Have you heard of...

Some things i'm going to recommend to you. Now, some of these things might already be known to you, but some won't, and some are blatantly obvious, and some aren't. Stick with me.

Arrested Development.

Best sitcom ever. Ever. EVER. Comes in 3rd in my list of 3 funniest things ever. (Trailer Park Boys and The Office occupying 1 & 2) It's an American Sitcom, which shows the life of the Bluth Family, and specifically the one sane member, Michael Bluth. The show follows Michael and the family as they try and recover their Property Development Company from failure as its President (which is Michael's Father) is jailed. It's colourful, fast, crazy, and it needs to be re-watched to get all the jokes, but it is TV Gold. How you can life your life without ever knowing GOB, Buster, George Michael and Tobias Funke, i'll never know.

Weeds.

It's just started a wee while back on Sky One, but this is a gem of a tv show. All i can say is it is Desperate Housewives but stoned.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Written and starring the man who was the computer technician on The Office, this is a comedy about a cancelled Channel 4 Horror series from the 80's which was created by the acclaimed (fake) author Garth Marenghi. There are no jokes. There is no slapstick, or sarcasm. This is just a shambles of a tv show, which to a passer-by would like something made by a child. The sets are wobbly, the dialogue is terrible, the acting is even worse, and the plots, my word, the plots, they are as ludicrous as a mouse with wheels made of cheese. The show is showcased to you in the modern day, with behind the scenes insights (again fake) given to you by the creators and actors. Hilarious tv show, even the opening sequences are funny:



Youtube has some of the episodes, there were only 6 in total. This is Episode 1 part 1.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nNfQ0ORwSDM

The Mighty Boosh

This may be an obvious one. But seriously, if you haven't already watched it, go now. Watch at least 3 episodes. You need to get into the humour, i hated this show myself when it came out, but re-watched it last year and fell into it. The final episode of series 2 is pretty much the finest episode of British TV.

Comadaidh Oir

Only joking.

The Office

The American version. It's shown on ITV2 in the UK which is scandalous. This should be on terrestrial TV as it's almost as good as the British original. It's funnier, seriously, it's funnier. It doesn't have as much depth, and the characters aren't as realistic, but you laugh a heck of a lot during each episode. Dwight Schrute especially, the American version of Gareth is outstanding.

The Day Today

And indeed anything to do with Chris Morris, including Brass Eye and The IT Crowd, which i think is AS good as Father Ted. Nathan Barley is something i've been recommended, so should i cut out the middleman (me) and recommend it to you? No. I'm sticking to my morals. I'll watch it first then tell you if its any good. The Day Today is great though, it's a mock news programme from the early 90's which is so close to the truth that its funny. The presenters are extreme, but still remind you of real ones, and the reports and features are pretty darn hilarious.

This one is my favourite:




Also in this list would be Dave Gorman's shows and Trailer Park Boys, but reviews of both those things can be found elsewhere on this blog.