This sitcom is just not funny

[TheRebel]

So I’ve been off work sick for nearly 2 weeks and I’ve watched everything good on TV. Now I’m trawling through looking for anything to watch and I decided to give the BBC sitcom “Mum” a go, it’s supposed to be BAFTA award winning but it’s just awful. Every episode seems to be the various members of this woman’s family come to her house, look down on her and say horrible things to her and she gives them the side eye and says “ok” and looks a bit sad.

I wasn’t keen on Gavin and Stacey - at first - but kind of grew to love it oddly enough.

Hold the Sunset is embarrassing. Really, really, really bad and such a waste of Alison Steadman and John Cleese.

Oh also quite enjoyed that one with Jack Dee in the countryside

Lead balloon with jack Dee was v funny. I loved Magda and the guy who run the coffee shop. It was very funny.

Watch Derry irls CH 4 - absolutely hilarious.

*sorry Derry Girls

Bad move with Dee was also good. Quite realistic

Loved Detectorists! Really subtle but still funny

My favourite sitcom of all time is Ever Decreasing Circles which I’ve only seen because someone gave me it on DVD because they thought I’d like it.

I watched Plebs on Netflix, thought it would be awful but was actually quite funny!

I didn’t even know John Cleese was doing a new one, is he short of cash or something?

Mum is utterly, utterly wonderful. @Lottapianos the first series is on iPlayer. You need to watch it from the start.

I love Mum. It's sweet, sad, and funny. It reminds me a bit of the Royale Family.
I hated Not Going Out, I'm surprised they made more after the first series.

Must be TheRebel it truly is terrible.

I was thinking how Mum reminds me of The Royle Family last night Notso. Very similar undertones and writing

I enjoy watching mum although I agree you need to watch from series 1 to understand the characters. Some of it I find a bit cliched but other bits are true to life and really funny.

Thanks spider. I'm planning a telly day on Friday so may get stuck in then

I hate that new programme on Sky about the man with two families - Bliss - utterly grim I thought. Two really nice women being lied to by a really crap devious man. It made me feel really uncomfortable.

Derry Girls - marvellous!

Oh I’d forgotten about Lead Balloon, genius! But then I’d watch anything with Jack Dee in

I’m not sure about Gavin and Stacey, I could take it or leave it, although Alison Steadman reminds me of MIL and I do now call DH “My Little Prince” in an Essex accent

I love it! Lots of subtle comments. I agree with the PP who said it might suit slightly older watchers.. my dd is 25 and can't see why I like it so much. Not watched last night yet...

The only good U.K. sitcom on a the mo is Upstart Crow.

Otherwise just get Kimmy Schmidt or Grace and Frankie on Netflix.

Mum is amazing, and so was Him and Her. What's gone horribly wrong is the BBC calling it a "sitcom" - it's really not! It's far more like a Mike Leigh film. It's an emotional drama with some grotesque characters and some funny bits, but they're not funny as in jokes and one-liners, more just tragicomic observation of what people can be like.

Him and Her was basically about a young couple living in a grotty flat and their mates, not much happened - but as it went on you realised there was this huge, tragic situation at the heart of it. As a PP said the writer works with a whole arc, you have to watch the whole thing.

I bloody loved Him and Her (hence user name) so I’ll give Mum a go 😁

I love Mum I think it's brilliant

Yes it's like a sitcom written by Mike leigh.

It's not really a sitcom. My dh likes it too.

You should watch the American comedy called ‘mom’ with Alison Janet. It’s hilarious 😂

I think Mum is one of the best things on TV at the moment. Agree it's not a traditional sitcom so don't think it should be viewed with that mind set.

*alison Janney