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The same pair of jokes in every episode.

posted 15 years ago by geeteeage
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Come on.. thats not funny..

BTW try watching Fawlty Towers. Its amazing

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[–] grendelkhan 13 years ago

Well, Croft and LLoyd did repeat themselves a lot, but the actors knew how to get the laugh out of it.

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."-Groucho

[–] furienna 13 years ago

"Keeping up appearances" also relied heavily on running gags, but still, both shows rock.

Intelligence and purity.

[–] lycanthrope32 12 years ago

i felt the same jokes were the appeal. i used to and still do sit on the edge of my seat waiting for them .......

i always wait in anticipation for "youuuu stupiidddddddd WOMAN!! " LOL!!!

[–] furienna 12 years ago

I know. The running jokes were a part of the show's charm.

Intelligence and purity.

[–] k-mann 12 years ago

Fawlty Towers is fantastic, but the reason it is fantastic is that it only lasted for twelve episodes.

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[–] externaltestaccount 12 years ago

Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Yes Minister - best of the best for me and they all limited their seasons to 6 episodes each year thus allowing the writers to take a break.

However I do have fond fond memories of Allo Allo. I looked at the episode list here and season 5 has 26 episodes, in hindsight I think this might have ruined the show as I think I started to get tired of it around then. Repeating jokes work fine in small doses, not for a continuous 26 week run.

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[–] christopherbkk 11 years ago

"Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once." may have been repeated over and over, but every time there was a unique retort and that was funny.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"..but every time there was a unique retort"

No, there wasn't. Often Rene just rolled his eyes, and that was it.

[–] Stratego (29190) 4 years ago

The same pair of jokes in every episode"

I see what you did there.

[–] hurricane (1907) 4 years ago

The running jokes were part of the appeal for me.