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(VANITY) The Greatest TV Sitcoms of All Time
My television | November 13, 2005 | Lancey Howard

Posted on 11/13/2005 12:23:06 AM PST by Lancey Howard

In order, I rank the greatest TV sitcoms of all time like this:

1. I Love Lucy (the template for all sitcoms)
2. The Honeymooners
3. Seinfeld
4. Barney Miller
5. M.A.S.H.
6. Cheers
7. Taxi
8. The Andy Griffith Show
9. Hogan's Heroes
10. Gilligan's Island

Honorable mention:

All in the Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Cosby
The Odd Couple
McHale's Navy
The Phil Silvers Show
Night Court
Friends
Gomer Pyle, USMC (early years)
Family Matters (early years)
Home Improvement
The Beverly Hillbillies
Three's Company
The Jeffersons
Happy Days
Dick Van Dyke
Coach
Green Acres

(NOTE: Omitted from the above lists were shows that were more "situation" than "comedy", such as 'Leave it to Beaver', 'The Donna Reed Show', 'Father Knows Best', etc. Also omitted were animated shows such as The Flintstones, South Park, The Simpsons, and Family Guy.)

(P.S. I am old enough to have watched all of the above shows during their first run with the exception of Lucy, The Honeymooners, and The Phil Silvers Show, all of which I caught fully in reruns. The above lists are strictly from memory, so I hope I didn't leave out anything obvious. Have fun.)


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KEYWORDS: goldenageoftv; nope; wherespissant
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To: skr

WKRP in Cincinnati had its moments, too.


201 posted on 11/13/2005 9:12:02 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Fiddlstix
Yea, I'm still a "NOOB" according to some around here. But I've even been called a "troll"! I've been here for quite a few months but I guess I will be informed when my probationary period is over.

I noticed your account has been suspended!!! Did you get one too many "tickets"? Some folks around here need thicker skins. :-)

202 posted on 11/13/2005 9:13:50 AM PST by manwiththehands
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To: manwiththehands
I noticed your account has been suspended!!!.......

Shhhh.......
Ya tryin' to give me away?
I always sneak back in when JimRob and the mods ain't lookin'........

203 posted on 11/13/2005 9:16:29 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: johnny7
“The Hathaways” 1961-1962

I remember that one. Peggy Cass, Jack Weston (sp) and some monkeys? Another one I remember (barely) was a show called 'Harrigan'. I think I remember it mainly because of the theme song. H, A, double R, I.... G A N spells "Harrigan"....

204 posted on 11/13/2005 9:28:10 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Good list, but I'd add Married With Children, and for M*A*S*H I'd say only the first four (maybe five) seasons-after that it turned from a comedy to Alan Alda's personal liberal talking post.


205 posted on 11/13/2005 9:28:24 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: R. Scott

She reminds me of Pam Dawber from 'Mork and Mindy'.
By the way, anybody mentioned ALF yet?


206 posted on 11/13/2005 9:29:17 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
1. The Honeymooners
2. I Love Lucy
3. Seinfeld
4. The Addams Family
5. Dobie Gillis
6. Car 54, Where Are You?
7. Leave It To Beaver
8. Married...With Children
9. Cheers
10. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet


207 posted on 11/13/2005 9:32:59 AM PST by Fintan (One of these days I'll tell you what I really think.)
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To: dsc

Don't be so literal. Of course, many at FR have no sense humor or irony and can't understand sarcasm or anything complex.

Jerry/Elaine/Kramer/George, aren't role models. We're supposed to laugh at them NOT with them. On the last episode they actually put in Jail for being such awful people.

Hey, and I think people can be involved in the world, raise a family, hold down a job AND watch a little TV, - AND horrors - maybe toss down a couple of drinks on Saturday night - ALL at the same time.


208 posted on 11/13/2005 9:34:47 AM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: Lancey Howard

I'd agree.

Funny thing is, Will Smith is ten times better as an actor than a rapper, which is how he started out.


209 posted on 11/13/2005 9:35:24 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

While you do raise some points:

1-get a life and lighten up
2-I watched a lot of these shows and laughed at them, but that never made me a liberal
3-go watch the '700 Club' if you want, but stop insulting every poster on this thread


210 posted on 11/13/2005 9:44:17 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: Lancey Howard

Nobody's mentioned South Park yet??


211 posted on 11/13/2005 9:47:13 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: beyond the sea
You mean this socialist, scam-artist, dork?


212 posted on 11/13/2005 9:48:49 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: Tarantulas

I saw Reno 911 for the first time last week-hilarious!


213 posted on 11/13/2005 9:51:29 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: manwiththehands

Yes, that was one of the better ones of the '90s.


214 posted on 11/13/2005 9:52:22 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Can't believe it took 151 posts to mention Drew Carey!


215 posted on 11/13/2005 9:53:19 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: RockinRight
Admittedly I do not watch a lot of TV anymore. The pic you posted......
Who is that? What am I missing here?
(He does look like a dork. I'll give you that)
216 posted on 11/13/2005 10:08:57 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Lancey Howard

Sanford and Son,
car 54 where are you?
ANDY GRIFFITH,
The Dick Van Dyke show.

haven't checked out sitcoms from the past couple of decades
all that much. Humor seems to have changed. Seem like a lot of stuff strikes me as "smart assed" these days. Different writers?
for instance ...there was episode of "Get Smart" where maxwell smart was questioning these people and one of the people kept insisting he was Swiss cuckoo clock maker And not a Nazi War Criminal. And when war criminal again insisted he was just a swiss cuckoo clock maker...a cuckoo clock he had with him struck three and rather than little bird popping out and going "cuckoo" a little wood carving of Adolf Hitler popped out and went "seig heil!" three times.
Mel Brooks written all over it.
Don't think that gag would fly these days.
It would upset people.


217 posted on 11/13/2005 10:15:34 AM PST by antmanbee
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To: Lancey Howard
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Ah! Pam Dawber! She was the only reason I watched that show. I never did develop a taste for Robin Williams. Another one would be Tool Time, with Patricia Richardson.

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218 posted on 11/13/2005 10:21:05 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: teenyelliott; Jimmy Valentine; BruceysMom

Get on over to Ebay. They have almost every episode on DVD. I've bought seasons 2,3 and 8 and plan to get more.


219 posted on 11/13/2005 10:36:30 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: Fiddlstix

That's Matthew Lesko. He has late-night commercials about how to get "free" government money. And he actually wears that stupid question mark suit on TV.


220 posted on 11/13/2005 10:42:32 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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