#31
motherh666 wrote:
Posted on Thu, 10 June 2004 at 07:58
#32
JSar666 wrote:
Friends = rubbish. Fact!
Jennifer Aniston = David Duchovny in a wig. Fact!
Best sitcoms =
Seinfeld (although there were a lot of shit episodes)
Blackadder 1 - 4
Bottom Series 1 - 3
Fawlty Towers
I’ll refrain from putting stuff like South Park, the Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama etc on that list because they’re cartoons :)
Also, I think shows like Sopranos and Six Feet Under are a million times more funny than the really shitty US-sitcoms where the “comedy” is based around bathroom hangups and “hilarious” domestic arrangements. Oh, I know, we’ll get the father in-law to move in with the happy couple and all comedic pandemodium sets in! NO IT BLOODY WELL DOESN’T! :mad: There is nothing funny about Joey “not getting it”, Ross being horribly neurotic or Chandler’s “witty” comebacks and comments. Good riddance.
Posted on Thu, 10 June 2004 at 10:36
#33
Bad Karma wrote:
White Psycho wrote:
I thought Michael J. Fox couldn’t do any acting anymore because of his Parkinson’s?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/10/tv.michaelj.fox.ap/
I don’t think Channel 4 has shown these episodes yet but they were on Irish TV a few months ago.
I never liked Seinfield,i just couldn’t get into that show.
I have to agree with Joe shows like The Sopranos,Six Feet Under and also Nip/Tuck have more humour in them than most American sitcoms.
Posted on Thu, 10 June 2004 at 18:35
#34
JSar666 wrote:
With Seinfeld, you really need to know people who are like the characters on the show, and you need to sift through a fair few shit episodes.
The first episode of Nip/Tuck was on here last night and it was brilliant! :D Thanks for the head’s up! Do you like the Shield btw?
Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 06:21
#35
motherh666 wrote:
Shield and Nip/Tuck are both great.
Anyone seen ‘Kingdom Hospital’ yet?
A mix between ER, X-Files and David Lynch. Very interesting and strange entertainment, just keep missing it.
Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 08:50
#36
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Is it anything like Garth Merenghi’s Dark Place? ;)
Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 10:00
#37
White Psycho wrote:
motherh666 wrote:
Anyone seen ‘Kingdom Hospital’ yet?
A mix between ER, X-Files and David Lynch. Very interesting and strange entertainment, just keep missing it.
We had to watch a tiny bit of it in Media Analysis. Some guy was moaning that only he could authorise a scan or something. Seemed pretty weird!
Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 11:08
#38
White Psycho wrote:
Bad Karma wrote:
Cheers for that!
Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 11:12
#39
Bad Karma wrote:
@Joe i have only seen a few episodes of the Shield but i liked it.
Kingdom Hospital yeah i liked that show too but the original Danish version of it is even more weird.BBC2 showed it a few years back.
Garth Merenghi’s Dark Place now theres a show:D
Posted on Fri, 11 June 2004 at 20:49
#40
Superunknown wrote:
It’s so sad that Michael J. Fox has been diagnosed with Parkinson. Although he wasn’t in many good movies, he was in the best (that’s right, “Back To The Future”) and he was always funny no matter what role he played.
Anyway, on topic: I love “Friends” myself. It’s stupid but effective humor. And that whole discussion about there being no black people in the series, well… I don’t think it was done on purpose to discriminate anyone or something. Seems a bit far fetched to me.
Posted on Sat, 12 June 2004 at 04:41
#41
White Psycho wrote:
Watch the Frighteners. Its a Peter Jackson movie with Michael J. Fox in it and its pretty damn good!
Posted on Sat, 12 June 2004 at 19:16
#42
Superunknown wrote:
yeah, it’s okay.
I also liked “The Secret Of My Suce$s” and “Blue In The Face”.
And well, “Teen Wolf” is a guilty pleasure.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 02:58
#43
ColdEthyl? wrote:
When I was in London I caught an episode of a sitcom called “Black’s Books”. Nearly laughed my ass off. A bookseller myself I somehow felt I’d knew how those guys are ticking. Does anyone at least know that show?
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 11:20
#44
allroy wrote:
ColdEthyl? wrote:
When I was in London I caught an episode of a sitcom called “Black’s Books”. Nearly laughed my ass off. A bookseller myself I somehow felt I’d knew how those guys are ticking. Does anyone at least know that show?
Never heard of it, but now I know why you love Ellen.
Any reading recommendations? After finishing The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons by Dan Brown I’m going to read Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre next.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 11:29
#45
motherh666 wrote:
Yeah Black Books was quite funny.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 11:31
#46
ColdEthyl? wrote:
allroy wrote:
Never heard of it, but now I know why you love Ellen.
Any reading recommendations? After finishing The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons by Dan Brown I’m going to read Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre next.
