Is 'Frasier' your favourite sitcom?

[Pisa32]

At the mo, Frasier is my favorite. But it changes (I was mad on Red Dwarf about a year ago).

Red Dwarf is great - at least it was until series 7. It would definitely be in my top ten!

Yeah, Series 8 was terrible, they should have just ended. I find it too cringeworthy to watch.

[Dorset Girl]

At the mo, Frasier is my favorite. But it changes (I was mad on Red Dwarf about a year ago).

Red Dwarf is great - at least it was until series 7. It would definitely be in my top ten!

Yeah, Series 8 was terrible, they should have just ended. I find it too cringeworthy to watch.

Have you ever seen all of the S8 episodes? I haven't, I watched about three and gave up. Before that though, I was a really big fan (e.g. knew every word in Polymorph 1 )!

[Pisa32]

At the mo, Frasier is my favorite. But it changes (I was mad on Red Dwarf about a year ago).

Red Dwarf is great - at least it was until series 7. It would definitely be in my top ten!

Yeah, Series 8 was terrible, they should have just ended. I find it too cringeworthy to watch.

Have you ever seen all of the S8 episodes? I haven't, I watched about three and gave up. Before that though, I was a really big fan (e.g. knew every word in Polymorph 1 )!

I think I watched about 2 or 3. Reintroducing the entire RD crew was a HUGE mistake, as was the return of Kochanski

[Dorset Girl]

I think I watched about 2 or 3. Reintroducing the entire RD crew was a HUGE mistake, as was the return of Kochanski

Yep, I agree, especially about Kochanski. Maybe it would have worked better if it had still been Clare Grogan, I don't know.

[Pisa32]

I think I watched about 2 or 3. Reintroducing the entire RD crew was a HUGE mistake, as was the return of Kochanski

Yep, I agree, especially about Kochanski. Maybe it would have worked better if it had still been Clare Grogan, I don't know.

I'd have thought so. Grogan was the perfect Kochanski IMO.

[Mr Blue Sky]

I think I watched about 2 or 3. Reintroducing the entire RD crew was a HUGE mistake, as was the return of Kochanski

Yep, I agree, especially about Kochanski. Maybe it would have worked better if it had still been Clare Grogan, I don't know.

I'd have thought so. Grogan was the perfect Kochanski IMO.

I agree with that. I'd still like to see a reunion show, or possibly a film? The way it was left it steep decline left a bad taste in my mouth. Get Rob Grant back in the fold and make the movie!

[Dorset Girl]

Has anyone read the RD books?

'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers' and 'Better than Life' were both excellent.

'The Last Human' and 'Backwards' were both good, but I didn't think they were up to the standard of the first two. I think Grant and Naylor work much better together than separately, it's a shame they didn't continue to write together.

[Moon-Crane]

I think I watched about 2 or 3. Reintroducing the entire RD crew was a HUGE mistake, as was the return of Kochanski

Yep, I agree, especially about Kochanski. Maybe it would have worked better if it had still been Clare Grogan, I don't know.

I'd have thought so. Grogan was the perfect Kochanski IMO.

I agree with that. I'd still like to see a reunion show, or possibly a film? The way it was left it steep decline left a bad taste in my mouth. Get Rob Grant back in the fold and make the movie!

I'd be up for a movie - although i wonder if it may have that 'slick' look that ended up marring the series, imo.

[Pisa32]

I think I watched about 2 or 3. Reintroducing the entire RD crew was a HUGE mistake, as was the return of Kochanski

Yep, I agree, especially about Kochanski. Maybe it would have worked better if it had still been Clare Grogan, I don't know.

I'd have thought so. Grogan was the perfect Kochanski IMO.

I agree with that. I'd still like to see a reunion show, or possibly a film? The way it was left it steep decline left a bad taste in my mouth. Get Rob Grant back in the fold and make the movie!

I'd be up for a movie - although i wonder if it may have that 'slick' look that ended up marring the series, imo.

The fact that they improved special effects etc ruined RD for good. If they made a film, I doubt they would go back to the lame effects used back in the early series, which is a shame as that was one of the things that made it a bit of a cult classic.

[ouroboros]

Has anyone read the RD books?

'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers' and 'Better than Life' were both excellent.

'The Last Human' and 'Backwards' were both good, but I didn't think they were up to the standard of the first two. I think Grant and Naylor work much better together than separately, it's a shame they didn't continue to write together.

Read 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers' and also have the tape of Chris Barrie reading it - excellent!

Also read 'The Last Human' also excellent.

Also good was 'The Man in the Rubber Mask' by Robert Llewellyn, very funny!

[ouroboros]

Oh and I left it at Season 6. Great end. Have seasons 1-6 on video and Smeg Ups and Smeg Outs.

Watched a few of season 7 and was too horrified to continue. It ended at 6 for me.

