i was watching the top 100 sitcoms tonight, and being a massive expert on the sitcom subject i obviously have a big interest.
anyway out of the top ten of:
blackadder
vicar of dibley (WTF is that doing there)
yes minister
fawlty towers
only fools and horses
dads army
the good life
one foot in the grave
porridge
open all hours
i would get these down to a final 5 of :
porridge
only fools and horses
fawlty towers
blackadder
open all hours
and really all of these 5 are so good its difficult to choose, but i would probably end up dropping open all hours and porridge to get a top 3. open all hours has a few dodgy "not that funny" episodes and the others just stand out more than porridge for me. despite the fact that i dont think i've ever seen another prog cast so well as porridge considering the massive amount of characters. you just wouldnt ever get that quality of cast ever again.
anyway i didnt know who to vote for on www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom but ended up voting for blackadder because i cant really remember a bad episode, i can watch them over and over again and not get too bored, fools and horses went shit the last few years and now i wish i voted for fawlty towers!
i remember watching a prog with john cleese & conny booth who wrote fawlty towers. they said they spent 6 weeks writing each episode, compare to a modern sitcom which is 2-3 days per episode and you will see why classics dont happen very often no more (apart from the office and pheonix nights).
anyway whats other peoples views and reasoning on the top ten.
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