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Best Seinfeld Episode

Willow

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Ah yes... Colin Hayes - not exactly Australian and not exactly famous anymore butI remember it now. Thanks Steve
 
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legend

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I agree with your thoughts on Monty Python, Fawlty Towersand Blackadder and that's what turned me off, too much effort IMO.

Love thy neighbour was another good English comedy but until I get Foxtel back, i'm at the mercy of free to air and LBC.
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CanadianSteve

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not exactly Australian - I assumed he was but did a search and see he was born in Scotland. But the group was Aussie, and he sang at the Sydney Olympics, so I hope I can be excused for assuming he was.
 
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I'm pretty sure he had a fair amount of upbringing in Australia, Steve.
'Men At Work' are Australian and had that song. 'A Land Downunder'...yeccch.... so I guess thats close enough. Colin Hayes still has the Scot accent though.

BTW, Angus Young from AC/DC was also born in Scotland. AC/DC are true Westie Sydney type of band from the 70s and they shit all over Men At Work.

Angus was a product of the Yagoona detention centre for immigrants and turned out allright it seems. I think Colin Hayes may have been in the same detention centre but don't quote me on that.

This thread is turning into trivia central. :D
 
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Legend... you know whatI mean...lol 'More effort' but not on the part of the audience...imo.
I'm sure Buster Keaton worked pretty hard to pull off his stunts. They looked simple (like having a house fall on him) and only took a second to complete but I'd say the effort was there.

'Love Thy Neighbour'? I was thinking of that. Turned it off after five minutes but it definitely springs to mind. The thing about a lot of comedies is that they rely on the main characters to pull it off. If there is a flaw is a character that grates on you, then its hard to get you back.

There's a stable of British comedy that seemed to have the same writer but had varying successes: 'Doctor In the House', 'Father Dear Father', 'Dads Army' for example.

What about 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes Prime Minister'? Different writers for sure.

 
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Willow, an Ali G fan. :)

This may give you a laugh then.

http://www.webdez.net/alig/

Also, Father dear Father is on Fox as well, it didn't age very well. The clothes are a laugh though.

Personally, The Young Ones, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python etc all prove the superiority of British Comedy over the Seppos.
 
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The Young Ones, Red Dwarf... how could I forget? lol
Father Ted is another Brit comedy that could make me laugh.
 
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imported_E_A__

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Father Ted, how could I forget?

I'd never seen it until it was on for a full day marathon on Fox. I pissed myself laughing.

Feck. :(
 
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The one about the chicken shop that opens up across from Kramers apartment with a big red neon light that keeps him, then Jerry awake all night. On top of that Kramer gets addicted to the chicken.

Also the Jon Voights car episode & the pez dispenser. Though any where George gets a heap of air time are usually my faves

All this talk of Pommie comedy shows & not one mention of The Goodies or The Kenny Everett Video/Television Show. Gizzard Puke & Cupid Stunt are still 2 of thefunniest characters I've seen from a TV show.

Also I didnt mind Men Behaving Badly either.
 
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Another British one nobody has mentioned yet is Bottom, which is odd considering a few of you profess to being Young Ones fans. In my opinion Edmondson and Mayall took their formula from the Young Ones and got rid of all the stuff that wasn't funny (Mike, the unnecessary musical numbers, the talking vegetables etc) and replaced it with more violence and came up with what I reckon is the funniest show ever. I also find the fact that Richie and Eddie are a pair of fat, unemployed losers has more potential for humour thanthe student flat as in the Young Ones. As for the amount of effort put into things, the frequent fights between Richie and Eddie have to be some of the best comedy violence ever filmed! (actually they topped it with their scrap in Guest House Paradiso, but thats really just a feature length Bottom episode)
 
