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This is a poll on the best comedy shows ever.

Pick the one you think is best, and if you think something else not on the poll is better feel free to tell us, but still vote for what you think is the best on the list.

Been 5 minutes and there's still no poll.

Been 5 minutes and there's still no poll.
Now theres a poll

((stupid 13 year old)) :D

Now theres a poll

((stupid 13 year old)) :D
I've been 14 for half a year now. Huzzah!

I've been 14 for half a year now. Huzzah!

YOU LIE!

I've been 14 for half a year now. Huzzah!
That explains a lot. 8)

Cheers. Hands down. No contest.

NOTA.

Not Necessarily the News probably, although it varies from day to day which is, in my opinion, the best comedy show ever. I don't, however, think any on your list have ever shown up on any of my top 5 lists.

NOTA.

Not Necessarily the News probably, although it varies from day to day which is, in my opinion, the best comedy show ever. I don't, however, think any on your list have ever shown up on any of my top 5 lists.

Where do you live? India??

Where do you live? India??The US, however I been around enough years so that I've seen much more than is on your list. I also have a preference for sketch comedey over sitcoms, so SCTV beats just about every show on your list, in my opinion. Actually I find the sitcom to be a poor form for comedy, the constraints of keeping a continuous background going prevents the comedians from fully exercising their ability. And when we condsider the effects of forcing the production of new comedic material once a week for 13 weeeks, too often it is just easier to rely overmuch upon preset gags and tell the same jokes over again.

I refuse to cast a vote on the grounds that you left out Mr. Show: With Bob And David

And Sports Night! That show was the bestest!

Whose Line Is It Anyway (I'm assuming you're referring to the American version) was the bastard child of the British show, which was infinitely funnier.

So, as either I've not heard of the others, or they were just crap, I'm going with The Simpsons.

if you idiots actualyl think that freinds is the funniest show EVER... what about the 3 stooges? You have lost your damn minds. The Stooges will be funny 20 eyars from now do you actually think freinds will?

Everyone is gonna vote Simpsons, so I'm gonna go for MASH

Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere. Peter Kay is, and always will be, god of British comedy. Although did any Brit's see Bill Bailey's Kraftwerk cover of the Hokey-Cokey? That had me in fits of laughter.

Although did any Brit's see Bill Bailey's Kraftwerk cover of the Hokey-Cokey? That had me in fits of laughter.
Yay :D

That was fantastic

How about that Fat Guy with his Fat coworker who always wants to get him into the bed?

And, of course, Al Bundy.

well this is clearly for the american audience so why don't we change the title to, hmmmmmmm i dunno say "best american comedy"

Blackadder... Red Dwarf, Yes, Minister. Each of these is true hilarity. On the subject of the Bill Bailey Kraftwerk tribute, yeah, that entire DVD/performance is fantastic, though. Maybe slightly too much of the magic bar of sound in the music sections, but prettty much perfect.

Nice to know you only considered American shows.

all those shitty shows outranking i love lucy, did anyone who voted for friends or sienfeld EVER see i love lucy?

From the poll, I chose "Who's Line..."

But, Monty Python eclipses them all.

"Newhart" is another classic than makes me pee my pants.

"Dream On" rocks...funny and a healthy dose of T&A.

The funniest things to ever come out of the UK are Monty Python and Benny Hill, in that order. Its a fact.

Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere. Peter Kay is, and always will be, god of British comedy. Although did any Brit's see Bill Bailey's Kraftwerk cover of the Hokey-Cokey? That had me in fits of laughter.
man that was so funny! bill bailey is my favourite comedian - everything he does is so good: Black Books, Spaced, stand-up, other things....

out of the choices i go for WLIIA :)

man that was so funny! bill bailey is my favourite comedian - everything he does is so good: Black Books, Spaced, stand-up, other things....

out of the choices i go for WLIIA :)

I don't remember Bill Bailey doing Spaced...

Add the three stooges or die

:eek: I cannot believe there's no Little Britain! Surely it's made its way to America by now - you would prob never visit Britain agen lol!

And Sports Night! That show was the bestest!

I'm gonna agree there, that show was great.

:eek: I cannot believe there's no Little Britain! Surely it's made its way to America by now - you would prob never visit Britain agen lol!
We should sell it to the US as a documentry. They'd go for that. Anyone who thinks Benny Hill is funny wouldn't see anything funny in it.
As for previous posts.. Bill Baily is a warped genious god of comedy also good is Johnny Vega's new show "Ideal" .
As for the American stuff...it's all a bit sad apart from the Simpsons which is a great parody of American life and is thus funnier fromthis side of the atlantic.

:eek: I cannot believe there's no Little Britain! Surely it's made its way to America by now - you would prob never visit Britain agen lol!

I hate Little Britain.


Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Yes Minister....all much better than anything on the poll.

