702: One Is Silly and One Is Wacky

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Two nations, two sitcoms, one premise: What if one of us could see ghosts? Infusing genre complications into the world of TV situation comedies, “Ghosts” has become a hit in both the UK and the U.S.! We recommend both, compare the different versions, and try to explain why the whole idea works so well....

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 702, February 24.
0:10.3	Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomable.
0:12.6	I'm your host, Jason Snell.
0:13.7	This is going to be one of these rare episodes where we talk about a sitcom.
0:16.4	I mean, we don't do that a lot.
0:19.1	Have we done that?
0:19.6	I think we've done that before, but not very often.
0:22.2	But this is a sitcom that I think is firmly in our wheelhouse because it is a genre sitcom.
0:28.7	And then also in our wheelhouse because one, it's a British sitcom.
0:32.9	And then two, it's also an American sitcom.
0:36.1	What?
0:36.9	Oh, there's a lot to talk about.
0:38.9	And I will say also, they're both very good comedies and TV shows.
0:43.7	And you should watch them.
0:44.6	We're talking about ghosts.
0:47.0	Yes.
0:47.1	Oh, I thought we were talking about the office.
0:48.7	It could be or all in the family or Sanford and son.
0:51.7	Right.
0:51.8	There's many options.
0:52.9	So many.
0:53.2	But no.
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