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to think TV does not make us LAUGH anymore

174 replies

hamsterloverlover · 25/08/2017 23:35

can you think of the last show that actually made you laugh out loud?

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hamsterloverlover · 26/08/2017 00:06
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2tired2bewitty · 26/08/2017 00:07

We're laughing at Parks and Recreation right now 😁

LegArmpits · 26/08/2017 00:08

Frasier, and Bullseye on Challenge TV.

leccybill · 26/08/2017 00:08

Alan Partridge used to make me howl with laughter. I still quote it on an almost daily basis, Alan's Big Plate, Monkey Tennis?, Stop getting Bond wrong, a cup of beans...

FrustratedTeddyLamp · 26/08/2017 00:09

Orange is the new black

Still need to watch the new series

FrustratedTeddyLamp · 26/08/2017 00:10

Impractical jokers, last man standing, sitcoms mostly

hamsterloverlover · 26/08/2017 00:10
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7Days · 26/08/2017 00:10

Catastrophe is great, also her last programme, 3 girls sharing a flat .. what's the name of it.
Heavy drinking teacher would wake up in a lunatics bed in Sheffield and drag herself down for double maths with 4b.
(All values approximate)
Her brother is/ was an Irish rugby international

DilysMoon · 26/08/2017 00:11

Car Share made me laugh out loud. Can't remember before that.

liz70 · 26/08/2017 00:11

Drifters, Bad Education, Peter Kay's Car Share, White Gold, Quacks, Witless. All very funny and entertaining.

HelenaDove · 26/08/2017 00:12

Phil Glenister as Gene Hunt was funny. Drama are repeating Life on Mars again from Monday.

MonochromeUnicorn · 26/08/2017 00:13

Funny things I've watched recently:
The Agency
The Windsors
House of Fools
Toast of London
Inside number 9
Raised by wolves
Catastrophe

FrustratedTeddyLamp · 26/08/2017 00:13

It's always sunny in Philadelphia also it's got many different levels but I have to admit at first I wasn't keen. There's dark humour, random humour but also as it's grown it has tackled things in a comical and smart way

Mrstwiddle · 26/08/2017 00:14

Like others, the IT crowd and Father Ted, oh and 3rd Rock from the Sun...all oldies!

stella23 · 26/08/2017 00:14

The Windsors is great only because it has to be so accurate.

New series of prep show soon

RosaRosaRose · 26/08/2017 00:15

The Ronnie Barker Lecture given by Ben Elton threw some light on this tonight.

BackforGood · 26/08/2017 00:15

Forgot - the other one on recently that I was howling at, was Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle.... although I suppose it is made up of clips of old shows, it is currently on 'ordinary' TV

JayDot500 · 26/08/2017 00:16

Anyone catch the new Crystal Maze?

'I physically cannot do riddles'

... that did make me laugh Grin

NerfHerder · 26/08/2017 00:19

Green Wing. V, v funny. I'm fact, that's probably the last time I watched television...

jay55 · 26/08/2017 00:19

The Lego masters on channel four yesterday when the kid was showing off his lego poo.

Livingdiisgracefully · 26/08/2017 00:21

Catastrophe
Friday night dinner
Grandma's house
The last leg

They've all made me laugh out loud.

Some old comedies were excruciating - My Family, for instance - cringe-making Duty Free, Terry and June. If you're too young to have seen them, see if they're on YouTube and feel grateful.

ILoveMillhousesDad · 26/08/2017 00:26

leccybill alan partridge has weaved his way into our everyday life. So much so, that I don't think there's a day that goes by without me, dh, or our family group on whatsapp, where we don't quote something from it Grin

SandyBeachandtheDeckchairs · 26/08/2017 00:26

BikeRunSki couldn't agree more. Oh and when Victor Meldrew picked up the Dachshund when he answered the phone.

Catastrophe - yes!
The Daily Show
Baskets (funny and sad at the same time)

NannyR · 26/08/2017 00:27

Father Ted always makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch it.
I just watched the new BBC comedy Quacks and found myself laughing out loud a couple of times (a bit embarrassing as I was watching it with headphones on in a tent on a very quiet campsite)

HelenaDove · 26/08/2017 00:28

Terry + June and Duty Free............agreed Terrible.

There is one that is even worse Your"e Only Young Twice. I hadnt even heard of it until ITV3 started showing it last year. Bloody pile of toot.