On 2014-05-02 11:37 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2014 01:15:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I don't know of any modern ones either. I loved the British version of The
>> Office but the American one fell flat for me. I liked Fry and Laurie that
>> aired a few years back and there was another one on at the same time with a
>> little red haired man who liked to play pathetic characters. One of the
>> skits was him working in a suit shop and he would tell the customers, "Suits
>> you sir!" But my all time favorites have to be Are you Being Served,
>> Neighbors or perhaps it was Good Neighbors or The Good Life, To The Manor
>> Born, Keeping Up Appearances, One Foot in the Grave and Butterflies. They
>> just don't make shows like that any more. Oh and Fawlty Towers!
>
> Fawlty Towers is a classic in all sorts of ways and always been a
> favourite of mine.
>
>> Great but
>> too few episodes. Also liked Mr. Bean. Just not the movies and Black
>> Adder.
>
> I love Blackadder and yes, I watch all the episodes at least once a
> year. I hate Mr Bean though...
>
>> I liked Ab Fab for a while but soon one episode began to blend in with
>> another and most of the plots (if you could call them plots) just seemed to
>> be almost the same.
>
> I like Ab Fab, but need to be in the mood for it. I watched all the
> episodes again only a few weeks ago.
>

One of the best BBC comedies was a short lived one called Night Night.
It features an amoral and manipulative hair stylist who poisons her
husband so she can pursue her married neighbour. It is a very dark comedy.

The British have the good sense not to let comedy series run on forever
and ever. If they are exceptionally good they run a few seasons and end it.