Comparison of Sitcoms

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Comparison of Sitcoms

All 3 of my sitcoms I have chosen are great British, hugely popular

and critically praised. All of them were written by there own single

writer unlike in America where they had a team of writers to produce a

single sitcom. The 3 sitcoms I have picked are Only Fools and Horses,

Fawlty Towers and Porridge.

Only Fools and Horses was first shown on the BBC in 1981 and started

with a total of 3 main charters and 5 regular sub-characters. The 3

main characters they started out with were Del, Rodney and Granddad

Trotter. Only fools and horses have 7 or 8 series in all with quite a

few special feature length episodes like the one where they go to

France.

Fawlty Towers was first shown on the BBC in 1975 and started with the

3 main characters Basil Fawlty, Sibal Fawlty and of course the punch

bag from Barcelona in Spain Manuel. There were countless episodes but

fortunately no film so no one had there sides split open with

laughter. It had comedy arising from a consistent situation.

Porridge was a Sitcom first showed on the BBC in 1974 and based in

"Her Majesty Slade Prison" with the main and unforgettable "Norman

Stanley Fletcher" and his young cell mate "Godber". It was a huge

success because it had its own language of insults like "Nurk" because

it was on at prime time so it could not swear, giving it a prison

feel.

Only Fools and Horses some of the sets are the council flat where Del,

Rodney and granddad live called Nelson Mandela Towers in Peckham,

London, Mike's pub called the Nag's head it's a sort of pub for the

working class people, the local market area, Boycie's car dealership

which is a car g...

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...he canned laughter they use in Only Fools and Horses I think helps

you to realize that there was a joke or something funny a minute ago

and it helps you to laugh because generally when you hear someone else

laugh it makes you want tot laugh. But some people find that it

intimidates them because if they didn't understand the joke then they

think they are dumb and start thinking that the people are laughing at

them.

The type of people Only Fools and Horses is aimed at is the people who

like a bit of a laugh and the age range is really anyone who wants to

watch it because I find it funny and it's not to out dated in fact I

don't think it's out dated at all, think if you want a laugh then you

should watch it. Only Fools and Horses appeals to many people because

of Del and Rodney's underdog status that you feel sorry for.

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