>>>>Speaking of great British comedies, there's a good one running Saturday nights (right after Rosemary & Thyme and Python remix) - "Red Dwarf". I never thought anyone would ever be able to put up a good SF comedy, but this one has me bowling of laughter.
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>>>Totally agree! You only just getting that. I think they did c. 6 series and they get better towards the middle series.
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>>>>nb. I had a dispute with one of the daughters on "But HGTTG is a comedy", where I argued that HGTTG is first and foremost a full scale SF novel, which is funny all the way, but has all the plausibility of serious SF work. It's, IMO, much more than just a comedy.
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>>>If you're saying this about Red Dwarf - exactly, but I don't understand what "HGTTG" is ???
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>>The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
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>Ah, but Red dwarf features some very clever SF stories, such as time travel paradoxes, the crew meeting other dimension versions of themselves, time dillation, etc. etc. - very respectable stories but FUNNY!!

Sure, and that's what I think makes it so funny - and the dispute wasn't about that, but rather about The Guide.