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General Category => Movies & TV => Topic started by: Charger on May 31, 2018, 03:04:32 AM
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Let's move the discussion of Sit Coms to it's own topic shall well...
Here's a TOP 10 list I made several years ago about Sit Coms and went through it and the only thing I think I'd change is lift The Big Bang Theory to 5th Place...but other than that I am still perfectly happy with this list..
10. Yes Dear
A family comedy at it's finest. A show about two families who are also family. Sister's Christine and Kim and their husbands Jimmy and Greg and their children who are forced to live under the same roof due to the fact that Jimmy and Christine aren't doing so great financially. Great cast and Liza Snyder (Christine) is the icing on the cake...she takes funny to a whole new level on this one! The obvious differences between the families is where the comedy comes from and the writers have done a great job!
9. Alf
What could possibly be said about this furry little alien whose fascination with cats ran bit deeper than your average person. Gordon Shumway was the lucky survivor of his homeworld Melmac's annihilation who accidentally crashed into the carage of a regular earth family. The comedy came from Alf's crazy ideas and his never ending curiosity that usually ended up in a catastrophy of some sort...and very financially costly to Will Tanner, the head of the family.
Very sympathetic show about welcoming a total stranger into the family unit.
8. Home Improvement
"Tim the Tool Maaaaaaan Taylor!" Tim has a "do it yourself" type of a tv show with his "buddy" Al, where they do all kinds of little fix it jobs...or usually Tim talks big and then screws everything up and Al has to save his face and the whole studio from blowing up. Tim is also a father and a husband and a neighbour to Winston whose face we never see!
Comedy usually comes from Tim's lacking skills in fixing things or being bit too selfish in the marriage. A great bunch of actors surrounding the brilliant Tim Allen in this is what made the show so great! Also it introduced a certain Playboy model to the world! Pamela Anderson anyone!
7. Friends
What can be said about this? This was after all probably one of the most succesful sitcoms in the history. A show about 6 very different friends who usually spend time at either the home of Monica and Rachel or Joey and Chandler who live accross the hall or at the local cafe called Central Perk. The center of the show was about the on off romance of Rachel and Ross...later also about the romance of Chandler and Ross' sister Monica.
This show was all about the brilliant cast, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and the brilliant beyond brilliant Lisa Kudrow whose bit simple but good hearted character Pheobe won over the hearts of millions upon millions (yours truly included) of people.
6. The Big Band Theory
Nerd is the new sexy...well maybe not, but it sure as hell is funny! This centers around four nerdy scientists, Leonard, Raj, Howard and the one of a kind Sheldon and their neighbour a corgeous blond girl Penny who is...shall we say...bit less smart as the guys. The exellence of this show is due to the great dialogue and brilliant actors...especially Jim Parsons (Sheldon) and the awesome Kaley Cuoco (Penny), the latter who already made a permanent impression on me on Eight Simple Rules and later on Charmed...This show has all the potential to be one of the greatest comedies ever made. The show is funny as hell, great storylines and top of the line cast....not to mention the brilliant theme song.
That is the first 5...these were really hard to choose, so many great ones had to be left out...including the brilliant According To Jim (Jim Belushi is without a doubt one of the funniest people alive), Less Than Perfect (a brilliant office comedy hold up by the brilliant Sara Rue! Eric Roberts also stars as the boss!!!), Reba (Who would have thought that a country singer can be this brilliantly funny!?!?), Suddenly Susan, Til Death (Brad Garret's new comedy, very different from Raymond) and King Of Queens (Jerry Stiller and Leah Remini!!!!) and Married With Children that almost made it to the top ten, but was at the last minute dropped by Yes Dear!
Then follows the top 5!
5. The Drew Carey Show
A show about an everyman Drew (portrayed by Drew Carey) and his friends Oswald (the awesome Diedrich Bader), Lewis (Ryan Stiles, the man of countless impressions) and Kate (Christa Miller who is without a doubt one of the funniest women in comedy) and his work colleague who wears really bright colours and excessive ammounts of make-up, Mimi (Kathy Kinney).
This show had it all as well, great cast, funny dialogue and a great theme song! The show ran for 9 years and hardly lost any touch towards the end, which is rare.
