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Old 27-05-2008, 07:59 AM
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MY SON REUBEN

FEET FIRST

UP THE WORKERS

YANKS GO HOME

PARADISE ISLAND

all completely unfunny. FEET FIRST was probably ahead of its time being set in a football club.

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Langley Bottom

High and Dry

Thicker than Water

In For A Penny

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !
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In For A Penny
Was that the one set in public toilet ..... dreadful, dreadful show.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"
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Old 27-05-2008, 08:09 AM
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The Detectives with Robert Powell and Jasper Carrot was a funny show, but came and went as quick as a flash. Some are repeated on the sky channels I believe.

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Was that the one set in public toilet ..... dreadful, dreadful show.
Bob Todd's attempt at a sitcom

Tom, Dick and Harriet

Stringer's Day

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !
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Yus my Dear wasn't one of the best!!
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The Bottle Boys ... not one to get up early for.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"
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Even when top writers such as Johnny Speight went over to ITV,they still couldn't come up with decent comedy. Here are my favourite ITV sitcoms which I found funny:
Keep It In The Family
Outside Edge
Watching
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Old 27-05-2008, 10:05 AM
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Romany Jones has to be one of the worst. Even the death of the star (James Beck) couldn't bring a halt to its atrociousness.
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Two with Andrew Sachs -

There Comes a Time (Sachs as dying businessman)

Dead Ernest (Sachs as dead poolswinner in heaven)

Maybe Sachs had a deathwish in the 80s!
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The Detectives with Robert Powell and Jasper Carrot was a funny show, but came and went as quick as a flash. Some are repeated on the sky channels I believe.
I agree it was funny,but it was a BBC vehicle - that's why it was funny.
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My goodness!

The ITV shows that people have come up with as bad must have been simply appalling - I've checked through those listed and have absolutely no memory of any of them. That's not altogether surprising as I don't think I've ever seen anything remotely funny on ITV.

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Old 28-05-2008, 10:09 PM
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Just thought of some more....

DEVENISH

THE DUSTBINMEN

HOW'S YOUR FATHER

MY BROTHER'S KEEPER

SAM AND JANET

OH NO IT'S SELWYN FROGGITT

KINVIG
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I hated 'Not On Your Nellie' with a passion. Never found Hilda Baker funny.
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Old 30-05-2008, 10:35 PM
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Anyone remember these 80s ITV classics?
CHALK AND CHEESE
DR'S DAUGHTERS
What was the one that lasted just its 6 (?) episode run about some young Jewish guy(recall a motorcycle perhaps?) and it got shifted from primetime to a graveyard slot?

I hear the Union Jack still remains.I see Namijira in custody
and I see Truganini's in chains.
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