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« on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:18:44 » |
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Is it just me, or are yank sitcoms the least funny thing on this planet. I have yet to watch one remotely funny sitcom. Friends is the best of an appalling bunch I find but is still woefully unfunny.
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:20:51 » |
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I thought Friends had its moments without being a classic. A lot of them aren't too bad if you give them a chance - Malcolm In The Middle is the best in my opinion, shame I don't get sky.
Joey sucks though
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:24:06 » |
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I thought Friends had its moments without being a classic. A lot of them aren't too bad if you give them a chance - Malcolm In The Middle is the best in my opinion, shame I don't get sky.
Joey sucks though I thought that it might!! I generally find watching crap like 'Spin City' and 'Will and Grace' that you can see the 'jokes' coming a mile off! |
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:24:08 » |
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'Everybody loves Raymond' has got to be one of the worst, it's unbearable.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:26:37 » |
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I agree that a lot of them are wank, but some of the sitcoms over this side of the pond are shit as well. UK comedy is bestest though by far, all the comedy actors in the states love them as well.
Will and Grace is utter sheee-ite.
You need to remember programs like Scrubs though, they are good
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:30:29 » |
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I agree that a lot of them are wank, but some of the sitcoms over this side of the pond are shit as well. UK comedy is bestest though by far, all the comedy actors in the states love them as well.
Will and Grace is utter sheee-ite.
You need to remember programs like Scrubs though, they are good Agreed that we have some magical comedies, only fools etc, but some utter bobbins as well!! I have never given the non-canned laughter yank comedies a try, are they worth a viewing? |
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:33:21 » |
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scrubs is fantastic and i watch friends when its on telly but wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:35:14 » |
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scrubs is fantastic and i watch friends when its on telly but wouldn't go out of my way to see it. Exactly. Changing the subject a bit, the states make some fantastic programmes, I can't wait until Lost gets shown over here, saw the pilot show and I was very impressed |
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:40:02 » |
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scrubs is the bestest.
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Fuck you Leggett, fuck you.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:41:24 » |
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I thought that Anchorman is everything that is right with comedy, good film.
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 17:42:04 » |
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Yes but Americans by and large, well large certainly and some of them are bi too, don't normally have a very good sense of humour so really it's a wonder they've made any comedies worth watching at all but given that it has a population of 300 million there's bound to be the odd funny person, mostly immigrants from Britain and hence the simpsons and family guy and a couple of others. Unfortuately there's a lot of shite as well but that's to be expected.
I didn't think Anchorman was that funny but it was ok, my mates hated it.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 18:04:36 » |
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American sitcom reached its peak with Sergeant Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show) and its been downhill since......M*A*S*H was very good in the first few series.
An oldie that used to kill me was F Troop......doesn't suppose anyone here remembers it.
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 18:10:45 » |
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Cheers anyone?
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 18:13:08 » |
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yeah, cheers is good in parts once you get past the cheese. and it can be quite thick cheese at times.
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, June 10, 2005, 18:13:41 » |
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Fresh Prince is good. I don't care what anyone says
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