If you enjoy the straight-faced absolute nonsense that this show does so well, you may well enjoy some of genius Brit John Morton's tv series, such as:
People Like Us (1999-2001)
A (fictional, performed) documentary series typically following a day in the working life of a small group of people in a different industry each episode. Teachers, police, clergy, airline staff, real estate agents and more are featured on screen, interviewed by the never-seen host. It all looks and sounds authentically like a low budget social documentary, until you pay close enough attention to the content to notice the densely packed absurdities in the narration ("By half past nine, it's nearly time for ten o'clock") and the intense stupidity of most of the subjects.
Broken News (2005)
Each episode mimics the viewing experience of channel surfing across a dozen recurring fictional 24 hour news channels, mostly British but with a few US ones. Whether the segment lasts a few minutes or mere seconds before the "channel is changed", the satire is precisely crafted, and much of it can now be seen as prophetic! Awful tv journalism in a wide variety of styles and flavours is brilliantly skewered, the nonsensical absurdities land every few seconds. "Statistics show that as many as 3 out of 5 in every 7 students today don't understand basic mathematical concepts"
W1A (2014-2020)
The closest to a traditional sitcom, with continuing characters and stories, this still blithely shows many characters so incredibly thick they are totally oblivious as to how inept, stupid and awful they actually are, but sprinkled with a few normal people enmeshed in their ongoing disasters. It is presented as a documentary giving a behind-the-scenes look at BBC TV, covering people working in a wide range of positions, ranging from sub-entry level to (not quite) the top.
People Like Us (1999-2001)
A (fictional, performed) documentary series typically following a day in the working life of a small group of people in a different industry each episode. Teachers, police, clergy, airline staff, real estate agents and more are featured on screen, interviewed by the never-seen host. It all looks and sounds authentically like a low budget social documentary, until you pay close enough attention to the content to notice the densely packed absurdities in the narration ("By half past nine, it's nearly time for ten o'clock") and the intense stupidity of most of the subjects.
Broken News (2005)
Each episode mimics the viewing experience of channel surfing across a dozen recurring fictional 24 hour news channels, mostly British but with a few US ones. Whether the segment lasts a few minutes or mere seconds before the "channel is changed", the satire is precisely crafted, and much of it can now be seen as prophetic! Awful tv journalism in a wide variety of styles and flavours is brilliantly skewered, the nonsensical absurdities land every few seconds. "Statistics show that as many as 3 out of 5 in every 7 students today don't understand basic mathematical concepts"
W1A (2014-2020)
The closest to a traditional sitcom, with continuing characters and stories, this still blithely shows many characters so incredibly thick they are totally oblivious as to how inept, stupid and awful they actually are, but sprinkled with a few normal people enmeshed in their ongoing disasters. It is presented as a documentary giving a behind-the-scenes look at BBC TV, covering people working in a wide range of positions, ranging from sub-entry level to (not quite) the top.