4. Frasier
Who would not love the sympathetic snob radio shrink Frasier Crane and his even more (if possible) snob brother Niles and their wounded cop father, his physical therapist and Niles' secret love interest Daphne and Frasier's radio show producer Roz? The brilliance of this sitcom comes from the difference of the brothers and all the others...This is a very intellectual comedy, but not in a bad way at all. This also is probably the most succesful spin-off ever made...lot of people don't even know that Frasier's character was introduced on Cheers...Awesome cast, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin...not a weak link on this one! Brilliantly written...what more can I say....
3. Everybody Loves Raymond
The family that everyone wants but everyone who has it hates it most of the time! This has always been one of my favourite shows, period. The Barone family life became a part of my life for over 9 years...Center of the show is Ray Barone, a father of three and a devoted husband (well at times anyways, when it suits him the best, or when Debra is watching) and beloved (and envied) brother and son. The Barone family is something of a dream/dread of everyone...a close family unit of three generations living on the same street opposite each other. Ray's wife Debra doesn't really like the situation of Ray's (overly loving) mother Marie and (overly straight forward) father Frank living so close, but she tries to get by...and taking care of her family at the same time. The cast is suberb, Ray Romano, (The beyond awesome) Doris Robers, (the brilliant) Peter Boyle, (sexy even with food on her hair) Patricia Heaton and (the man of gazillion brilliant facial expressions) Brad Garret....Family comedy does not get any better than this...ever.
2. Two And A Half Men
Chuck Lorre has done it...two shows on my Top 10 list!!! (Big Bang Theory). This show is the better of the two and very close of being the best sitcom ever made. Charlie Sheen stars as the eternal bachelor, womanizer and a booze hound Charlie whose life takes a turn when his recently divorced brother and his early teen aged son come to live with him. But look and behold, Charlie doesn't change at all...he still drinks too much and brings new girls home every night! The funniest parts of this show are Charlie's drunken bafoonery and his nephew's crazy ass remarks. Angus T Jones as the young Jake is so brilliant that it is beyond words. He alone is enough of a reason to watch this show, not to mention Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, the awesome evil mother played by Holland Taylor, the opinionated housekeeper Berta played by the awesome Conchata Farrel and Marin Hinkle...This show has it all...If you haven't seen this yet, watch it! And you shall laugh...and laugh...and after you've crawled on the floor almost dying of laughter...you'll laugh some more!
Then it is time for the winner....the #1 in my little top ten list of greatest Sitcoms of all time....and the winner is.....
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1. Seinfeld
The show about nothing! And indeed not "a" show about nothing but "the" show about nothing...The awesome cast of Jerry Seinfeld (As himself), Julia Luis-Dreyfus (as Elaine), Jason Alexander (as George) and the one and only Michael Richards (as Kramer) take everything out of nothing. Also another driving power of this show is it's brilliant quest cast of Jerry Stiller (SERENITY NOW!!!!) as George's dad, Estelle Harris as George's Mom, Liz Sheridan and Barney Martin as Jerry's parents and the awesome, brilliant, suberb (how many superlatives are there) Wayne Knight as NEWMAN!
A sitcom like no other, Seinfeld ran for 9 seasons and hardly lost it's touch in all of that time...and that is something considering this was a show about nothing...But this proved that nothing can be greatness in the right hands.
This is without a doubt the greatest sitcom ever made...the comedy is taken from everyday situations...it's funny, because it's real! How can you argue with that? This show is responsible for countless of phrases, jokes, actions and millions upon millions of uncontrollable fits of laughter. A classic..a true classic.
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Moved
All this time on the show hasn't dated either. The best comedy sitcom af all time.
What's the 2nd best?
Two And A Half Men I'd say. As far as a laugh fests are considered this one came pretty darn close to Seinfeld.
Maybe not a big surprise, but i couldn't disagree more. Anything with the Chuck Lorre stamp on it is just lazy typical sit-com misunderstanding set-ups. It's just too annoying. It's like Seinfeld said in that Coffee episode with David; "why not just say; hey, this was a misunderstanding, and solve the problem right there?" That does ofcourse ruin the whole premise of a sit-com, but that's where Seinfeld was so genious. It was the sit-com that destroyed the sit-coms. Which is why we can always have a second best (got no good suggestion for that right now, though), but there will never be anything that's even remotely simillar to Seinfeld... IMO, ofcourse...
