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....

[Gumption]

What about "Soap"?

I'll second that ... up until Benson left of course.

[Drew68]

The Carol Burnette Show was fabulous.

The bloopers and outtakes from that show are even funnier! Tim Conway's antics would render his castmates into blubbering crying hysterics and the audience would follow suit.

They recently played a Carol Burnette compilation on TV and I had never laughed so hard in a long time. It was far funnier than anything on TV today.

[riley1992]

The best part of watching it was seeing them try desperately to hold it together and not lose it on the set.

[petuniasevan]

Keeping Up Appearances
Mr. Bean
Fawlty Towers
Are You Being Served?
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Carol Burnett Show
Police Squad
Cheers
Newhart
Monty Python
Sanford and Son

[Drew68]

Yeah, Harvey Korman's face would turn purple. I thought he was having a stroke.

[damnlimey]

Can't argue about Black adder but how come so few mentions of these guys.

[Tennessee_Bob]

True - that was a great show. Now I'm going to have to find them on video tape...

[hattend]

Married, With Children
Simpsons
Cheers
Andy Griffith
I Love Lucy

[hattend]

News Radio. really sucked after Phil Hartman was murdered.

[hattend]

OMG! I had forgotten about the Black Adder. And here I am sitting with the whole BBC "Black Adder" collection on my shelf.

To paraphrase a Simpson's character: "Best Comedy...Ever!"

[balls]

Fernwood Tonight and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman were very clever and on a par with Monty Python, but too subtle for those who like the laugh track and obvious humor of today.

"Fernwood" was a take-off of Norwood, Ohio, a blue collar town on the outskirts of Cincinnati. Residents of Norwood usually hated these shows but didn't know why. The reason was the humor cut too close to home.

[SurferDoc]

BlackAdder (The Christmas Episode is amazing!)

[trussell]

bewitched, I dream of Genie

[M.K. Borders]

WKRP

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" "Oh, the humanity!"

[Rainbow Rising]

One of the funniest programs I ever saw was The Ben Stiller Show. FOX, sadly, never really gave it a chance. I don't think it even lasted half a season. But they had some wickedly inventive writing. My favorite sketch was a Monkees parody called "The Grungies." I still have that one on tape.

[Abundy]

ALF

Night Court

[BluesDuke]

In no particular order of preference:

The Jackie Gleason Show (a.k.a. Cavalcade of Stars; and, The Jackie Gleason American Scene Magazine, as the revamped show premiered in 1962).
All In The Family
The Addams Family
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Frasier
The Honeymooners
The Cosby Show
The Ernie Kovacs Show
Sgt. Bilko (a.k.a. You'll Never Get Rich, the show's original name; and, The Phil Silvers Show)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
That Was The Week That Was

[wizr]

Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, Ernie Kovaks, George Goble and, of course, Uncle Miltie (Milton Berle)... all from the early days of television, dare I say it, nearly 50 years ago. Wild, zany and LIVE (before tape).

[jennyp]

Newman: "Vile weed!"

Classic!

[wizr]

Steve Allen talking to Don Knotts (man on the street interview?).... "Are you nervous?" "NO!!!"