Gimme Gimme Gimme is a stone cold classic. Still holds up today.
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
So does my toilet.
@peterpandemonium3032
Жыл бұрын
@@Toastrackman Hah! It's funny because it's a toilet! What a witty retort!Worthy of Oscar Wilde! Bravo.
@bappybumbam
Жыл бұрын
Agreed . Gimme gimme gimme was a good show .
@newforestpixie5297
Жыл бұрын
Damn site funnier than Gavin & Stacey ( assuming that show is classed as comedy ) 😁
@ChristianMcAngus
Жыл бұрын
I guess it's either love it or hate it - at least it wasn't dull.
@DKGCustom
Жыл бұрын
'Mrs Browns Boys' - utter shit for a future retrospective
@DM-it2ch
Жыл бұрын
If you think of Gimme Gimme Gimme as a piss-take of sitcoms, and how they'd be if they were based on real people, it's brilliant. And if you want to see the very worst sit-com in history, look at Miranda.
@nicolacarroll2767
Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏
@antmerritt
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Miranda is awful!
@marksaxby607
Жыл бұрын
Worst 'Sitcom' is Mrs Brown's Boys, imo - Miranda is more of a pastiche of sitcoms, but I can see it's not for everyone.
@darthwiizius
Жыл бұрын
@@marksaxby607 Miranda was one of those, always naff, vehicles based on "highlighting" one performer's comedy chops over the actual situation or comedy parts of a sitcom, and distract from the lack of acting skills of said "star". That one with Lee Mack also springs to mind in recent times but I suppose the ones with Jim Davidson really kicked off the "format".
@sicks6six
Жыл бұрын
@@darthwiizius how about the classic "mam it's the dust bin men" the BBC has a long tradition of giving licence payers money to people with zero talent for script writing or acting providing they went to the same schools, Eton, Cambridge, Oxford, etc etc. . .
@MaxAmmoNeeded
Жыл бұрын
I’m embarrassed to say I used to love gimme x3 😂 best quote of the show was Linda saying to Tom “when men look at me they don’t think cat, they think dog” 😅
@thebasementfilmgroup
Жыл бұрын
Don't be embarrassed - it was an award winning show - obviously didn't fit with some people's idea of comedy. Perhaps those who didn't like it were far more interested in "classics" like "liveth neighbour" where racism was ramp.... perhaps the world wasn't ready for a potty mouthed Linda and her Gay flat mate. I enjoyed it for different reasons - when I was at Uni I knew a girl like Linda who lived with a gay guy- and they were exactly like these two - it was almost written about their lives lol
@evelynwilson1566
Жыл бұрын
I think it's more about whether you find characters who are grotesques funny. There's no doubting that Gimme, Gimme, Gimme was popular though, so the world was definitely ready for it but that sort of humour is always going to be very divisive, regardless of the sexuality or personality of the characters. I was slobby and foul mouthed young woman in the nineties but I really hated Kathy Burke's character, she seemed to have no likeable qualities at all she was completely repulsive and selfish. The guy just seemed to be acerbic, with no other characteristics. The whole comedy just seemed to come from people being vile to each other. Then again, I was never a fan of Basil Fawlty or Alf Garnett... UK sitcoms in the nineties were not great, we seemed to do better at panel and sketch shows, like Goodness, Gracious Me and Chewin' the Fat, while the U.S was giving us crackers like Friends, Will and Grace, Frasier and in the early nineties, Roseanne.
@lyndonmaddison5860
Жыл бұрын
I also was surprised to see this one on the list. Though overly cliched, I found it mostly very funny.
@paulbrown6464
Жыл бұрын
Don’t agree with this being on the list, Kathy Burke is a legend
@63mckenzie
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was funny.
@Joemama55122
Жыл бұрын
Mrs Brown's Boys for me
@garypeacock5919
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't even class it as a comedy.
@honestchris7472
Жыл бұрын
That was absolutely terrible, far too predictable to ever be funny.
@pennyboulton9676
Жыл бұрын
I agree the first three seasons was brilliant
@matthewhendy5785
Жыл бұрын
By far.
@Clem_Fandango11
Жыл бұрын
That's a comedy??
@aamc
Жыл бұрын
I recently rewatched Gimme x3, Seasons 1 and 2 are excellent, but the 3rd season does flag. FWIW I think the series really captures the spirit of the 90s
@davidbgreensmith
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Up the Elephant and Round the Castle, and Mrs Brown's Boys didn't make this list.
