Bluemoon's Official Top 100 TV Shows

[crazyg]

Watery Fowls.

I'll raise you Flowery Twats - the only true anagram.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

if Fawlty Towers is 9, Chernobyl is 24, The Two Ronnies is 50, The Office (USA) is 78 and Wolf Hall is 90, then the list is wrong.

 

[sky tot]

Ok really O’Rielly !

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I had Fawlty Towers at #4.

In terms of laughs per minute, this must be surely greater than any other comedy - only 12 episodes (part of its success IMO) and almost every line, every mannerism funny. Basil Fawlty dwarfs all the other characters, but the supporting cast is great, including those who only appear in one episode, e.g. Mr O'Reilly ("Lick o' paint, Lick o' paint").

A genuine classic.

Watch a couple recently, didn't feel its lasted the test of time particularly well.

 

[RobMCFC]

Watch a couple recently, didn't feel its lasted the test of time particularly well.

I disagree, but fair enough, it's obviously personal taste.

Yes, it looks very dated, but more importantly, it's so bloody funny.

 

[blueish swede]

if Fawlty Towers is 9, Chernobyl is 24, The Two Ronnies is 50, The Office (USA) is 78 and Wolf Hall is 90, then the list is wrong.

All the other lists have been wrong, why not this one :o

 

[lancs blue]

That makes nine from my list, I had it at no.7. Hilarious series, the characterisation is quite brilliant and as said 12 episodes makes it an all-time classic rather than flogging the same horse for 7 or 8 series as many box-sets seem to.

 

[OB1]

I have seen The Wire - it was ok, but not the masterpiece everybody is making it out to be. As mentioned a lot earlier in this thread, David Simons’ Treme is far superior.

I never watched Treme but The Wire is a magnificent series.

 

[OB1]

I actually quite like mafia stuff. Not just the classic films, but a couple of the Puzo books too, as cac as they are in terms of high brow literature. So that wasn't it for me. It isnt like what i watched was poor or anything, no idea why, just didnt interest me to keep going.

Never read any mob books but I do enjoy mafia movies and TV shows but I'm one of those people that think the first two Godfather movies are the greatest films ever made and I've already revealed that the Sopranos is in my top 2 TV series.

 

[OB1]

Actually forgot Fawlty Towers when doing my list but basically left comedies out anyway and it wouldn't have made the 20. Couldn't even swear to having seen every episode as just watched episodes here and there over the years.

It was undoubtedly brilliant and contains possibly the funniest line ever on a TV sit-com.