Top Class Comedy
We like to think that 91Èȱ¬ Comedy has always been in a class of it's own...
Here at 91Èȱ¬ Comedy HQ we've noticed a lot of love for our new Class Collection on our and accounts so we thought it deserved a salute on our blog.
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Most script writers say the trickiest part of creating a strong situation comedy is finding the right 'sit' to enable strong characters to provide the 'com'.
The Office would have been many things had David BrentÌýnot wanted to be a "a chilled out entertainer" and focussed his 'talents' on being a competent General Manager... but it certainly wouldn't have been as laugh-out-loud funny.
Would Only Fools and Horses have been as hilarious and poignantÌýwithout Del Boy's heroic drive to escape the poverty trap?
Surely Fawlty Towers would have been a tumble-weed strewn desert of dullness if it had featured a chillaxed Basil Fawlty, at peace with his place in the world and hopelessly in love with his doting wife, Sybil?
In fact it's hard to think of any comedies that don't, to some extent, satirise the frustrations, prejudices or limitations of social class. Even the sci-fi comedy of Red Dwarf mined it's gags from stark contrast between Rimmer's aloof snobbery and Lister's vulgar slobbery.
We think this collection features some of the sharpest writing and most beautifully observed characterisations ever produced by the 91Èȱ¬.
What do you think? Favourite clip? Have we missed anything?
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