Well to me in sitcoms it's not really about the story or topic anyways...Seinfeld already taught us that the story is totally irrelevant as long as the dialogue is great and funny and in the case of Two And A Half Men that is most certainly true. The dialogue was fantastic, it even surpassed Seinfeld occationally...Also the interaction between Charlie Sheen and Jon Dryer was incredible.
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Moved
I was a big fan of Married With Children growing up. Al Bundy was a classic! Loved his sarcasm and his insults could be hilariously savage. Not sure you'd get away with a character like him these days.
Oh yes...Married was a classic too...and the facial expressions of Al....priceless!
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Moved
I was a big fan of Married With Children growing up. Al Bundy was a classic! Loved his sarcasm and his insults could be hilariously savage. Not sure you'd get away with a character like him these days.
Oh yes...Married was a classic too...and the facial expressions of Al....priceless!
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1 - Seinfeld
2 - Fawlty Towers
3 - Frasier
4 - All In The Family
5 - Night Court
6 - Married With Children
7 - WKRP
8 - Cheers
9 - Three's Company
10 - M.A.S.H.
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Moved
All this time on the show hasn't dated either. The best comedy sitcom af all time.
What's the 2nd best?
Two And A Half Men I'd say. As far as a laugh fests are considered this one came pretty darn close to Seinfeld.
Maybe not a big surprise, but i couldn't disagree more. Anything with the Chuck Lorre stamp on it is just lazy typical sit-com misunderstanding set-ups. It's just too annoying. It's like Seinfeld said in that Coffee episode with David; "why not just say; hey, this was a misunderstanding, and solve the problem right there?" That does ofcourse ruin the whole premise of a sit-com, but that's where Seinfeld was so genious. It was the sit-com that destroyed the sit-coms. Which is why we can always have a second best (got no good suggestion for that right now, though), but there will never be anything that's even remotely simillar to Seinfeld... IMO, ofcourse...
Well to me in sitcoms it's not really about the story or topic anyways...Seinfeld already taught us that the story is totally irrelevant as long as the dialogue is great and funny and in the case of Two And A Half Men that is most certainly true. The dialogue was fantastic, it even surpassed Seinfeld occationally...Also the interaction between Charlie Sheen and Jon Dryer was incredible.
I do agree with the sentiment that the dialogue is more important than the story. It's just that with the typical sit-com set-up, the dialogue often become stupid and false. Which is why Seinfeld was so great, the absence of the typical sit-com set-ups made the dialogue alot more realistic. One of the first dialogues with Elaine says it all: "E: You wanna go somewhere and eat? J: Sure, where? E: I don't care, i'm not hungry..." That's real life right there.
I used to watch alot of sit-coms when i was younger, and i've been into most of your top tens there. But just like i've outgrown certain styles of Metal, i've also outgrown that style of comedy. I was probably overfed. Fraiser is a true 90's classic, can't stand it any longer...
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10 - M.A.S.H.
Oh, that's a great one. I think the setting and location helps alot, though, and the poorly hidden jab at the Vietnam war. It's very political for a sit-com, and knowing the darker themed books and movie that predated it helps alot too.
Here's something that might put another spin on it for you, though: pay attention to Radars left hand. His left hand is "disformed" in that it's alot smaller than his right one. He did become very good at hiding it with a clip board or whatever else he was holding, but pay attention and it's noticable. Didn't stop him from becoming a good jazz drummer, though...
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10 - M.A.S.H.
I saw the movie before the show existed. I found that Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland were too good in the film to be replaced by Alan Alda and what's-his-name. Did not work for me.
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Get Smart was just about my favourite show growing up but was on repeat by the time I started watching it in the late 70’s early 80’s.
Also another show I loved that was from the 80’s was Newhart.
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1. All In The Family
2. The Honeymooners
3. Monty Python's Flying Circus
4. The Andy Griffith Show
5. Seinfeld
6. Cougar Town
7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8. The Big Bang Theory
9. Sex And The City
10. Cheers
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^^^ Nice list Ty!! I was going to include Monty Python myself but is it not more of a variety show as opposed to a sitcom???