@bramleydragon
Жыл бұрын
Mrs brown's is complete crap. Can't believe so many idiots love it.
@simonm7133
Жыл бұрын
Mrs Brown's Boys has been surprisingly successful. Whilst being critically panned it certainly scored high ratings. There was outrage when in 2011 it was nominated for a BAFTA for best TV scripted comedy and apoplexy when it actually won the award the following year. There was also much gnashing of teeth in 2014 when it won National Television Awards for best comedy. Hey, it's not my cup of tea but it must have something to have got the awards it has.
@Charlietwice
Жыл бұрын
Mrs browns boys, absolute dross
@powderedground78
Жыл бұрын
Mrs Brown's Boys isn't British though. However, I guess it's produced by the Beeb? It is horrendous
@bramleydragon
Жыл бұрын
@@powderedground78 I think it's filmed in Scotland.
@strawman3030
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme Gimme was actually excellent and has no place on a worst list
@paulrichards6894
Жыл бұрын
the 3rd series was awful but the first 2 were brilliant
@Niala8419
Жыл бұрын
Dreadful I thought 😬. Not the worst but definitely rank.
@paulrichards6894
Жыл бұрын
@@Niala8419 you are outvoted by about 30 to 1 judging by the chat
@stupot5364
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!! Great sit co Gimme Gimme Gimme!!! Replace it on this list with Mothers Boys!!! Now that is CAK in any era.
@DukeOfKidderminster
Жыл бұрын
Anything by Carla bloody Lane.
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
Like Bread.
@solophiesoterica
4 ай бұрын
Facts
@witterth
Ай бұрын
Amen!!!!
@bujin1977
Жыл бұрын
I saw Jasper Carrott in the video pic and thought you were going to list The Detectives. There would have been hell to pay! 😆
@davidprice5563
Жыл бұрын
I liked The Detectives (episodes on it's original run are a bit foggy - but thanks to Yewtube >the comedy still holds up stronger than concrete.)
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
Jasper is old school classic.
@sargonsblackgrandfather2072
Жыл бұрын
Hell toupee
@jimwright2652
Жыл бұрын
How good was the detectives. . Two of them had me in stitches every episode.
@alexbernard8907
Жыл бұрын
It was a good one developed from sketches in one of Jasper's stand up sketch shows on BBC one and both Robert Powell and George Sewell who played the parts in the comedy sketches reprised their roles for the sitcom,
@gulagbean289
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme Gimme is amazing, what you on about?
@barrietite495
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed Gimme Gimme Gimme and the occasional glimpse of Beth Goddard, who I liked the look of. (Don't tell her, she'll be creeped out)
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
She's nice👍😋
@jonathanwalker8730
Жыл бұрын
I don't want to creep her out either. But my days, she was hot.
@alanclarke6035
Жыл бұрын
Agree a very pretty lady
@hatherway
Жыл бұрын
Loving the comments about Gimme! One of the best sitcoms at the time and ground breaking in stupidity and representation of a classic odd couple. 10/10. Kathy Burke is an amazing actress and comedian. Such a shame she stood down from acting for the most part.
@napoleonsolo1705
Жыл бұрын
Is it a coincidence that the narrator always has negative views about sitcoms that contain gay characters…….?
@dougiehawes916
Жыл бұрын
A good cast made it bearable. Had great moments and lines at times. My favourite "you're so far back in the closet you're in fucking Narnia".
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore the sitcom Dear Ladies - written by and starring two gay men. I know what you are suggesting and you are wrong.
@ticketyboo2456
Жыл бұрын
@@napoleonsolo1705 Yeah I think his opinions on puffs and soft southerners are pretty clear lol...
@METALUNICORNLTD
Жыл бұрын
Have you seen Nil By Mouth?
@michaeldignan4607
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme Gimme was fabulously funny. Some of Burke's lines were off the scale.
@markthomas9568
Жыл бұрын
I still love gimme gimme gimme
@dalebrown4724
Жыл бұрын
Me to loved it
@anthonylonghurst5217
Жыл бұрын
Gimme gimme gimme. Sorry wrong there. Brilliantl.
@millerhxc
Жыл бұрын
I like Gimme Gimme Gimme. I watch an American KZitemr who's done a few reactions to it, and he really enjoys it. It's sort of a cult classic now. I watched All About Me. As someone who ended up working with people with disabilities, I've often thought about that show but can never remember any specifics.
