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UK Sitcoms Are Far Better Than The US Ones.
The Americans have made some top class funny films, the best cartoons and legendary comedians. In these formats they are edgy, push boundaries, are original, daring and hilarious. But the sitcoms are invariably sterile, unoriginal, formatted, safe, unfunny, witless piles of garbage.
 StBalders  26 Mar 2009 21:54
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True enough especially in the last ten years. But we've got you completely beat in the 1 hour drama department. Cop shows, murder mysteries, things like Dexter, which may be the best show on television right now, House, Sopranoes, Big Love, The Closer, Monk, Psych, the Sci-Fi shows. I could go on and on but I have to go to work.
 
 finsch  27 Mar 2009 13:15
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 you are right about the dramas. Sopranos is my fav. House is with Hugh Lawrie, an English comedy legend. I guess Dexter will hit our TV soon so I will look out for it. There is always Lost and Desperate Housewives that rather let the side down.
by  StBalders
 27 Mar 2009 22:14
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Definitely right about that, although I'll grudgingly allow 'em Married with Children too.
 
 Evileye  27 Mar 2009 13:04
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 No way, that show was terrible. Although I did really like it.
by  StBalders
 27 Mar 2009 22:16
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I've never seen a UK sitcom before. But I hate almost all the sitcoms I've ever seen though.
 
 Hizashi  26 Mar 2009 23:25
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Friends, Dharma & Greg, Everyone Loves Raymond, Home Improvements, Will & Grace, The Cosby Show etc etc etc. There are hundreds of them and they are all the same, man do they suck. There are exceptions but they are few and far between; The Honeymooners, Bilko, Cheers, Taxi, Scrubs.

Compare that to British sitcoms; Fools & Horses, Porridge, Alan Partridge, Pheonix Nights, Steptoe and Son, Fawltey Towers, The Peep SHow, Father Ted (Irish but made by channel 4) Blackadder, Gavin & Stacey and many more. I could say the same about the sketch show format.

Why are Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, and South Park so brilliant yet the Yanks can't make funny Tv comedy shows.
 
 StBalders  26 Mar 2009 22:02
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 I will add Red Dwarf and The Office to my list.
by  StBalders
 27 Mar 2009 22:17
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Um i like those show that you said sucked lol but thank you for telling me about British sitcoms i have never seen them i look them up later lol but sorry i like the us it fun here and i cant say much about britain except that we were once apart of them and you have a queen lol so yeah and i have never been out side of north america
 
 davidfinc  27 Mar 2009 02:05
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