Sitcom Showdown
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 78:07:12
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Synopsis
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!
Episodes
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Sitcom Showdown 029 - Only When I Laugh
25/05/2018 Duration: 35minOnly When I Laugh is nominated by Steve, introducing this late 70s / Early 80s hospital sitcom to Jeffers for his judgment. Does Steve have this nomination stitched up? Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
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Sitcom Showdown 028 - Sledge Hammer
11/05/2018 Duration: 39minSledge Hammer blasts his way into contention for the Hall of Fame, with Jeffers bringing the nomination for this late-80s cop show parody. Hopefully Steve will be infected by the gleeful stupidity and give it the thumbs-up, otherwise Jeffers' blood pressure will rise as high as Captain Trunk's. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
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Sitcom Showdown 027 - The Good Place
20/04/2018 Duration: 34minThe Good Place gets a nomination from Steve. Is this fresh USA sitcom heavenly or something more sinister? Jeffers will make the call as to whether Elanor's afterlife will enter the Hall of Fame. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
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Sitcom Showdown 026 - Blackadder II
06/04/2018 Duration: 34minBlackadder finally gets a nomination, following a 10-episode Ben Elton ban, with Jeffers selecting 'Potato' from Blackadder II. Steve has the task of deciding whether this seafaring half-hour of classic comedy will ascend to the throne or be consigned to Baldrick's trousers, never to be spoken of again... Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
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Sitcom Showdown 025 - Count Arthur Strong
21/03/2018 Duration: 29minCount Arthur Strong gets a nomination from Steve for the series 1 episode 'The Seance'. This Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan sitcom should be aces, but nothing is guaranteed, so Jeffers and Steve get out the haunted blackboard and the crystal ball to see if Count Arthur can make it into the hall of fame. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
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Sitcom Showdown 024 - My Name Is Earl
23/02/2018 Duration: 27minMy Name Is Earl gets nominated by Jeffers, who chooses the pilot episode. Steve's balance of Karma depends on whether he admits it to the Hall of Fame! Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
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Sitcom Showdown 023 - Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
08/02/2018 Duration: 33minDarkplace hospital is the setting of this week's showdown, with Steve bringing the nomination. He's recently discovered Garth Marenghi's universe and hopes to convince a skeptical Jeffers to appreciate as much as he does. Will Jeffers drink the green kool-aid and be converted? Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 022 - The Goodies
26/01/2018 Duration: 30minThe Goodies get a very keen nomination from Jeffers for their series 7 classic 'Scoutrageous'. If Steve doesn't give this gem of 1970s British comedy the big tick, then it'll be time to apply some subtle persuasion with knots, two sticks and a scout pen-knife... Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 021 - Newsradio
12/01/2018 Duration: 27minNewsradio gets the first nomination for 2018 courtesy of Steve, for the episode 'Arcade'. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 020 - Vicar of Dibley
21/12/2017 Duration: 31minVicar of Dibley gets a nomination from Jeffers in the 2nd Christmas Special and the last episode of 2017. Will Steve tuck into The Christmas Lunch Incident and be left feeling satisfied? Or will it make him sick? Find out in the longest episode of Sitcom Showdown so far. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 019 - Mr Bean
07/12/2017 Duration: 24min'Merry Christmas Mr Bean' gets a hall-of-fame nomination from Steve in the first of December's Xmas specials. Ho Ho Ho! Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 018 - George and Mildred
16/11/2017 Duration: 31min1970s classic sitcom George and Mildred gets a nomination from Jeffers. This comedy of class, embarrassment and marital strife was highly popular in its day, but will it be popular with Steve? Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 017 - Utopia
02/11/2017 Duration: 28minAussie sitcom UTOPIA is nominated by Steve, the first antipodean sitcom to be honoured thus far, but will Jeffers green-light this political satire? Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 016 - Hancock
20/10/2017 Duration: 26minJeffers nominates a 1961 episode of Hancock for the Hall of Fame. Will this black and white classic comedy 'The Blood Donor' tickle Steve's Funny bone or will it be found wanting treatment? Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 015 - Black Books
05/10/2017 Duration: 26minBlack Books gets a nomination from Steve for the hall of fame, and separately, Dylan Moran moves into the top position in the 'drunk acting' charts. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 014 - Brittas Empire
14/09/2017 Duration: 27minThe Brittas Empire gets a nomination courtesy of Jeffers, keen to see another distastercom enter the hall of fame. Tune in to see if Steve gives it the thumbs up, or whether it'll get the 'concrete boots' treatment like Gordon Brittas. Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 013 - Seinfeld
01/09/2017 Duration: 26minThis time Steve brings out the big guns with an episode of Seinfeld, which he thinks will be a 'slam-dunk'. What with pretzels making Kramer thirsty and Jerry's reservation not being held, how could Jeffers possibly disagree? But anything is possible on Sitcom Showdown... Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 011 - Corner Gas
04/08/2017 Duration: 26minCanadian sitcom 'Corner Gas' makes a reappearance on Sitcom Showdown, with Steve nominating Telescope Trouble for the hall of fame.
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Sitcom Showdown 010 - Red Dwarf - Krytie TV
22/07/2017 Duration: 25minThe maligned Red Dwarf episode 'Krytie TV' is nominated by Jeffers to the hall of fame. Will this era of the Dwarf pass muster with Steve? It's lite on the sci-fi and heavy on the lowbrow laughs, which angers Red Dwarf fans but is right up Jeffers' alley (ooer-!). Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!
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Sitcom Showdown 009 - The Young Ones
06/07/2017 Duration: 27minEpisode 9 continues what seems to be a Ben Elton run, when Steve chooses an episode of the Young Ones to go into the hall of fame. The series 2 opener 'Bambi' gets the treatment, where Neil, Vyv, Rik and Mike go to University Challenge. Tune in to find out who produced the world's stickiest bogey! Twitter: @SitcomShowdown Theme tune 'Billy Blues' by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Thanks texasradiofish!