AIBU to be bored rigid by BBC "sit-coms"?

[ButWhyIsTheGinGone]

They are just painfully, totally, CRAPPILY UN-FUNNY, usually revolving around some dysfunctional family and re-hashing the same stereotypical gags. Will Mellor irritates me just by sight - can he only play one character?! I can't actually think of any really funny recent ones. My mum loves My Family, but I never "got" it.

Just annoyed cos this dross is wasting half an hour between Waterloo Rd and the Apprentice...
Give me the oldies - Only Fools / Fawlty Towers, etc any time!

Two Pints of Lager etc is the unfunniest shitcom I have ever had the misfortune of accidentally watching in my life. Why has it ran for so long?!

Coming of Age on BBC3 is fucking dire as well.

Not Going out is one reason to GO OUT! I like Lee Mack (it is Lee Mack isn't it?) but not in this. I hate anything with canned laughter with one exception. Vicar of Dibley.

Ooh I like Outnumbered, just seen that mentioned.

Ooh and Miranda...sometimes

Yep, they are all shite.

Lead Balloon is only good because of Mgda's 'unheppiness'. And that one joke wore thin last series if I'm honest.

Caroline Quentin needs shooting.

Miranda, Rev and Outnumbered are all pretty good - I reckon 3 decent BBC sitcoms is a reasonable number, it's just that none of them are on at the mo.

But the 3 best comedies on the BBC are Horrible Histories, Sorry I've Got No Head and Little Howard's Big Questions. DH and I ate a late supper in front of the telly tonight and there was sod all on live TV so we watched Little Howard, which I'd recorded "for the DCs" instead.

"But the 3 best comedies on the BBC are Horrible Histories.."

Agree with Horrible Histories!

I much prefer Qi and Outnumbered for BBC comedy. I used to like My Family, but once Nick left, it all went down hill :-/ Can't stand Life of Riley, No Going Out or Miranda, and have no inclination to watch that Flynn thing. I'd rather eat razor blades with a ready salted crisps chaser.

Give me Being Human or Nurse Jackie although not really comedies or comedies on Channel 4 any day (Inbetweeners, anyone?)

BYITGG Summer Heights High had me in stitches! I've been watching Chris Lilley's new series "Angry Boys" online and it's just as good!

The best channel is 99. That's the one with the screen grey, the sound off, the plug out of the wall, and the radio on Classic FM.

I like Outnumbered, but that's about it.

yesbut...the bbc have had some great sitcoms over the yea. But they need a rest for two years. Stale.

classic fm not usually a laugh riot though is it andrew?

after dissing not going out, last night's was hilarious, lee mack does try to to be eric morcambe alot though

Outnumbered would be the only one I'd watch. That little girl is brilliant.

Agreed, nicespam, but if I want laughter I will not usually find that on the box either. Although I understand that the Party Political Broadcasts can be quite entertaining if you like amateur comedians. They also save power (the off-switch again) and make a great aphrodisiac - whoever you are with sex has to be better.

you could, er, switch off the telly?

well yes but you can't have sex everynight and i shouldn't really use that for laughter, dp would take it the wrong way

We have just discovered Gavin and Stacey. Brilliant.