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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 12, 2021 18:45:22 GMT -5
Most sitcoms that have aired on BBC One over the last decade. A particular low-light being Ben Elton's The Wright Way. How the f*** did the man who made Blackadder come up with that shite? Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis had more to do with creating Blackadder, Elton came in later. He's great as part of a team, on his own, he's always been kind of eeeeehh, the king of the failed bbc evening sitcom.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Feb 12, 2021 18:51:17 GMT -5
Two Broke Girls is the worst sitcom I've ever seen in my life and I'm shocked it's taken three pages. Kat Dennings is unbearable.
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Feb 12, 2021 19:12:12 GMT -5
Two Broke Girls is the worst sitcom I've ever seen in my life and I'm shocked it's taken three pages. Kat Dennings is unbearable. Actually... 2 Broke Girls is up there. It got, like, 5 seasons out of the dumbest and grossest sex jokes and making fun of NY hipsters, and that was it. Only on CBS can you pull off something like that. That being said, I agree with both of you. That might be the worst successful American sitcom ever.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 12, 2021 19:20:36 GMT -5
Most sitcoms that have aired on BBC One over the last decade. A particular low-light being Ben Elton's The Wright Way. How the f*** did the man who made Blackadder come up with that shite? Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis had more to do with creating Blackadder, Elton came in later. He's great as part of a team, on his own, he's always been kind of eeeeehh, the king of the failed bbc evening sitcom. And yet Upstart Crow is just him and it’s the best thing he’s written in thirty years.
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Post by Beebs is the Final Girl on Feb 12, 2021 19:22:31 GMT -5
This was a favorite of mine.
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Post by bob on Feb 12, 2021 19:29:48 GMT -5
My Mother the Car
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Feb 12, 2021 21:07:37 GMT -5
NBC's instant smash Emeril.
Who better to soothe the US's post-9/11 trauma than that one funny dude Emeril Lagasse?
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Feb 12, 2021 22:49:14 GMT -5
There was a British version of That 70's Show. It existed and let's never speak of it again.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 13, 2021 2:06:05 GMT -5
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Post by Shark on Feb 13, 2021 2:30:44 GMT -5
2 Broke Girls is up there. It got, like, 5 seasons out of the dumbest and grossest sex jokes and making fun of NY hipsters, and that was it. Only on CBS can you pull off something like that. Season 1 was alright as far as low brow sexual humor goes. I'd even rewatch it. But Season 2 and onward went off a f***ing cliff and stretched an already thin premise to its breaking point. I have no idea how it got 6 straight seasons. My honest guess is that it was really cheap to produce and got good enough ratings to keep around.
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Post by petef3 on Feb 13, 2021 3:14:13 GMT -5
Hello Larry. Sort of forgotten today but up until the '90s it occupied a spot in the cultural pantheon similar to My Mother the Car and other infamously bad sitcoms, mostly because Johnny Carson made a frequent target out of it in his monologues.
Was Emily's Reasons Why Not a sitcom, or more of a dramedy? That got an insane amount of hype for a show that lasted one episode.
Two deep cuts: Wild Oats, a 1994 FOX sitcom with an unknown Paul Rudd. And Hardball, a sitcom with a promising premise (the wacky adventures of a minor league baseball team with Rose Marie as a Marge Schott-esque owner) but just completely faceplanted.
I'm not sure if the show itself was truly terrible or just forgettable, but Too Something, another '90s FOX sitcom with a title so horrible and confusing that they had to run a viewer contest to rename it. It became New York Daze, only a marginally better title. Seriously--"Too Something"? Did no one grasp what a disaster of a title that was?
