Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 8, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2011 BBT is turd. Â Â I really can't think of a proper good mainstream family sitcom that is decent. But I don't really care, because there's still plenty of good comedy being made that I enjoy so I don't really give a shit who it's aimed at as long as they can get enough viewers to keep making them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 My daughter thinks Big Bang Theory is hilarious. She's 12, and a girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Community is great, by far the best US sitcom at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted March 8, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2011 Community is pretty good, but can suffer from too much MONKEY CHEESE humour. Â I'm quite partial to Parks and Recreation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 You guys are a tough crowd. Big Bang Theory is very funny. Â Then again, I feel that nothing I've watched for ages touches "the Trip". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 You guys are a tough crowd. Big Bang Theory is very funny. Horses for courses and all that, but I think anyone who has ever enjoyed it should be shot.  Community is pretty good, but can suffer from too much MONKEY CHEESE humour. I'm quite partial to Parks and Recreation. I loved the first couple of years of Parks, but I've not been too impressed by this season so far. I do love Community and The Office, but I don't associate them as "mainstream" comedy for whatever reason (elitism, probably). How I Met Your Mother feels to me like the true descendant of Friends. I enjoy that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted March 8, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2011 The problem I have with How I Met Your Mother is that I find every character in it incredibly annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 Bored to Death is a very good comedy on HBO with Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifinakis. Something very different and incredibly funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 Gonna be controversial and say that I think, for the most part, Friends is absolute fucking keech and incredibly annoying. I don't hate Seinfeld, but I don't get the hype - it's amusing, but I really don't understand why people give it such praise, it's pretty basic. Frasier is excellent, though. 8 Simple Rules is OK, but only because John Ritter was great and the daughters were pure fitness. Same with Married With Children, except Al Bundy wasn't all that great and Katey Sagall is utter filth, forget Applegate.  But look at the catalogue of gash they've got:  King Of Queens Everyone Loves Raymond Dharma & Greg Will & Grace Big Bang Theory Hope & Faith Two And A Half Men  And looking back at stuff like Saved By The Bell makes me hate my childhood self for ever finding it funny.  But how is it they've got such an awful record for modern sitcoms when they had so many classics before, and even still such a great selection of animated humour? The Simpsons has gone shit, but at its height it was pretty great, and it wasn't even the edgiest stuff going. South Park goes a little too overboard at times, yet it's still good stuff, and Family Guy and American Dad were top-notch at their peaks (though hideously repetitive at their worst). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 The Big Bang Theory is terrible. I must admit to not having seen How I Met Your Mother though. I only just found out that they were STILL making Scrubs until a year ago? Christ almighty. Â That's not to say that the British sitcom scene isn't awful too. Aside from Peep Show, what do we have? Rev showed a bit of promise but probably won't get a second series. What else is there? Â I'm amazed the BBC hasn't offered a big pile of cash to Chris Lilley to come over and do something, Summer Heights High was just brilliant. Can't wait for Angry Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 Big Bang Theory is ace. You people just don't have taste. Tell you what was good too, that 'the visit' i think it was called on bbc2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 You guys are a tough crowd. Big Bang Theory is very funny. Horses for courses and all that, but I think anyone who has ever enjoyed it should be shot. Â See, you say things like that... Â How I Met Your Mother feels to me like the true descendant of Friends. I enjoy that, too. Â ...and contradict your point by saying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Foale Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 The problem I have with How I Met Your Mother is that I find every character in it incredibly annoying.  I can see where you're coming from with that. i like the show's format and I do find it funny but every character has their own annoying quality to them  On another note, Big Bang Theory is excellent, and cracks me up every episode. Sheldon is my idol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 8, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2011 The Big Bang Theory is terrible. I must admit to not having seen How I Met Your Mother though. I only just found out that they were STILL making Scrubs until a year ago? Christ almighty. That's not to say that the British sitcom scene isn't awful too. Aside from Peep Show, what do we have? Rev showed a bit of promise but probably won't get a second series. What else is there?  I'm amazed the BBC hasn't offered a big pile of cash to Chris Lilley to come over and do something, Summer Heights High was just brilliant. Can't wait for Angry Boys.  Summer Heights High was excellent, it has to be said.  Would "My Name Is Earl" count in this discussion? Because that's great.  Overall, though, I think the vast majority of high quality American programming is in drama. There's just so much great stuff out there, and they're still churning out more. I'm enjoying the fuck out of Breaking Bad right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 8, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2011 I don't hate Seinfeld, but I don't get the hype - it's amusing, but I really don't understand why people give it such praise, it's pretty basic.  How recently did you watch Seinfeld? It could be difficult to appreciate the context in which that show started if you've only watched it very recently; saying it's 'pretty basic' indicates to me that that is probably the case. This show completely changed the game as far as sitcoms go. Absolutely any tv comedy show you can name that came after this has been influenced massively by it.  They changed the format entirely. They used over double the number of scenes per episode of any standard sitcom to really facilitate some much more in-depth, complex and self-referential plots, which is most easily recognised in the way that they would have several strands going on at a time and it all "comes together" right at the end for the final punchline.  Also the content was hugely refreshing in its cynicism as compared to your standard family sitcom fare at the time.  8 Simple Rules is OK, but only because John Ritter was great and the daughters were pure fitness.  What, the redhead as well? Ewww. And if fitness was an acceptable reason for watching a show I would own boxsets of The Ghost Whisperer.   But look at the catalogue of gash they've got: King Of Queens Everyone Loves Raymond Dharma & Greg Will & Grace Big Bang Theory Hope & Faith Two And A Half Men  That's an odd selection you've decided to pick out. What's the criteria for this? It's just like a random selection of some sitcoms that have come out of the States in the last 10 or so years only, like, one or two of which are still running..? I don't really get the relevance.   And looking back at stuff like Saved By The Bell makes me hate my childhood self for ever finding it funny.  Those type of shows aren't sitcoms; you can't put those in the same category. Still though, California Dreams eh? Quality.  But how is it they've got such an awful record for modern sitcoms when they had so many classics before, and even still such a great selection of animated humour? The Simpsons has gone shit, but at its height it was pretty great, and it wasn't even the edgiest stuff going. South Park goes a little too overboard at times, yet it's still good stuff, and Family Guy and American Dad were top-notch at their peaks (though hideously repetitive at their worst).  Check out Archer; it's the best animated comedy going at the minute.    On an unrelated note to the above, yeah, Community and How I met Your Mother are pretty good examples of mainstream but decent shows. Good shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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