[TV] UKCC23 - Group A

[Mellotron]

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UK Comedy Cup - Group A
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Group A
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Fleabag - 2016-2019, 12 episodes

It's weirdly a bit like Miranda (in one specific sense - in that the slightly posh main character breaks the forth wall frequently to make witty asides), but it's actually good. The finale packed an emotional punch that affected many.

Fawlty Towers - 1975-1979, 12 episodes

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An absolute colossus of a show. John Cleese heads up one of the most tightly written sitcoms of all time. Needs no further introduction. Would expect to top the group if all goes as planned.

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - 2009-Present, 24 episodes

I have mixed feelings about Stewart Lee. I'm fully aware he is a very, very clever comedian, but I feel he labours that point a little, sometimes. Have to admit I haven't given this much time, but I'm sure it's very good. Any fans, please feel free to provide video evidence of said humour. Can Stewart make it through? Would he even want to? Doesn't seem one for a mainstream popularity contest like this.

The Detectorists - 2014-2022, 20 episodes

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Gentle, warm, quaint, glorifying in the mundanity of small-town life. Quintessentially British. Could be a tough ask to make it out of the group, but feels like the 2nd spot is up for grabs.

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[Bozza]

The Detectorists. All day long.

Dark horse.

 

[dazzer6666]

The Detectorists. All day long.

Dark horse.

Agreed

 

[Machiavelli]

Fleabag for me
Fawlty Towers was brilliant, but we're in 2023 and it hasn't aged well. Sybil is one of the most underrated comedy characters/performances
I love Stewart Lee but, alongside the other comedy greats (Hicks, Morris, Prior), recognise that he's niche.
Mellotron has it spot on in describing Detectorists as quaint. Too quaint to do it.

A fab four though.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

This is a real group of death already. I accept SL will fail here but I think it's brilliant. FT is so loved but i never thought it was as brilliant as others. Both Fleabag and Dectorists were genius. I think I'd have to go Fleabag as I remember finishing that and just thinking WOW.

 

[Mustafa II]

Just one winner for me here. Stood the test of time. Young generations love it just as much as the older.

Not surprised to see it in the lead.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Watched a bit of Fleabag and didn’t have me laughing out loud like FT still does.
Haven’t watched the other 2.

 

[Beach Hut]

Detectorists however Fleabag was very funny

 

[Hugo Rune]

I saw Stewart Lee brilliantly destroy Fleabag at the Dome but Basil still gets my vote. The premise of a misanthrope working in hospitality trying to stay patient and polite but continually blowing their fuse is pure brilliance.

 

[Simster]

If you say you're English these days you get thrown in jail.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

As good as Fleabag is, I can't warm to it. Girly TV that my wife Hoover's up but leaves me cold.
I can't argue, she puts up with enough football. Stewart Lee is unbearably smug albeit I do enjoy his stuff when in the right mood. I find Fawlty Towers unwatchable waiting for the next calamity to happen.

The Dectectorists for me.

 

[Baldseagull]

The Detectorists. Mild but marvelous

 

[Mellotron]

Just a nudge for anyone who hasn’t voted, and to confirm Groups C & D will go live later this evening.

 

[MJsGhost]

Fawlty Towers the weakest here IMO. A cringeworthy angry idiot running a hotel? Not for me, Clive.

I voted Detectorists as it's just so gentle, warm and yet cleverly funny.
On another day I'd have voted Fleabag as it's equally brilliant.
Lee is very good, but THESE DAYS you just can't say some the things he comes out with.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I suspect Stewart Lee would be very disappointed, to find himself beaten to last place by Fleabag.

 

[kevo]

Some of these group's are very tough! I love the Detectorists but has to be Fawlty Towers.

 

[Hamilton]

Was caught between Fleabag and The Detectorists. Love FT, but it’s time for something new.

Either way, looks like neither of my two choices are going to win.

 

[Mellotron]

I suspect Stewart Lee would be very disappointed, to find himself beaten to last place by Fleabag.

I actually think with his elistist viewpoint he would feel vindicated at coming bottom in a popular vote.

He is aggressively not for the mainstream.

 

[jakarta]

Anyone who does not get Fawlty Towers presumably was too young to stay in a UK Hotel in the 1970's, spot on observational humour.

And by the way, the Germans did start it, they invaded Poland!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I actually think with his elistist viewpoint he would feel vindicated at coming bottom in a popular vote.

He is aggressively not for the mainstream.

That was the point I was trying to make.

Fleabag being less accessible than him?
Unthinkable.