Sitcom Showdown

A podcast discussing great sitcom episodes.

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Not Going Out gets nominated for the episode Escape Room from 2018. How will Lee Mack and his family & friends get out this one? However they end up, hilarity DOES ensue!

Thanks to Kieran Scott for the suggestion (told you we'd get there eventually).

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Up Pompeii is brought along by Steve who introduces Jeffers to the delights of Frankie Howerd and his dinky donky doo-dahs!

The episode in question is 'The Love Potion', from 1970, which also features Lynda Baron, Mollie Sugden and many more.

https://t.co/W4SJnmd11V

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The Absolutely Fabulous classic episode 'Poor' (s02e05) gets put under the microscope by Jeffers & Steve, who are impressed by AbFab's amazing cast, but will it win them around to the series as a whole?

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This episode is a visit to the Hall of Shame, for the infamous British sitcom 'Heil Honey I'm Home' (1990) which was cancelled after only one episode!

A big shout out to Talking Bottom, from whom we borrowed a clip of their interview with Paul Jackson.

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Newsflash: newly-found Rik Mayall audio of a 1986 live gig just released by @RikScrapbook and @PodCatflappo right now! Listen: https://t.co/xk0lkZQgWR
Recorded on 17 May 1986 in Perth, the last gig of his & Ben Elton's aussie tour!

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Community gets the Christmas nod from Steve in 2023 as we look at the musical episode 'Regional Holiday Music' and all it's gleeful satire!

Merry Christmas y'all! https://t.co/lWco3OeL7D

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We hang with Mr Cooper in this episode of the Showdown, looking at the 1990s sitcom starring Mark Curry, Holly Robinson, Sandra Quarterman, Raven Symone, Nell Carter and Marquise Wilson.

Thanks to listener Nick O for the suggestion!

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ALF is selected by Jeffers for an almost Halloweenish peek into an alien-on-Earth sitcom.

'Working My Way Back To You' is the opener to ALF Season 2 where Alf tries to avoid exile to the garage by becoming the Tanner family's butler for a week!

https://t.co/h5ezpIqjmC

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Steve brings 'Barbara' to the showdown so he and Jeff can check out the turn-of-the-century UK sitcom starring Gwen Taylor and Sam Kelly. Thx to Jonno for the suggestion!
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Steve uses Blackadder's 'Ink & Incapability' as a springboard to go on a Grand Tour of Edmund: A Butler's Tale & Boswell's Life of Johnson

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We Are Men was a swiftly-cancelled 2013 sitcom on CBS, starring some great actors. So what went wrong? Jeffers and Steve review both eps of We Are Men and give you the low-down. https://t.co/lHm37Fh9lV

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The USA's 1979 version of Are You Being Served? titled Beane's of Boston is under the microscope in this edition of Sitcom Showdown.

Steve and Jeffers compare the two series and - as always - enjoy looking at transplanted sitcom attempts!

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@BritComPod It has to be Potato :)

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In our 100th episode Steve nominates a classic episode of Are You Being Served in which Cpt Peacock is in a spot of bother after some suspicious overnight behavior with a store colleague.

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Yes please

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Garth Marenghi could return to television says Matthew Holness: https://t.co/dhRE2oo2Pu

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How do we feel about this? https://t.co/PJk3Ti27ll

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Steve nominates the highly-regarded Parks and Recreation episode 'Flu Season' for the Hall of Fame. Is it a fully-sick classic? https://t.co/DGMePOs5GW

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FILTHY RALPH is BACK! @NigelPlaner1 returns to play Ralph in a new audio treat 'Filthy's Night Before Christmas' https://t.co/xC7ps9HqWd
It's an action-packed #FilthyXmas tale on Podcasto Catflappo! #FilthyRichAndCatflap

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Friday Night Dinner gets a run on the Showdown thanks to a listener recommendation, so Jeffers and Steve check out 'Christmas' from 2012.
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Still an open case, will try a different browser, but it ain't going smoothly.