Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Either Marooned or Polymorph from Red Dwarf 3. The dialogue between Rimmer & Lister is fantastic in Marooned, but Polymorph has some pretty special moments as well. Timeslides is decent as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 57 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Honestly pretty difficult to pick one episode of anything but I'm going for Porridge's A Night In. Two great comedy actors with a word perfect script and a completely simple set-up. It established their relationship for episodes to come and also didn't shy away from a bit of drama. It's crazy for me to think just how huge a star Richard Beckinsale would have become if he hadn't died so young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 9, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Shy Dad said: I actually wanted to nominate Scrubs Fuck off! Anyway, Mrs Peterson's Dog Gets Fucked Up (Trailer Park Boys S1E4) is the correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 'Gas' is my favourite but this is the winner. Even with the custardy pants competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum1993 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 https://youtu.be/NuwGc7YhPNU My vote goes to One Foot in the Grave and the episode ‘The Trial’. It’s a single hander episode just with Victor but it’s fantastically done and hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hank's Sex Tape from the Larry Sanders Show. Especially the part where Hank describes how his image is a "meat and potatos kind of guy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 25 minutes ago, PowerButchi said: Anyway, Mrs Peterson's Dog Gets Fucked Up (Trailer Park Boys S1E4) is the correct answer. For pure laughs, I've never seen a better TV episode. "I shot my daddy in the bum...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted February 9, 2019 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 9, 2019 Fawlty Towers - Gourmet Night I'm a wanky Fawlty Towers fanboy and would happily accept any other episode in place of this one, but this is faultless. Famously Fawlty scripts are tight, Swiss watch tight, with more lines per episode than anything else in the 70s and 80s. And Gourmet Night is dense with setup and pay-off (I believe we have to refer to this as Chekov's Gun now). Basil complaining about riff-raff. The chef obsessed with Manuel, hinting at a problem with drink. Putting off getting the car fixed. Yes it has the overexposed bashing-the-car scene but this is designed with perfection. It just doesn't work if the car isn't in a static frame, if he'd have twatted it with his hand, if Basil hadn't paused to go and find a weapon. It's underrated in how well assembled it is. And the scene only exists because it is a culmination of Basil's tension. The frustration with not being the class he wants to, the inability to get Sybil to understand, the growing insanity of the night falling apart. It's a volcano of suppressed rage erupting with the car the victim. The supporting are perfect too: Colonel Hall with his pronounced twitch being introduced to a man called Twitchen. The diminutive Mrs Hall overreacting to cold fish. Polly and Manuel put on a dreadful cabaret to kill time while the food arrives. It's simply perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 9, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: Hank's Sex Tape from the Larry Sanders Show. Especially the part where Hank describes how his image is a "meat and potatos kind of guy." I think Hank's Night in the Sun might be even better. Although truth be told any Hank centric episode is pure gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Zebra Kid Mark said: I'm going with It's Always Sunny for the DENNIS System episode. It's the episode I put on when trying to convert people into being Sunny fans. Hi, I'm Frack. SHIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 48 minutes ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: Hank's Sex Tape from the Larry Sanders Show. Especially the part where Hank describes how his image is a "meat and potatos kind of guy." “You wash your mouth out…with Hank!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 9, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2019 The revelation in another episode that Hank chipped his back tooth on a urinal is possibly one of the funniest things I have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 I've probably said it before on here, but I don't know if there is a comedy series with a better trio of characters that Larry, Hank and Artie. They're all so rich and perfectly played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted February 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: Honestly pretty difficult to pick one episode of anything but I'm going for Porridge's A Night In. Two great comedy actors with a word perfect script and a completely simple set-up. It established their relationship for episodes to come and also didn't shy away from a bit of drama. It's this, it is just simply wonderful television, I honestly don't think there's a better sitcom ever been written, cast or acted. A Night In is the shine on the diamond that is Porridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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