@millerhxc
Жыл бұрын
@@bouncingbluesoul5270 Taffe316
@patrickeffiom97
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised it is in this list because it does have a cult following.Never did anything for me but I am aware some people did like it.I'm surprised Doctors Daughters is not here.
@pferreira1983
Жыл бұрын
My condolences on watching All About Me. 😄
@simonsmith7755
Жыл бұрын
Each to their own, the first two series of Gimme were so good. Fantastic leads and horribly funny scripts. Third when it moved to BBC1 not so much.
@chickenminute8195
Жыл бұрын
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, was well loved at the time. Not sure it belongs in the worst category.
@PoutingTrevor
Жыл бұрын
I loved Gimme Gimme Gimme and have fond memories of watching it. It was ridiculous, but that was the point. I'm also fairly sure it was the basis for Will and Grace, so it was quite influential.
@jimmythebantam
Жыл бұрын
Ben Elton’s series The Wright Way about a council Health and Safety was just awful. Got panned by the critics
@robmortimer4150
Жыл бұрын
That was easily my choice. Like he’d tried to do Thin Blue Line again but forgotten the jokes.
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
He should have given up after Capt Blackadder went over the top that was simply brilliant and Upstart Crow is underrated but the rest? 💩
@Philliben1991
Жыл бұрын
Good shout!
@Bungle-UK
Жыл бұрын
No idea what Gimme x 3 is doing on this list - it’s ace! That said, it goes off the boil in the third series.
@brantnuttall
Жыл бұрын
6:35 is that the OXO dad?
@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780
Жыл бұрын
I love Gimme gimme gimme
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
Yup. Well spotted.
@probro9898
Жыл бұрын
Sorry - I'm not over ranting yet. People pay far too much notice of these silly smug little know-it-all "critics", who have never had a creative thought in their lives, who decide the life and death of people who actually stick their necks out to create something worthy of criticism. They destroyed a wonderful sit-com like "Chalk" (David Bamber as a crazy headteacher) with their snotty comments, not to mention "Oh Doctor Beeching" (which I for one loved!). There were some glorious victories though: "Bottom" (with Edmondson and Mayall) won public acclaim despite the tomtittery of one little snot who thought it witty to say that the writers were "scraping the BOTTOM of the barrel". Give that boy one star point for effort!
@BobHowler
Жыл бұрын
I remember The River. Each episode ended with someone falling in the river. That was it.
@TheKnobCalledTone.
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme Gimme was meant to be terrible... and was brilliant at it. So no, I respectfully disagree with that one. Then again I can't take any "Worst British Sitcoms of all time" list seriously if Mrs Brown's Boys is nowhere to found on it.
@fannycraddock99
Жыл бұрын
These all slipped under my radar with the exception of 'Gimmie' which still makes me laugh - sometimes!
@amysmileyreid95
Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but you’re totally wrong about Gimme Gimme Gimme. It’s brilliant
@robertsmith1012
Жыл бұрын
i loved gimme gimme gimme
@papalazarou6674
Жыл бұрын
Miranda and Mrs Brown's boys should have been on the list Both absolute crap, and about as funny as this years electricity bill's
@dougiehawes916
Жыл бұрын
My Family - they had a go at being the first British sitcom to use a panel of writers like American sitcoms, then became the reason why we have never bothered since.
@robertsmith1012
Жыл бұрын
My family ran for 10 seasons plus specials gotta be something there
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
Not Going Out seems to follow that trend too. "Must have a gag every 15 seconds and must feature pointless exterior aerial shots of nowhere in particular for no apparent reason."
@dougiehawes916
Жыл бұрын
@@robertsmith1012 yes, a horrendous lack of taste in the British population.
@keithsolley
Жыл бұрын
it was great while Kris Marshall was in it,then went rapidly downhill after he left
@benhemmings3852
Жыл бұрын
I prefer a British series to an American season
@Turnbull50
Жыл бұрын
I agree but my most hated sitcom was Bread.
@EddiePedalo
Жыл бұрын
IMO the first couple of seasons of Bread were fantastic, but by the end of it's run it did descend into a tedious dirge of cliques and catchphrases.
@savagetop10s63
Жыл бұрын
Up the elephant and round the castle was AWFUL
@tardistime6857
Жыл бұрын
I like gimme gimme gimme
@CycolacFan
Жыл бұрын
Notice how every reviewer thinks they’re being original by branding a sitcom ‘the worst ever made.’ Ironic how they then accuse others of lazy and unfunny writing…
@TBMartin
Жыл бұрын
I'm shocked you added "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" and not "Heil Honey I'm Home!'.
