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Seinfeld

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I'd be surprised and ashamed if that was in the top 100 for British people.

Blackadder and Red Drawf for me, probably South Park is funniest NA comedy.

Mack

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I've never seen a single episode of Seinfeld. He comes on, he looks just like Tony Blair to me, so I turn off the TV. I know it sounds dopey, but it's true.

This thread has persuaded me to give it a go again, though. I do think I may be missing out there.

Will and Grace is the weird one. I don't like it, but I find myself watching it cos I think the squeaky-voiced one is hot as hot can be. How FU am I, huh?

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Forgot about South Park.

There was a old comedy that was pretty good that I dont remember the name of but was him from the Naked Gun films probably in the same role as he was a detective and was the same sort of humour.

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Can't pick a favourite but here is a selection.

Father Ted
Phoenix Nights
The Simpsons
Blackadder
The Office
Alan Partridge

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Never got into Alan Partridge ut have seen the odd episode since it finished so have go the first series in my screenselect queue to give a try.

Forgot about One Foot in The Grave as well some of those were fantastic.

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While 'Seinfeld' is the answer, 'I Love Lucy' is the template upon which all U.S. sitcoms are based.

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Agreed. On a side note, I think I love lucy was the first to introduce the 4 camera style that pretty much every sitcom has always used (until recently with AD I think).

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Oh, the UK contingent are here. Hi guys!

What you guys say about Porridge? Steptoe and son?

I think SaS is, despite being popular and long-running, an underappreciated masterpiece of writing and playing myself, but what do I know.

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I love Red Dwarf, Black Adder, Python, Towers and everything, but I suspect the best show ever was Spitting Image at it's peak.

Lori

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While 'Seinfeld' is the answer, 'I Love Lucy' is the template upon which all U.S. sitcoms are based.

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Agreed. On a side note, I think I love lucy was the first to introduce the 4 camera style that pretty much every sitcom has always used (until recently with AD I think).

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Right. Also the first to tape in front of a live audience. Arnaz had to design and build a studio to make this possible.

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I love Red Dwarf, Black Adder, Python, Towers and everything, but I suspect the best show ever was Spitting Image at it's peak.

Lori

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That's a good point. A lot of it's great sketches I remember to this day - and I might have seen them only once [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I remember one with Thatcher and the cabinet at a table, and a waitress comes in...

waitress: And what would you like for lunch
Thatcher: Raw steak please
waitress: And the vegetables?
Thatcher: They'll have the same!

hehehe

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There are so many to choose from, this is rather a hard question to answer; I will have to pick:

I love Lucy
Seinfeld
Cheers