Comedy Show reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 183 Reddit reviews across 5 subreddits and 9 posts to rank the best Comedy Show brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/television, r/BritishTV, r/televisionsuggestions, r/AskLosAngeles, r/LasVegas. Top-rated brands include Taskmaster (5.0/5), The Inbetweeners (4.9/5), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (4.8/5).
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Reviews183
Subreddits5
Posts9
Brands98
Products6
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#1
Taskmaster
5.0
(8)
"Taskmaster and Would I Lie To You."
"Taskmaster"
"Taskmaster. It isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, but I promise—it’s so so worth it."
"Taskmaster (Free to watch on their YouTube channel)"
"Taskmaster"
"Taskmaster (Free to watch on their YouTube channel)"
"Taskmaster is amazing."
"Taskmaster"
#2
The Inbetweeners
4.9
(7)
"The inbetweeners, People just do nothing"
"The Inbetweeners"
"Inbetweeners"
"The inbetweeners"
"THE INBETWEENERS. LEGENDARY."
"The inbetweeners"
"The InBetweeners is pretty cute, and very British."
#3
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
4.8
(6)
"8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown"
"8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown"
"8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown"
"8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown"
"8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown"
"8 out of cats does countdown"
#4
Coupling
4.6
(5)
"Coupling, Father Ted"
"Coupling, blackadder, only fools and horses, Allo, Allo, Father Ted, Bottom, Drop the dead donkey, The New Statesman. These arent just good, these are some of the best comedy ever written."
"Coupling, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, IT Crowd"
"I still enjoy Coupling"
"Coupling. UK version."
#5
Black Books
5.0
(4)
"Black books, I.T crowd, Spaces, Greatest quiz show on earth, Taskmaster"
"Black Books for sure, it doesn’t get nearly enough credit for how good it really is."
"Black books"
"Black Books, Green Wing and the Thick of It would be my recommendations."
#6
Peep Show
5.0
(4)
"Peep Show"
"Peep Show."
"Peep show"
"Blackadder, Extras, Peep Show, That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights, The League of Gentlemen, The Young Ones, The Day Today, Brass Eye, The Thick Of It, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, Phone Shop, The Royle Family and Early Doors are all excellent as well."
#7
The League of Gentlemen
5.0
(4)
"The League of Gentlemen, Inside No.9"
"Also league of gentlemen and brassic enjoy"
"The League of gentlmen."
"The League of Gentlemen"
#8
The Young Ones
5.0
(4)
"The Young Ones"
"The Young Ones"
"The Young Ones, Bottom and The Comic Strip Presents"
"The Young Ones"
#9
Father Ted
5.0
(4)
"Father Ted"
"Father Ted was joint Irish/British. Irish writers, British production."
"Father Ted"
"The Office, I'm Alan Partridge and Father Ted are probably my top 3."
#10
Comedy Store
5.0
(4)
"Comedy store or improv pretty much any night of the week will be solid."
"Hollywood: laugh factory, improv, comedy store, largo (check listings)"
"I’d take a look at the following venues: The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, Largo at the Coronet, Dynasty Typewriter, Laugh Factory."
"Just go to the comedy store"
#11
Friday Night Dinner
4.5
(4)
"Love Friday Night Dinners - tears of laughter"
"Watched one episode then binged the whole damn lot, worth watching for Jim alone"
"Friday night dinners"
"Friday Night Dinner"
#12
That Mitchell and Webb Look
5.0
(3)
"That Mitchell and Webb Look, Peep Show, Taskmaster, Would I Lie to You?, The IT Crowd, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Black Books, Red Dward, Cunk on Earth, QI, Father Ted, Spaced, Yes Minister, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, The office, Fleabag, The Blackadder, Mr Bea."
"That Mitchell & Webb Look (and The Mitchell & Webb Situation) - a sketch show featuring Davide Mitchell (Ludwig, Peep Show) and Robert Webb."
"*That Mitchell and Webb Look*."
#13
Phoenix Nights
5.0
(3)
"Pheonix nights....an absolute gem from peter kay !"
"The Office and Phoenix Nights :)"
"Phoenix Nights followed by Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere."
#14
The IT Crowd
5.0
(3)
"The IT Crowd"
"The IT Crowd"
"The IT Crowd"
#15
Would I Lie to You?
5.0
(3)
"Would I Lie to You"
"Would I lie to you."
"Would I Lie to you #WILTY is always worth a half hour laugh."
#16
The Office
5.0
(3)
"The office"
"The Office and Phoenix Nights :)"
"The Office, I'm Alan Partridge and Father Ted are probably my top 3."
#17
Blackadder
5.0
(3)
"Blackadder because there's nothing quite like a Rowan Atkinson withering put down."