"We're on a mining ship, three million years into deep space. Can someone explain to me where the smeg I got this traffic cone?" *giggles*

The Simpsons by an eon.


Brittish Who's line > American who's line.

Drew carrey sucked as host, and Richard Vranch was the man.

Blackadder HAS to be the best.
Mind you, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers are legendary.

And has no-one mentioned ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES?!?!?

I mean, come ON...

The Simpsons by an eon.


Brittish Who's line > American who's line.

Drew carrey sucked as host, and Richard Vranch was the man.
Drew Who?
Is Richard a typo?

I'm 13 and I enjoy M*A*S*H and Seinfeld over the Simpsons.


What the hell is wrong with me?!

I'm 13 and I enjoy M*A*S*H and Seinfeld over the Simpsons.


What the hell is wrong with me?!
your 13. That's all.

Blackadder is the greatest comedy.

But as you didn't extend the poll beyond US shows I'll go for the Simpsons. Although, as I'm watching five year old episodes it may have gone down-hill recently.

I Love Lucy and Friends both "jumped the shark" and should be discounted. Discuss.

Drew Who?
Is Richard a typo?

Drew Carrey. The fat chap with glasses on the painfully average 'Drew Carrey Show'. Richard Vranch played the keyboard in the orgional Brit Who's Line.

The Simpsons by an eon.


Brittish Who's line > American who's line.

Drew carrey sucked as host, and Richard Vranch was the man.
british whose line wasnt funny at all, vary rarely it was. must be the british v american humor thing. and drew carey was a much better host, it was always amusing to watch him fall out of his seat laughing

Drew Carrey. The fat chap with glasses on the painfully average 'Drew Carrey Show'. Richard Vranch played the keyboard in the orgional Brit Who's Line.
Thanks,
Still at a loss for Drew but that seems no loss from what you say and I remember Richard (no a typo) Vranch now (V. clever) but always prefered John can't remember his name..scottish bloke with Edinburgh accent and Josse Lawrence (clever and horney)

Ok,
Conscious effort now.
Red Dwarf, Some episodes of Fawlty Towers, Black Books (Know as “Crazy Shop” in Sweden), The Office (Cringe – laugh- cringe), The smoking room (nothing happens and I still laugh enough to annoy others) and (I’m sorry but I love it) Futurama all deserve a mention.

Ok,
Conscious effort now.
Red Dwarf, Some episodes of Fawlty Towers, Black Books (Know as “Crazy Shop” in Sweden), The Office (Cringe – laugh- cringe), The smoking room (nothing happens and I still laugh enough to annoy others) and (I’m sorry but I love it) Futurama all deserve a mention.
You forgot Spaced and the League Of Gentlemen (and yes, Smoking Room is hilarious)

You forgot Spaced and the League Of Gentlemen (and yes, Smoking Room is hilarious)
I did.
Both brilliant.
So much to remember - so few brain cells still Functioning

My favorite comedy show is Monty Python's Flying Circus.
I don't care that it stopped airing before I was old enough to understand it, I have every episode on DVD.

I refuse to cast a vote on the grounds that you left out Mr. Show: With Bob And David

Hear hear, my man. Hear hear.

The Monks vs Fat Kids episode is still the funniest half hour of television I've ever seen.

My favorite comedy show is Monty Python's Flying Circus.
I don't care that it stopped airing before I was old enough to understand it, I have every episode on DVD.
Python was good. No doubt. The Python team were great. But they had to produce a show every week and to be blunt a lot of it was crap.
That’s why the good bits shine out so well.
The best they did was “The Life of Brian” which is still one of my favourite films.
They don’t get my vote purely because of those crappy bits. The Gumbies for instance. What’s that about?

The gumbies were okay, but one episode they had them kind of "hosting" it.


It was terrible, to be honest. Most of the content was stupid and they just made it longer with their drawn out voice crap.

The gumbies were okay, but one episode they had them kind of "hosting" it.


It was terrible, to be honest. Most of the content was stupid and they just made it longer with their drawn out voice crap.
That's kinda what I'm saying. Just filler for the really funny stuff.
But if you're not young then you've seen it all so often most of it loses its edge. Not funny any more.
That's why most of my chioces are new stuff.

I'm young. But even I admit, some of the stuff is pretty bad. That's not true for all of them though - Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!

Or the episode where Hitler tries to rise to power in a quiet England suburb and get's a farmer and two children as supporters during a "rally".

I'm young. But even I admit, some of the stuff is pretty bad. That's not true for all of them though - Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!

Or the episode where Hitler tries to rise to power in a quiet England suburb and get's a farmer and two children as supporters during a "rally".
Agreed,
Spanish Inquisition, dead parrot, cheeseshop et al. Great stuff which passes the test of time and repetition. Mrs. Smokestoomuch and how to cook a piston engine (well you can't eat it raw). Brilliant.
And I was one of those children at that rally - yes it really happened- reported documentry style. Most moving.

