Tonight, a nation, once great, was left shamed in public. The last shreds of decency and morality gone in a turbulent public vote. Surely, only chaos can now follow.
I am, of course, referring to the outcome of the Best British Sitcom Of All Time. The outstanding genius of Blackadder just came in second to the great, but miniscule by comparision, Only Fools And Horses. How will people be able to sleep tonight?
Oh well, at least The Vicar Of Dibley didn’t win. How that got into the top ten, never mind third place, is beyond me.
Posted: March 27th, 2004
#Permalink: Sitcomica, By Gary Fleming
Not to mention the appallingly low performance of The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin. Only fools and horses was excellent until they didn’t know when to stop: I heard a little while back that they were planning a ‘when they were young‘ version along the lines of the miserable failure they did with First of the summer wine. Blackadder should have won, no question.
I can’t say I ever watched Reginald Perrin but I’d be happy to believe it should’ve been higher, given some of the tripe that made it into the top ten.
You’re right about Only Fools And Horses: they didn’t know when to let it go, and 3-4 Christmas specials later it just leaves a bad taste.
# Posted by Gary Fleming, on March 30th, 2004 at 7:13 pm