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Originally posted by SpaceAce
I suppose everything is debatable  To me, though, Fawlty Towers is arguably the <I>world's</I> best comedy series with Blackadder right behind. The only other series that holds up to Fawlty Towers and Blackadder, in my opinion, is Married... With Children but they are so different as to make comparison almost impossible.
SpaceAce
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Blackadder is a work of comedic art but a bit high brow on some level for mass public appeal. Fawlty Towers is brilliant. However, Only fools and Horses was going (and still in in the form of christmas specials) for more episodes than both of them combined. So, it is a matter of being able to maintain both popularity and quality over such a long time period.
Though, I don't think it compares to Red Dwarf or even Yes Minister (or Yes Prime Minister) or even Drop The Dead Donkey.