What's your best ever comedy series?

[zipzap]

More Recent:
The Office / Extras
The Mighty Boosh
IT Crowd
The League of Gentlemen

Classic:
Fawlty Towers
Young Ones
Cheers
Seinfeld
Newhart
Pretty much any BBC comedy from the 70s

Australian:
D Gen
Australia You're Standing In It

[godoubleblues]

I forgot Vicar of Dibley, that rates right up there for me
I just love all the characters, especially Jim, no, no, no, no, yes

[Hondo]

Many classics listed here ...!

Faulty Towers always cracks me up even tho its dated now.

Men Behaving Badly also right up there. As is 'Frontline' for an Aussie flavour.

But the one I could watch over and over is 'The Office' UK version. The US version is pretty good too. I must sneak a look at 'The Extras' for more of their humour.

[TroyGFC]

M*A*S*H
The Simpsons
Every One Loves Raymond
Becker

[Mic]

Equal favourite are Arrested Development and BBC's The Office.

[Footy Chick]

Kingswood Country- Australia (with special mention to Hey Dad)
Love Thy Neighbour (Order! I'll ave arf ) or Are you being Served. - UK
Get Smart - US

Red Dwarf is an acquired taste.. my best mate loves it and has tried to get me into it but I think the only reason I laugh is becuase It's weird..

[Snaggletooth Tiger]

Red Dwarf for mine

Classic show... I had to get the complete series on DVD (both box sets)

"Dwayne Dibley?"

[Mic]

Equal favourite are Arrested Development and BBC's The Office.

Oops, and Trailer Park Boys.

[JK]

Seinfeld
Young Ones
Blackadder
Game On

And, the missus plays friends non-stop so I kinda gotta fess up to not minding that

[brod]

Red Dwarf for mine

Classic show... I had to get the complete series on DVD (both box sets)

"Dwayne Dibley?"

CLASSIC COMEDY

[CK]

Fawlty Towers definitely, still very clever stuff, but one of the best Australian ones for mine is Frontline. Can never watch any of the current affairs shows without thinking back to some of those classic episodes...when they discuss doing a show similar to the old Angry Anderson "Challenge" episodes...

"It's got "A Current Affair" stamped all over it"
"Well, let's just stamp "Frontline" over the top of that"

[Pseudo]

Currently working may way through series 1 and 2 of 'Allo 'Allo

"Lissen verra carefully, I shall say zees only wunce"

Also among the faves:
M*A*S*H
Men Behaving Badly
Red Dwarf
The IT Crowd
Kingswood Country
Man About The House (and to a lesser extent the spinoffs)
Steptoe and Son

Can't believe I forgot The Goodies....

[JAS]

I forgot Vicar of Dibley, that rates right up there for me
I just love all the characters, especially Jim, no, no, no, no, yes

Damn forgot that one

...and if we can have other types of show, on the grounds that they are guaranteed to make me laugh out loud even when on my own, I'd include:

Have I Got News For You
QI
Top Gear

Regards
JAS

[Punk Rooster]

Blackadder
Frontline
Fawlty Towers
Summer Heights High
Trailer Park Boys

[gadj1976]

Seinfeld
by a mile (very cleverly written, brilliantly acted)

then in no particular order:

Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Cheers
Get Smart
Kingswood Country
Men Behaving Badly
Mash
Ab Fab
Young Ones
Blackadder
Mr Bean
Red Dwarf
Dave Allen - not sure if that counts as a series though
Porridge
Open All Hours
Dad's Army
It Aint Half Hot Mum
Acropolis Now
Fawlty Towers
Friends
The Goodies
The Drew Carey Show
Frasier

As you can tell, I love comedy series-es (?). I can't stand drama series, they bore me to tears.

[southee]

Great topic Clarrie!!

Mine are : (in no order)

Curb your Enthusiasm ( Larry David is a genius!! )
The Goodies
The Office (Uk version)
Men Behaving Badly
Some Mothers do have Em'
Kingswood Country
Seinfeld
Only Fools and Horses
Fawlty Towers
Bless this House

[therisingblues]

I'd have to say Fawlty Towers was 10/10 pure genius though and gets my vote... Come to think of it, I don't think there was a single weak episode out of the two seasons.

The yanks just don't seem to be able to produce a series of similar quality IMHO...

I used to think the same, but I have to respect the Americans for producing comedy series with class and longevity.

Black Adder
Cheers
Faulty Towers
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Goodies

[woodwt]

The Benny Hill Show

[gadj1976]

I forgot The Late Show by the D Gen crew.

[GWW]

I forgot The Late Show by the D Gen crew.

Yeah that was great, as was Fast Forward, and to a lesser extent Comedy Company.