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British Sitcoms | 20 | 71.43% | |
American Sitcoms | 8 | 28.57% | |
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July 19th, 2016, 12:08 AM | #71 |
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If given the either/or I'd go with Brit Coms, which I find more to my taste. American Sit Coms are, on the whole, lame & predictable.
BUT, I don't have the internet or cable/satelite TV hookups in my home. Almost all of what I watch are things I download from the internet at work. (T1 connection) The primary site that I use has its majority of content uploaded by Brits. However, the site also has a large amount of content uploaded by Aussies, Kiwis & Taz's. From what I've downloaded over the last year or so, I'd say that Aussie Sit Coms are better. Miles better. Look around on the net and find either (or both) of these. It'll be well worth your while. Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane The Wizard of Aus
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July 20th, 2016, 06:22 PM | #72 |
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As an Englishman, I find many of todays so called Brit sitcoms pretty bland, and many make me cringe.. I do like this American show..
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July 21st, 2016, 03:39 PM | #73 |
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Only Fools and Horses is my favorite. Married with Children is also classy. British sitcoms humour seems more sophisticated to me.
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July 22nd, 2016, 11:19 PM | #74 |
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I can't vote in the poll because there were so many great American and British sitcoms that I watched in my past.
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July 23rd, 2016, 08:11 AM | #75 |
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Tricky one, because both nations have produced plenty of utter dross, but at their best have turned out some real classics. The one option I suspect you really don't want are US remakes of classic Brit sitcoms. Has it ever worked?
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July 23rd, 2016, 11:23 AM | #76 |
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February 22nd, 2017, 12:22 AM | #77 |
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British sitcoms, hands down. America's "Hit 'em hard and hit 'em often" approach to comedy never worked for me. I was raised on The Goon Show, The Carry-On Gang and The Two Ronnies, not to mention Monty Python and a whole plethora of British comedians. I love the subtlety and the double-entendres. I'd watch a show like Up Pompeii and be laughing so hard that my sides hurt and my friends would look as me, completely dead-pan as if to say"We don't get it." And they didn't.
As well, many top American sitcoms were just rip-offs of original British shows. |
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February 22nd, 2017, 09:35 AM | #78 |
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These days I'd have to go for British - Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Yes Minister, Fawlty Towers, The Office, Porridge....etc. I suppose that is inevitable. I'm not American so American jokes and cultural references are bound to pass me by to some extent.
But it wasn't always so - back in my childhood there was Get Smart, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Beverley Hill Billies...etc. and I think that, back then, US sitcoms ruled. |
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February 22nd, 2017, 01:47 PM | #79 |
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American sitcoms every day of the week. The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Friends, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Two and a Half Men, The Middle - just to name a few.
I think it's easy to forget that these shows go lame (and they do always go lame, Modern Family has been crap this season) because they produce so many episodes. Fawlty Towers was great, but 12 episodes? Come on! Other people mentioning Monty Python and the Two Ronnies - great stuff, no doubt, but not sitcoms. |
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3rd Rock From The Sun. Classic. At least the early seasons. Unfortunately like a lot of American sitcoms it got too preachy and earnest., but I'd watch John Lithgow in anything and Kristen Johnston was priceless. |
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