I shall have to check these all out
Frasier and Cheers are what I bring up when any pompous Brit talks about the superiority of British comedy.
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Sun 14 Nov 2021, 2:24,
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Good luck.
The thing about Frasier is that it's one of the few American attempts at comedy that we actually like. Ever wonder why there are US versions of UK shows but not vice-versa?
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jonbob loves you, Sun 14 Nov 2021, 4:24,
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snobbery?
Wot cos nobody loved Soap, Taxi, Simpsons and the Addams Family? Other less stellar but still great like Bewitched, M*A*S*H, Married with Children that I still loved
Look the torrent of shitty UK sitcoms, the George and Mildreds and their ilk. There are some UK greats, and some US greats there's certainly no way to say that UK comedy is better.
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Sun 14 Nov 2021, 5:11,
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uk tv schedules are filled with multiple hours of abject shite
but when magic happens it really shines. There are multiple examples of timeless uk sitcoms, and loads that are pretty decent.
The same is true of US tv though. One difference is the odd way that UK sitcoms usually involve one or two writers and seem to drop in quality markedly after the first couple of series. While the US seems to use a huge writers room and keep churning out a steady quality of episodes over multiple series
That doesn't mean that classic US shows like Taxi or mash didn't become absolute shit by the end of their runs
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Yeah the script team sizes are the big difference I reckon
Lots of classic UK comedy was two person teams
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Sun 14 Nov 2021, 19:19,
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Why not UK versions of US shows?
At a guess
Cost of licencing and production
vs
Cost of showing another import
or
Cost of having something homegrown made
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Also American show seasons are FUCKING LONG
British TV just doesn't have the money behind it.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 14 Nov 2021, 13:48,
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