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Title: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donnywolf on October 26, 2018, 04:00:15 pm
OK seeing as I am starting it
Last of the Summer Wine (never seen a bath go downhill so many times like the Prog)
Keeping up Apperances (I had Lady cousins named Rose Daisy and Violet and still didnot find that funny)
Open all Hours (Ronnie Barker was ok - Granville was OK)
Still Open all Hours (how is it on its 5th Canned music series already)

err thats it !

Yes a bit biased there as some will have spotted - BUT - there was nowt wrong with Rosie (from the same stable) or its predecessor "The growing Pains of PC Penrose) mentioned on here

Some bits filmed in Rosso and Moorends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_(TV_series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_(TV_series))
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on October 26, 2018, 04:15:13 pm
Men Behaving Badly was rubbish.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: tommy toes on October 26, 2018, 06:18:10 pm
I'll agree with all the Roy Clarke disasters. How he's got way with it for so long I'll never know.
My Family must be a contender too.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: darren61 on October 26, 2018, 06:21:52 pm
Still Open All Hours is my current worst, but my classic worst is On The Buses after Reg Varney left the programme.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: mushRTID on October 26, 2018, 07:21:22 pm
Mrs Browns Boys.

Close the thread.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Crowle Rover on October 26, 2018, 08:40:27 pm

Another vote for Mrs Browns Boys - utter,utter shite
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Herbert Anchovy on October 26, 2018, 08:45:16 pm
Bottle Boys
Last of the Summer Wine
As Time Goes By
Bread
Also Allo
Mrs Brown
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: phllvslc on October 27, 2018, 01:19:40 am
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
My Family.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: drfchound on October 27, 2018, 08:25:02 am

Another vote for Mrs Browns Boys - utter,utter shite





Ditto from me.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: The Red Baron on October 27, 2018, 07:31:58 pm
Mrs Browns Boys.

Close the thread.

I suppose you can have betting without the favourite. I presume Miranda isn't supposed to be funny, because it certainly isn't.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Boomstick on October 28, 2018, 12:24:15 am
Mighty boosh . Utter pile of steaming dogshit.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Draytonian III on October 28, 2018, 05:34:35 pm
Agree, Miranda is rubbish ,as for the Mighty Boosh that is totally garbage. Noel Fielding is just not funny with his “wacky “ and “way out “ clothes he wears is just a gimmick.
He would be one of the first against the firing squad wall come the revolution along with
Richard Madeley
Jo Whiley
James Whale
Fiona Bruce
The woman who’s name escapes me who does the political interviews on the BBC
Graham Westley
David Warner
Steve Cotterill

Sorry for digressing from the original topic.
Rant over.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on October 28, 2018, 08:14:45 pm
Seinfeld is utter gash.

Remember once watching an episode with our kid in an airport bar in the States. We managed to predict every tired punchline about 10 seconds before they said them.

Dull as f**k and manufactured dull at that.

British equivalent was The IT Crowd. Laboured, predictable shite.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: roversdude on October 29, 2018, 09:06:30 pm
Another vote for Mrs Browns Boys followed closely by The Office and the whole Are You Being Served stable
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donnywolf on October 29, 2018, 10:05:17 pm
Yes - Are you being served - and Allo Allo both full of non existent innuendo and one liners that had to be in once every Prog

Leesen very carfuuly I will say this only once / Oh Rene / You stupid Woman AA

Are you free / Youve all done very well AYBS

& similarly - Dont panic / they dont like it up em / You stupid Boy DA (same format as well)
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on October 30, 2018, 12:03:23 am
Come on DW.

Those three comedies were wonderful British farces. Comedies of manners, based on the British obsession with the class system and with foreign stereotypes.

Plus, any writer who could weave in jokes about Mollie Sugden's pussy every week deserves a knighthood.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donnywolf on October 30, 2018, 07:02:37 am
Farces yes for sure -and  the ones in my OP also fall into that bracket I suppose and I guess that just sums up my "kind" of humour. I like the more ironic word play stuff or satire mostly.

One mans meat I suppose !
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Filo on October 30, 2018, 08:26:11 am
Yes - Are you being served - and Allo Allo both full of non existent innuendo and one liners that had to be in once every Prog

Leesen very carfuuly I will say this only once / Oh Rene / You stupid Woman AA

Are you free / Youve all done very well AYBS

& similarly - Dont panic / they dont like it up em / You stupid Boy DA (same format as well)

Dads Army was and is an all time classic, I can’t believe it got a mention in this thread
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on October 30, 2018, 01:30:47 pm
Agree, Miranda is rubbish ,as for the Mighty Boosh that is totally garbage. Noel Fielding is just not funny with his “wacky “ and “way out “ clothes he wears is just a gimmick.
He would be one of the first against the firing squad wall come the revolution along with
Richard Madeley
Jo Whiley
James Whale
Fiona Bruce
The woman who’s name escapes me who does the political interviews on the BBC
Graham Westley
David Warner
Steve Cotterill

Sorry for digressing from the original topic.
Rant over.

