The Office or Phoenix Nights

Which do you prefer?

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inbetween said:
I did like the Office but it's easily Phoenix Nights for me. It has to be the greatest, most underrated yet under-watched comedy ever.

To be honest all of Peter Kay's stuff is brilliant but really hard to get hold of. The Peter Kay Thing is also brilliant and very few people have seen it because like Phoenix Nights it's just not on anything.
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His Geraldine stuff is shite.
 
Both great.
Phoenix Nights harped back to the days of old working men's clubs with naff turns and crap comedians. Much more quotable with laugh out loud moments. When the vertically challenged Bolton fans get out of the minibus and max and paddy turn to each other and ask "How far away are those" and promptly get beaten up by them. Brilliant.
The Office is more nuanced and superbly acted. Less quotable but anyone who's worked in a warehouse or office has come across characters like these.
Put these alongside The Royale Family and Early Doors and we should be proud of that era of comedy
 
BlueHammer85 said:
honestly. If someone finds them both shit. Because they are different comedies.

Then they must laugh at Friends
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Correct, I loved friends, I can't stand Ricky Gervais, I have not worked in an office so the in jokes that people get from that environment are not quite as funny for me and I never really liked Phoenix Nights either, though I don't particularly dislike Peter Kay, I liked his stand up DVD not so much the 2nd one which was virtually identical to the first one.

Father Ted, Fast Show, Early Partridge aha, Royle Family, we could go further back in time to Ronnie Barkers many contributions a very funny man.

The Office and Phoenix Nights not so much for me, sorry.
 
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PN depicts a Northern working men's club and The Office is concerned with a paper mill darn saath. So it's a North/South divide. Same with Steve Coogan. His Alan Partridge is a pretentious Southerner (OK Norwich) whilst his Paul/Pauline Calf depicts a Northern student hating, dodgy unemployed Northern scally. Depends which appeals to you really and can relate.
 
First series of Phoenix Nights was great but it tailed off and the Max & Paddy spin off was shite. That Peter Kay Thing before them both was his best work imo.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
honestly. If someone finds them both shit. Because they are different comedies.

Then they must laugh at Friends
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Never watched that, nor any "recent" American "Comedies", as I can't stand the canned laughter as soon as someone speaks.
"Hi" (laughter), "how are you" (laughter), "look at this" (laughter).
I call bollocks. (laughter)
I think the last one I used to watch was Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, in the late 60s. The canned laughter soon made me switch it off.
Yes, I am one of Alan Pardew's FOCs.
Give me the "Spanish Inquisition" any day.
 
Both good but the office was inspired. I have a boss with the same body shape but no sense of fucking humour tho.
 
Phoenix Nights.
Those scenes in Asda for Black Binbags and Corned Beef are genius.

The Office was OK, don't get me wrong. It's just one of the programmes to watch once, but don't bother when it's repeated
 
Phoenix nights. I enjoyed both but I don't think either of them are shows you can or should watch on repeat regularly. Peter kays decision to not allow repeats of phoenix nights was a very very good one. It has elevated it far beyond the reputation it would have if it was on e4 every week like the inbetweeners.

Nothing comes close to partridge.
 
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