What classic TV have you never seen ?

fretmeister

Did you want to borrow the others?

Paul_C

yes, one day

I've nearly cleared the backlog of DVDs, though one I still haven't watched yet is The Men Who Stare At Goats 

Philly_Q

@fretmeister ;

Yes, don't get me wrong, I like Hugh Laurie.  I'm sure he's good in House and probably in his music too (although it's not really my kind of thing).  Struggling to accept his Americanisation is my problem, it's not his fault. 

Handsome_Chris

I would just like to ask who these Empire people think they are?  There is no mention of Oh No, it's Selwyn Froggitt! on this list of theirs.

Lixarto

Paul_C said:

The Men Who Stare At Goats 

Brilliant film!

RobDavies

I can only assume that the list was mostly compiled by fat teenage geek girls as there's a huge amount of really average sci-fi stuff listed.

24 above The Wire??  Really?

Snap

I've started watching Breaking Bad - its good, very good, I'm about 4 episodes in.

The Wire, Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire I want to wathc too.

Lost - the last episode was good, but they were deffo making it up as they went along after series one, and the writers more or less admitted that. Originally they planned two series, but it was so successful they had to write the rest on the hoof, and it showed.

Deadwood - ace, but sadly they all fell out and the planned final series was never done, so it all ends a bit messily at the end of S3, brilliant stuff though, all the same.

Lixarto

EricTheWeary said:

I tried with the Wire but it seemed very ordinary to me.

Yes, I just thought it was dull.

fretmeister

I thought Series 1 of The Wire was the best telly ever.

But as an entire run, Breaking Bad gets my vote. I think there was only 1 episode that I thought was pants and could have been left out.

Can't wait for 'Better Call Saul' to start!

stickyfiddle

Off top of my head I've never seen:

Lost
The Wire
BSG
The West Wing
Lost
Twin Peaks (though I intend to one day, and I've seen the film that came later)
Deadwood
Alias
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Life On Mars/Ashes To Ashes
Prison Break
Heroes

And haven't *watched*, as in more than a couple of episodes:
Sopranos
24
Babylon 5

Great to see The Shield so high up. It's absolutely fantastic and so many people haven't even heard of it.

Philly_Q

I've only just got round to looking at that Empire top 50 list.

No mention of Hill Street Blues, Homicide: Life on the Street or Oz.  How can they put crap like Prison Break ahead of those?

FelineGuitars

Never got to see the Wire so I've starting watching that now 

Loved Breaking Bad and the wire seems as well put together !

One of the great (IMO) British comedies that was overlooked was Coupling.

It was kind of like a British version of Friends but so much sharper and biting.

EricTheWeary

boogieman said:

thomasross20;476285" said:

I hate US comedies - think they're poor.

But, but.....Cheers? Frasier? Big Bang Theory? Some great stuff there, particularly Frasier.

I have watched some Frasier recently. My memory says sharp comedy about a psychiatrist. The reality seems to say slightly embarrassing comedy about a middle aged sexual predator.

Philly_Q

EricTheWeary said:

boogieman said:

thomasross20;476285" said:

I hate US comedies - think they're poor.

But, but.....Cheers? Frasier? Big Bang Theory? Some great stuff there, particularly Frasier.

I have watched some Frasier recently. My memory says sharp comedy about a psychiatrist. The reality seems to say slightly embarrassing comedy about a middle aged sexual predator.

Fans of American sitcoms often praise their approach of using big teams of writers.  It's supposed to ensure fresh ideas and consistency, but I find them extremely formulaic and repetitive.

British sitcoms tend to be written by one or two writers which, I guess, makes them more hit and miss but they're much more individual in style.

Snap

British sitcoms are universally appalling. They should be called sitcraps

Handsome_Chris

Snap;479972" said:

British sitcoms are universally appalling. They should be called sitcraps

Well you have obviously never watched Miranda. :-S

Snap

lol, just isn't funny. THe worst offender at the moment is that SHITE Not Going Out, he is one unfunny get that Lee Mack. He really does in fact need to go out. Go out, and find a chuffing canal to play in mate.

My Family - completely unfunny, about as funny as glass underpants.

Canned laughter, what's that about then? If somethings funny, I laugh, I don't need to hear some prerecorded laughing to make me think something is funny either. Gits.

Outnumbered - is that supposed to be funny, at all? I like Hugh Dennis, but that isn't funny.

American sitcoms - not funny, again, across the board. None of them. Apart from the SImpsons, which is clever IMO.

breakstuff

The only show of the last twenty years which could be considered a sit com that I find absolutely hilarious is The IT Crowd.I can't put my finger on it but I can watch them over and over again and still find them funny.And Katherine Parkinson is one of the best comedy actresses out there and vastly underused.She can say more with one look than Miranda can say in a whole series.

ICBM

Handsome_Chris said:

Snap said:

British sitcoms are universally appalling. They should be called sitcraps

Well you have obviously never watched Miranda. :-S

I tried to watch an episode after seeing her on Graham Norton, on which she was funny. I couldn't take more than ten minutes - just totally painful and unfunny.

That brings me on to one thing I absolutely can't stand - laugh tracks, or even possibly real studio audience laughter. It just destroys the humour in anything. I suspect there might actually be some things that could be quite funny if it wasn't for that. (But still not Miranda.)

Philly_Q

Depends on how you define sitcom, but what about some, or all, of:

Father Ted?  Spaced?  Black Books?  The Inbetweeners?  Peep Show?  Garth Marenghi's Darkplace?  The League of Gentlemen?