@spana123321
Жыл бұрын
Heil Honey I’m home👍👍👍👍
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
I think it's because that it never got off the ground it only got one episode out before being shot in the head, poisoned and then taken outside, covered in petrol set alight before being buried in a shallow grave.
@TBMartin
Жыл бұрын
@@fus149hammer5 Granted they only aired one episode but that's how bad it was, so worthy in my opinion to be included in this list. More so than "Gimme Gimme Gimme", love that camp show.
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
Heil Honey I'm Home was covered recently: kzitem.info/news/bejne/romdypuhaoh1fXY&ab_channel=70stv80stv90stv-TheFootOfOurStairs
@Gmackematix
Жыл бұрын
Heil Honey I'm Home was just an experimental pilot show on a satelite channel that didn't get commissioned. I have watched it and it captures the dated US sitcom vibe with a deliberately bad taste premise quite well but isn't quite funny enough to justify that premise. It certainly isn't one of the worst, but the Hitler next to Jews premise creates easy shock value for people making "worst" lists.
@CricketEngland
Жыл бұрын
Personally “Birds of a Feather” deserves to be on this list……. It started out ok but just went on far too long and the later series on ITV was just like digging up the remains
@stephenderbyshire7849
Жыл бұрын
I agree; the first few series on BBC were OK, and when they show a clip on loose women, from the ITV ones, with Linda Robson, the audience and the rest of the panel, laugh their heads off, at something pretty ordinary.
@johnsmith8410
Жыл бұрын
I liked Gimmee Gimeee Gimmee, what was wrong with it
@dantemedici8179
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme Gimme is amazing lol
@brantnuttall
Жыл бұрын
11:36 I have to admit, I did laugh at Richard's delivery of that line. He was a great actor.
@GordonHeaney
Жыл бұрын
True, he was great in other stuff, just clearly had a poor script to work with here
@joshuakohlmann9731
Жыл бұрын
He was indeed...and, as his chilling performance in Inspector Morse shows, a great serious actor too.
@cisium1184
Жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same thing: I laughed and immediately thought, "well that's not so bad." I would have given the series a chance despite the reviews just on the strength of Briers alone.
@probro9898
Жыл бұрын
It's impossible not to laugh at Richard Briars. I totally loved him, even in his poorer roles.
@chriscoughlan5221
Жыл бұрын
@@cisium1184 here here!!!
@CaitiffPrimogen
Жыл бұрын
I gave Oh Doctor Beeching a pass because it was clearly just for keeping the Hi Di Hi mob off the streets, and letting them save for retirement ;)
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
True. By then the Perry/Croft/Lloyd magic had worn out.
@paulhirst7602
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, Doctor Beeching was terrible...the previous vehicle for Shane, Holland, and Pollard " You Rang M'lord " was at least passable, but this show stank.
@andrewyoung1904
Жыл бұрын
@@fus149hammer5 unpopular opinion=the croft perry magic all went into dads army and everything since was rubbish. i hated hi de hi and as for you rang m'lord...
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
@andrewyoung1904 personally speaking It Ain't Arf Hot Mum was even better but we won't be seeing that on the telly any time soon. I'll content myself with the box set.
@quantisedspace7047
Жыл бұрын
@@paulhirst7602 Who remembers "All Along The Watchtower" by Perry/Croft/Lloyd ?
@AchtungEnglander
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme Gimme is a work of genius given what's happening today.
@merman1974
Жыл бұрын
Have to say, Oh Doctor Beeching wasn't that bad. And I liked Gimme Gimme Gimme and All About Me.
@davidgilfillan
Жыл бұрын
The Royal Bodyguard, David Jason starred as a Johnny English clone minus the jokes
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
That's a new one on me I'll have to look it up
@RichardPhillips1066
Жыл бұрын
God that was bad , really really bad, and I'm not fussy I even laughed at oh doctor beaching, at times
@evonneokafor
Жыл бұрын
Even Jason hates that, and I don't blame him.
@avabeckett9550
Жыл бұрын
It was the very worst. Terrible.
@TheEulerID
Жыл бұрын
If it had Sally Geeson in it, then I would watch it no matter what. I was therefore a bit puzzled why she is not credited as appearing in the Spooner's Patch in either IMDB or Wikipedia despite being in this clip. However, it appears that she only appeared in the pilot, which is where that extract must be from. As it is, her last screen credit is for Bless This House in 1976, the year in which she married and then went on to have a family. I assume that's why she did not appear in the series as she'd given up acting by then.
