The best comedy series ever

So what was the best comedy series ever for you?
It’s a subjective question and you might give a different answer at different times of the day or year depending on what mood you’re in. Also – our tastes in comedy change over time and familiarity breeds contempt. What’s bright fresh and new today becomes a tiresome cliché tomorrow.
Nevertheless, the one that never leaves my top list and which I never grow tired of watching clips from is undoubtedly the Fats Show.
Produced by the BBC, the Fast Show ran for three series between 1994 and 1997, with what was supposed to be a final ‘one off’ show in 2000.
The show’s main performers included Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day, John Thomson, Mark Williams, Arabella Weir, Caroline Aherne and Charlie Higson. And it was Charlie Higson who announced that the show would be back in November 2011 – but this time only online.
So it’s proved to be. So what is, for me, probably the best comedy series of all time is back each Thursday at 1pm at Fosters.co.uk.
The Fast show 2011 series sees a return of many of the favourite characters like Swiss Toni, Rowley Birkin QC, Ron Manager and Bob Fleming.
So do yourself a favour and tune in for some Thursday afternoon delights.
I’ll leave you with one of my favourite ever Fast Show sketches just in case you aren’t yet a fan of the show: The sketch is one of the series of “Anyone fancy a pint?” sketches. The scene is a dinner party where a thoughtful, introspective woman is quietly telling the gathering about being abandoned as a child and being let down in life and abandoned by people she loved. At the most moving part of what she’s saying, one of the guests (played by Paul Whitehouse) cuts across her asking “anyone fancy a pint?” Almost immediately, most of the men in the room leave…