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Off the top of my head in no particular order:
- Barney Miller
- WKRP In Cinncinati
- Night Court
- Sanford & Son
- The Odd Couple (Original Version)
- Big Bang Theory
- Corner Gas
- The Bob Newhart Show
- M.A.S.H.
- Taxi
A few honourable mentions:
- Trailer Park Boys
- King Of Kensington
- Gilligan's Island
My actual top 3 now that I think about it would be:
- WKRP
- Barney Miller
- Big Bang Theory
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WKRP in Cincinnati is such a classic show and the Doc Johnny Fever is a real Rock N Roll Doctor :death:
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Python was comedy, but not situation comedy.
Here's my list of quality jollity. I consider how well the shows hold up over time, how they deliver the yuk-yuks season after season, and how they don't have to become a drama in order to keep viewers.
1. Fawlty Towers
2. Yes, Minister (with Yes, Prime Minister)
3. Seinfeld (starting with season 3, but the best stuff kicks in around season 5)
4. WKRP in Cincinnati ("As God as my witness... I thought turkeys could fly.") tied with The Honeymooners
5. IT Crowd
6. Father Ted
7. The Dick Van Dyke Show
8. The Abbott and Costello Show
9. Get Smart
10. Top Gear / The Grand Tour (Clarkson, May, and Hammond are one of the best comedy acts going today.)
I think Brooklyn Nine-Nine will make it to that list one day, just need to give it the test of time. But it is truly one of the best written shows on television right now.
I'm not including All in the Family because what I remember most from it were the dramatic moments, and they were very, very powerful moments, indeed.
I'm also not including The Office. It was great fun while it lasted, but doesn't really pique my interest the way Seinfeld does. I don't have to keep going back to it to explain a situation in my life. Same with Cheers and a lot of other long-running sitcoms. I watched them, and I don't need to see them again or use them for memes.
Compare that to Father Ted...
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WKRP in Cincinnati is such a classic show and the Doc Johnny Fever is a real Rock N Roll Doctor :death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg
BEST. BIT. EVER.
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Interesting list however a lot of shows listed are actually NOT sitcoms but comedy shows...
The main thing is that a sitcom is filmed in front of a studio audience. Without that it's just a comedy with several sub genres..
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The main thing is that a sitcom is filmed in front of a studio audience.
And that it's supposedly about "everyday" life everyone can relate to. And small problems snowballing into huge problems...
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I may order these at some point, but for the moment it is just as I think of them:
Porridge
Black Adder
Red Dwarf
The Big Bang Theory
Father Ted
The Simpsons (well series 4-11 anyway)
Men Behaving Badly
Futurama
Old Harry's Game (but it's a radio show so might not count)
Drop the Dead Donkey
A little British-centric but given where I come from that is only to be expected, and a number of the US sitcoms others have mentioned above I don't believe have made it to these shores!
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@ Charger: I believe a lot of Monty was filmed in front of a studio audience.
@ Triple Z: Agree with Brooklyn 99. It doesn't matter to me if there is a little drama now and then. I solely based my list on how often the show made me laugh.
@ Thel: A variety show has various acts like singing, dancing, comedy, juggling ...
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@ Thel: A variety show has various acts like singing, dancing, comedy, juggling ...
Yeah you are right :whistling:
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@ Charger: I believe a lot of Monty was filmed in front of a studio audience.
Oh yes it was...But Monty might be bit more of a sketch type of a show though than a sitcom.
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@ Charger: I believe a lot of Monty was filmed in front of a studio audience.
Oh yes it was...But Monty might be bit more of a sketch type of a show though than a sitcom.
This is true. Kind of like a multiple situation comedy show as opposed to a single situation comedy show. Here is my favorite skit from it.
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Or how about the Carol Burnett show? Maybe more Variety/Sketch than sitcom?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_C3bO8WZ0
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Sketch and improv comedy shows would be a separate matter... and there are a ton of great British sketch shows.
KDC mentioned Black Adder and Porridge. I like them both, but I think Black Adder is the better of the two.
For me, Big Bang Theory had its moments, but it got to the point for me where the characters just alienated me. I get Sheldon as a high-functioning person on the autism spectrum, but the way nearly everyone around him caves in to his whims is just unfunny. Kind of like how Ross eventually got me to quit watching Friends. Both those characters just drain the ever-lovin' life out of me.