@Marty2011uk
Жыл бұрын
Carol Hawkins is my favorite.
@TheEulerID
Жыл бұрын
@@Marty2011uk they appeared together in Carry On Abroad
@TheEulerID
Жыл бұрын
@WOOF ! She is, and her sister Judy is a well known film actress.
@neilgodfrey6578
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme was absolutely brilliant.
@lucaschapman2188
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme was Ace ( the first 2 series anyway) .
@Alb_01
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised to see 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' on this list. I know comedy is subjective, but with many, many sitcoms that have come and gone (some v briefly because they flopped so badly) this show has become a classic and many wanting it to return. I don't know anyone else that has rated it the worst sitcom or even one of the worst.
@jaynesheehy5237
Жыл бұрын
No way is Gimme, Gimme, Gimme a bad sitcom. It's bloody BRILLIANT!!
@paulrichards6894
Жыл бұрын
would make a best top 10
@davidsmith5319
Жыл бұрын
Strane coming across this just now, my wife and I just started to watch The River again last night on DVD, we both think the casting was perfect. He has a very low key voice in comparison to her Scottish voice. We Love it. The same can be said for Oh Doctor Beeching, we watch this often if we want something gentle and funny to watch. Love all the cast and have even been to the station where it was filmed Gimme Gimme was amazing, funny and vulgar at the same time BLOODY GREAT, most of the others were gentle, mild comedies that could be viewed by all the family. In this day and age all of them would upset some minority group who feel they were being hard done by. What amazes me is how so many "comedians" can swear and be completely vulgar using the F word constantly {amongst other things] and people don't bat an eyelid or complain. To be honest we watch them but after a while it gets a bit strained, you can only swear so many times be fore it gets boring. Interesting video, never heard or seen Divided We Fall.
@DaveyMulholland
Жыл бұрын
I guess it's lucky for you that you aren't some minority.
@Goldie644
Жыл бұрын
I quite enjoyed The River, and even went so far as to buy it on DVD :) Maybe it just matched my sense of humour
@kinkyspannertwister6843
Жыл бұрын
ditto.
@gingernutpreacher
Жыл бұрын
Thought it was ok but I was a kid
@EddiePedalo
Жыл бұрын
It had a certain charm. I remember enjoying it.
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
David Essex? His acting is so wooden he's at risk of catching dutch elm disease. It's so bad that when he was in Eastenders he made the rest of the cast look positively Shakespearean!
@ianfryer8386
Жыл бұрын
I loved The River too. It was charming rather than laugh out loud funny. Perhaps they should have dropped the laugh-track and called it a sit-charm.
@martryan2060
Жыл бұрын
Anything with Sharon Horgan and Dawn french the most useless actors I have seen . But people are afraid to tell them . I think Mrs Brown boys could have a complete channel of awfulness.
@minicle426
Жыл бұрын
Duck Patrol? Richard Wilson and a pre-Dr Who David Tennant couldn't salvage it.
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
Next video 👍
@tentringer4065
Жыл бұрын
Jasper carrot really does look like a tortoise.
@Edgel-in6bs
Жыл бұрын
Oh Dr beeching wasn't *awful* it was just dull and banal. Nothing here worse than Mrs browns boys.
@LNER162
2 ай бұрын
I honestly like Oh Doctor Beeching. Honestly a really underrated show in my opinion. 👍🏻
@mattjohnson5971
Жыл бұрын
I love gimme gimme gimme one of my favourite sitcoms
@sleepytyphlosion5660
Жыл бұрын
I'll admit, it's a bit weird seeing "Gimme Gimme Gimme" on there, seeing as it was number 48 on the list of Britain's Best Sitcoms in 2004.
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
48? That's bad, there probably wasn't 48 sitcoms on tv at that time.
@sleepytyphlosion5660
Жыл бұрын
@@Toastrackman It was out of a list of 100 sitcoms. I'm personally annoyed that The Brittas Empire, my favorite sitcom, is only one place above it.
@sleepytyphlosion5660
Жыл бұрын
@@Toastrackman It also didn't have to be current - I think Blackadder was the most popular and it had been over for years by 2004.
