Which comedy failed your titter test?

[Zbigniev Hamson]

Mighty Boosh is awful and, even worse than that, it's got such a "kooky n trendy" reputation that if you say you don't like it you open yourself up to accusations of wearing tweed and liking My Family. Fans don't seem to get that it's possible to like surreal and envelope-pushing comedy, but still think that the Mighty Boosh is still utter bilge.

[Nyder]

Can I be the lone voice here and say that J'adore Are You Being Served?

You've all done very well!

[Alex]

The Cleveland Show (are we allowed to include animations? I can’t believe they gave this boring character his own show, should’ve been Mayor West or someone)

I'm not a fan either, which is odd as I like Family Guy (at least some of the time) and love American Dad, but The Cleveland Show leaves me cold. It seems so forced and none of the characters have any real depth, and like you I think they should have given another character a spin off - a Mayor West one could have been especially brilliant.

[SiHart]

Can I be the lone voice here and say that J'adore Are You Being Served?

You've all done very well!

I love AYBS too Dave. You are not alone!

[stuartdg]

Does Family Guy count as a comedy I don't get?


Until very recently I didn't enjoy Mrs Brown's Boys,but my opinion has since changed

[SiHart]

If it does, that can go on my list too!

[Jeff]

Maybe it would be easier for Jon to make a list of the comedies he does like... if there are any.

[SiHart]

He did! See post #23

[Nyder]

I love AYBS too Dave. You are not alone!

Thank you Si :-)

[Nyder]

The original Reggie Perrin was just great. However the remake with Martin Clunes was diabolical!

[Stephen Morgan]

The original Reggie Perrin was just great. However the remake with Martin Clunes was diabolical!

Quite, so was The Legacy of Reggie Perrin starring most of the original cast, made, surprisingly, sixteen years ago.

[Jeff]

He did! See post #23

Oops, I need to pay closer attention. I thought that was a supplemental list of MORE shows he didn't like!

[Stuart Wallis]

From the last 30 years, offhand it's only Blackadder, Brittas, Sorry, One Foot in The Grave and Yes Minister that I've had any time for at all. And Drop the Dead Donkey. Oh yes, and The New Statesman. It's almost as if British TV has forgotten to make programmes that are funny and that don't resort to swearing for cheap laughs. And sorry Jeff, but I don't think the Americans ever knew; that or I never got their humour: MASH is the only one I did get.

[Ralph]

From Jon's list:

Are you being served - seemed amusing at the time - so so
Some Mother's do Have 'Em - Yes definitely funny! A classic!
Hi-de-Hi - Appalling!
The Office - Probably pretentious but original - good
The Vicar of Dibley - rather watch paint dry
Absolutely Fabulous - not really watched but thumbs up for JL
Birds of a Feather - indifferent to it
Miranda - no idea, never heard of it...
Outnumbered - again never heard of it
Seinfeld - heard of it - never seen it.
Thin Blue Line - didn't watch it.
My Hero - thought it was crap
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - couldn't be bothered with it
The airport thing with David Walliams & Matt Lucas - seemed lukewarm
On the Buses - dated bollocks
George & Mildred - quite liked this at the time
Sorry ! Yes I quite liked this as I know people like it
Bottom - ok
Brittas Empire - Never tried it.
Citizen Smith - liked it at the time
Just Good Friends - Not heard of..
My Family - Crap
dinnerladies - dull
Last of the Summer Wine - lways hated it - dreadful!

[Ralph]

From Jon's second list:
Red Dwarf - no opinion
Blackadder - very good
Frasier - so so not my bag
Cheers - so so
Big Bang Theory - never seen
American Dad - never seen
Dad’s Army - ok
‘Allo ‘allo - first season good the rest rubbish
Fawlty Towers - fantastic!!
Two Ronnies - really good
Lead Balloon - what?
League of Gentlemen - not really watched
Psychoville - no idea
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - ok but not my thing
Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister - never watched
Married with Children - don't know
Father Ted - excellent!
One Foot in the Grave - not my thing
Rab C Nesbitt - total crap!
The Good Life - fantastic!
The Young Ones - ok
Scrubs - no opinion
Green wing - not seen
Only When I Laugh - not seen
Coupling - not seen
Men Behaving Badly - ok
The New Statesman - not seen
Reggie Perrin - good (the original series that is)
It Aint alf Hot Mum - I liked it at the time
Porridge - good
Drop the Dead Donkey - not seen
Peep Show - what?
Rising Damp - ok
Police Squad - good
Taxi - soso
Armstrong & Miller - no idea
Mitchell & Webb - not seen
Harry Enfield - good

[Rob McCow]

Ralph - I think you should watch Psychoville. If you enjoy horror movies, or even Hitchcock movies (specifically thinking of 'Rope') then you'll probably love it.

[Jon Masters]

Rab C Nesbitt - total crap!

I suppose it's less funny when it's like a documentary of real life in Scotland