Northern Exposure almost made my list, it was always fun and cosy when I bothered to watch it. But the 90s was the first decade of my life when I usually had another agenda than sitting in front of the telly so there aren't too many shows on the list where I wd actively make plans to watch them religiously.
― Noodle. Tool. 2. Kool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)
I'm just worried that Inspector Morse isn't gonna make the cut.
^^^. Fat chance it'll be in the top 15.
― DavidM, Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:32 (sixteen years ago)
Put KotH above Beavis and Butthead but fair enough, I guess.
If you don't dig B&B you're a buttmunch.
― Noodle. Tool. 2. Kool (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)
Altho their best work was ripping the piss out of music vids, obv.
heard a lot of songs for the first time thru B&B. not sure if any of them were actually good tho. "I Wish You Were A Beer" maybe...
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:38 (sixteen years ago)
"oh what's this? a tear, pantera?"
― caek, Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)
lol too good not to borrow
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)
Daria >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> B&Butthead
― adorable cheese inscription (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)
Because I love and respect you and enjoy laughing at yr Arsenal stanning I am forcing my hand away from the SB button.
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:40 (sixteen years ago)
My antipathy to B&B comes from it being the paired nickname of myself and another brother for the same 6 year period as mentioned above.
― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:43 (sixteen years ago)
Were you Beavis or Butthead?
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)
SB. sorry, tormented teen reflex.
― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:45 (sixteen years ago)
this is true
― WmC, Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:46 (sixteen years ago)
xpost
lololololololol assmunch
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)
MST3K not in the top 10 is a crime, but I didn't vote, so I'll shut up.
― really senile old crap shit (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:47 (sixteen years ago)
it's not lolololololol it huh huhuhuh huhuhuh eh hehehe ehehe
got into so many fights tbh
― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)
Oh, Beavis & Butthead. See, this is one that I didn't really appreciate at the time. I watched it sporadically, but I think I thought it was just stupid. I watched pretty much the entire series recently and realized, no, it's stupid and it's brilliant. It's almost zen-like in its utter commitment to the stupidity of its protagonists. It takes some keen focus and a level of purity to maintain that over the course of so many years.
― Pooping And Crying (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)
B&B with Irish accents wd be kinda excellent tbh
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:50 (sixteen years ago)
15 - Ren and Stimpy (Nickolodeon, 1991-96) - 2290 points, 18 votes
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/ren_stimpy/Ren_and_Stimpy-opening-3.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orO-_n0NlmA
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)
Something I never fully 'got'.
Personally I thought this got kinda old kinda quick but, y'know, off you go.
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:56 (sixteen years ago)
Put it like this, I would rather watch Tom and Jerry any time ever.
OTM.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:57 (sixteen years ago)
by that measure, roadrunner destroys KOTH
― stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:59 (sixteen years ago)
what is wrong with u ppl tbh
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 15:59 (sixteen years ago)
nah cos they two v. different things, whereas I always felt like Ren & Stimpy was tryna be a pomo appropriation of ver classics.
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:00 (sixteen years ago)
the episode where ren is in charge of the stimpy fan club is my favorite
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:00 (sixteen years ago)
xp there's room for that!
― stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)
Yeah, but I don't think it did it all that well. Many obviously disagree with me.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)
R&S is genuinely incredible, on the whole, if flawed (the flow of dialogue and timing was often pretty poor, certainly in the early ones). Huge imagination visually and conceptually but the big lols are all from pretty basic reduced moments - facial expressions, randomly weird voices and similar traditional tropes just ramped up to 111. Excellent music used throughout too, from Tchaikovsky to Raymond Scott.
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:08 (sixteen years ago)
14 - The Fast Show (BBC, 1994-2000) - 2440 points, 16 votes
http://sharetv.org/images/the_fast_show_uk-show.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClcwKgxu2wk
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)
Not the most representative clip, but one quite appropriate to ILX I felt.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:21 (sixteen years ago)
i have no idea what that is
― just pretend i am my dog and you will agree with me more (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:21 (sixteen years ago)
Sketch show. All the sketches were very short, hence the title.
Here's Johnny the Nice Painter while I'm at it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJxafiqHvw
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)
Oh jesus.
For reference, I found the only good Fast Show sketch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UFUxTZwsJk
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)
Ironically the sketches stopped being punchy v quickly and just dragged and farted on for the most part.
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)
The "Bob Phlegming" sketches must rank as the most tedious, draw out, and laugh free comedy of all time.
― HUH? not appropriate (snoball), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:25 (sixteen years ago)
it's great! none of those clips are representative of its best though.
― stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:25 (sixteen years ago)
Also I hated the Fast Show's general use of repetition - oh look, it's that guy who lives in a shed again...
― HUH? not appropriate (snoball), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)
Simon Day >>> most of the others.
― poster x (ledge), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)
kind of missing the point, here
― stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)
Oh man Paul Whitehouse walking past different backgrounds in a bobble hat being charmingly naive and enthusiastic just never starts being funny
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)
it became one of the most funniest, subtle and layered programmes on tv simply through repetition of laugh free sketches. i don't quite know how to explain that.
― stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)
I like this one a lot, though it's particularly Brit-specific (Britcific?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGYUd4mNaBM
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)
And yeah, I kind of know what you're getting at, Darragh.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)
There is something in what you say, darragh, and I will be the first to admit I watched every single ep, but dear god I wouldn't watch it now.
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)
tbh it's more like a drama series in that if you don't watch it through from the beginning you're going to be lost and wondering what the fuss is about...like lost, really.
― stop grieving, it's only a chicken (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)
I occasionally catch a repeat on Dave or whatever, and still find a fair bit to laugh at.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)
If I was being even-handed I could probably draw up a list where I liked about half of the characters and their sketches. Probly a bit under half.
But it's sat here above Vic and Bob and King of the Hill and bollocks to being even-handed tbh
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)
John Thomson shouting "YOU WANT A WHORE" almost redeems the entire show tho
― You treat your step-mother with respect, Pantera (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)