Best TV show ever?

[ChamberNut]

Six Feet Under

Terrific cast, intelligent stories, engaging and believable characters, and a low-key, morbid sense of humour. Perfect.

My fiancee and I agree.  Hands down, Six Feet Under for us.

[The Emperor]

Anyone watch the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Im watching the 1st episode now seems ok.

Oh yeah, keep watching it, it's awesome! Charlie is a funny dude.

I'll add The Wire to the best ever, amazing!

I'll probably start on Six Feet Under today!

[mozartsneighbor]

YES PRIME MINISTER
Very funny, and informative to boot -- government really does work like that. Thatcher herself said it was an extremely life-like portrayal of government.
And Sir Humphrey especially is a great character.


Memorable Quotes:

Humphrey: Nuclear weapons are there to make people believe that Britain is defended.

Bernard: The Russians?

Humphrey: No, not the Russians, the British. The Russians know it's not.

(The Ministerial Broadcast)

Head of MI5: We can't have unfounded, arrogant press speculation. That's the last thing we want.

Hacker: Even if it's accurate?

Head of MI5: Oh, especially if it's accurate.

(One Of Us)

Humphrey: Well, it's clear that the committee has agreed that your new policy is a really excellent plan but in view of some of the doubts being expressed, may I propose that I recall that after careful consideration, the considered view of the committee was that while they considered that the proposal met with broad approval in principle, that some of the principles were sufficiently fundamental in principle and some of the considerations so complex and finely balanced in practice, that, in principle, it was proposed that the sensible and prudent practice would be to submit the proposal for more detailed consideration, laying stress on the essential continuity of the new proposal with existing principles, and the principle of the principal arguments which the proposal proposes and propounds for their approval in principle.

(The Ministerial Broadcast)

Humphrey (about Hacker): He's got no. 10, a salary, a pension for life. What more can he want?

Bernard: I think he wants to govern Britain.

Humphrey: Well stop him, Bernard!

(The Ministerial Broadcast)

[knight66]

Yes, masses of great stuff in that series. Describing the Minister as 'Brave' when he is about to do something especially stupid is lovely. I also liked the challenge to Sir Humphrey from a shocked Minister when he detects that Sir H does not actually believe in the policy he is having to implement. Sir H then outlines at length how he would have had to hold utterly contradictory views on every important issue as successive post war governments changed the direction of the previous government.

Marvelous intelligent writing shot through with wicked wit.

Mike

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Stromberg.