Indeed, and Croft & Perry aren't everybody's cup of tea. Quite a lot of episodes of Dad's Army were completely formulaic. (Still actually funny, though, in contrast to Last of the Summer Wine.)
You'd be doing yourself a disservice, though, by refusing to watch the specific episode mentioned by Birks, which is presumably on playback. Let's put it this way: it knocks Terrence Rattigan into a cocked hat as a half-hour drawing-room play, and it could show Noel Coward a thing or two about being humorous, as opposed to being bitchy.
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Re: Other sitcoms do exist
Date: 2010-07-25 07:47 pm (UTC)You'd be doing yourself a disservice, though, by refusing to watch the specific episode mentioned by Birks, which is presumably on playback. Let's put it this way: it knocks Terrence Rattigan into a cocked hat as a half-hour drawing-room play, and it could show Noel Coward a thing or two about being humorous, as opposed to being bitchy.
It really is very good indeed.