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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: nickcarraway

In one way or another, they're ALL Lucy rearranged.


61 posted on 11/13/2005 1:08:57 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
Yep, The Monkees was a favorite of mine, too, but it was only on for what, three years?

yeah 66-69 i believe

62 posted on 11/13/2005 1:12:45 AM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: Lancey Howard
Lucy opened the door to bad TV. Haven't you noticed one of the biggest problems with America is children raised by the boob tube?

Where do you think the brainless libtards all came from? Watching shows like Lucy with her standing around hysterically wailing Whaaa-Whaaa-Whaaa all the time.

TV should be avoided like the plague. The only thing TV is really good for is sports.
63 posted on 11/13/2005 1:12:47 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Lancey Howard

Soap and Taxi were classic.


64 posted on 11/13/2005 1:14:33 AM PST by H. Paul Pressler IV
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To: Lancey Howard

Conspicuous by their absence:

WKRP in Cincinnati
Sanford and Son


65 posted on 11/13/2005 1:15:14 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Fresh Wind
You just like Sanford and Son because Demond Wilson pulled a gun on Norman Lear.
66 posted on 11/13/2005 1:17:07 AM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; Lancey Howard
Lucy opened the door to bad TV.....

Huh?

Installing Humor
Click the Pic J

67 posted on 11/13/2005 1:18:35 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: Fiddlstix
Yes I am sure your insult rather than a thought out rebuttal has convinced many... that you are an idiot.
68 posted on 11/13/2005 1:20:56 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: softwarecreator

I miss MST so much it hurts.....;)


69 posted on 11/13/2005 1:21:04 AM PST by Salamander (LINGUA MORTUA SOLA LINGUA BONA EST)
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To: nickcarraway

LOL, did he really?


70 posted on 11/13/2005 1:23:16 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: binkdeville
Three's Company utterly sucked. Not even close to being on any list

Yep, and the Cosby Show totally blows and sucks, simultaneously. I can't believe how much rerun time that piece of crap sucks up on local stations. Horrible TV.

71 posted on 11/13/2005 1:24:29 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: FreedomForce

"...and if British sitcoms are allowed ..."

Benny Hill

Maybe not strictly sitcom, but funny.


72 posted on 11/13/2005 1:24:56 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: FreedomCalls

They lost me at Blackadder Goes Forth.

I could never get into the "modern" theme.


In fact, I can't fathom the career change from the evil yet brilliantly witty Edmund to that arch-simpleton, "Mr Bean".



73 posted on 11/13/2005 1:27:01 AM PST by Salamander (LINGUA MORTUA SOLA LINGUA BONA EST)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Yes I am sure your insult rather than a thought out rebuttal has convinced many... that you are an idiot.

ROFLMAO!
Well, looks like the sense of humor plugin doesn't work for you. J

74 posted on 11/13/2005 1:27:57 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: nickcarraway
You just like Sanford and Son because Demond Wilson pulled a gun on Norman Lear.

I never heard that, but why would that matter to this discussion? Sanford and Son is a whole lot funnier than a lot of the sacred cows on the list, and it's far better than the "Britcom" on which it was based.

75 posted on 11/13/2005 1:28:23 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Lancey Howard; Fresh Wind

That's what I've been told. Not that I blame him. According to IMDB, he's been married served in Vietnam in the early 60's, has been married to the same woman since 1973, has six children, and became a minister in 1984. Sounds like a very decent guy to me.


76 posted on 11/13/2005 1:33:56 AM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: Fresh Wind
Yes, I'm not much into the British shows. But Blackadder was hilarious.
77 posted on 11/13/2005 1:34:37 AM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

"There are many other examples those are just two off the top of my head."

How about the complete acceptance of sexual libertinism?

The glorification of the Kennedys, especially the episode where Elaine meets JFK Jr.?

Kramer never works.

Glorification of step-daughter molester Woody Allen?

Head of NBC joins Greenpeace (gag) to please Elaine?

There are places where they mock whackos, true...as when the "holistic healer" turns George purple, but the underlying worldview is immoral.


78 posted on 11/13/2005 1:38:08 AM PST by dsc
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To: FreedomForce

the British Coronation Street of the 60s and 70s was great.


79 posted on 11/13/2005 1:38:08 AM PST by connectthedots
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To: connectthedots

British 'Coronation Street', the obvious template for All in the Family.


80 posted on 11/13/2005 1:38:56 AM PST by connectthedots
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