@jahno7154
Жыл бұрын
@@Toastrackman Anywhere in the top 100 best sitcoms is a great sitcom. If you see the list you would be amazed the quality sitcoms there is below 50 .
@cherylphillips3146
Жыл бұрын
Gimme Gimme is the best
@Tecstar70
Жыл бұрын
Have to disagree about gimmex3. Deffo not up there with the big classics but great performances.
@ghtqwrrt871
Жыл бұрын
Gimme gimme gimme =genius.All about me=utter woke garbage and easily the worst ever. You missed Duck Patrol as a close second
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
Woke before the term was coined.
@lloroshastar6347
Жыл бұрын
A sitcom I used to like that everyone else seemed to hate was Hyperdrive, starring Nick Frost and Miranda Hart. Although most of the criticisms I read just said it was 'trying to be Red Dwarf'. I didn't think that was true, they were just both sci-fi sitcoms. Still I do recognise I am a minority in liking that one.
@aphelanofficial
Жыл бұрын
That’s a show I remember, but didn’t see much of. Feels like everyone has forgotten about it, which I guess is understandable because Miranda Hart nor Nick Frost were quite household names at that time. Worth a revisit I’m sure!
@Benjiesbeenbetter.
11 ай бұрын
I loved Hyperdrive. It always struck me as how Star Trek would have been with a modern day British crew. The hopeless leader promoted way beyond his abilities, the bitter underling who thought he could do better, even though he obviously couldn't, and the half arsed crew just there because they weren't anywhere else.
@lloroshastar6347
11 ай бұрын
@@Benjiesbeenbetter. Thank you, it does feel great to be validated lol
@Benjiesbeenbetter.
11 ай бұрын
@lloroshastar6347 I know! Nobody I know even watched it.
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
9 ай бұрын
It could have gone a long way with the writers having a bit more practice ... and hart didn't fall down once. She was actually funny in this.
@wendythomson2542
Жыл бұрын
You must be mad, Gimme Gimme Gimme was brilliant
@alexjohnston8889
Жыл бұрын
I actually like Gimmie, gimmie gimmie, it's the silly camp carry on humour I like, it's not going to top any lists fawlty towers it is not but I enjoyed it. I couldn't stand anything with Penelope Keith in posh upper class boring comedy, to the Manor born is the most unfunny thing ever, didn't much like the good life either.
@cambs0181
Жыл бұрын
All About Me, I remember this. When I came to find out it got a second series, I thought the writers must have been well connected at the BBC for them to get a second chance. Gimme Gimme Gimme, wasn't the best sitcom ever, but it was okay for the later series. The one you missed was Big Top. It starred Amanda Holden and Tony Robinson. It was absolute crap!
@Sasahara-Lafiel
Жыл бұрын
I was looking to see if someone remembered the travesty of Big top! :D
@davidjames579
Жыл бұрын
@@Sasahara-Lafiel Amanda Holden said she did it to prove she had the right to judge performers on Britain's Got Talent. Er.......
@Sasahara-Lafiel
Жыл бұрын
@@davidjames579 Yeah, "you're almost as bad as me, it's a no!" :D
@davidjames579
Жыл бұрын
@@Sasahara-Lafiel She was barely Holden it together. I should write for local newspapers.
@seymourskinner2533
Жыл бұрын
Don’t care about ratings , hated allo allo.
@FatNorthernBigot
Жыл бұрын
My dad had to explain who Dr Beeching was, when I watched Oh Dr Beeching. I wish I hadn't asked, as he was clearly a massive bar steward who didn't care about grinding Britain to a halt.
@bryemycaz
Жыл бұрын
Thats not the worst of it, he was employed by Ernest Marples who was transport minister at the time. His "Wife" owned a road building company. Massive conflict of interest there.
@FatNorthernBigot
Жыл бұрын
@@bryemycaz so it was both short-sighted and corrupt. 🤬
@ginge210873
Жыл бұрын
Gimme is a classic. Enough said.
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
Vulgar snd crude.
@dalebrown4724
Жыл бұрын
It was brilliant 👏
@philb4462
10 ай бұрын
For me, Constant Hot Water deserves a place on this list. Most bad sitcoms at least let me know where the jokes are and therefore where I'm supposed to laughter even if I don't. In Constant Hot Water, I wouldn't even have been able to tell where the jokes were if it wasn't for the laugh track. Somebody would say something, there would be a burst of canned laughter, and I would think "Was that a joke? How was that supposed to be funny, even theoretically?"
