The British sitcom by which all other British sitcoms must be judged, Fawlty Towers withstands multiple viewings, is eminently quotable ("don’t mention the war"), and stands up to this day as a jewel in the BBC's comedy crown.
Not the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC 2 from 1979 to 1982.
Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the BBC Nine O'Clock News on BBC 1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The series featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series. The format was a deliberate departure from the Monty Python's Flying Circus stream-of-consciousness meta-comedy, returning to a more conventional sketch show format. Sketches were mostly self-contained, lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes and often had a degree of naturalism in performance. The series launched the careers of several high-profile actors and writers, and also led to other comedy series including Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and Alas Smith and Jones.
The title character, played by Rowan Atkinson, is a childish and self-centered buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and contrivances to everyday tasks. He lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, and is almost always seen in his trademark tweed jacket and a skinny red tie. He also usually wears a digital calculator watch. Mr. Bean rarely speaks, and when he does, it is generally only a few mumbled words which are in a comically low-pitched voice. His first name (he names himself "Bean" to others) and profession, if any, are never mentioned. In the first film adaptation, "Mr." appears on his passport in the "first name" field, and he is shown employed as a guard at London's National Gallery.[12] In Mr. Bean's Holiday, however, his name is listed on his passport as "Rowan", the actor's first name.[13]
Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme usually features his attempts at what would normally be considered simple tasks, such as going swimming, using a television set, redecorating or going to church. The humour largely comes from his original (and often absurd) solutions to problems and his total disregard for others when solving them, his pettiness, and occasional malevolence.
One of the best, if not THE BEST, piece of comedy ever created.
Whether mesmerizing us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on stage alongside "straight man" Angus Deayton, the show features a number of original and familiar routines, including sketches that appeared in the original Mr. Bean series.
With Pepe Rubianes, Ricard Borràs, Mario Pardo, Pedro Reyes. Spanish (Television Española)
Originally adapted from a paper comic strip created by Barcelona native Ivà, who referred the comic routine, Maki, Homonimous, somewhat philosophic, half justice maker, that lived in Barcelona in the 80's and 90's, along his accomplices. Their operations center the bar "El Pirata", located on the city's Chinatown.
The series stars a vulgar robber of the same name (although sometimes abbreviated as "Maki") and old-fashioned, wearing toupee and with his inseparable companions, "Popeye" (Popi) and "Mustafa" (also known as "Mojamé" or "Moromielda"), wanders the streets of Barcelona committing all kinds of crimes. Maki has a peculiar way of living life, and sometimes in other philosopher poet and anarchist tendency.
Its headquarters is located in a tavern of "Chinatown" called "The Pirate", where thanks to runs (which they call the Pirate or Pira) usually keep all weapons, drug caches and the odd corpse buried in the cellar.
The comic is characterized by the expression on the faces of his characters and the special vocabulary they use, transcribing phonetics and not grammatically correct, and the use of jargon (or invented) of offenders, police, or the characters that abound in the comics. For example, some of the regular expressions are: "fueno po, po fale, malegro po", "me ha stao dando una paliza", "hay que jodelse", as well as the widespread use of tacos and swear words, which introduce the reader further in this sordid underworld.
Ran over TVE (1995), starring Pepe Rubianes, Florinda Chico was the Maru, and Lazarus Escarceller, Grandfather. Pirate Character- Pedro Reyes.
September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan.
The series finale (the 236th episode), airing on May 6, 2004, was watched by 51.1 million American viewers, making it the fourth most watched series finale in television history and the most watched episode of the decade.
"The Show About Nothing".
Now the longest-running scripted show in television history, THE SIMPSONS immediately struck a chord with viewers across the country more than 20 years ago as it poked fun at itself and everything in its wake. With its subversive humor and delightful wit, the series - now entering its 24th season - has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and the family members have become television icons.
Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.
Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961. Family Guy has also received criticism, including unfavorable comparisons for its similarities to The Simpsons.
Created by Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz. With Will Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Avery, Karyn Parsons. The Banks family, a respectable Californian family, take in a relative - Will Smith, a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia. The idea is to make him respectable, responsible and mature, but Will has got other plans...
aired on NBC from September 26,1986 to March 24, 1990. A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
ALF follows an amateur radio signal to Earth and crash-lands into the garage of the Tanners. The Tanners are a suburban middle-class family in the San Fernando Valley area. The family consists of social worker Willie (Max Wright), his wife Kate (Anne Schedeen), their teenage daughter Lynn (Andrea Elson), younger son Brian (Benji Gregory), and their cat Lucky.
Unsure what to do, the Tanners take ALF into their home and hide him from the Alien Task Force (a part of the U.S. military) and their nosy neighbors Trevor and Raquel Ochmonek (John LaMotta and Liz Sheridan), until he can repair his spacecraft. He generally hides in the kitchen. It is eventually revealed that ALF's home planet Melmac exploded because of a catastrophe involving nuclear war. The alien was a gardener on his planet. In Episode Four of Season One, ALF tries to convince the President of the United States to stop the nuclear program, as ALF fears that Earth might suffer a fate similar to Melmac's, though miscalculating his words causes the President and National Security to call the FBI to arrest the Tanners. ALF was off the planet when it was destroyed because he was part of the Melmac Orbit Guard. ALF (a.k.a. Gordon Shumway) is homeless, but he is not the last survivor of his species. He becomes a permanent member of the family, although his culture shock, survivor guilt, general boredom, despair, and loneliness frequently cause difficulty for the Tanners. Despite the problems and inconveniences his presence brings into their lives, they grow to love him, though some episodes make it clear they're also afraid of how their lives would be turned upside down if word that he's been living with them gets out.
A hilarious documentary-style look into the humorous and sometimes poignant foolishness that plagues the world of 9-to-5.
The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Debuted on NBC on March 24, 2005, Series star Carell, who portrayed Michael Scott, left the series near the end of the seventh season.
Since its debut, the show has aired 185 half-hour episodes and is currently airing its ninth season
