This Ordinary Life

Having introduced you to Lady Fingerbottom and then fired off a letter of complaint to my landlord, I thought it appropriate to share with you the origins of Lady Fingerbottom. Lady Fingerbottom is actually the creation of a good friend of mine (who experienced her first antics the day I moved in). He derived this name from Lady Featherbottom from Arrested Development. This is is a great show about a dysfunctional family and Lady Featherbottom is a disguise used by Tobias Funke (pronounce Feun Kay) to re-establish a relationship with his wife and daughter. This attempt is, of course, a spectacular disaster....

Arrested Development belongs to a group of number of relatively unknown comedies that I subscribe to. These shows are guaranteed to lift your spirits on even the darkest of days.

30 Rock - A very funny comedy by Saturday Night Live writer, Tina Frey. Alec Baldwin is particularly good.
Extras - Ricky Gervais's second big hit, which focuses on the seemingly meaningless lives of movie extras. This is where Ashley Jensen found her feet before Ugly Betty.
Everybody Hates Chris - This is the touching and incredibly funny story of Chris Rock when he was young. It takes being black to a whole new level.
Peep Show - so bizzare, it's probably a fair portrayal of general population of the UK, but never say that to someones face.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - If you were wondering where Seinfield came from, well how about a show about the life of it's creator?
My Name is Earl - some comedies score high for originality, others for feel good factor. This one does it for both.

I'd love to hear about other obscure comedies that are guaranteed to please... In my opinion, if everyone was forced to watch good comedy, there wouldn't be any conflict in the world, just a whole lotta sore bellies. Hey, that might also eradicate world obesity....