"Blackadder, Extras, Peep Show, That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights, The League of Gentlemen, The Young Ones, The Day Today, Brass Eye, The Thick Of It, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, Phone Shop, The Royle Family and Early Doors are all excellent as well."
"Oldies but goodies: Blackadder and A Bit of Fry & Laurie"
#18
Mock the Week
5.0
(3)
"Mock the Week"
"Mock the Week"
"Mock the Week"
#19
HBO
5.0
(3)
"On HBO there’s three shows that I really loved: Veep, Ghosts (UK version), and Hacks."
"On HBO there’s three shows that I really loved: Veep, Ghosts (UK version), and Hacks."
"On HBO there’s three shows that I really loved: Veep, Ghosts (UK version), and Hacks."
#20
Mr. Bean
5.0
(2)
"Mr. Bean, The Thin Blue Line, IQ"
"Mr Bean"
#21
Improv
5.0
(2)
"Comedy store or improv pretty much any night of the week will be solid."
"Hollywood: laugh factory, improv, comedy store, largo (check listings)"
#22
8 Out of 10 Cats
5.0
(2)
"8 out of 10 Cats"
"8 out of 10 cats"
#23
Absolutely Fabulous
5.0
(2)
"Absolutely Fabulous"
"Ab Fab is so amazingly funny"
#24
Fawlty Towers
5.0
(2)
"Fawlty Towers"
"Fawlty Towers and Coupling"
#25
The Mighty Boosh
5.0
(2)
"The Mighty Boosh as a great watch"
"The mighty boosh"
#26
Alma's Not Normal
5.0
(2)
"Alma's Not Normal.......fabulous"
"So funny and poignant"
#27
Spaced
5.0
(2)
"Spaced, Black Books, The Day Today & Look Around You."
"Spaced because it's brilliant and everyone's in it."
#28
Upstart Crow
4.5
(2)
"Upstart Crow - if you liked Black Adder, this is Ben Elton's later historical comedy"
"A sitcom about the life of Shakespeare with David Mitchell."
#29
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
4.5
(2)
"Big Fat Quiz of the Year"
"Big Fat Quiz"
#30
A Touch of Cloth
4.5
(2)
"Touch of Cloth is so good"
"A Touch of Cloth - parody of cop shows."
#31
Toast of London
4.5
(2)
"Toast of London"
"Toast of London"
#32
Mrs. Brown's Boys
4.5
(2)
"Mrs. Brown’s Boys an older series but an absolute riot"
"Mrs. Brown’s Boys"
#33
Episodes
4.5
(2)
"Episodes is a wonderful show about a husband and wife’s British show being adapted for American audiences. It’s bitingly funny with Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg."
"Episodes"
#34
Green Wing
4.5
(2)
"Greenwing, Spaced, Ideal, Peep Show, Mitchel and Webb"
"Green Wing is the least known of the three."
#35
Ghosts
4.5
(2)
"Ghosts, Detectorists, Yes Minister"
"Ghosts"
#36
Keeping Up Appearances
4.0
(2)
"Keeping up Appearances"
"Keeping Up Appearances"
#37
Plebs
4.0
(2)
"Plebs"
"Plebs - three young guys in a sitcom set in ancient Rome"
#38
Stath Lets Flats
4.0
(2)
"Stath Let’s Flats"
"I've watched Stath Lets Flats twice now... Al is one of my favourite characters of all time."
#39
Early Doors
4.0
(2)
"Early Doors"
"Early Doors"
#40
Patriot
4.0
(2)
"Patriot on prime. The single most underrated show imo."
"Patriot (unfortunately just the first season)"
#41
Brassic
4.0
(2)
"Brassic"
"Brassic is listed as a drama but it’s pretty funny."
#42
Are You Being Served?
4.0
(2)
"Are You Being Served (Old but classic)"
"Are you being Served? while older is definitely worth a watch."
#43
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
4.0
(2)
"Garth Morengi's Dark Place"
"Garth Marenghi's Darkplace."
#44
Bad Sisters
3.5
(2)
"Oh, Bad Sisters (Apple TV) is really great as well!"
"Bad sisters."
#45
Carrot Top
3.0
(2)
"Carrot Top. Still going strong."
"I don't get the Carrot Top love. He was good at some point, but his manic schtick gets boring quick."
#46
The Elysian
5.0
(1)
"The Elysian (Echo Park-ish) is great for smaller, weirder shows and workshops."
#47
Laugh Factory
5.0
(1)
"Hollywood: laugh factory, improv, comedy store, largo (check listings)"
#48
Largo
5.0
(1)
"Hollywood: laugh factory, improv, comedy store, largo (check listings)"
#49
Flappers
5.0
(1)
"Burbank: Flappers"
#50
Ice House
5.0
(1)
"Pasadena: Ice House"
#51
Apple TV
5.0
(1)
"If you liked Ted Lasso check out Shrinking, Trying, and Platonic, all three on Apple TV."
