Sitcoms 70's-90's

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I HATE Last of the summer wine....My parents said 'that bloody wine never seems to end!' It just wasn't funny.

Yus Muther with Mike Reid was awful so I'm told...

On the Buses...The Conductor, Ugly Olive, Stan with his greasy hair and his mates bad teeth...ergh. And Stans morose, useless bro in law...

Home To Roost - that has got to be the nadir period of John Thaw's career - what made it worse was the canned laughter and Reese Dinsdale....

Mind Your Language - yes, lets really steryotype foreigners - rolls eyes....

I've seen Take a Letter Mr Jones, it is baaaaaad....

It Ain't Half Hot Mum....yuck.

Metal Mickey, Thats My Boy with Mollie Sugden (I think), there was another I despised as a kid with Thora Hird called Hallelujah about the Sally Army and I think Christopher Beeny (Edward in Upstairs, Downstairs) was in it...

BRASS with Timothy West,

Love Thy Neighbour - it was funny but it must be said it was totally and utterly racist,

Terry & June and Never The Twain - totally naff BUT utterly watchable. I loved the theme tunes and the riiiiiiicccccchhhh voices of Sinden and Davies made it funny as a kid...

[spuggybridge]

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last of the summer wine

Got to agree, it was good in the 70's but the comedy of the recent series (last 10 - 15 years) is seriousely dated, Still Game is what last of the summer wine should be like, brilliant scottish sit com.

[onthebusesfan]

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last of the summer wine

[Richard1978]

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A similar response here, I think he wrote for TV a few times in the 1960s-70s.

[sixtyten]

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Wow! written by Kenneth Cope

[Marine Boy]

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Yes, I remember that thread. Here's a pic...

[Heather74]

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Link forStricker posted by marine Boy on this thread https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/t...hlight=striker

Oh and one posted by myself https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/t...hlight=striker

[Alant]

"STRIKER" 1970s BBC kids football drama

before anyone says it - I am NOT thinking of "Jossie's Giants"!!!! This was an early 1970s BBC fictional drama show. The team played in blue shirts with red/white diagonal stripes. I believe the team was coached by an ex Leeds United player. (his daughter fancied one of "the lads" on the team!) It may also have featured an old guy who I think was Nora Batty's husband in Last Of The Summer Wine. I used to have the paperback book of the show.

[agfagaevart]

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Film 24 on satellite showed a serious contender from the past:
Take A Letter Mrs Jones, with John Inman. AND Rula Lenska!!!

Truly awful.

[poodle1977]

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'Shane' was the worst sitcom ever

[tonyfinster]

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I could come with Hi-Di-Hi, You Rang M'Lord was OK until they ran out of ideas & I didn't like Oh Dr Beeching.

it was still the unholy offspring of hi de hi meets it aint half hot mum.

just remembered another,

3 up 2 down, i only watched it because of michael elphick, i loved watching Boon.

[Richard1978]

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After Bill Owen died Last Of The Summer Wine was never the same.

The one with the Dad in the greenhouse was There's No Place Like Home. A young Martin Clunes was on of the children who kept moving in or out of the house. My Dad reckons it would seem funnier now to him as my brother & sister have come and gonea couple of times before eventually moving out for good.

I could come with Hi-Di-Hi, You Rang M'Lord was OK until they ran out of ideas & I didn't like Oh Dr Beeching.

[tonyfinster]

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Is my taste in sitcoms really that bad,

Father ted rules , best visual comedy sitcom.
I liked ever decreasing circles and keeping up appearances as well.

Selwyn froggit was filmed in skelmanthorpe or 'Shat' (which is the old local name) which is a stones throw from where i live and i remember them filming it. Mind you it was dreadful

Some of the worst i remember

last of the summer wine (living in the holme valley didnt help, bl**dy tourists everywhere)
on the up
you rang m'lord
hi de hi
oh dr beeching (can you see a pattern? )

There was one about lots of people living in a house and the father spent most days in a greenhouse with a neighbour drinking revolting eastern european sherry. That was pretty bad.

And although i love ronnie barker and the open all hours sitcom, Clarence was absolutely dreadful.
Till death us do part was another ropey one

[Richard1978]

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My Dad really liked Dear John, & I found it very funny as well.

[Austin Maxi]

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What this thread proves is how subjective sitcoms can be, and our varied tastes. When I watch (often well-hyped) sitcoms these days, I usually come away thinking 'I could write a better sitcom than that!' - and one day, I just might.

For what it's worth, sitcoms mentioned here that I really rate include 'Dear John' - a classic, I've got some friends who've got the entire 2 series on video and it still makes us laugh now, 'Game On' is also great, 'Home To Roost' and 'The Good Life', but as I say, these are just my opinions.

Sitcoms which I truly hate (with a passion) include 'Chance In A Million' - the worst sitcom ever made (but I know some people liked it), 'Rosie', 'Bottle Boys' and '2.4 Children'.