Peep Show: The Best Comedy On TV
Peep Show is a British sitcom that recently finished it’s 6th season, (or “series” as the Brits like to call them.) It’s not shown on TV here in the states and only season 1 is available on DVD, but those brave enough to seek it out will be rewarded with what I think is currently the best comedy on TV. (Yep, that includes 30 Rock, The Office, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Curb Your Enthusiasm and pretty much everything else on American television).
The show is about a pair of flatmates: Jeremy (the slacker DJ) and Mark (the uptight office drone) and their relationship that has grown over the course of the show’s 36 episodes. The premise sounds simple enough but the writing is so strong it’s nearly impossible to pick the best lines from each episode. The show is shot from the POV of one of the lead characters and features voiceover that allows the characters to behave truthfully while only thinking what no one, not even Larry David, would say aloud. I describe the series to people who haven’t seen it as the show that out-Curb’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. I want to show this to everyone I know.
You can watch the first 4 seasons of the show on YouTube here or check out the show’s official site on Channel 4 UK here.