#52
Netflix
5.0
(1)
"Other shows that are really good are: Kim’s Convenience (Netflix), Superstore(Hulu), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), and The Great (Hulu)"
#53
Prime
5.0
(1)
"On Prime there’s Catastrophe, another British show which is really funny."
#54
Righteous Gemstones
5.0
(1)
"Righteous Gemstones? More like Righteously hilarious! Definitely give it a watch, you won't regret it!"
#55
Catastrophe
4.0
(1)
"Catastrophe"
#56
Last One Laughing UK
4.0
(1)
"Amazon just came out with Last one laughing UK"
#57
The Cleaner
4.0
(1)
"The Cleaner (in addition to the other great suggestions here)"
#58
The Kumars at No. 42
4.0
(1)
"The Kumars at No 42"
#59
Uncle
4.0
(1)
"Uncle"
#60
Extraordinary
4.0
(1)
"Extraordinary"
#61
Starstruck
4.0
(1)
"Starstruck"
#62
The Thin Blue Line
4.0
(1)
"The Thin Blue Line (1995) It has 2 seasons. Starring Rowan Atkinson"
#63
Big Boys
4.0
(1)
"Kind of comedy/drama but still very heartwarming and hilarious"
#64
Here We Go
4.0
(1)
"Have been 2 of my favourites from the past post-Covid years"
#65
Jeeves and Wooster
4.0
(1)
"Jeeves and Wooster - with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie"
#66
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
4.0
(1)
"Phoenix Nights followed by Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere."
#67
Doc Martin
4.0
(1)
"Doc Martin"
#68
Man Stroke Woman
4.0
(1)
"Man stroke woman and the fast show"
#69
The Fast Show
4.0
(1)
"Man stroke woman and the fast show"
#70
Dinnerladies
4.0
(1)
"Dinnerladies"
#71
Game On
4.0
(1)
"Game On is currently on the Rewind channel on Freeview. Worth watching for Samantha Janus"
#72
A Fist of Fun
4.0
(1)
"A fist of fun"
#73
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
4.0
(1)
"This morning with richard and not judy"
#74
Catterick
4.0
(1)
"Catterick ( vic and bob sit com)"
#75
TLC
4.0
(1)
"Tlc (reece shearsmith playing a junior doctor with the comedian from pointless as his mentor)"
#76
Look Around You
4.0
(1)
"Spaced, Black Books, The Day Today & Look Around You."
#77
Hypothetical
4.0
(1)
"‘*Hypothetical*’ on iPlayer is worth a watch if you like panel comedy."
#78
That Peter Kay Thing
4.0
(1)
"That Peter Kay Thing"
#79
Nathan Barley
4.0
(1)
"Nathan Barley"
#80
Phone Shop
4.0
(1)
"Phone Shop"
#81
Jam
4.0
(1)
"Chris Morris's series Jam, nice light comedy. Well worth a watch."
#82
Absinthe
4.0
(1)
"Absinthe at Caesars Palace is an adult raunchy-comedy circus"
#83
Atomic Saloon Show
4.0
(1)
"Atomic Saloon Show at Grand Canal Shoppes is western circus with a "Blazing Saddles" type of comedy"
#84
Piff the Magic Dragon
4.0
(1)
"I much preferred Piff the Magic Dragon. His comedy was fun and the magic was decent on top of it all."
#85
Vegas Comedy Shows
4.0
(1)
"There are A LOT of comedy shows. Not all of these are on the strip: https://www.vegas.com/shows/comedy/"
#86
Angie Tribeca
4.0
(1)
"Or anything with absurd comedy like thee movie Airplane. Angie Tribeca"
#87
Eagleheart
4.0
(1)
"Eagleheart"
#88
Medical Police
4.0
(1)
"Medical Police"
#89
Burning Love
4.0
(1)
"Burning Love"
#90
Son of a Beach
4.0
(1)
"Son of a Beach"
#91
Better Late Than Never
4.0
(1)
"Better Lat than Never. Terry Bradshaw. Henry Winkler!!!!!!!"
#92
The Kids Are Alright
4.0
(1)
"The Kids are alright."
#93
Don't Trust the B in Apt 23
4.0
(1)
"Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 (Hulu) absurd & funny"
#94
Mr. Show with Bob and David
4.0
(1)
"Mr.Show with Bob and David on HBO. Upright Citizens Brigade or Strangers with Candy"
#95
Dead Like Me
3.0
(1)
"Dead Like Me - This is definitely a dark comedy though I wouldn’t exactly call it a laugh out loud comedy."
#96
Wise Guys
3.0
(1)
"Wise guys at the south end."
#97
Not Dead Yet
3.0
(1)
"Not dead yet. (Cancelled???!!!)"
#98
Less Than Perfect
3.0
(1)
"Less than perfect"
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