Spoilers What's on TV?

[ardchoille50]

I'm just watching Fawlty Towers, season 1, episode 6, "The Germans". I almost fell out of my chair, the skit with the fire alarm and Sybil being in the hospital and calling Basil every minute with reminders. I'll have to catch this episode again as I missed bits of it due to so much laughing. Fawlty Towers is hilarious.

I wonder if I can find seasons of Fawlty Towers on iTunes.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I'm just watching Fawlty Towers, season 1, episode 6, "The Germans". I almost fell out of my chair, the skit with the fire alarm and Sybil being in the hospital and calling Basil every minute with reminders. I'll have to catch this episode again as I missed bits of it due to so much laughing. Fawlty Towers is hilarious.

I wonder if I can find seasons of Fawlty Towers on iTunes.

Is that the "Don't mention the war" episode?

Hilarious.

 

[Huntn]

We watched Episode 1 of Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and not sold yet on it, despite what the link says.

 

[ardchoille50]

Is that the "Don't mention the war" episode?

Hilarious.

I was born and raised in the US, and I adore comedy, but American comedies can't hold a candle to some of those created across the pond. My Hero, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, etc. I only wish that more of these could be found on iTunes.

 

[arkitect]

I'm just watching Fawlty Towers, season 1, episode 6, "The Germans". I almost fell out of my chair, the skit with the fire alarm and Sybil being in the hospital and calling Basil every minute with reminders. I'll have to catch this episode again as I missed bits of it due to so much laughing. Fawlty Towers is hilarious.

I wonder if I can find seasons of Fawlty Towers on iTunes.

Fawlty Towers fan here as well.

Nothing beats Episode 8: The Psychiatrist.

For me my least favourite episode is "The Germans" that humour has not aged well.
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I was born and raised in the US, and I adore comedy, but American comedies can't hold a candle to some of those created across the pond. My Hero, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, etc. I only wish that more of these could be found on iTunes.

Just avoid Mrs Brown's Boys. It is ghastly. A one trick pony gag that the BBC seems ready to inflict on us ad nauseum.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

We watched Episode 1 of Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and not sold yet on it, despite what the link says.

I loved the books written by Lemony Snicket, and the Guardian has given this series quite a good review.

I was born and raised in the US, and I adore comedy, but American comedies can't hold a candle to some of those created across the pond. My Hero, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, etc. I only wish that more of these could be found on iTunes.

Yes, agreed: British comedies are so much......sharper.

 

[ardchoille50]

Fawlty Towers fan here as well.

Nothing beats Episode 8: The Psychiatrist.

For me my least favourite episode is "The Germans" that humour has not aged well.

Is that the one wherein the psychiatrist repeatedly reminds Basil that "I'm on holiday"? Another great episode!

 

[arkitect]

Is that the one wherein the psychiatrist repeatedly reminds Basil that "I'm on holiday"? Another great episode!

I can't remember off hand if that is the one.
But it involves a (more than usually paranoid Basil), a good looking Australian Girl, a psychiatrist and his paediatrician wife, a single bloke sneaking a girl into his room… and a ladder.

 

[JamesMike]

Watching 'Adele: Live in London'. Great voice.

 

[JamesMike]

A friend recommended to me a program on Netflix called 'Happy Valley'. Do you have a view on it?

 

[AVBeatMan]

A friend recommended to me a program on Netflix called 'Happy Valley'. Do you have a view on it?

Yes, it's superb.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Lion country. I love lions. Beautiful creatures and beautifully shot.

 

[JamesMike]

Watching Super Bowl pregame show and then the Super Bowl.

 

[robotica]

Apple Tree Yard BBC mini series has been really good.

 

[SevenHeaven]

Any thread about Grand Tour pilot season?

 

[mscriv]

With the kiddos we have been watching a fun show called Street Science. It's a quick 30 minute joyride of simple science experiments/demonstrations taken to the extreme and shot with slow motion video so you can see the reactions better. It's been great for family TV time.

 

[robotica]

I was born and raised in the US, and I adore comedy, but American comedies can't hold a candle to some of those created across the pond. My Hero, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, etc. I only wish that more of these could be found on iTunes.

Check out Red Dwarf, The Day Today and Brasseye

 

[Scepticalscribe]

BBC main evening news.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

BBC main evening news, preceded by a rather good documentary on BBC2 - "After Brexit: The Battle For Europe."

 

[samiwas]

I was born and raised in the US, and I adore comedy, but American comedies can't hold a candle to some of those created across the pond. My Hero, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, etc. I only wish that more of these could be found on iTunes.

Yes, agreed: British comedies are so much......sharper.

I am exactly the opposite. I just don't find British comedy funny.

 

[robotica]

We watched Episode 1 of Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and not sold yet on it, despite what the link says.

It's quite good in short doses. Not something I could binge watch.

 

[AngerDanger]

Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I could see Neil Patrick Harris in a live action "Rick and Morty."

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I am exactly the opposite. I just don't find British comedy funny.

Are you a Brit or one of Our Transatlantic Cousins?

Culture, and humour are very subjective matters, and I will readily admit that the American variants don't really do it for me.

Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I could see Neil Patrick Harris in a live action "Rick and Morty."

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That, I assume, is Count Olaf.

 

[AngerDanger]

That, I assume, is Count Olaf.

You assume correctly.

Yes, agreed: British comedies are so much......sharper.

I think sharp is an appropriate word, like the details of a darker room becoming sharper as your eyes adjust. With increased exposure, perhaps homogeneous black gains the same nuances as the faces, comedy, and music of other cultures.

To clarify, I'm saying I see faces and hear music in the darkness.

 

[Huntn]

I am exactly the opposite. I just don't find British comedy funny.

My exposure to English Comedy is limited, and I'd describe it as hit and miss. I thought Monty Python and the Holy Grail was hysterical and fantastic, but I abhorred Benny Hill, which struck me as lame slapstick, which also seemed to be the used as the inspiration on a comedy show featured in the movie V for Vendetta. A Fish Called Wanda (funny), The Full Monte (blah), Shaun of the Dead (funny).

I realize that this topic is very opinionated but the types of comedy that I appreciate besides those above, are in the brief list below (movies included). Note that most of them do not rely on slapstick, but some like Everyone Loves Mary, and Jim Carey vehicles use visual gimmicks. When I think of successful slapstick, it's old silent movies.

• Modern Family
• Frazier
• All in the Family
• Everyone Loves Raymond
• Cheers
• Seinfeld
• The Simpsons
• Will and Grace
• Everyone Loves Mary
• Mystery Men
• It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
• Ace Ventura Pet Detective
• Dumb and Dumber

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Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I could see Neil Patrick Harris in a live action "Rick and Morty."

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I sampled and abandoned this show, too styilized for me. No judgement or projection of superiority included with this statement.