Tv ‘Comedies’ That You Just Don’t Find Funny - Old Or New.

[Smowball]

Whilst channel hopping I stumbled across an old episode of 'Keeping Up Appearances'. Not sure how popular it used to be but I remember watching an episode years ago and thought it was quite funny, but today - I watched it and just couldn't believe that anyone ever watched it! Was just so, well, unfunny lol. Or is it just me??

Anyone feel the same bout any other programmes??

[perseverer]

The Patricia Routledge Talking Heads from 1998 is on BBC4 at midnight tomorrow (Thursday) night

[New Judge]

"Another example of a show saved by one actor, in this case Mollie Sugden."

Not forgetting her pussy!  😀

It's true that many of the ageing sitcoms have not worn well. I watched the first episode of "Butterflies" (mentioned above) recently. I quite liked it in its day but now found it very dire - despite the efforts of Geoffrey Palmer, one of my favourite actors.

Reggie Perrin (in which Geoffrey Palmer played Reggie's brother-in-law, Jimmy Anderson) was OK for the first series or so, but got very tiresome, especialy after Reggie had left S_nshi_e D_sse_rts and opened "Grot". I notice there were only 21 episodes - somehow there seemed many more than that.

 But, for the pièce de la résistance, we turn to "I didn't know you cared". They repeated this a couple of months' ago and I watched the whole lot:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072514/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_10_tt_8_nm_0_q_i%2520din%27t%2520know%2520you%2520cared

Dark northern humour (which for a poncey southerner like me. is priceless) with a very odd family at the centre. Again, only 21 episodes, which wasn't enough.

[Captain2]

^^^ didn't know they'd made a TV series of that, NJ. I used to listen to it on Radio4Extra in 15 minute programmes. Very northern - ie very good.

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

I watched a bit of "I Didn't Know..." and was gobsmacked to see Stephen Rea in it! 

[jourdain2]

20.55 Thanks, I'll make a point of watching it!

[bhg481]

One of my all time favourites - I loved the way Liz Smith talked to the vicar in Old English because the Bible as written that way.

[bhg481]

NJ - 20 episodes in the first 3 series and a further 6 in Series 4. Perhaps they didn't show Series 4 when you watched it.

[bednobs]

mrs browns boys.  i simpy dont get it

[barry1010]

Hold the Sunset was dire.  Cleese propped up by Alison Steadman, he was embarrassingly bad

[bhg481]

"Hark at Barker" (Lord Rustless) was one of my favourite Ronnie Barker sit-coms. Only 8 episodes.

[Smowball]

What about Mr Bean?? Everyone I know finds it hilarious apart from me lol.

[barry1010]

I am no big fan of Bean but did laugh at the steak tartare 

[bhg481]

Snoball - I'm with you on Mr Bean.

[bhg481]

Sorry - Smowball. I must learn to read names more carefully.

[andy-hughes]

Miranda  - even still pictures of her irritate me.

And The Good Life, what an insufferable prig Tom was.

[CrapatCryptics2]

Miranda, The Royle Family, pretty much all modern "comedy".

[zebo]

Only Fools and Horses, never found it funny, such much repetitive 'humour' and some very predictable sketches.

[Smowball]

I'll take Snowball : )

Cant remember the Mr Bean steak tartare episode..... will have to look it up now lol.

[Smowball]

Sooooo, it seems there arent very  many comedies in the last few years that are any good??

[Sam1960]

Citizen Khan

Miranda

Can't stand them