Best local laughs

Unforgettable sitcoms on the telly.

- BY RUSSELL BAILLIE

GIVEN ITS PURCHASE OF Three, it will be interesting to see if Sky TV, which has its increasingly locally ambitious free-to-air Sky Open, supports Three's long tradition of backing New Zealand comedy (with NZ On Air funding), the ailing channel's only remaining unique selling point. That's not just Seven Days or the now international franchise Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, but short-series sitcoms like Mean Mums, dramedy Double Parked, and ... um, no, true, not many last long e