Now, for a show that does a great job dealing with disabilities, I go with Speechless. I think that's a real gem of a show, even if it doesn't have enough gravity in it to be a great. Same with Malcolm in the Middle, another quality show even if it's not a true great.
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Monty Python isn't sit-com. It's more akin to sketch shows like SNL and such. Live audience have nothing to do with the genre...
Cheers was a sit-com, Hale & Pace was a sketch show.
Damn, i forget that The Simpsons is actually a sit-com, which ofcourse makes it THE best sit-com ever.
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^^^^^^
Fine, I'll remove Monty and slide in The Office at # 10, bumping the rest up 1.
The Simpsons is a cartoon. There are cartoons that make me laugh, but I was not counting cartoons.
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Neither Simpsons NOR the Office are sitcoms either...
The Office is actually a mocumentary....
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What a thing to argue about... :rofl:
Yeah, The Office is a mockumentary/reality parody.
But The Simpsons IS a cartoon sit-com. It's got all the typical trademarks in terms of set-ups, misunderstandings and exaggerations set in a "real life" environment. But it works alot better in cartoon form, imo.
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What a thing to argue about... :rofl:
Yeah, The Office is a mockumentary/reality parody.
But The Simpsons IS a cartoon sit-com. It's got all the typical trademarks in terms of set-ups, misunderstandings and exaggerations set in a "real life" environment. But it works alot better in cartoon form, imo.
Well there are far worse things to argue about! :D
But The Simpsons is NOT filmed in front of a studio audience nor does it feature a laugh track so it is NOT a sitcom....also most of it does not take place in a one or two sets but events occur in a several locations...where as sitcoms (because of the limitations of being filmed in front of a live audience) take place mostly in just one single set...i.e. someone's house or a bar or a place of work. That and live audience are what make a sitcom rather than a comedy.
Well that's my definition of it anyways and I'm sticking to it! :P
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom
That's kind of interesting how that article just pretty much lumps every comedy under sitcom...not the way I see it.
But the genres in tv shows aren't that different from the genres in music...there can be genres under genres under genres and then they can also be lumped together...
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Quoth the Wiki:
A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. This form can also include mockumentaries.
So there you have it. The Office *is* a sitcom.
Other considerations from the UK: Rising Damp, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Young Ones and Miranda.
In the USA, we got loads to choose from... Looking them over, I'd consider the following to be "Greats" in addition to the ones mentioned above:
I Love Lucy
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Police Squad!
Honorable mentions I would give to shows like 30 Rock, Community, Parks and Recreation, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Of those, P&R has the best character: Ron Swanson.
The Cosby Show is awkward because of Bill Cosby's poor life choices. Before that stuff started to bubble out into the public, it was one of the all-time greats. Now it seems like we'd rather shove it under the carpet and not give it any credit because of the way it would glorify a sexual predator.
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I can't believe Thel was the only one to give All in the Family any love. Now THAT'S my favorite sitcom with The Honeymooners right behind. Of course Mash, Barney Miller, Married with Children etc. are all great.
Remember the Barney Miller episode where they all ate hash brownies? :rofl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKubY_IC7xw
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That was a great episode. Abe Vigoda had some ace lines in that episode.
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1. All In The Family
2. The Honeymooners
3. The Andy Griffith Show
4. Seinfeld
5. Cougar Town
6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7. The Big Bang Theory
8. Sex And The City
9. Cheers
10. The Office
I can't believe Thel was the only one to give All in the Family any love. Now THAT'S my favorite sitcom with The Honeymooners right behind.
So what am I, chopped liver? >:(
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Need to add 3rd Rock from the Sun for consideration. That show had a great ensemble cast.
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1. All In The Family
2. The Honeymooners
3. The Andy Griffith Show
4. Seinfeld
5. Cougar Town
6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7. The Big Bang Theory
8. Sex And The City
9. Cheers
10. The Office
I can't believe Thel was the only one to give All in the Family any love. Now THAT'S my favorite sitcom with The Honeymooners right behind.
So what am I, chopped liver? >:(
My apologies Ty, don't know how I missed it. #1 yet, my man.
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That was a great episode. Abe Vigoda had some ace lines in that episode.