@ChrisHopkinsBass
Жыл бұрын
To be fair, Johnny Speight also wrote Curry and Chips which was pretty terrible as well
@markkaminski4496
Жыл бұрын
Curry and Chips was great. Was just a comedy that could not be made today , but had the brilliant Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes in it , so was bound to be controveral, the same for 19th Hole.
@stephenreeds3632
Жыл бұрын
Lasted one series and that was generous.
@markkaminski4496
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenreeds3632 Still was a lot better than the rubbish made nowadays.
@jonathanwalker8730
Жыл бұрын
"Confused broth of joke-free zone" pretty much sums up my entire life.
@davidcarrol110
Жыл бұрын
Babes In The Wood featuring Denise Van Outen from 1998 is the most appalling sitcom ever.
@thefrecklepuny
Жыл бұрын
"Bottle Boys, Bottle Boys, Up with the larks, Who cares if it's raining, Who cares if it's dark." Thought that would've been No1. Or was it too obvious? P.S. I liked Gimme, Gimme, Gimme!.
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
Would have been on the list but its been on a recent video already. Will likely re-surface though at some point: kzitem.info/news/bejne/tXqGtmicimuVqqg
@davidponseigo8811
4 ай бұрын
Funny Married For Life was horrible and the American version Married With Children was a massive hit.
@jamesrobinsons8086
Жыл бұрын
Worst sitcom ever was the Royle family ! I've had funnier migraine headaches 😩
@Johnno9989
Жыл бұрын
Yay, somebody who agrees with me on that show.
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
Yea I could never understand why people enjoyed watching other people watching tv lol
@dalebrown4724
Жыл бұрын
Sorry guys it was a brilliant, but each to there own
@janettemohan7739
7 ай бұрын
There was a listeners' survey on BBC Radio Merseyside a couple of years ago on the subject of "Liverpool's best-ever TV sitcom". Most of the presenters seemed to believe that it would be a walk-over for one of Carla Lane's works - either "The Liver Birds" or "Bread". And the winner was... "WATCHING", 50% of which was set on the Wirral Peninsula and was written by the hitherto-unknown Jim Hinchmough.
@john4592
Жыл бұрын
No way Gimme Gimme Gimme should be on this list. Hilarious show.
@steveh31
Жыл бұрын
So you put in the wonderful Gimme Gimme Gimme and no mention of Brighton Belles or Slinger's Day.
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
Covered those in other videos kzitem.info/news/bejne/romdypuhaoh1fXY&ab_channel=70stv80stv90stv-TheFootOfOurStairs
@danh1534
Жыл бұрын
I loved Gimme Gimme Gimme! I don’t agree there!
@barnabyhughes5643
Жыл бұрын
You certainly have missed some real stink bombs: Here's my list- 'Mulberry' (with that jack the lad actor who popped up in Minder and The Sweeney on a few occasions; Karl Howman), 'On the Up' ( An embarrassing outing for Dennis Waterman.....he even wrote the feem toon), 'Relative Strangers' (Matthew Kelly's unconvincing portrayal of the father of a cocky teenager, played by the late Mark Farmer) , 'Curry and Chips' (Refreshingly politically un-correct but unfunny and a waste of Spike Milligan's comic genius), 'Bless this House' (As far as sitcoms are concerned, Sid James only nailed it in Hancock's Half Hour) and that awful vehicle for Tessa Peake Jones; 'So Haunt Me'. Perhaps next time, you can do a top 30 or 40 list as there are so many.
@2760ade
Жыл бұрын
Waterman didn't only write the feem toon, he sung the feem toon as well if I remember?! Amazed you remember most of the other sitcoms you mention, I've not given them any thought for years!!
@williamcameron1971
8 ай бұрын
The River was awful but Katy Murphy is a legend
@anicecupoftea8303
Жыл бұрын
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme was ok in its first series.
@tracysteele7652
Жыл бұрын
The one that I hated the most was on the buses it was funny at all and all the canned laughter was annoying all it was was the inspector saying I hate you butler
@jennifersivewright3117
Жыл бұрын
You are right. It was depressing . That dreary house, the ugly old men who had the nerve to criticise Olive. Yuk.
@grahamariss2111
Жыл бұрын
Some of them no doubt deserve bad reviews, but what we must remember is that Dad's Army got panned by the critics when it was first released, being accused of being out of date and unfunny, yet over half a century later still frequently pulling in the biggest sit comedy audienceof the week..
