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denisdman

Post subject: Re: Best sitcom of all time

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:35 am

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Seinfeld
Cheers
Always Sunny
All in the Family
The Jeffersons

My top 5

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Post subject: Re: Best sitcom of all time

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:04 am

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I used to watch:

Family Ties
Sanford & Son
Different Strokes
What's Happening!
Silver Spoons
Roseanne

I never got into The Cosby Show, Cheers, or Seinfeld. I saw MANY episodes, but didn't watch them in prime. I was always working nights during their prime. I watched Roseanne reruns at night after work with my girlfriend, now wife.

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Not a lot of over the top love for MASH. Wasn't my absolute favorite but is pretty acclaimed.

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pittmike wrote:

Not a lot of over the top love for MASH. Wasn't my absolute favorite but is pretty acclaimed.

I enjoyed it.

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:27 am

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Stop yourself, unless you don't consider All in the Family to be of the modern age

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Was there a show that went through as many critical cast changes but still did not jump the shark than Cheers. It was consistently great and may have even been surpassed by its spinoff.

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good dolphin wrote:

W_Z wrote:

Stop yourself, unless you don't consider All in the Family to be of the modern age

i'm thinking more 90's and beyond. "All in the Family" is way more "important" as a show, for what it did.

i think "cheers" kind of brought us into the modern age of sitcoms.

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Newsradio was a pretty smart show...RIP Phil Hartman

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:18 am

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:21 am

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good dolphin wrote:

Was there a show that went through as many critical cast changes but still did not jump the shark than Cheers. It was consistently great and may have even been surpassed by its spinoff.

Not sure about that. Many argue it sucked after Diane left.

I'm with you though. I thought it was great all the way through.

All.in the Family
Seinfeld/Curb
Cheers

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Don Tiny

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2016 Presidential Election

More of a classical tragedy, no?

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:41 am

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W_Z wrote:

i wouldn't call "Northern Exposure" a sitcom. Nor "The Wonder Years" although that at least was a half hour and did have "situational" comedies.

"The Honeymooners" is the gold standard. It's literally the definition of what a sitcom is.

"Seinfeld" did so much with the format and managed to turn a TV show into the best social commentary of the modern age, so I can't say anything can top it as far as quality--and it has lasting appeal. SOME on this board find "The Honeymooners" cruel and misogynistic ::coughtheymissthepointcough::. But I'd go with "Seinfeld".

"Friends" had a chance at being the cute version of "Seinfeld" but got so tangled up in stupid love affair tangents that it fucked itself up and became almost unwatchable toward the end.

"Frasier" *is* a close second. The only weakness to me was when Niles and Daphne got together...that's what killed "The Office" too. Tension is what makes good comedy.

The first several seasons of Frasier were terrific, but IMHO they soon had too many episodes based on "wacky misunderstandings" and once Daphne's family was introduced it went straight into the toilet for me.

My all-time favorite is the original WKRP in Cincinnati. What would have happened if it had a longer run, I don't know, as many shows peter out after four seasons or so (which is understandable), but the few seasons it did have were just about perfect.

Bernstein has said he didn't like watching The Honeymooners because the threat of domestic violence made him uncomfortable. He has no trouble telling people that he enjoys watching football players destroy their brains for his amusement, though. :roll:

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:52 am

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Seinfeld
All In The Family
The Andy Griffith Show

I think you could make a strong case for any of those being the best. I agree with W_Z's overall premise on The Honeymooners, but IMO it was not around long enough to be considered Top 5 or 10.

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The Office could have been up there if it ended in 2009, but it limped on for years, being crowded and unfunny and bad. All that stuff people say about Parks and Recreation being great because it's funny and heartwarming was actually true of the 2nd/3rd/4th seasons of The Office, with the addition of absolutely crushing despair.

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:00 pm

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FavreFan wrote:

Seinfeld and there's no close second.

over-rated.

Last 3-4 seasons sucked, nothing but people yelling at each other.

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:07 pm

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My wife and I are going through Seinfeld on Hulu right now and we haven't hit the JTS moment.

Larry Sanders is another favorite of mine. An underrated show would be King of the Hill.

Shows that just miss, Parks & Rec b/c the show didn't get good until after the first couple of seasons. Modern Family lost it after Gloria got pregnant.

You can tell that this board is mostly men, no one brought up my all time least favorite sitcom, friends.

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Post subject: Re: Best sitcom of all time

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:29 pm

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All in the family has to be up there.

It was a little before my time. But I caught the syndication reruns when I was a kid.

But Seinfield is number one.

I like Curb. They're coming back in a few months.

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:09 pm

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Best
Seinfeld

Honorable mention
Arrested Development
Modern Family
Cheers
MASH
Taxi

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You guy's are all full of shit.

Nothing funnier than this:

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The title is an oxymoron. Sitcoms suck.

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Seinfeld, Cheers, and Roseanne are my faves.
I love Curb, not sure I'd describe it as a traditional sitcom.
Everybody Loves Raymond had it's moments, but as a rule, I stay the hell away from CBS sitcoms in general.

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leashyourkids wrote:

The title is an oxymoron. Sitcoms suck.

Yup. Seinfeld is the lone exception. It's like the tv show version of Banks playing for the wrong team in Mighty Ducks.

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:18 pm

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heil honey i'm home!

and idk if this counts as a "sitcom", probably not, but i always thought Lookwell! had all kinds of potential (i mean, look what family guy was able to do with adam west as a parody of himself. where do you think they got the idea from? =)

incidentally, i like to think i have a solid gold idea for a sitcom (one of the lowest forms of communication known to man) that could probably kill on adult swim (especially if i only had to do 11mins at a time) --- i mean my situation = comedy. and it literally goes existential and it takes a step back and mocks the very concept of sitcoms by ramping up the situation to such an extreme that there's actual comedy (see why i put "heil honey i'm home!" up there? =) --- so yeah if anyone ever wants to gun for a pilot and get a show on tv hit me up. seriously =D

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:20 pm

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it's definitely not the best but i loved watching "That 70's Show". the last season was horrendous and the guy they brought in to replace eric was total shit. but the show is good for lazy laughs. it's on IFC all the time now but they rerun a lot of the same episodes.

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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 10:38 pm

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Seinfeld is clearly the best of all time.

Also up there:

All in the Family
Sanford and Son
Cheers
Family Ties
Taxi
Andy Griffith Show
Threes Company

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Top 5 each decade

60s
Beverly Hillbillies
Hogan's Heroes
Bewitched (First Dagwood, Second one sucked)
Addams Family
Andy Griffith

70s
All in the Family
M*A*S*H
Bob Newhart Show
Mary Tyler Moore
WKRP

80s
Family Ties
Newhart
Cheers
The Jeffersons
Mama's Family

90s
Seinfeld
Dinosaurs
Wayans Bros.
Murphy Brown
Urkel

00s
Curb
The Office
30 Rock
Old Christine
My Name is Earl

10s
Community
Parks & Rec
The Goldbergs

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