GarethRDR

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 one 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.

When your badge's upside down and it's making you frown that's Castore.

A. ****. Drop. Shadow.

No, they threw that design away completely.

In the (probably not too) distant future, when the AI-simulacrums have supplanted all human life, @Xela-replicant-0368 settles down for a quiet evening with his favourite cybercast...

Decided to give proto-Underworld a go. Liking so far.

Saw on my FB feed that this was apparently God Alone., should the opportunity ever arise again I can highly recommend. Mad good fun.

That's no shithouse, that's a shitspace-station.

Flew to Berlin last month to see Komfortrauschen because they weren't playing a show over here I could get to. This morning they announced a pre-ATG London show that I can get to. 10 **** minutes ago, Tokyo Police Club who we have literally the weekend just gone stumped up the ~£4k for flights and hotels in Toronto for, have announced a final London show.

This is nice, but I just had a listen to In Motion and that is a viiiiiiiibe, lovely stuff. Just my kind of blippy, ethereal prog.

The Fingerchoke of Doom.

Yes, very much. Increasingly I've found myself unable to have a lie-in anymore also, once my body hits that 8 hours then up it gets. I hate it. I miss lie-ins. The other side of that bastard coin seems to be sleep paralysis always decides to kick in just at the very moment I feel a leg cramp, so I'm lying there motionless with my brain screaming at the rest of me to **** move as the searing pain gets worse and worse. Getting old(er) is fun!

In real terms that's only actually 0.0001 staff they're letting go of.

How can you tell?

It's been billed as the Young Bucks presenting "unseen backstage footage" so in spite of reports of it not being a swerve, I'm fully expecting it to be some totally unrelated footage of YB kayfabe "brawling" with FTR or something. Gonna be car crash popcorn if they actually do show it though.