. And fresh prince was a pile of pony as well.

 

[PacificOcean]

What was that spin off from Cosby called where the girl went to college?

I quite liked that.

 

[poster342002]

Oh, and who remembers chalk - a show set in a secondary school and revolved around a 2nd-rate Basil Fawlty type-charecter in the form of the deputy headteacher?

For some inexplicable reason, this got commissioned for a 2nd series.

 

[bluestreak]

Red Dwarf seasons 1 and 8- not funny.

Is season 8 the one with the awful Kochansski that isnt Clare Grogan? Well anyway, that one.

you see, i only rate the first series of Red Dwarf. it was nice and claustrophobic, and relied on the isolation and the character interaction for an almost godot-like feel. after that it was just the young ones in space.