Best comedy?

[Boomy]

Where is Sanford and Son and All in the Family? I voted Seinfeld, it's one of the best shows ever. Friends is probably the worst, it makes me want to vomit.

[Esquilinho]

I think Seinfeld is hugely overrated…

OK, it's funnier than most American comedies, but even so… American comedies are usually so crappy that it's no big deal being better than that

BritCom rulez!

[powermac]

Monty will never die.

[chemistry_geek]

For me Fraser was one of the funniest sitcoms, and then I would say Benny Hill. The single most comical episode of Frasure I can recall is when Frasure was talking/arguing with his father about something that the dog Eddie did. Soon the argument escalates, and Niles enters the room, Frasure and Niles start arguing with one another about psychological technicalities, shouting scientific terms at one another that are unintelligible to the lay person. The camera then switches to the perspective of the father, looking back and forth at his arguing sons, hearing 'blah blah blah Eddie [a few normal Engish words] blah blah Eddie [more English words]', then the camera switches to the perspective of Eddie, the dog, and the scenery is black and white, and all you see is Eddie looking back and forth at Frasure, Niles, and the father, hearing 'blah blah, blah Eddie, blah blah Eddie, Eddie... blah blah Eddie...'

[Satcomer]

Am I so old that I was the only answer to Benny Hill?

[nixgeek]

Actually, I used to love watching Benny Hill. But I especially love Python more.

[Rhisiart]

Fraser and Seinfeld indeed have their moments, but I just feel nostalgic for M*A*S*H. When it was aired in the UK, the canned laughter was left off and I think it added something to it.

I didn't add one Britcom: Dad's Army (about a hapless British Home Guard unit during WWII), as I am not sure it were exported out of the UK.

There was a scene in Dad's Army where the unit had captured the entire crew of a German U-Boat under arduous conditions (bearing in mind the average age of the Home Guards was 75).

The Captain ordered one of his men, Walker, to go out and buy some fish & chips for the Germans, as they were hungry. So Walker starts taking orders: "OK that's fifteen cod & chips, three without vinegar, two without salt; four plaice, two with salt and one without vinegar". "I like haddock" shouts one German". "Ya, me too" says another. "OK, does anyone else want haddock?"

At which point the Captain interrupts him and says, "What on earth are you doing? Just get them fish and chips!!"

OK, so it's not falling off your seat humour, but I loved the subtlety of the scene. It says a great deal about British humour, which I accept not everyone gets.

[reed]

Some good classics here...Fawlty "don't mention the war" being a biggy. But this is Brit/Yank choices. That's okay. Like classic Monty Pythons "two sheds." Only a New Yorker and not on the list could appreciate a great classic comedy series (for me) like "The Honeymooner" for example.Then again....?
If it makes both sides of the Atlantic laugh though then there is something that is very good. Yes? And if you can see it again after many years and still get a laugh? All the better.
Like drama (The Six Wives of Henry VIII, staring Keith Mitchell, BBC), when it is good it is good. Sounds like a corney line from some silly show what I just said. Sorry. Back to Benny Hill with his hose, bad gags and upskirts.