What Are The Funniest TV Programs Of All Time?

Me, Myself & I | Today, March 30, 2002 | Hellmouth

[Hellmouth]

What are some of your favorite comedy shows of all time?

For myself, I like Howard Stern's old Channel 9 show, Fawlty Towers, Police Squad, The Young Ones, et al. I'm sure other people have different ideals as to what they consider humorous....

[Benrand]

SCTV.

I gotta say, Jiminy Glick is pretty damn funny. I was laughing out loud at an interview with Jim Belushi.

[FireTrack]

My favorites are:

1. Sanford and Son

2. The Little Rascals

3. Beverly Hillbillies

4. Red Skelton

5. Amos and Andy

6. The Three Stooges

7. Green Acres

8. Gilligan's Island

9. Hogan's Heroes

10. Golden Girls

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Plenty of good ones here. I'll add;

Newhart.
Bizzarre. I always thought John Byner was a Canadian. He isn't.

[Vince Ferrer]

Sledge Hammer!

Definately an under-appreciated gem.

I'll bump most of all the above shows so far, and will add "Moonlighting," a show with Bruce Willis, a very different and very funny Bruce Willis compared to his movies.

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

Don't forget Jack Benny ! The espisode with the Marquis Chimps has got to be the funniest I've ever saw! And that was over 35 years ago!

[mafree]

I may miss one or two but here goes (Not in order):

1. First 3-4 years of Saturday Night Live.

2. Phil Silvers

3. Any Lucille Ball TV show

4. Laugh-In

5. Maude

6. The Jeffersons

7. Richard Pryor's show

8. Carol Burnett

9. Red Skelton

10. Sanford and Son

[RckyRaCoCo]

SCTV Soupy Sales(?) I Dream of Jeannie 3 stooges

[rightofrush]

Amos & Andy - Hey dere, bruder Andy! Good, but second to "Your Show of Shows"

[Arthur McGowan]

Ernie Kovacs

Fractured Flickers

Fawlty Towers

Dick Van Dyke

[mamelukesabre]

I got three good ones:

Tim Conway(can't remember the show, maybe it was Carol Bernet)
Benny Hill
Seinfeld

Tim Conway and Benny Hill used to make me laugh so hard I'd be on the floor crying. So did Rich Little.....what show did he use to be on? Is he still alive, still performing? I never really cared for the lucy show or the honeymooners. I guess I had an odd sense of humor.

[Aedammair]

I'm with you on 'Are you being served?'. That show was very well written and very, very well acted.

I also like 'Keeping Up Appearances'...

'the Bouquet (spelled BUCKET) residence; lady of the house speaking..'

[Wagonmaster]

Carol Burnette Red Skelton Sid Ceaser Milton Berle Jonney Carson Jackie Gleason Sargent Bilco

[f.Christian]

Weird--"funny"...gong show--$1.98 beauty contest(don't know how they got away with it)!

[Dan from Michigan]

The WWF, especially Jerry Lawler

[rightofrush]

Monty Python? Uneven, but skits were hysterical. Remember the one where they were dreeded in drag, waiting for the ferry to France to see Jean Paul Sartre?
When a late arrival was asked why "she" was late, the reply was "I had to bury the cat."
"Why did that take so long?"
"Cat wasn't dead yet."

[rightofrush]

Adventures of Pete and Pete...sounds like a repeat.

[arly]

abc, nbc, and cbs evening news report.

[saminfl]

Car 54 where Are You?

[RocketWolf]

Black Adder, D...m right.. except the last episode which was bitter satire indeed

[rightofrush]

Don't remember the name of the second series, but it was about an exfootball player who retired and in the episode is a bar owner. He was a kicker for a professional football team and was known as "Joe the Toe." He was straight, but his brother wasn't. Can anybody remember the name of this series?]

The Brothers on HBO.