GarethRDR

Won't really work if the tickets have already been bought, but I've found great success with the "I don't really fancy it, but why not put the money saved by me not coming to you going all out and really treating yourself?". Thus far this has only backfired once; this year, in my efforts to avoid having to see Dogstar my wife has forked out for the VIP tickets as they include a photo with the band, thus enabling her to be within arms-reach of Keanu Reeves. She's booked a hotel for the night, and lunch the next day at what described as a "sushi conyevor restaurant but for cheese not sushi". Heaven help the poor bastard.

If it's a Villa / Fiorentina final, save for a) some moment of magic from Bonaventura or González or b) some colossal brainfart performance by Villa, the final is going to be a slaughter. Fiorentina have just about managed to squeak through to the semis via some very poor teams, have been perennial choke artists whenever they've had any recent sniff of silverware, form has absolutely nosedived since the new year and they're already bracing for another summer of turmoil (talk of having to sell González to fund another overhaul of the squad) as Italiano won't sign a new contract so is as good as gone come the end of the season. All that against the backdrop of Joe Barone's death as well.

I don't know whether I'm more horrified or entertained.

I think this is very much the crux of it, sitcoms by their very nature are inherently tied to the zeitgeist.

Seinfeld retrospectively suffering through critiques of the now-commonplace tropes that it actually pioneered at the time has become a trope in and of itself.

I was thinking more format-wise than longevity considerations, though appreciate we're getting into the realms of this thread being personal favourites vs. what would actually be considered the "landmark" sitcoms, so to speak (Darkplace falls more into parody than sitcom for me, hence I wouldn't have otherwise mentioned it. I think for example, if you could have Darkplace as a sitcom, you could have Look Around You as well). Being as objectionable as possible, one reasonably couldn't have a conversation about "best" sitcom without Friends being in the mix, for example, yet I don't think there's been a mention of it in the thread thus far I believe?* It walked on the heels of Seinfeld, it's aged very poorly in places, but if we're talking cultural impact, popularity and longevity, it has to be up there. Nathan Barley was tremendous. *@Genie got it on page 1.

If you're saying I can't consider my painstakingly (both figuratively and ring-sting-ingly) put-together collection of hot sauces as "art", then we have a problem.

What's the scope of "sitcom" here? Because I've seen Darkplace shouts, and if Darkplace is in scope, then the answer's unequivocally Darkplace.

If I had to pick just one, it'd be a struggle between Community and Spaced.

Completely bloody passed me by that a) there's new Bat For Lashes due at the end of next month and b) she's touring. Just managed to grab one of the remaining cheap saets for the Barbican show in June, finally ticking 'em off my to-see-list.

Just over two weeks until my inevitable AOTY drops...

All evidence to the contrary. Yes I am going to hell.

What's the current shirt fit like vs Kappa for us porky bastards? Given this will be our last season with a decent badge for the foreseeable, I'm considering plumping for the home and away. I was an XXL in Kappa but as they always run stupidly tight, hoping I can go down to an XL and it still be a nice loose fit.

Yeessssssssss.