IguanaDon? Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 DRINK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonfire Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Man that poll is huge (yes i know what i just said...). Its hard to pick just one thing really. Half the list is pure gold at least. All hail ASC! Lord of Ridiculously Long Polls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Thanks i made it myself, with some help of the other people here it began to grow larger. "Mr. Mojo Risin" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jont Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Only Fools and Horses needs to suck my dick But it has pathos! and pratfalls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 No love for The Benny Hill Show. Thats just sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acalis Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'm surprised Are You Being Served didn't make the cut! That's a classic! One of my favorite British comedies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jont Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'm surprised Are You Being Served didn't make the cut! That's a classic! One of my favorite British comedies! Good god man, theres classic and then there's that... Now Porridge, there's a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Just realised that there's a shocking lack of Da Ali G Show on here. Even more shocking I managed to forget about The Adam & Joe Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Well the protagonists in Father Ted were Irish, the show was made by Channel 4, Produced by Channel 4 and Shown on Channel 4, a British Station. Therefore a british comedy, based on an Irish story. RTE wouldn't touch it due to the fact Priests were involved, especially at the time when Bishop Casey was doing his thing, and the church abuse scandals were beginning to come out. This in no way takes away from the quality of the program and its main writers (who were Irish) but i thought that i should just point out that little known fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I meant this thread to be called best british and irish comedies, so that fr. ted could be included.But since this is currently called best British, i ask for either it be changed to british and irish or for fr. ted to be taken out. sorry but it really annoys me when the british claim to have fr. ted, that's ours the fuck, christ knows they have enough anyway. similarly roy keane was called one of the best british players in premiership history, and U2 were best british band ever. Now THAT'S funny in so many ways Its a typical British colonialism mentality that, our Irish stars are taken as their own when they're successful, when they aren't they are referred to as the "irish " Roy Keane, is the best player in Premiership history, but thats just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 RTE wouldn't touch it due to the fact Priests were involved, especially at the time when Bishop Casey was doing his thing, and the church abuse scandals were beginning to come out. RTE were never even offered Father Ted, they went straight to Channel 4. And Roy Keane was the best Premiership player. Paul McGrath was the best Irish player and Steve Staunton the only one I saw score an OG from a throw-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I've a dermot morgan dvd at home that say's otherwise. Dermot Morgan and the other writer went to RTE with it, they weren't interested then went to C4 Which is probably a good thing cos RTE would have fucked it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Well the protagonists in Father Ted were Irish, the show was made by Channel 4, Produced by Channel 4 and Shown on Channel 4, a British Station. RTE wouldn't touch it due to the fact Priests were involved, especially at the time when Bishop Casey was doing his thing, and the church abuse scandals were beginning to come out. This is all true but, It's writers/creators are Irish, everybody in it is Irish, it's set in Ireland, It's Irish. It's similar to Jimi Hendrix, in his early carear he could not get an album made in U.S. , he moved to England, had an English manager, English producer and English bandmates.The songs on Are You Experienced, were all written, recorded and produced in England. Is this also English? Its a typical British colonialism mentality that, our Irish stars are taken as their own when they're successful, when they aren't they are referred to as the "irish " The Joshua Tree was once voted the best British album of all time, please explain your answer should be twofold 1. How an Irish album can be voted best British album ever 2. How Joshua Tree can be voted best of anything Roy Keane, is the best player in Premiership history, but thats just my opinion. This we agree on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 I may have misunderstood your comment on British colonialism mentality, my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I see your point, its an Irish comedy, made by a british company. While the humour is fundamentally Irish, the $'s to make it were english. I should have said produced in there, but i forgot, so shoot me! Re the English colonialism thing, which you linked to the Joshua tree, its basically as back in the day as you know England had a huge empire, where the "sun never set" etc... therefore there is a built in mentality for the english to claim what is not theirs anymore as their own, my argument is like when they talk about darren clarke or some other good irish sportsperson, they try claim them for them selves. Ie when they are winning. Listen to the commentators, read the english websites, etc, when they lose they are referred to as Irish. Why they named Joshua Tree best ever british album is beyond me, but then again, u2 hardly play up their irish ness, and infact the edge is from london as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 From wiki... Contrary to frequent rumours, Mathews and Linehan did not originally pitch the series to the Irish network RTÉ, but rather offered it directly to Hat Trick Productions and Channel 4 in the UK. Nevertheless, it is a rich irony that what went on to be one of the most popular TV shows in Ireland, performed by an almost exclusively Irish cast, and containing so many accurate (albeit comically exaggerated) depictions of national Irish eccentricities, was produced by a British broadcaster. Somewhat controversially, RTÉ initially did not buy the rights to broadcast the show in Ireland, perhaps for fear of offending more conservative viewers. However, Channel 4 is available on cable and MMDS in very many Irish homes and the show became a hit in Ireland without any help from RTÉ, who eventually responded to the obvious demand and broadcast the show themselves. It makes sense that they wouldn't have bothered offering it to RTE as they had already been involved with British comedy shows (The Day Today, The Fast Show etc.). and as sad as it is to say, going back to Donnybrook woulda been a step backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I stand corrected, i'm sure Dermot Morgan said they pitched it to RTE on that DVD i have, maybe they were thinking about it. But my point about British Colonialism stands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 Spitting Image was fuckin' great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Time gentlemen please kicked ass, shameless is very good to, more entertaining than funny though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I haven't gone back to read all of this yet, but.. Why isn't Little Britain on this here ballot?? PS I chose Father Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 Sorry MH but Little Britain is one of the worst programmes ever made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I love it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 What I've seen of it it has it's moments. The other-half loves it. I gotsta check out more. MH knowz da Score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 This is my experience with Little Britain First episode: Ha ha some good sketchs there Second episode: Are they repeating last weeks episod...oh no they're in a differnet location, it must be different. Ha Third episode: Ok same jokes again, this is getting kinda annoying Fourth episode: "I want that one" *click* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I can't remember if I've seen up to the third season (I think so?) so it's either the second or third season, but those were awesome! Much better than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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