Sitcom Showdown Sitcom Showdown
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Nominating the best sitcom episodes of all time, for the Sitcom Showdown hall of fame. Sibling team Steve and Jeffers take turns selecting a classic sitcom ep to put the case for its inclusion, having to convince each other along the way. Let the showdown begin!
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Absolutely Fabulous
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?
The show has a top-shelf group of regulars including Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawahla and the great June Whitfield, so what's not to like? -
SS108 - Heil Honey I'm Home
This episode is a visit the Hall of Shame as we check out the infamous British sitcom 'Heil Honey I'm Home' (1990) which was cancelled after only one episode!
A big shout out to the Talking Bottom podcast, from whom we borrowed a clip of their amazing interview(s) with Paul Jackson.
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SS107 - Community
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!
Community starred Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash.
Merry Christmas y'all! -
SS106 - Hangin With Mr Cooper
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.
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ALF
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, broadcast in late 1987, where Alf tries to avoid exile to the garage by becoming the Tanner family's butler for a week!
Steve & Jeffers also chat about Earth-based alien sitcoms in general, and this sitcom's challenges of filming around a puppet, which reportedly drove the cast to distraction. -
SS104 - Barbara
Steve brings 'Barbara' to the showdown (a listener suggestion) so that he and Jeff can check out the turn-of-the-century UK sitcom starring Gwen Taylor and Sam Kelly.
The ep in question is Series 3 episode 2, titled FLOOD, and it turns out to be packed with plenty of quality jokes.
Thanks to Jono for the suggestion!
Customer Reviews
Great show
Very enjoyable listen. Both of the presenters are easy to listen to & I’ve learned lots about the shows
Bottom: Terror
I thought your review of Bottom was extremely harsh and your criticism of the writing was a disgrace to Rik and Ade. However in your defence this is a weaker episode in terms of the writing and I’m honestly surprised you didn’t choice an episode from an earlier series, like Gas or Accident.
However on the whole the podcast is an enjoyable listen even if some of the episode choices are somewhat questionable.
Very listenable. Thanks :)
A nice idea for a podcast. Hosted by a couple of nice chaps.
I've listened to a couple of shows and enjoyed them.
It's a good way of learning about comedy shows you are unfamilar with and may want to listen to in future.