The UK used to be awash with amusing situation comedies. From the mainstream like Only Fools and Horses to the alternative like The Young Ones.Then they all went away and all we got was shit like The Vicar of Dibley and Goodnight Sweetheart. The BBC have seen fit to cancel Top of the Pops and laid Doctor Who to rest for 16 years, but they still haven't saved us from Last of the Summer Wine.
Thanks must be expressed for The IT Crowd from the creator of Father Ted. Well cast and well written, the sillier the situation the funnier the comedy. Looks simple but it isnt. If it's not renewed after its current 3rd seson it will probably be another decade before anything decent comes along.
P.S. Will somebody tell Ade Edmondson to stop writing sitcoms without Rik Mayall. AS part of that doubleact, ade is a comedy God. Without him he is a skinhead Sampson and no one is laughing except Delilah...
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The IT crowd has got better and better. I would expect nothing less from Lineham as Father Ted is comedy GOLD.
I think the introduction of Matt Berry has helped immensely as that mans voice is to die for.
Still amazes me that this seems to have crossed over to the states as well. Probably the Irish link..
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