kindkit: Snape frowning, captioned: I am smiling (Harry Potter: Snape is smiling)
[personal profile] kindkit
I've now watched the first two episodes of series 1 of Dad's Army, a show that has been recommended to me by a bunch of people.

And my question is: does it get, er, funnier?

I don't hate it or anything, but so far I haven't found it more than mildly amusing. Is it just one of those shows that starts out slowly?

Other comedies I enjoy, in case this might influence your advice, include: Blackadder, Black Books, Cabin Pressure, Monty Python, Red Dwarf, Round the Horne, and Spaced. I also confess to having liked the first several series of 'Allo 'Allo.

Date: 2013-07-09 02:20 am (UTC)
lilacsigil: 12 Apostles rocks, text "Rock On" (12 Apostles)
From: [personal profile] lilacsigil
I remember watching it as a child with my grandfather, and it's definitely cozy rather than hilarious.

Date: 2013-07-09 06:48 am (UTC)
glinda: text: you can't second-guess ineffability, I always say (good omens)
From: [personal profile] glinda
Well...gentle is probably the word...but ummm...I've always thought of it as the kind of comedy that Monty Python was made as a response/riposte to. I'm a bit baffled as to why someone would recommend it to you given your previous comedy likes, given that pretty much all it has in common with most of them is being a British comedy series. *baffled*

Date: 2013-07-09 12:56 pm (UTC)
tree_and_leaf: Watercolour of barn owl perched on post. (Default)
From: [personal profile] tree_and_leaf
Quite probably - come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen S1, which, given that it used to be repeated all the time, may be significant.

Date: 2013-07-10 08:58 pm (UTC)
surexit: A woman smoking and staring dubiously at the camera. (maaaaybe)
From: [personal profile] surexit

i like all those things and I find DA frequently hilarious, so maybe.

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