Lot o' hate around these days. Best to pour it out among friends.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on October 30, 2018, 07:36:51 pm
Terry and flaming June
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Pancho Regan on November 01, 2018, 09:27:05 pm
Last of the Summer Wine;
The Liver Birds;
It ain’t ‘alf hot Mum;
Mrs Brown’s Boys;
Bread

Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donnywolf on November 02, 2018, 07:34:42 am
It Aint half hot Mum (great call !) . Just never saw the appeal in that and unfortunately they always had it on Telly in Pub - and in those days I was always IN the Pub so could not avoid it !
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: darren61 on November 02, 2018, 08:30:31 am
Selwyn froggit, magic our Morris! Garbage.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: darren61 on November 02, 2018, 08:32:39 am
Butterflies, what was that all about?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Not Now Kato on November 02, 2018, 08:52:04 am
Selwyn froggit, magic our Morris! Garbage.

I used to live round the corner from Bill Maynard back in the 70's.  Great bloke in person, and very funny too.  Used to drink and play skittles in the local club.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Pancho Regan on November 02, 2018, 06:38:02 pm
Selwyn froggit, magic our Morris! Garbage.

I used to live round the corner from Bill Maynard back in the 70's.  Great bloke in person, and very funny too.  Used to drink and play skittles in the local club.

I always imagined him as a top bloke, he seemed very natural on telly.
The problem was they tried to construct a sitcom around him which just didn’t work.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donny Dub on November 14, 2018, 04:50:55 pm
It already made this list but I do not know one person in Ireland that watches or likes Mrs Brown’s Boys, not one.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Herbert Anchovy on November 14, 2018, 06:44:20 pm
Selwyn froggit, magic our Morris! Garbage.

I quite liked Selwyn Froggit. The Gaffer though was utter crap!
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: NickDRFC on November 14, 2018, 10:04:47 pm
It already made this list but I do not know one person in Ireland that watches or likes Mrs Brown’s Boys, not one.

Is it not one of the most watched programmes over there? God knows how but it’s clearly got quite an audience.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donnywolf on November 15, 2018, 04:15:02 pm
Selwyn froggit, magic our Morris! Garbage.

I used to live round the corner from Bill Maynard back in the 70's.  Great bloke in person, and very funny too.  Used to drink and play skittles in the local club.

Did he spill much drink ? Imagine it must be difficult no to
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: idler on November 15, 2018, 08:45:15 pm
Maybe Crawley v Rovers a few years ago?
I never laughed once but at least Rob Jones was honest post match.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: IDM on November 22, 2018, 12:41:55 pm
It already made this list but I do not know one person in Ireland that watches or likes Mrs Brown’s Boys, not one.

Is it not one of the most watched programmes over there? God knows how but it’s clearly got quite an audience.

It’s made by a Scottish production company, isn’t it?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on November 22, 2018, 01:43:07 pm
Nobody else remember Come Back Mrs Noah?

And It Sticks Out Half A Mile (and all the other titles the same script has had every time they tried to remake it). How to piss on a legendary sitcom's legacy in one easy lesson.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Dr Fundlekrotch on November 22, 2018, 04:43:26 pm
It Sticks Out... was radio only, though, wasn't it?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on November 22, 2018, 05:08:25 pm
It Sticks Out... was radio only, though, wasn't it?

Under that title and with the Dad's Army characters, yes. They had two goes on television using different titles and characters but using basically the same scripts, which were just as unfunny as they were in the first place.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: RedRover45 on November 22, 2018, 10:10:41 pm
It already made this list but I do not know one person in Ireland that watches or likes Mrs Brown’s Boys, not one.

Is it not one of the most watched programmes over there? God knows how but it’s clearly got quite an audience.

It’s made by a Scottish production company, isn’t it?

It's filmed in BBC Glasgow studios. They were filming an episode while I was there a couple of years ago filming Eggheads.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: RedJ on November 22, 2018, 10:46:58 pm
Glasgow's full of Irish or people with Irish heritage.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: foxbat on November 26, 2018, 09:20:05 pm
thinking about it ' Terry and June ' was really nauseating.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: darren61 on November 26, 2018, 09:38:55 pm
Just remembered one called Mind Your Language, bloody awful.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Draytonian III on November 26, 2018, 10:31:32 pm
There was one on Talking Pictures,channel 81 on freeview,tonight at 17:00 called Take a letter Mr Jones . It’s stars were John Inman and Rula Lenska, I watched about 5minutes of it ,total rubbish
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 01:35:24 am
Just remembered one called Mind Your Language, bloody awful.

Now THERE'S  a topic for debate.

Was MYL an appalling example of 1970s casual racism?

Or, by introducing an insular British people to flawed but lovable foreign stereotypes, did it give us a push towards a more cosmopolitan future? Aided by Francoise Pascal hinting that they have far better sex on the other side of The Channel than we do.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 27, 2018, 08:36:15 am
It was a typical comedy about race, with sex thrown in by the presence of Francoise Pascal. Perhaps race and sex are innocent subjects until you put 'ism' on the end of them.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 04:27:38 pm
BB

Aye. I never saw the problem with Jim Davidson doing his Chalkie White routine.

