I’ve been getting positive feedback on my post “Great TV!”, so I thought I’d recommend a couple more shows for those of you who’s tired of searching for yourself.
First off, The League of Gentlemen.
This is a great british show originally based on sketches, tied together to a sitcom by a common setting: a fictional village called Royston Vasey.
Royston Vasey is a fucked up village overwhelmed by fucked up characters, a large part of them played by three of the creators of the show: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
This show is perfect for those who like shows like Little Britan, which is greatly influenced by this show, and share alot of it’s bizarre humor.
Links:
The League of Gentlemen – Official Website
The League of Gentlemen @ Wikipedia
Arrested Development (USA)
Anyone who haven’t seen this show: GET IT NOW!
This is absolutely brilliant, and I just don’t get why they canceled it after just three seasons.
The story is centered around the Bluths, a dysfunctional family with brilliant characters. It’s shot in a mockumentary/pseudo-documentary format, and specked with bizarre and subtle humor.
My two favorite characters is George Michael (Michael Cera) and Tobias Fünke (David Cross), although it’s very hard to pick, since they are all great.
I was recommended this show by a lot of people before I finally decided to check it out. The reason I took so long was because everything I read about it (IMDB, Wikipedia etc) and everything people told me to try to get me to watch it didn’t sound too exciting. But when I finally ran out of shows to watch, I decided to give it a go, and that’s one of the smartest things I’d done in a long time. I just couldn’t stop watching!
It’s now been three or four years since I watched it the first time, but I still laugh my ass of whenever I catch an episode. CHECK IT OUT!
Links:
Arrested Development @ Wikipedia
The Office (UK)
The Office is originally a British comedy, also in a mockumentary style, but I would like to recommend both the British and the American version since they are both brilliant. I was a die-hard fan of the British one, and didn’t want to spoil it by watching a bad American copy, but once I got persuaded to give it a chance, I found that it’s at least equal, if not even better than the original.
The show is written, created and directed by Ricky Gervais, who also stars in the show, and Stephen Merchant, and is about the day to day life in the office of a local branch of a fictitious paper company.
Both the US and the UK versions are full of hilarious characters, and if you’re into calm and subtle humor you’ll find this/these shows excellent.
This show is probably the one that’s best known out of all the shows I’ve recommended – at least here in Norway, so my guess is that you’ve watched at least half an episode already.
If you didn’t like it, all you need to do is get a hold of the first season and give it another shot, because if you just jump in in the middle of a season it won’t be the same as watching it from the beginning and getting familiar with the different characters.
Links:
The Office (UK) @ Wikipedia
The Office (US) @ Wikipedia
