Lesser Known Comedy Thread

BradShort · 8 Mar 2017 at 15:46

Bubo said:
This as well. Very very good. It's pretty much the British Curb You Enthusiam. Sean Lock is as good as Larry David. Similar to Ideal in terms of moments of surrealism and gritty realism. The episode with Felix Dexter as a Jehovah's witness and the final payoff of the JW thread at the end of that episode is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Also, have a look at Richard Herrings Leicester Square podcasts on Youtube. Some of these are pretty good if you like the guests.

Yeh I love podcasts and I dip into RHLSP depending on guests

RobDogDog · 8 Mar 2017 at 16:38

Garth Marenghi's darklace was mental... I loved it!

Anything with Matt Berry for that matter makes me laugh - I love some of his nature narrations that he did on iPlayer.

Curb Your Enthusism is brilliant if you've not watched.

thezappa · 8 Mar 2017 at 18:10

Perhaps not so unknown but I'll put it in there anyway - Flight of the Concords. Consistently amuses me.

GeezerButler · 8 Mar 2017 at 18:19

I've been going back to the 80s / 90s with Dear John (UK version naturally), Ever Decreasing Circles, Drop the Dead Donkey, The Fast Show and my favourite US sitcom Married with Children. Also been watching some episodes of Not The Nine O'Clock News and sad to see how so much of the satire is still relevant today.

BradShort · 8 Mar 2017 at 18:23

GeezerButler said:
I've been going back to the 80s / 90s with Dear John (UK version naturally), Ever Decreasing Circles, Drop the Dead Donkey, The Fast Show and my favourite US sitcom Married with Children. Also been watching some episodes of Not The Nine O'Clock News and sad to see how so much of the satire is still relevant today.

Jeez that is practically my 80/90's watchlist as well!

aardvark · 8 Mar 2017 at 20:41

as the above have said these are not well known if you are young:
garth marenghi's darkplace
the day today
brass eye
flight of the conchords
nathan barley
the armando inannucci shows
black books (1st season only)

newer stuff includes:
community (seasons 1-3 are best, skip 4)
rick and morty (of course)

cheesyboy · 9 Mar 2017 at 11:51

I had no idea, until inspired by this thread to look, that channel 4's on demand service has decades of comedy shows available to watch.

It's got Garth Marenghi, Black Books, Brass Eye etc. Even the Adam and Joe Show.

Watched the first episode of Chewing Gum. Was actually great.

BradShort · 9 Mar 2017 at 22:19

aardvark said:
as the above have said these are not well known if you are young:
garth marenghi's darkplace
the day today
brass eye
flight of the conchords
nathan barley
the armando inannucci shows
black books (1st season only)

newer stuff includes:
community (seasons 1-3 are best, skip 4)
rick and morty (of course)

That is a strong list right there.

ChroniC · 10 Mar 2017 at 09:50

Friday Night Dinners.

Acquired taste but if you love stuff like Inbetweeners etc then it's hilarious.

Greboth · 10 Mar 2017 at 10:59

Life in Pieces. It's an Amazon series but doesn't seem to get mentioned anywhere. From watching the trailer I was expecting something similar-ish to Modern Family. However Life in Pieces is far funnier with some moments having me in tears.

Better of Ted - An old series and unfortunately only made it to 2 seasons before getting cancelled but a very good show IMO.

DrToffnar · 10 Mar 2017 at 15:16

Would like to add both the 'Comic Strip' and 'Ripping Yarns' to the list.

BradShort · 10 Mar 2017 at 15:37

Op = List updated

CapitalOne · 10 Mar 2017 at 16:24

Time Trumpet!

Yes one of Armandos, but worth being explicit about it!

friddela · 10 Mar 2017 at 22:43

Maybe more well know then I think but I seem to be the only person that's heard of it in my circles!

- Nathan for you ... Has me in stitches every episode.

SickAsAParrot · 10 Mar 2017 at 23:36

Nightingales, obscure C4 late night comedy which no one watched, but I liked it, recently bought the DVD.

Also Sunnyside Farm, with Phil Daniels and Mark Addy, most people thought it was terrible and it was never repeated, some bits on Youtube though.

BradShort · 11 Mar 2017 at 00:01

SickAsAParrot said:
Nightingales, obscure C4 late night comedy which no one watched, but I liked it, recently bought the DVD.

Also Sunnyside Farm, with Phil Daniels and Mark Addy, most people thought it was terrible and it was never repeated, some bits on Youtube though.

Oh. .. . "There's nobody here but us chickens!" . . ;P I too am a fan

aardvark · 11 Mar 2017 at 11:05

another one i' forgot about is:
Danger 5

series 1 is best. series 2 is almost too crazy for its own good.

Saint1972 · 11 Mar 2017 at 14:43

Great thread OP.

Operation Good Guys.Think "The Office" but with police.Don't know why it's never repeated i think it's hilarious.Doing what Gervais did with the office but 6 years earlier.

drunkenmaster · 11 Mar 2017 at 19:36

A Very Secret Service, on Netflix, a spy but not at all serious spy thing. It's in French so has subtitles but is surprisingly good, it's kind of a pee take of spy services and the French attitude along with it.

cheesyboy · 22 Mar 2017 at 09:15

This Country (BBC3)

I've just seen a couple of clips of this and it looks hilarious. Anyone watched it?

BBC3 page here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qv4jc