Are there like... any good sketch comedy shows on tv?

[Jixby Phillips]

And don't say Chapelle's Show. It's not good enough.

For the longest time, whenever a great sketch comedy show stops, a new one starts; Kids in the Hall stopped in 1994, but the State started. The State stopped in 1995, but then Mr. Show started. Mr. Show stopped in 1998, but then Upright Citizens Brigade started. When that stopped, TV Funhouse was the closest we had to a "great" sketch comedy show.

I did a quick search for sketch comedy currently running, and we have Blue Collar TV, Chappelle's Show (some sketches are brilliant, but mostly I really don't like this show; I plan to make my own best-of compilation), Mad TV, and Saturday Night Live. The only reason I haven't noticed the lack of good sketch comedy on TV because I've been so focused on OLD good sketch comedy on DVD. :(

[Father §p@z]

:/ sorry, can't think of any.

[whoreable]

its true, there is no good sketch comedy on tv anymore :(

[huond]

Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show is the only thing i can thikn of coming to tv and thats based off a british show which I've heard sucked. :(:(

[Mad Melvin]

I liked saturday night live back in the Dana Carvey/Chris Farley/Adam Sandler/Phil Hartman/David Spade era, but nowadays its just boring and unfunny.
MadTV has a few good sketches(Steven Seagal show!), but overall its not that good.

I dont know about the other shows you mentioned.

In Finland theres currently a few sketch shows running: Saturday Night Live, MadTV, The Fast Show and Gavin Crawford show.

[Anonymous]

In Finland theres currently a few sketch shows running: Saturday Night Live, MadTV, The Fast Show and Gavin Crawford show.

They all suck, except The Fast Show and they don't even show that anymore :(

[huond]

The Fast Show would eb great except its the same fucking thing every episode :(:(

[FS]

Yeah, the Fast Show is funny for a few episodes, then it's just dull as fuck. Must be the first sketch show based entirely on running jokes.

[Studio8]

In the meantime, you can all watch my sketch comedy show and then rip it to as many shreds as you can.

Who's in?

[FartinMowler]

mOst good stuff comes from Canada :) We're just waiting for you guy's to stop being assholes and maybe we will send you some new stuff.

[Krythor]

Both Harry Enfield & Chums and The Fast Show aren't really intended to be seen as sketch shows in the American sense, so much as sitcom compilation shows. Neither are particularly great, in my opinion, and I never did like sketch comedy until I saw Mr. Show.

If you can find it online or whatever and you haven't already seen it, I'd recommend A Bit of Fry and Laurie for another British one. It began sometime in the late 80's and ended in 1995.

[N00bKill3R]

Mr. Show is fantastic... all the sketches combined perfectly and it was hilarious :wank

[executioneer]

does reno 911 count :(

[FartinMowler]

does reno 911 count

It's not a sketch comedy :/ and it's not funny, so no.

[executioneer]

how is reno 911 not a sketch comedy :rolleyes

[FartinMowler]

It really doesn't matter because it's not funny :/

[executioneer]

like you know what's funny :rolleyes

[FartinMowler]

You're funny :)

[Krythor]

i dont like seeing my best buds like this!!

[Jixby Phillips]

i dont count reno 911 ;_; its good but not GREAT (even though it says good in thet itle of this post i meant great!)

[FS]

Both Harry Enfield & Chums and The Fast Show aren't really intended to be seen as sketch shows in the American sense, so much as sitcom compilation shows.

Harry Enfield and Chums is fantastic.

[Mad Melvin]

Kevin the angry teenager is great.

[Dole]

Little Britain is a fucking funny sketch show that was shown over here a while ago..

incidentally, Jixby: have you heard of filthy rich and catflap? Its the missing link between the young ones and bottom, and just came out on dvd...would tell you about it, but last saw it when I was about 12....bit weird as I recall, not as good as the young ones.

[Jixby Phillips]

The first episode of Filthy Rich and Catflap is on the american's Young Ones DVD set, and also my video store has the whole series on VHS (PAL TRANSFERS) along with a bunch of other british stuff thats not really available in the states. I've been renting Comic Strip Presents videos like crazy :(

[Daphne]

What about Blue Collar TV?!?!

I'm just kidding :(

I saw an add for it today and the fat guy was dressed as a baby and he said 'I made brown'.

[Jixby Phillips]

hes one dead f*cker >:

[Captain Goodtimes]

I wouldnt count reno 911 as too much of a sketch considering its more of a fake reality police show.

Chappelle Show wouldn't be half as bad as he didnt give away half the sketch when announcing it.

[Dole]

. I've been renting Comic Strip Presents videos like crazy

I used to have a book of all the scripts....fuck knows where that went. They were a bit hit and miss, but there were some gooduns...I liked 'The Beat Generation' and the 'Five go...' ones. The bad news ones were amazing, I would love to see those again.

[the_dudefather]

The first episode of Filthy Rich and Catflap is on the american's Young Ones DVD set, and also my video store has the whole series on VHS (PAL TRANSFERS) along with a bunch of other british stuff thats not really available in the states. I've been renting Comic Strip Presents videos like crazy :(

the greatest video store EVA!!!

little britain rocks the socks off me, the radio version is very good as well.

as for current shows, i tend to avoid bo'selecta like the plague. as its main fanbase is made up of 11 years olds who like to hear the word 'fuck'

[Spectre X]

Flying Circus reruns? :(

[mubert]

KIDS IN THE HALL.