[gsferrari]

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Originally Posted by mbriant Sitcoms? You've got a strange sense of humour. May as well add HBO's "Carnivalle" to the list as well .... it's a laugh a minute.

Anything on TV is a sitcom for me...But yeah...I dont know why I posted that

LOL

Will and Grace is kickass!!

 

[Bunnyears]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 The Young Ones Whoops Apocalypse Drop the Dead Donkey Coupling Fawlty Towers The rise and fall of Reginald Perrin Blackadder Steptoe and Son Bilko Father Ted Hancock Red Dwarf This site lists 800 alone http://www.british-sitcom.co.uk/list.shtml Some of them were , um , unspeakably awful

Drop the Dead Donkey? Was that a kids' show?

 

[eyeteeth]

I'm late for the party so I'll just quote.
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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd Fawlty Towers Only Fools and Horses Blackadder Till death us do part On the Buses Frasier

I was just wondering about 'Doctor In the House' last week
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Originally Posted by EyeAmEye All In The Family (US adapt. of Til Death Do Us Part) Seinfeld (first half of run, later seasons were god awful) Odd Couple

It's the 1st clumsy episodes that grate now.
But they were great at the time. Who knew the show would bloom.

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Originally Posted by MartinJ Coupling (UK)

Yes UK version
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Originally Posted by Dixie Flatline Yes, Minister Yes, Prime Minister M*A*S*H

Before Potter/Winchester , etc
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Originally Posted by mbriant Laryy David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm should be on the list.

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears 2. I Love Lucy 3. Seinfeld 4. Coupling (British) 5. Sex and the City 6. The Simpsons 7. Southpark 8. Cheers 9. Mork and Mindy 10. Dick van Dyke Show (original) 11. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 12. Curb Your Enthusiasm 13. Gilligan's Island 15. All in the Family 16. Northern Exposure 19. Soap 20. Sanford and son

ACK! Bunnyears bowls a strike!

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Originally Posted by Mr.PD Leave It To Beaver Dick Van Dyke Show The Munsters The Addams Family Bewitched Mary Tyler Moore Show All In The Family M*A*S*H* Night Court Barney Miller WKRP in Cincinnati

ACK II! Double Strike!
I have good judgement in compadres

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Originally Posted by Mr.PD I love Hogans Heroes, Andy Griffith was always good,

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Originally Posted by brandoj Family Guy.

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Originally Posted by hciman77 Steptoe and Son

I've got to see steptoe and son someday.

No one mentioned The Beverly Hillbillies.

 

[Bunnyears]

I really should add Red Dwarf and Blackadder to my list. Red Dwarf is my favorite scifi program. No, maybe it's Picket Fences or Northern Exposure, both of which were like extended episolds of the Twilight Zone.

 

[hciman77]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears Drop the Dead Donkey? Was that a kids' show?

Hardly

It was a "topical" sitcom set in a cable TV newsroom. The running joke was a poster showing "slimey git of the week" which was almost always Peter Bottomley ( then A tory minister).

A bit hit or miss and mostly ( but not entirely) left leaning. Like Murphy Brown only funny

My Missus really likes Murphy Brown

 

[Earwax]

No one's mentioned Taxi yet?!

Mash
All in the Family
Taxi
Cheers
Frasier
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Northern Exposure
Fawlty Towers
To the Manor Born
Odd Couple
Night Court

[edit] Oh, yeah, Murphy Brown too!

Everything on my list is pretty dated, I stopped watching TV regularly nearly 10 years ago.

 

[MartinJ]

The first season of the OC was funny.

 

[hciman77]

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Originally Posted by eyeteeth I've got to see steptoe and son someday. No one mentioned The Beverly Hillbillies.

I used to like the Beverly Hillbillies when I was a nipper.

Steptoe is funny but "pathetic" (as in pathos) at the same time, never seen it on US TV.

 

[hciman77]

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Originally Posted by Earwax [edit] Oh, yeah, Murphy Brown too!

Must be a chick thing

Sorry, Damn, I am becoming so American

 

[Earwax]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 Must be a chick thing Sorry, Damn, I am becoming so American

I bet the Golden Girls is a chick thing too.

Or maybe it's just a "me" thing.

 

[Bunnyears]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 Must be a chick thing Sorry, Damn, I am becoming so American

I liked Murphy Brown, but it got so political that I lost my taste for it, but the first seasons were great. It was a great ensemble cast. And Taxi was also one of my favorite shows (I can't believe I forgot to mention it).

The best chick series were, are and will always be Sex and the City and Coupling.

 

[soundboy]

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Originally Posted by Bunnyears I really should add Red Dwarf and Blackadder to my list. Red Dwarf is my favorite scifi program. No, maybe it's Picket Fences or Northern Exposure, both of which were like extended episolds of the Twilight Zone.

Second "Red Drawf". How about "Mr. Bean"?

Do you remember the "Picket Fences" / "The X-Files" crossover episode involving cows giving birth to humans?

 

[bahamaman]

IMO, the greatest comedy show of all time was/is Andy Griffith. It remained number one during its eight year reign (IIRC) and not a week has passed since its ceasing production (1968) that you couldn't find re-runs.

While it was funny, it was a humor that didn't depend upon shock, cruelty, sexual innuendo or bad language. No, I'm not prudish, but it occurs to me how much more difficult it is to get a laugh if you can't resort to those aforementioned tendencies in modern TV.

 

[blip]

1. Seinfeld (The only post-existential sitcom in existence)
2. Allo, Allo
3. Red Dwarf
4. It's Like Ya Know (The immediate successor to Seinfeld, God I wish they would release it on DVD)
5. Lateline ( Al Franken's short-lived sitcom, it was amazing)
6. Are You Being Served
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. First Season of The Man Show (Kind of a live sitcom when you think about it)
9. Fraiser
10. Stark Raving Mad
11. The Job (I believe that was the title, Dennis Leary's short lived sitcom)
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Don't know if we are including animated sitcoms but:
12. The Critic
13. Simpsons
14. Family Guy
15. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
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Back to regular sitcoms
16. Murphy Brown (Am I the only male that liked that show... creepy)
17. MASH
18. Night Court
19. Cheers
20. ALF

 

[dhwilkin]

Man, reading some of these replies reminded me I need to put Frasier in my top 3, and also include Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.