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Willow, as for Seinfeld, you say that you don't find Jerry funny but mabe people are laughing at Kramer... you've actually missed the funniest character in the show, George. Jerry is sort of the straight man, and Kramer the slapstick element, but I think George as a character is the funniest. Seinfeld and Larry David actually based the show on themselves, with george being based on David.
I like Seinfeld but like others no episodes stand out that much. Some of my comedy favourites:
Bottom
Fawlty Towers
The Simpsons
Red Dwarf (early with episodes with Rimmer only, Kochanski was NOT funny)
Monty Python
Ali G
South Park
King of the Hill
Beavis and Butthead

I've included the cartoon ones because while they are cartoons they follow the typical comedy show hqalf hour episode format, The Simpsons and especially King of the Hill are really just comedy shows with drawn instead of real characters. I also like a lot of more fully cartoon type shows like Ren and Stimpy (early Spumco episodes) Cow and Chicken, Pinky and the Brain etc.
 
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There is ofcourse a new kid on the block which goes by the name of <u>`The League of Gentlemen`. </u>This displays all the signs of a classic comedy in that, it's either loved or hated. I f you get a chance you want to see this one, it is a BBC production and is set in the fictitional town of Roston Vasey a town full of weirdo's and misfits. All the main characters are played by 3 of the writers, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gattis and Reece Shearsmith.To get an idea of the series go visit this website http://www.leagueofgentlemen.co.uk/

If you do get to see it, be prepared to be shocked and horrified at some of the characters and situations.

Hope you like what you see.

WHATS ALL THIS SHOUTING, WE'LL HAVE NO TROUBLE HERE.
 
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Did anyone see the British series "Big Train" when it was on a couple of years back. Simmilar to "The League of Gentlemen" and truly hillarious.

Did anyone also catch the series of fake docos, oneabout differentcouples and another about different jobs, I think they were both on ABC. I cant remember the name ofeither series but they were both awesome.
 
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Seinfeld is the best show I've seen, and outdoes other comedies purely on account of its ability to seamlessly meld 3-4 separate but interlinking storylines within an episode. Nobody did layering as consitently well as Seinfeld did. Very hard to pick a favourite episode though, as there weren't any truly poor ones.

Kramer's adopt a highway episode was a classic, but I was also extra partial to the O'Brien Limousine; Serenity Now; George trying to get fired; and The Merv Griffin set episodes.

To quote from Eddie Banya... "God, Jerry... Gold!"

CyberKev
 
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Seinfeld is one of my favourite sitcoms.

There are too many good episodes especially many of the early ones. One that I quite like was the 'handicap car spot' - classic.

One sitcom like show I have been watching lately is "Guess who's line it is anyway?" hosted by Drew Carey. Absolutely a funny show, cracks me up all the time.
 
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leg1ndyoll

Couldn't possibly disagree with you more about Seinfeld!

I'm with you big time on Frasier though! Its a true travesty of Australian television programming that Channel Kerry hasn't saw fit to treat us to this particular little gem with consistency (and at a uniformly respectable hour) throughout its lifespan!!!

Sport on tap will be the obvious lure when I take the plunge and invest in a Foxtel subscription next year, but I'll certainly be considering wanton access to Frasier a big bonus in sealing the deal.

My personal Frasier favourite had to be the episode in which he forgot the words while singing 'Buttons &amp; Bows' at a televised charity event... Absolute Coca Cola classic!

CyberKev
 
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leg1ndyoll

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Hey no probz Cyberkev, the world would be a debateless and truly boring place if we all agreed all the time, it's a case of each to his or herown.

On my rating system.

Python 9.75 / 10
League of Gentlemen 9.5 / 10
Frasier 9 / 10
Seinfeld 7 / 10
The Office 0.5 / 10 only because I can't score it 0 / 10


But if we include radio

The Goons 10 / 10
 
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I thought that Seinfeld was as funny as anything on TV for the first six seasons, slipped a little in season 7 (but was still pretty good), and was pathetically unfunny for the final two seasons. The majority of the episodes mentioned here are ones which I didn't like very much. Give me classics from the earlier days like "The Marine Bioligist", "Not that there's anything wrong with that", and "The Pig Man", any day.
 
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