The IT Crowd
Better off Ted
Probably Arrested Development.
Get Smart
I’ve never heard of it what type of humour is it?
It was co-created by Mel Brooks, and has his classic style of humor. Lots of gags, prop humor, etc.
Mel Brooks wanted to make a James Bond movie way back in the '60s and petitioned the franchise to let him direct one. They basically told him hell no. They said it was a British action/adventure drama series and they didn’t want an American comedian director to mess up the formula.
So he said he’d make his own James Bond story instead (with blackjack and hookers!), but leaning on his particular comedy talents that they shunned him for.
He created the TV show Get Smart in 1965, about a bumbling secret agent named Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) who somehow saves the day. He’s accompanied by a brilliant and beautiful partner named Agent 99, who usually saves his ass. She’s in love with Smart, but he’s completely oblivious to it. Together they work for CONTROL, a spy organization who is fighting against the evil spy organization KAOS who wants to rule the world.
The whole series is comedy and highly entertaining. It’s also had three films, the latest being a modern reboot of the character in 2008 starring Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99.
It got a sequel series in 1995, also called Get Smart. In this show, Agent Smart is now the director of CONTROL, alongside his wife, the congresswoman Agent 99. Their bumbling kid Zach (Andy Dick) is their primary agent, going by the monicker Agent 66. It didn’t do very well and only had 7 episodes before it was cancelled. It has really cringe '90s humor. And Andy Dick. So not surprising it didn’t last long.
Interesting trivia: Don Adams starred as Maxwell Smart for the entire series (except the 2008 reboot film, where Steve Carell played the character). The original show inspired the creation of the 1983 cartoon Inspector Gadget. They even got Don Adams to play the voice of Inspector Gadget! So Inspector Gadget is a parody of a parody of James Bond.
If Mel Brooks hadn’t wanted to make a James Bond movie in the '60s, we wouldn’t have Inspector Gadget.
Ah thanks for sharing it
Brooklyn 99 probably had me laughing out loud the most consistent. Runners up:
- Metalocalypse
- Futurama
- Regular Show
- Parks and Rec
- Always Sunny
- Whose Line (I feel like this is cheating though)
Compliments on you on your tv taste. I’ve never heard of meta or regular show what are they like?
The reply for Metalocalypse is dead on. It takes metal music tropes and runs with it. Think Spinal Tap.
Regular Show is an animated show about 2 best friend losers who work together and get into really weird hijinx. The voice acting is top-notch, special shout out to scoring Mark Hammil as a yeti. The writing is smart and nails the 30-something age bracket (during its run). Tons of throw back to 80s/90s culture. My wife and I still quote this show to this day.
Sounds great thanks 😊
Metalocalypse is about the world’s greatest death metal band: Dethklok. It’s animated, 15 minute episode, very gory, the band members are all idiots. They’re so rich and popular that world governments see them as a threat.
It’s hard to pick just one, so I’ll list a few
- The Office (US)
- Parks and Recreation
- Arrested Development
- The IT Crowd
- Brooklyn Nine Nine
- Community
Seconding Parks and Rec. Really funny show!
I Think You Should Leave.
It’s so funny that even the name of the show becomes funny in this context.
“Hey what’s your favorite TV show?”
“I think you should leave.”
“Why?! What did I say?”
I love community! I’d get hysterical sometimes watching it. I also really like 30 rock and the office. Although of course later seasons of these went wobbly…
Have a soft spot for British shows:
- Blackadder
- Fawlty Towers
- Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
- Red Dwarf
Peep Show.
I Think You Should Leave
No plot, just jokes. Hilarious.
Letterkenny. My wife who grew up in Eastern Europe was baffled at how hard I was laughing and I had to explain that it was just barely an exaggeration of my experience growing up in rural South-Western Ontario.
If you’re not from the area, you’ll probably want to watch it with subtitles, because the dialogue is fast and the accents are strong.
I have a soft spot for The Goes Wrong Show. It’s just farce & not for everyone, but has a great cast & some clever staging & prop work. Silly & fun.
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia (except for later seasons)
30 rock
The Righteous Gemstones had me with tears in my eyes on several occasions
