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Vote for Britain's Greatest Sitcom now!
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 1:08 am
by bigboy
www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom
And if you don't all vote for the 12 legendary hours of pure genius that is the masterpiece called Fawlty Towers I'm going to come round to your place and insert a large laughing gnome in all of you. Good day
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 1:13 am
by cheekyboy2
blah blah blah
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 1:26 pm
by Joemoz
It's ridiculous - where's Red Dwarf?
In its absence I favour Black Adder.
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 1:38 pm
by PigletWildebeest
Joemoz wrote:It's ridiculous - where's Red Dwarf?
In its absence I favour Black Adder.
Red Dwarf was in the top 50 but not in the top 10....
bloody shame..
I think I'm gonna have to go for Blackadder too...
Or perhaps Fawlty towers... just out of fear for gnomes...
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 1:44 pm
by rags
A lot of good comedies (Young Ones, Bottom, Red Dwarf) were in the top 50 - 11. Quite dissapointing really, but then again, how utterly cheap television is this anyway eh?
Another good reason not to own a television.

Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 2:05 pm
by Undertaker
Well it's Only Fools and Horses. Certainly Christmas wouldn't be the same without it, it's an institution. It's still hilarious after 23 years and still gets in the top 5 views of the year, in the region of 20 million. One year, 27 million people tuned in. Thats how big it is. Awesome comedy.
Dave
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 2:30 pm
by Native
Fools & Horses was great and gets my vote, but I have to say the last few they have made (since the 3 episodes when they ended up with all the cash) have not been up to the previous standards. They should have left it alone after the 'get rich' ones....................
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 2:33 pm
by Native
.........and the very fact that The Vicar Of Dibley got in to the top ten (beating the likes of The Office & Phoexix Nights), is the best example of comedy I've seen in many a year.
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 2:55 pm
by bigboy
Native wrote:.........and the very fact that The Vicar Of Dibley got in to the top ten (beating the likes of The Office & Phoexix Nights), is the best example of comedy I've seen in many a year.
Yes, especially when The Office and Ab Fab didn't get in the top ten. Still, Fawlty is tops tho. I predict a two, erm, horse race between FT and Only Satanas and Horses
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 3:57 pm
by One of the crowd
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 4:14 pm
by bigboy
Bowesy wrote:
VOTE BASIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE MANUEL!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE SYBILL!!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE POLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE THE MAJOR, THE TWO OLD DEARS, TERRY, DEAF MRS RICHARDS, THE PSYCHIATRIST, THE KIPPER AND THE CORPSE!!!!!!!
Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 4:21 pm
by Steve Fett
"Are You Being Served?" was a classic, especially Mrs. Slocombs pussy...

Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 4:24 pm
by bigboy
Steve Fett wrote:"Are You Being Served?" was a classic, especially Mrs. Slocombs pussy...

Agreed. I thought Mrs Slocombe's pussy would have been a lot higher up

Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 4:34 pm
by Steve Fett
top Mrs. Slocomb line : "I can't work back, because I need to be home by 5pm, otherwise I will be stroking my pussy all night"

Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2004, 4:45 pm
by bigboy
Mollie Sugden's a very under-rated actress too