@MartysWhiteSuit
3 ай бұрын
Shame about The Nineteenth Hole. We all followed Eric Sykes, expecting something better, but he was let down by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. You also have to remember, back then, Richard Briers was like Lester Piggett - never rode a loser.
@Gazowen-qz5xy
2 ай бұрын
Richard briers did back a loser that sitcom he was in with Hannah Gordon but I can't remember it
@joannefalkinder393
Жыл бұрын
I loved gimme gimme gimme.
@63mckenzie
Жыл бұрын
Most are these are comedic gems compared to the crap they put out today.
@kylereece1979
Жыл бұрын
The Original Married with Children was great at the time. Al Bundy was a classic character, who got as much as he gave from his wife. It was a rock n' roll sitcom that was out to be the opposite of the squeaky clean, morale teaching goody two shoes US family sitcom. Dysfunctional family sitcom at its best. I never saw the Russ Abbot remake, but yeah, safe to say the transitions didnt work!
@himoffthequakeroatbox4320
Жыл бұрын
There's a multi part one where Bill Oddie plays a long lost relative. Awesome stuff.
@judigbr9430
Жыл бұрын
Great video, mate :) Very few I remember, but if the snipets you showed were anything to go by, that's all the better for me ;)
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
Some best left forgotten
@SkunkMantraTechnoSkunk
Жыл бұрын
Loved Gimme Gimme Gimme. As he says on a Episode Fuck a Duck xd And i liked my family but after NICK left it went down hill.
@wayneclayton5426
Жыл бұрын
Is that Michael Macintyre playing the kid in Married for Life??
@garypeacock5919
Жыл бұрын
Hi-di-hi tops my list, no contest I'm afraid.
@this0033
Жыл бұрын
I'm 78 this year, and having seen this (I only remember 'The River), I'm glad that I had better things to do than become a couch potato.
@dinogoldie9716
Жыл бұрын
The truly awful sitcoms are the ones too generic to even remember, let alone merit the effort of forming an opinion. They're the ones whose titles are usually laboured puns on the protagonist's surname.
@Toastrackman
Жыл бұрын
The Good Life was popular in its day.
@ianharrison3662
Жыл бұрын
What! No "Chintz", no "Sometimes, Never", "Troubles and Strife" or "Sir Yellow"? "In For A Penny" forgotten, "The Other 'Alf" not even hinted at? "Hope It Rains" and "Small World" ignored? "The Wackers" and "Mog" not even given dishonourable mentions? "Stone me!" as that chap in the homburg and overcoat would have said.
@TFOOS
Жыл бұрын
Covered several of them in other vids here. kzitem.info/news/bejne/romdypuhaoh1fXY&ab_channel=70stv80stv90stv-TheFootOfOurStairs
@TheMusicalElitist
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised about Oh! Dr. Beeching. I really loved that show.
@IgorsDen
Жыл бұрын
It was fine. Nowhere near bottom 10 material
@trevorwilliams6404
Жыл бұрын
Since you had one from the 2000s. The one I was thinking before it started was the royal bodyguard with David Jason
@kinkyspannertwister6843
Жыл бұрын
I just felt embarrassed for David Jason for agreeing to be in it and for me because i watched it. UTTER CRAP
@fus149hammer5
Жыл бұрын
It was terrible. It was David Jason does Mr Bean does James Bond. Oh hang on that had already been done that was Johnny English!
@dalebrown4724
Жыл бұрын
So true it was terrible, I would think why are you doing this rubbish
@RichardPhillips1066
Жыл бұрын
I think it's the worst comedy show I've ever watched , the Chuckle brothers was more funny and that was a silly show for kids
@shellbell1705
Жыл бұрын
@@RichardPhillips1066 "To me, to you!" 🤣
@spana123321
Жыл бұрын
Gimme gimme gimme is fucking brilliant
@dalebrown4724
Жыл бұрын
I am with you just brilliant 👏
@fastcakes
Жыл бұрын
You are fantastically wrong about Gimme Gimme Gimme. It was superb.
@Old_Scot
Жыл бұрын
I loved Gimme Gimme Gimme, mostly because of Kathy Burke and James Dreyfuss. I confess I actively avoided Oh Dr Beeching (sometimes the title is enough of a warning). I have no memory of any of the rest of them. Now that BBC and ITV have their miserable soap operas on four nights a week, the era of the family-friendly sitcom has ended and the era of pre-watershed murder and adultery is with us. Be careful what you wish for?
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