Yeah, the book-store. I know what You mean. But I liked the show anyway. Ellen is a lot like me (not in her sexual preferences), I think. Seems I tend to babble. At least my friends say so. Well, I mean, not babble-babble, but in a way it’s more like that other kind of babbling, if you know what I mean… Ummmmm… Alrite, I’ll keep quiet.
;)
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 11:34
#47
JSar666 wrote:
Black Books was alright, yeah.
Oh, does anyone in here like that show “Teachers”? I spent the weekend watching the Season 1 DVD of the show… what do you mean, sad? It’s a great show, good mix of humour and “drama”.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 11:34
#48
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Black books is very cool, and pretty surreal, though I’ve not seen as many episodes as I’d have liked. My favourite is the one in the first series, where Manny gets locked into the shop by their preposterous security system, and has to live off of dead bees and Absinthe. :D
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 14:05
#49
deadsetgav wrote:
JSar666 wrote:
Black Books was alright, yeah.
Oh, does anyone in here like that show “Teachers”? I spent the weekend watching the Season 1 DVD of the show… what do you mean, sad? It’s a great show, good mix of humour and “drama”.
Hehe - I love that program - I have series 1 & 2 on DVD - cant wait for the 3rd!
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 16:35
#50
Bad Karma wrote:
JSar666 wrote:
Oh, does anyone in here like that show “Teachers”?
Yeah i like it,Hooch is a big fan of it too,seasons 2 & 3 are very good as well.
Does anyone here like The Book Group it was a comedy/drama on Channel 4?
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 17:23
#51
JSar666 wrote:
Because I moved back to Norway this year I missed Season 3 of Teachers :( Hopefully it’ll be re-run when I move back to Britain. I’ve heard it was crap though.
I thought Season 2 was a bit lacking, but I guess they couldn’t just recycle all the storylines from Season 1. I’m still buying it though, along with Season 2 of I’m Alan Partridge :D
I used to watch The Book Group, but again, I’ve not seen any episodes since about July last year. It was funny though.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 18:39
#52
White Psycho wrote:
Black Books is brilliant! If you like that then try to check out Spaced.
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 22:16
#53
deadsetgav wrote:
JSar666 wrote:
I thought Season 2 was a bit lacking, but I guess they couldn’t just recycle all the storylines from Season 1. I’m still buying it though, along with Season 2 of I’m Alan Partridge :D
Coogan has said he doesn’t want to do Partridge anymore and that he wants to go off to Holywood to be a star…
…shame cause its one of the only funny things he has ever done
Posted on Tue, 15 June 2004 at 23:18
#54
JSar666 wrote:
The amount of times I’ve said “kiss my face” or “back of the net” since watching Alan Partridge is scary. It’s definitely the best thing Coogan has done - don’t really care much for Paul Calf or any of his other characters.
Posted on Wed, 16 June 2004 at 06:59
#55
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
JSar666 wrote:
The amount of times I’ve said “kiss my face” or “back of the net” since watching Alan Partridge is scary. It’s definitely the best thing Coogan has done - don’t really care much for Paul Calf or any of his other characters.
I quite like Philip from I Am Not An Animal, though I only saw a couple of episodes.
Posted on Wed, 16 June 2004 at 07:41
#56
JSar666 wrote:
I haven’t seen it, but seeing as you like it, I probably will too ;)
Posted on Wed, 16 June 2004 at 08:52
#57
ColdEthyl? wrote:
White Psycho wrote:
Black Books is brilliant! If you like that then try to check out Spaced.
If it would be that easy. The only english shows on german TV are “All things great and small”, “Mr. Bean” and “Upstairs, Downstairs”. Amazing, huh? Alrite, the first season of “Manchild” was very well hidden in the night programme of a station I never turn to… But apart from that… Only US crap. I’d die to see some UK comedy shows.
Posted on Wed, 16 June 2004 at 11:09
#58
allroy wrote:
Please, ma’am, include the German titles as well next time. I had to google to find out that you meant ‘Der Doktor und das liebe Vieh’ und ‘Das Haus am Eaton Place’.
You forgot to mention ‘Yes, Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’.
Posted on Wed, 16 June 2004 at 11:53
#59
ColdEthyl? wrote:
allroy wrote:
Please, ma’am, include the German titles as well next time. I had to google to find out that you meant ‘Der Doktor und das liebe Vieh’ und ‘Das Haus am Eaton Place’.
You forgot to mention ‘Yes, Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’.
Sorry for that. At least I’m glad I remembered the original titles correctly. Did the minister shows run on any programme the last ten years? Can remember them, but that’s so long ago…
Posted on Thu, 17 June 2004 at 11:24
#60
allroy wrote:
ColdEthyl? wrote:
Did the minister shows run on any programme the last ten years? Can remember them, but that’s so long ago…
The last time I remember was around 1991 on N3.
Posted on Thu, 17 June 2004 at 11:29