[Bad Ambassador]

:oops: Now I show my true geekiness...

Jimmy: What's it like in Peru in the winter?
Reggie: Brazil.
Jimmy. Really? It's like Brazil?
Reggie: No, no - I was in Brazil, not Peru.
Jimmy: Sorry, memory like a sieve, could've sworn Tom said Peru.
Reggie: No, Tom said 'the Argentine', but it was Brazil.
Jimmy: Oh - so what's it like in Brazil in the winter?
Reggie: Chile.

It's funnier if you watch it!

Heh, that's great. I have the box-set of Reggie Perrin still to watch, actually. I have very strong memories of it from my childhood. To this day, I can't see a hippo without thinking of his mother-in-law.

[Moon-Crane]

Oh and I left it at Season 6. Great end. Have seasons 1-6 on video and Smeg Ups and Smeg Outs.

Watched a few of season 7 and was too horrified to continue. It ended at 6 for me.

I'm with you. Everything after S6 is just imaginary - like the 'dream season' in Dallas.

[Bad Ambassador]

I'm with you. Everything after S6 is just imaginary - like the 'dream season' in Dallas.

Yeah, it ends for me with Starbug blowing up at the end of 'Out of Time', as well. Season 7 is bad, and season 8 is even worse.

[ouroboros]

I'm with you. Everything after S6 is just imaginary - like the 'dream season' in Dallas.

Yeah, it ends for me with Starbug blowing up at the end of 'Out of Time', as well. Season 7 is bad, and season 8 is even worse.

How many did they make in the end?

What's the episode where Lister's playing pool with the planets? Is that White Hole? Argh I must get my videos out of storage!

[Paul B]

I'm with you. Everything after S6 is just imaginary - like the 'dream season' in Dallas.

Yeah, it ends for me with Starbug blowing up at the end of 'Out of Time', as well. Season 7 is bad, and season 8 is even worse.

How many did they make in the end?

They made 52 episodes. I always enjoyed S7 & S8, not on the same level as S1-S6 of course, but I thought the series finale was atrocious. A really embarassing end to the series.

[Mayday Malone]

Maybe one sitcom that never fails to make me laugh, if not continiously [sic] is the aforementioned Phil Silvers Show, popularly known as Bilko.

[Bad Ambassador]

How many did they make in the end?

As Paul says, 52 episodes over 8 series. I just discount the final 16, I don't think I'll ever watch them again. So it ends on episode 36 for me!

What's the episode where Lister's playing pool with the planets? Is that White Hole? Argh I must get my videos out of storage!

Yep, that's 'White Hole' - excellent episode! I've been watching them again recently - series four is tops.

[Dorset Girl]

Yep, that's 'White Hole' - excellent episode! I've been watching them again recently - series four is tops.

"Played for and got! King of the cues, prince of the planet potters!"

Have you read that bit in the book ("Better than life" I think)? It's quite different to how it is in the episode White Hole.

[Stratman]

How many did they make in the end?

As Paul says, 52 episodes over 8 series. I just discount the final 16, I don't think I'll ever watch them again. So it ends on episode 36 for me!

The show only had a shelf-life of 36 episodes!? Jeez, The Simpsons have at least twice that many stone cold classics...

[Dorset Girl]

How many did they make in the end?

As Paul says, 52 episodes over 8 series. I just discount the final 16, I don't think I'll ever watch them again. So it ends on episode 36 for me!

The show only had a shelf-life of 36 episodes!? Jeez, The Simpsons have at least twice that many stone cold classics...

Yeah, but look at Fawlty Towers - considered a British classic and had only 12 episodes. I think that's why I am now bored of it though!

[Nervosa]

Yes, followed by Everybody Love Raymond, King Of Queens, Friends, Cheers.

[Moon-Crane]

The show only had a shelf-life of 36 episodes!? Jeez, The Simpsons have at least twice that many stone cold classics...

I think that drum about the length of UK shows is well and truly beaten to death by now

[Stratman]

How many did they make in the end?

As Paul says, 52 episodes over 8 series. I just discount the final 16, I don't think I'll ever watch them again. So it ends on episode 36 for me!

The show only had a shelf-life of 36 episodes!? Jeez, The Simpsons have at least twice that many stone cold classics...

Yeah, but look at Fawlty Towers - considered a British classic and had only 12 episodes. I think that's why I am now bored of it though!

Actually, there was only one episode repeated eleven times. Most overrated comedy in history, IMO.

[Stratman]

The show only had a shelf-life of 36 episodes!? Jeez, The Simpsons have at least twice that many stone cold classics...

I think that drum about the length of UK shows is well and truly beaten to death by now

It really is time for a change, the BBC have a decent budget now, a writers room is a must and 24 episodes a season is more than possible. And don't say RD tried it and failed, the problem will have been the writers were not used to the trick writers room dynamic.