Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? - s1e8 - 1970s Dinner Party faux pas with Terry and Bob. I've alsways found WHTTLL strangely wistful. From the start of that theme song, it seems full of regret over forgotten youth. (Not in this version though)
Maybe its because it's full of the clothes and furniture of my earliest memories? In any case, great ensemble cast, including Brigit Forsyth as one of the best straight (wo)men committed to Sitcom.
Mongrels - s1e7 - with Vince in a coma, Nelson takes over his patch, teaching woodland creatures how to be the best they can be, middle class. More throwaway one-liners (where they hide the near the knuckle stuff) and songs from the greatest puppet show since The Muppets. (And yes, i'm including Gilbert the Alien in that statement)
Spaced - s1e4 - The one with paintball and Peter Serafinowicz doing the voice that would later excite Fran in Black Books when reading the Shipping Forecast.
Fast Show - s2e4 - Including the alcoholic family, Mark Williams proving that hitting your head on a cupboard is only funny when someone else does it.
I've no doubt someone somewhere as I type is working on a PhD on portrayals of drunkness from Music Hall to Online comedy.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - e5 - In which Scotch Mist invades. "If I want to highlight social prejudice, I will, but I’ll do it my way. And sometimes you actually have to be a bigot, in order to bring down bigger bigots." Cue OTT kilt wearing, ginger haired, claymore waving spirits. And a night out in Glasgow portrayed as the third circle of hell.
And talking of Gilbert the Alien, there's an article by one of the researchers of Get Fresh in this month's Word Magazine. Voiced by Phil Cornwell, dontchaknow.
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