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 13, 2021 3:26:43 GMT -5
Friends and The Big Bang Theory. And I'm only half joking. Big Bang Theory is saved thanks in large part to Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco's comedic chemistry with Parsons, a strong supporting cast (Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon's mom was genius), and having actual character development. Howard started as a repulsive creep that we were supposed to like, but they turned his character around after he met Bernadette, and had him acknowledge the piece of shit that he was, and admit that he was ashamed he was ever like that. Seriously, the work they did with Howard was great, and it allowed Simon Helberg to shine. Friends, I gave up watching, tried to watch some clips online, and while some jokes hold up (like "Pivot! Pivot! Pivot!" and Chandler throwing out Stalin as a stage name that Joey should use and Joey running with it), there's a lot that does not hold up at all.
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Post by mattperiolat on Feb 13, 2021 5:38:44 GMT -5
I’m a terrible judge since comedy is so subjective. I actually have seen episodes of Small Wonder, What a Dummy and Nick Freno, Licensed Teacher and while I didn’t find them hilarious, I wasn’t exactly looking for torches and pitchforks. On the flip side, how did stuff like Modern Family last so long? I mean, sorry, to me, it’s not funny.
Then again, yeah, there’s no reason that something like Heil, Honey, I’m Home should have made air. That, at the end of the day and to the end of time is the correct answer.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Feb 13, 2021 6:35:11 GMT -5
All this shit and they wouldn't make a second series for Dark Place.
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Post by BorneAgain on Feb 13, 2021 8:03:21 GMT -5
There is a particular show with limited footage that's become my holy grail in terms of being one of the worst sitcoms of all time called the Trouble with Tracy.
Basically the CTV needed to create more original Canadian content, and with no real budget or resources, ended up cutting a lot corners to get the (130!) episodes in a single season made. This meant cheap and/or wobbly sets, no filming outside, use of a laugh track, no retakes, and most significantly recycling 25-year-old radio comedy scripts for the stories.
Now the thing is, most bad comedy out there comes from stale gags, shallow characters, forced punchlines, jokes based on stereotypes, or moments that are more to shock than amuse. However you can still see them and recognize the attempts at humor, albeit ones that fall flat on their face. Even Big Bang Theory which gets laughs from "hey the characters mentioned this nerdy thing" may be lazy yet one can see how its intended to be humorous, even if it isn't to you personally.
With Trouble with Tracy though, the combination of outdated scripts, the rushed production, and the actors clearly having little time to develop any sense of delivery or timing with their scenes creates a sitcom where its not bad jokes that don't work... but a series where it honestly impossible to see what the jokes are even supposed to be:
It results in a sitcom feeling designed by an alien who'd never actually seen one and tried to create a variation based on what limited information they had; I desperately hope more footage of it shows up.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 13, 2021 8:44:10 GMT -5
There was a British version of That 70's Show. It existed and let's never speak of it again. while we're on the subject, That 80's Show.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 13, 2021 8:50:27 GMT -5
Yes, Clerks the Animated Series fans, that honestly was a real show. Not Chi McBride's finest moment. Also, will animated sitcoms count? If so, I'd rather watch a full season of any of the shows mentioned above or below me than watch a full episode of The Ren And Stimpy Show again. BTW, I sort of like Big Bang Theory and Modern Family.
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Post by karl100589 on Feb 13, 2021 9:11:31 GMT -5
There was a British version of That 70's Show. It existed and let's never speak of it again. while we're on the subject, That 80's Show.
If anything I remember it for Chyler Leigh being the only person to make a spiked mohawk sexy.
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Post by Ron Woodsman aka Shempaholic on Feb 13, 2021 10:36:49 GMT -5
Most of the shows that came on between Friends and Seinfeld back in the day were absolute shit. I remember Union Square being particularly terrible.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Feb 13, 2021 11:26:24 GMT -5
Season 1 was alright as far as low brow sexual humor goes. I'd even rewatch it. But Season 2 and onward went off a f***ing cliff and stretched an already thin premise to its breaking point. I have no idea how it got 6 straight seasons. My honest guess is that it was really cheap to produce and got good enough ratings to keep around. Said it before and I'll say it again: Two broke Girls was a social experiment to see how long Kat Dennings breasts could keep a show on the air. There is no other possible explanation.
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