Nick: "Whatta ya say we go down to the beach and shoot some clams." :haha3:
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My apologies Ty, don't know how I missed it. #1 yet, my man.
You are forgiven because of your excellent taste in sitcoms. :pub:
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So the new guy over here is going to start off with a bombshell. Not a big Seinfeld fan. Never got into it. Probably something wrong with me but I have to admit Seinfeld will not be in my top 10. Carol Burnett show would make the list but it is not really a sitcom.
No real order:
1) Cheers
2) Friends
3) Married With Children
4) Big Bang Theory
5) Taxi
6) All in The Family
7) Welcome back Kotter
8) Barney Miller
9) Night Court
10) That 70's Show
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So the new guy over here is going to start off with a bombshell. Not a big Seinfeld fan. Never got into it. Probably something wrong with me but I have to admit Seinfeld will not be in my top 10.
Okay...I might just have to ban you right away for that! C:-)
But looking at your Top 10 list and the ammount of great shows you've still got there you just narrowly avoid the ban hammer!
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Trust me Charger people have told me I'm an idiot for not liking Seinfeld. I don't know why, I never dug it. Hell my own father thought I was wacky (among other reasons as well I am sure) for not liking it. LOL
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Trust me Charger people have told me I'm an idiot for not liking Seinfeld. I don't know why, I never dug it. Hell my own father thought I was wacky (among other reasons as well I am sure) for not liking it. LOL
Well I'd never call anyone an idiot for not liking a show! No matter how good I might think the show is...heck I usually like shows no one else likes anyways and always fall in love with shows that get canceled after the first season! :ninja:
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Same here
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Bit late to the party but here are some I liked growing up.
Boy Meets World
Simpsons (1-11 or so..)
Futurama (Up until beast with billion backs and some after that movie)
Married...With Children
Cheers
Saved By The Bell
Seinfeld (every now and then)
...kind of trailing off now, can't think of anything else that stands out.
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Going back through the first season of Brooklyn Nine Nine. It is definitely going to be one of the greats, and I'm glad NBC picked it up for next season.
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Going back through the first season of Brooklyn Nine Nine. It is definitely going to be one of the greats, and I'm glad NBC picked it up for next season.
It's a good show indeed...but not a sitcom though. ;)
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Going back through the first season of Brooklyn Nine Nine. It is definitely going to be one of the greats, and I'm glad NBC picked it up for next season.
It's a good show indeed...but not a sitcom though. ;)
??? Why not?
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Going back through the first season of Brooklyn Nine Nine. It is definitely going to be one of the greats, and I'm glad NBC picked it up for next season.
It's a good show indeed...but not a sitcom though. ;)
??? Why not?
It's not filmed in front of a live audience.
If you hear laughter it's a sitcom if you don't it's a comedy.
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Going back through the first season of Brooklyn Nine Nine. It is definitely going to be one of the greats, and I'm glad NBC picked it up for next season.
It's a good show indeed...but not a sitcom though. ;)
??? Why not?
It's not filmed in front of a live audience.
If you hear laughter it's a sitcom if you don't it's a comedy.
I don't think this is correct. I think all that is required is having the same set of characters for each episode.
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Going back through the first season of Brooklyn Nine Nine. It is definitely going to be one of the greats, and I'm glad NBC picked it up for next season.
It's a good show indeed...but not a sitcom though. ;)
??? Why not?
It's not filmed in front of a live audience.
If you hear laughter it's a sitcom if you don't it's a comedy.
I don't think this is correct. I think all that is required is having the same set of characters for each episode.
Well to me that is correct. To me it's only a sitcom if it is filmed in front of a live audience. I'm picky that way... ;)
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Well to me that is correct. To me it's only a sitcom if it is filmed in front of a live audience. I'm picky that way... ;)
This time, Typhon is right and you are in error.
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My two pence worth.
A sitcom or "Situation Comedy" does not require a studio audience (quite often if you hear laughter it's added later anyway!). The definition as far as I'm concerned is that the series is set in a small number of locations with the same principal cast and the show lasts 20-30 minutes.
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Well I've always made the distinction between Comedy shows and SitComs based on the live studio audience...
Comedy shows can have sitcom elements but without the audience it's not an actual sitcom. I've always found it a rather easy way to separate the two.