I'm sure this wasn't offensive until some pinko t**t started complaining about it.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D5z584iybkyo&ved=2ahUKEwj13K_i_PTeAhWSsaQKHZHrBJkQwqsBMAF6BAgLEAg&usg=AOvVaw1DuykCHIbS9kQdOuY3sGgK

And this? Perfectly acceptable until some busibody put an ism at the end of race.
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DB1dakp4FT0w&ved=2ahUKEwjNjMu8_vTeAhWkJsAKHSK_B9cQwqsBMAB6BAgMEAU&usg=AOvVaw0WifI312fbpE6CkATL7AiB
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 27, 2018, 04:57:25 pm
BST, I'm confused here. neither of those clips is about the 'Mind Your Language' comedy.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 05:00:36 pm
No. They are about what was acceptable before the namby-pambies stuck their self-righteous two-pennorth in and invented -isms.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Filo on November 27, 2018, 05:04:06 pm
Just remembered one called Mind Your Language, bloody awful.

Now THERE'S  a topic for debate.

Was MYL an appalling example of 1970s casual racism?

Or, by introducing an insular British people to flawed but lovable foreign stereotypes, did it give us a push towards a more cosmopolitan future? Aided by Francoise Pascal hinting that they have far better sex on the other side of The Channel than we do.

Francioise Pascal is not from the other side of the channel 😜
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 05:05:15 pm
Just remembered one called Mind Your Language, bloody awful.

Now THERE'S  a topic for debate.

Was MYL an appalling example of 1970s casual racism?

Or, by introducing an insular British people to flawed but lovable foreign stereotypes, did it give us a push towards a more cosmopolitan future? Aided by Francoise Pascal hinting that they have far better sex on the other side of The Channel than we do.

Francioise Pascal is not from the other side of the channel 😜

Bugger me. You learn summat every day.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 27, 2018, 05:06:13 pm
No. They are about what was acceptable before the namby-pambies stuck their self-righteous two-pennorth in and invented -isms.

Exactly! So what was unacceptable about 'Mind your Language'?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 05:16:37 pm
I think you need to read my original post again.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 27, 2018, 05:26:04 pm
Yep, just re-read it and it asks, "Was MYL an appalling example of 1970s casual racism"?

I said it was a comedy about a class full of foreigners including a sexy foreign bird.

Why did you reply with two completely different comedies?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 05:52:46 pm
Because you made a daft conjecture.

If you want it spelling out, no, race and sex are not innocent subjects until someone puts an ism after them.

They are innocent subjects until someone starts using them to belittle and divide people.

As for my original post, I can see I need to spell that out too.

If you watch MYL and come away with the feeling that foreigners adhere to those stereotypes, then by definition it is racist. If you watch it and laugh at our labelling of all Italians as lecherous, Germans as robotic, French women as lascivious and foreigners generally as thick, then it's not racist.

It's about intent and interpretation.

I went to see Bernard Manning in Blackpool 30 years ago. He was actually quite good. Made some insightful and barbed social commentary jokes. Which raised barely a titter. Then he told a joke about a Pakistani claiming dole, which was a technically weaker joke, but which had the place in hysterics.

Do you think that would be innocent if no-one put an ism at the end of it?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 27, 2018, 06:12:14 pm
No owd lad,'Mind Your Language' was an innocent comedy about various races including a couple of sexy foreign birds in a classroom learning English. It is YOU  who is using it in this instance to belittle and divide people.

It is yet another typical example of a Namby Pamby self-righteous lefty's attempt to ruin a perfectly innocent thread with his puritanical high horse b*llocks.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 06:21:30 pm
Did you read the second half of my original post? Or did you ignore that because it doesn't fit with what you like to think I think?
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 27, 2018, 06:23:56 pm
Yes, I did read it and that was b*llocks too.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2018, 06:24:34 pm
Aaaannnddd...step out.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: roversdude on November 27, 2018, 10:32:21 pm
She was well worth one though lol
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Draytonian III on November 28, 2018, 07:24:18 am
Barry Evans who was the teacher in MYL died on his settee with a very high blood alcohol level it was reported at the time he could have been murdered but no one was ever convicted. He had been working as a taxi driver
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: darren61 on November 28, 2018, 07:58:25 am
Barry Evans who was the teacher in MYL died on his settee with a very high blood alcohol level it was reported at the time he could have been murdered but no one was ever convicted. He had been working as a taxi driver

 I liked Barry Evans in Doctor In The House.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 28, 2018, 08:42:07 am
Alcohol becomes a serious subject when you put 'ism' on the end of it.
Title: Re: The WORST TV Comedy
Post by: Donnywolf on November 28, 2018, 09:07:00 am
Maybe Crawley v Rovers a few years ago?
I never laughed once but at least Rob Jones was honest post match.

Oh GOD I had blanked that out of my memory

I was in Lanzarote and it was shown on Telly at Bar Steds (if I have the right Game). There was a Manure Game on and 3 Tellies had that on while I had a Telly to myself.

I had my Shirt on (muppet) - and I was so ashamed that half way through the Game I covered up my shirt BUT we were not bad enough for me to even glance at the other 23 Tellies