What are some very good comedy series you don't think many people would have seen?
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November 15th, 2011
More specifically me. It doesn’t have to be a sit com, if anything I would stay away from them as I’ve seen many.
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Red Dwarf. 4 pathetic losers stuck on a space craft in deep space. Top notch scifi and incredibly funny to boot.
The old “Frasier” series from the 90’s. Niles and Frasier…those two are the funniest guys ever. :-D
‘Seinfeld” never did much for me, except for Kramer…HE made the show IMO.
Did rather poorly when it was on, but everyone has seen Arrested Development by now. My favorite comedy series by far.
When I was a teenager, nothing beat Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the occasional Young Ones. (Haven’t seen these in many years, so I’m not sure how they’d stand up to my old man tastes.)
Oh, and when I was 10 years old, my absolute favorite was Police Squad.
@Lightlyseared
Good suggestion, I have seen it but yes this sort of suggestion is good.
I’m from the UK, anything that isn’t on Gold or Dave anymore but was big in the 90’s or 80’s might be good
“Workaholics” is funny as heck.
@janbb for the win! Best comedy EVER!
The only current major network US comedy I watch is Community. For reruns, I like The New Adventures of Old Christine
All the best shows are on pay cable and BBC America. For guaranteed laughs, I’ll take an episode of Graham Norton over most scripted shows.
Below are my favorite sit-coms, some are not well known, some are very well known. All are American unless otherwise indicated.
The Odd Couple
Soap
Designing Women
Frasier
Absolutely Fabulous (British. Stupid show, but very funny)
Mike and Molly
Big Bang Theory
Also, if you like cars, Top Gear (the British version) is very funny. I just heard recently Top Gear is the most watched show around the world, or something like that.
I could name a bunch more, but they were very popular and you would most likely already be very aware of them.
The old “Beverly Hillbillies” series..OMG! One of the all time funniest!
Jed trying to talk granny into moving to Californi:
Jed: “There’s no snow in Californi and you know how miserable you are goin’ down to the still in winter Granny.”
Granny: I may be a miserable goin’ down, but I feel just fine comin’ back up.” LOL
Ideal (UK)
Arrested Development
Cheers. Great characters. Good writing.
Golden Girls still makes me laugh and it doesn’t have a line that’s repeated in every episode. That always annoyed me. Clever writing and characters.
I just watched Monkey dust
I’ve heard one called upstairs downstairs is apparently funny :)
So glad to see that someone else suggested Red Dwarf! It’s really funny, especially the early seasons.
@Littlemacchiato Welcome to Fluther!
FYI Upstairs, Downstairs is not a comedy per se. It’s a serious drama about the upstairs (the family and all its characters) and downstairs (the maids, cook, butler and footmen who care for the family). It’s a truly excellent show and there are funny moments, but mostly it’s about the interactions of all these people in a grand British home. Very much worth watching.
SportsNight was remarkably funny, yet only lasted two seasons. The DVD is a must own.
Police Squad only went a six episodes or so, but was terrific. It eventually became a very successful film series “Naked Gun”.
SCTV was a canadian SNL, and had a lot of young talent you would recognize now.
Here’s my list:
M*A*S*H
The Nanny
Newhart
Any comedy special by Mark Russell
Scrubs
Ren and Stimpy
Dexter’s Laboratory
Who’s Line is it Anyway?
Frasier
Roseanne
Will and Grace
Keeping Up Appearances
Are You Being Served
Waiting for God
The Drew Carey Show
Ellen
The Andy Griffith Show
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
News Radio
Sybill
Just Shoot Me
The Bob Newhart Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Night Court
Get Smart
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Golden Girls
Barney Miller
The Class
Maude
Kate and Allie
Murphy Brown
Green Acres
Currently airing – Raising Hope and Bob’s Burgers. A classic – Get a Life
Currently on air:
Threesome
Happy Endings
Phineas & Ferb
Archer
Web Therapy
Wilfred
Off the air:
The Riches
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
The Kids in The Hall
The Larry Sanders Show
Super Dave..Youtube it. Precursor to Jackass series and much funnier.
The Andy Griffith Show
Seinfeld
Cheers
Mash
Scrubs
so many more to many to mention.
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