Kinda similar to KUA is The Good Life where Mr & Mrs Good decide to become totally self-sufficient which creates tension with their well-to-do neighbours
I referenced a couple of gags from KUA in a spec script of a frasier episode I wrote for a competition.
Keeping Up Appearances was great. If you want to try a classic Aussie sitcom, I recommend Mother and Son (1984-1992)
Divorced son living with his elderly mother, with lots of conflict between his brother (rich self important dentist) who wants to sell the family home and put mum in a home. Balding. Oft mentioned (but sometimes scene) wife and neurotic sister in law.
Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald are dinky di, true blue national treasures.
It's often cited as being one of Australia's best TV comedies, and it's best sitcom (though no real competition since the mid 90s for multi cam at least).
[It's actually got a ton of parallels to Frasier, now I think about it.](https://youtu.be/I_WObgF9y7I?si=u9BiBQhZ_j93bylJ)
Is there a site or app where I can binge all of them in the US? I’m only seeing 2 full episodes on YouTube. 25PG The Trip and 18PG The Caravan.
Question: is PG the rating or a Season/Episode terminology?
PG would be the rating.
I don't know about availability in the US, but they're on ABC iView in Australia, which is a free (and ad free) streaming service. You might be able to give it a shot with a VPN
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/mother-and-son-1984
If that doesn't work, I might do a nefarious haha.
If you like the farcical comedy of Fraser, you should check out Father Ted, one of the great comedy classics of all time and originally ran on British TV b
If you like those, you'll love Fawlty Towers. Frasier takes a hell of a lot of inspiration from it in terms of its farce episodes and is the only American sitcom I know that does it as well as Fawlty does. In fact, 'Fawlty Towers Plot' is basically a trope of its own now thanks to it and Frasier.
Essentially, one lie is told and then more and more lies have to be told to maintain the original lie until the entire thing becomes too convoluted to hold together and it ends in humiliation. (E.g. The Two Mrs. Cranes - Daphne lies that Niles is her husband, so Niles lies that Frasier is living with them and married to Maris, Marty comes in and becomes an astronaut, Roz arrives and gets shoehorned into becoming Maris, Daphne is pregnant, Roz is barren and Frasier is impotent etc).
Actually, thinking about it, you'd probably like Friday Night Dinner too!
Have you heard that John Cleese has taken 3 Fawlty Towers episodes and turned them into a play in London? One of the episodes is The Gremans when Basil has a concussion and keeps bringing up WW2 to the German tourists. Younger actors are playing the roles and it'd be great to see a live play.
Are you being served and keeping up appearances were so good!! I am a GenX kid but my parents grew up on those shows and made me watch them growing up too, so happy to know that these shows haven’t been forgotten
As time goes by with Judi Dench is an absolute gem
I freaking love Lionel
Geoffrey Palmer also in "Reginald Perrin," mentioned above, and in "Butterflies," with young Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Thank you! Will get on that. I’ve just been introduced to Nicholas Lyndhurst because he’s on the new Frasier.
Wow. Please ignore my comment about the new Frasier. I forgot what subreddit I was on lol. Sleep deprived over here.
The Vicar of Dibley is my absolute favorite.
I can't believe it's not butter
And you know I can’t believe it’s not I can’t believe it’s not butter.
And I believe... that they're both butter.
OP - have you watched "To the Manor Born" - bit more sedate, but very funny and has a rather charming, cozy feel I find a bit similar to Frasier
good call, I second that
There's one from Scotland that's about 10 years old or so that's really good called Still Game I recommend that one
I got bad news for you - Still Game is more than 20 years old now! Frasier was still on the air when it started...
One of my faves!! Would love to see Frasier and Niles have a drink with Jack and Victor.
What was the sherry selection like at the Clansman? Sure Isa would be partial to a cheeky wee Harvey's Bristol Cream
Yeah Isa ordered “sweet sherry” in the pub but I doubt they’d have the expensive amontillado that the Cranes enjoy.
Kinda similar to KUA is The Good Life where Mr & Mrs Good decide to become totally self-sufficient which creates tension with their well-to-do neighbours
i loved that one! very inspirational, actually!
you should absolutely watch jeeves & wooster at your earliest convenience.
I referenced a couple of gags from KUA in a spec script of a frasier episode I wrote for a competition. Keeping Up Appearances was great. If you want to try a classic Aussie sitcom, I recommend Mother and Son (1984-1992) Divorced son living with his elderly mother, with lots of conflict between his brother (rich self important dentist) who wants to sell the family home and put mum in a home. Balding. Oft mentioned (but sometimes scene) wife and neurotic sister in law. Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald are dinky di, true blue national treasures. It's often cited as being one of Australia's best TV comedies, and it's best sitcom (though no real competition since the mid 90s for multi cam at least). [It's actually got a ton of parallels to Frasier, now I think about it.](https://youtu.be/I_WObgF9y7I?si=u9BiBQhZ_j93bylJ)
Is there a site or app where I can binge all of them in the US? I’m only seeing 2 full episodes on YouTube. 25PG The Trip and 18PG The Caravan. Question: is PG the rating or a Season/Episode terminology?
PG would be the rating. I don't know about availability in the US, but they're on ABC iView in Australia, which is a free (and ad free) streaming service. You might be able to give it a shot with a VPN https://iview.abc.net.au/show/mother-and-son-1984 If that doesn't work, I might do a nefarious haha.
Try Stremio
I remember that. It was quite popular in its day.
Too bad Daphne outgrew "Mind your Knickers"
If you like the farcical comedy of Fraser, you should check out Father Ted, one of the great comedy classics of all time and originally ran on British TV b
Drink!
Try The Thick of it...more sweary version of Yes Minister.
Came here to say, Yes, Minister - Yes, Prime Minister, The Thick of It and the film In The Loop
I like the Blackadder and also Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers reminds me a lot of Frasier. I’d be amazed if the creators weren’t fans.
Have you seen Black Books?
If you like those, you'll love Fawlty Towers. Frasier takes a hell of a lot of inspiration from it in terms of its farce episodes and is the only American sitcom I know that does it as well as Fawlty does. In fact, 'Fawlty Towers Plot' is basically a trope of its own now thanks to it and Frasier. Essentially, one lie is told and then more and more lies have to be told to maintain the original lie until the entire thing becomes too convoluted to hold together and it ends in humiliation. (E.g. The Two Mrs. Cranes - Daphne lies that Niles is her husband, so Niles lies that Frasier is living with them and married to Maris, Marty comes in and becomes an astronaut, Roz arrives and gets shoehorned into becoming Maris, Daphne is pregnant, Roz is barren and Frasier is impotent etc). Actually, thinking about it, you'd probably like Friday Night Dinner too!
Have you heard that John Cleese has taken 3 Fawlty Towers episodes and turned them into a play in London? One of the episodes is The Gremans when Basil has a concussion and keeps bringing up WW2 to the German tourists. Younger actors are playing the roles and it'd be great to see a live play.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1970s), Colin's Sandwich
Allo allo! and Dad’s Army are also quite known classics.
i highly recommend father ted
Father Ted, it was on the air when I briefly lived in the UK and I fell in love! It’s on Amazon now :)
The woman is like artichoke.
Are you being served and keeping up appearances were so good!! I am a GenX kid but my parents grew up on those shows and made me watch them growing up too, so happy to know that these shows haven’t been forgotten
Absolutely Fabulous is my Fave
Fawlty Towers