Where is Chappelle's Show?
I know, it is new to the comedic game, but it has proven itself to be quite funny. Even though most of it's catch phrases are way overused by pre-pubescent white boys, it still has great content and deserves a spot on your poll.

My god...

We've forgotten...

THE MINISTRY OF FUNNY WALKS!!!

*Ahem*

Carry on

My god...

We've forgotten...

THE MINISTRY OF FUNNY WALKS!!!

*Ahem*

Carry on
No I mentioned it. It was in that et al. Which is, of course, latin for "and all those things I can't remember but want you to think I can".
Easy for you to miss that.

I voted MASH, but only because Men Behaving Badly wasn't in there. That's my all-time favourite, closely followed by Porridge, MASH, Only Fools and Horses, and Grace Under Fire (the only post-MASH US comedy I can relate to). I also don't think putting The Simpsons in these type of things makes much sense since it's an animated show.

I'm not very fond of any of the shows in the poll (Simpsons was funny in its first few seasons but has gotten pretty lame). I'd vote for Family Guy, or possibly South Park.

Again, animated cartoons...

Personally I like to see polls like this kept to ones about character acted shows and animated shows.

Uh oh, gotta set some people straight here.....


The Simpsons, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Black Adder, Mr. Bean, Jackass, Viva la Bam, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances...................

Whats remarkable though is that allthough I've been in Austria for 5 months and been watching German and Austrian television for that amount of time, there are no great comedy shows of mention. Who'da thunkit?

I'd like to add my name to the list of outraged python supporters. I feel that even their "filler" stuff was at least amusing, and their best was pant-wettingly funny.

Simpsons! Simpsons! Simpsons!

This is a poll on the best comedy shows ever.

Pick the one you think is best, and if you think something else not on the poll is better feel free to tell us, but still vote for what you think is the best on the list.
where the HELL is southpark? :mad:

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where the HELL is southpark? :mad:

Going off the list, Family Guy would be better.

Futurama.

Going off the list, Family Guy would be better.

No No.
South Park is FAR better than Family Guy.
And then Sealab is better than Family Guy.
And then ATHF.

No No.
South Park is FAR better than Family Guy.
And then Sealab is better than Family Guy.
And then ATHF.

Family Guy is coming back to Fox for new episodes!! Fun for all on a non-cable station!

Family Guy is coming back to Fox for new episodes!! Fun for all on a non-cable station!
and its gonan get fucked up and we will have to wait a year or so for cn to get the rights again

and its gonan get fucked up and we will have to wait a year or so for cn to get the rights again

I'm sure Fox has learned its lesson. I'm still pissed on their cancelling Futurama though.

"The Daily Show", followed by "Family Guy".

Futurama.

Seconded!

I'm outraged by the lack of decent shows there, mostly because they are American. MASH gets the occasional chuckle out of me but Monty Python and, among many newer shows, the smoking room and Little Britain have me in stitches. And if animated shows must be mentioned, Monkeydust. So sick, but so brilliant.

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This is a local shop for local people, we'll have no trouble here!

How could I forget League of gentlemen?

I feel shame.

What was that BBC2 one with Steve Coogan? The one about talking animals? Can't remember what it was called now. "We were animals" or something? That was pretty good.

No one mentioned The Office yet?

Black Adder
Open all Hours
Not the Nine O'clock news
Faulty Towers
Monty Python
Yes, The Simpsons
Married with Children (the US version)

2DTV? As animations go, it was pretty funny. Especially the Bush / Professor Liebstraum sock puppet sketches.

No No.
South Park is FAR better than Family Guy.
And then Sealab is better than Family Guy.
And then ATHF.


WRONNNNNGG
(buzzer sound)

Piquantrax's Top 10: Cartoon Comedies
1. 3 South ( The most underrated and funniest cartoon ever devised)
2. Family Guy
3. Aqua Teen
4. Futurama
5. Mission Hill
6. South Park
7. Simpsons
8. The Oblongs
9. The Critic
10. Captain Planet (reason being a sivler man with a green mullet saving the enviroment)

and its gonan get fucked up and we will have to wait a year or so for cn to get the rights again

Actually, CN has the rights and if you read the cards in the beginning, it says that it has new episodes of Family Guy due out in June of 05'

Celebration

No No.
South Park is FAR better than Family Guy.
And then Sealab is better than Family Guy.
And then ATHF.
South Park really isn't that good. It only appears good because it was the only cartoon in its class for a long time.

If english "humour" counts, then my favorite show is "the leaque of gentlemen".
Although it's not actually humour (actually it's something so sick only english people may have made it), it amuses my twisted little mind more than any other show I've seen. The characters are also extremely good, like the crazy vet who always accidentally kills all animals and the "local" shopkeepers (are you locals?). Just brilliant.