Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Hasta la vista ya twat!
Funniest SitCom Episodes?
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
If we're doing Coogan's Run the bit that sits forever in my brain is Gareth Cheeseman in 'Dearth Of A Salesman'
surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
I know it's juvenile but it gets me every time
Anything from Rising damp sets me off......I can't cope when I see Rigsby
Calm down and have a mug of tea dear….
surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Was a big fan of this. We often say 'Ere Keef, what have you done with all those tins of cling peaches?' or 'Where's the fuckin' Shreddies?' when we can't find summat in't'kitchen. Much fun.
surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
Me too. A genius concept. Recently watched them all again on London Live.
Oula
Voice of a Goddess Giant
Angels and demons?
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Tried to watch the first episode this evening but, despite the top cast, it’s predictable shite. Shame
Fair enough, it's hard to be objective about humour. Hard to even be subjective. A lot of it depends on who you are watching with.
Personally I think the humour of Black Books flows from the characters and how they are characterised. The later episodes seemed to be more about various situations for those characters. The first episode did such a great job at characterisation that it felt to me that there was nowhere to go after it. I liked the rest of the first series but it didn't stand up to a rewatch, while the first episode remained real comedy gold.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I'm currently binge watching this and I'm finding it really funny. Gave it a go as it's written by the gibbons brothers of Alan partridge fame.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Apparently that episode aired on the 12/3/92, which made it Mr Flibble’s 30th birthday yesterday!
As Oula says Angels and Demons. That whole series really was their peak. I remember 5 out of 6 episodes being absolute gold - and it was also my introduction to it. I’ve always been very fond of White Hole in the previous series.
All of these were so good but they end to all merge a bit for me so I can’t think of x episode as one of the best
I guess because even though there were weekly stories, a lot of a humour is the observational stuff of how things work all the time.Also as I discovered it a recent rewatch, there are a couple of episodes which just feel a bit uncomfortably xenophobic/problematically stereotyped by today’s standards (when Manny moves out and becones a model; when Fran finds here extended family). Still, I’m very fond of the one when they accidentally drink the Pope’s wine.
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Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
And nobody has mentioned Spaced I don’t think? Though in a similar vein to what I say about Black Books above, one of my favourite 3 episodes has aged badly.
However, both the clubbing episode and the one where they drink in Camden are still absolutely mint
However, both the clubbing episode and the one where they drink in Camden are still absolutely mint
Oula
Voice of a Goddess Giant
We are rewatching Spaced at the moment.And nobody has mentioned Spaced I don’t think? Though in a similar vein to what I say about Black Books above, one of my favourite 3 episodes has aged badly.
However, both the clubbing episode and the one where they drink in Camden are still absolutely mint
Oula
Voice of a Goddess Giant
The first episode I saw was Kryten. It made a big impression. I think my favourite episodes are Justice and Back to Reality.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Just skip to the end
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