# Fawlty Towers was robbed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905 "2004-03-28T12:02:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/21 "2004-03-29T12:34:17Z")
_Looks at list_ Red Dwarf was only number 18?! Thats way better then Oly Fools and Horses ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/22 "2004-03-29T13:13:36Z")
Anyone else notice that all top 10 were BBC comedies? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/23 "2004-03-29T13:19:21Z")
Only three of the top 50 were ITV comedies. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/24 "2004-03-29T13:33:46Z")
OFaH is good but clearly oustayed it’s welcome, it should never have won but it has been put on a pedestal over the last few years. David ’ I bathe in balsamic vinegar’ Dickenson was atrociously dull and repetitive. I disagree about Johnny Vaughn though, I thought him and Jack Dee were the only ones that really cared about their sit-coms. Would have liked to see Blackadder win and Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, Steptoe and Porridge making a better show of themselves. The Vicar of Dibley should not have made the top 20, Absolutely Fabulous kicks it out of the ball-park on so many levels. Wish the young Ones did better but let’s face it it was nowhere nearly as funny as Filthy, Rich and Catflap and that failed to get a mention at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/25 "2004-03-29T15:46:18Z")
“I didn’t get where I am today without knowing that The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin should poll higher than 35th place.” ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/26 "2004-03-29T17:27:01Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Plus it also contains the Silly Walk, _and_ the greatest single put down in sitcom history: > > “Stop mentioning the war!” > “Well you started it” > “We did not start it!” > “Yes you did _you invaded Poland_” > > All this in less than 35 minutes of television. OFAH had its moments, but no single episode of that or any other series can compare with _The Germans_. Huh? I thought Silly Walk was a Python one. Or do you just mean that John Cleese does that silly walk thing that he does? 😕 My vote went to Yes, Minister/Prime Minister. I think Blackadder second, Black Books third, Towers fourth, Spaced fifth, don’t care after that. Vicar of Dibley does not count because it just not funny at all. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/27 "2004-03-29T17:32:02Z")
Oh by the way, **Father Ted** is a bit controversial as an English sitcom. It recorded in England except the outside bits which were recorded near where I’m typing from (claim to fame: apparently the bit where Ted, Dougal and some other priest get lost in the ladies’ underwear section was filmed where I do my day-to-day shopping: the glamour of it all!), but written and acted by Irish people. I don’t count it as English, if I did it would be in my list for sure, third after Blackadder probably. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905/28 "2004-03-29T21:15:34Z")
I caught the end of the show, saw the result, and felt definitely let down … which might not be fair, really. _Only Fools and Horses_, at its best, is a very good show … it just suffers because it’s been flogged to death over the past few years. However, even at its best, it’s not as good as either _Fawlty Towers_ (which should have won) or _Blackadder_. And _Vicar of Dibley_ shouldn’t have got a look-in. There are worse shows around, to be sure, but there are very many better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fawlty-towers-was-robbed/236905.md?page=1)