[A_perfect_lady]

It took me a while to get to where I could watch it. My boyfriend loves it, so I get exposed to it constantly. The first episode I ever watched featured the joke about a guy who left his cat alone in a locked apartment until it starved to death. Not at all funny to me.

I saw it again some months later, where George's fiancee dies from licking envelopes... again, I thought "and this is funny why?"

Barney Miller was the only sitcom I ever watched because I loved the characters. There's never been another like it.

[Bossy Gillis]

I agree with you, for some reason, the sitcoms of today totally rub me the wrong way. I prefer Leave it to Beaver, still think that's funny after all these years. My very favorite is Dallas til that got stupid with that dream business.

[Tanniker Smith]

Barney Miller was the only sitcom I ever watched because I loved the characters. There's never been another like it.

Well, sure, if you want a sitcom where people can actually act instead of pose and read banal dialogue.

[Cagey]

The first episode I ever watched featured the joke about a guy who left his cat alone in a locked apartment until it starved to death.

Well, the cat lived and you have Cosmo Kramer to thank.

Elaine: Hold on kitty, dinner's coming.

Kramer: Yeah, that's a hall of famer.

Elaine: Alright, let's do it.

Kramer: Alright, here we go. Yeah, watch that baby slide...[Puts a slice of meat under the door.]

Elaine: Come on, come on kitty...[slice disappears] ooh...how about that; it worked! Wow, can I borrow that thing for a while?

Kramer: Oh no, I don't think so.

Elaine: Why not?

Kramer: Well, you're not checked at on it. Kramer: Well, where the meat goes? Elaine: Right there. Kramer: Where do you turn it on? Elaine: Right there. Kramer: But where does the meat go?

[cloud8]

> Barney Miller was the only sitcom I ever watched because I loved the characters. There's never been another like it.

Taxi?

Count me as another who just didn't get the humor of Seinfeld. The first one I saw, he had a blind date with a girl called Lisa Chang, and the joke was, But you're not Chinese! Other episodes I don't remember because they were pretty much about nothing.

[Lancey Howard]

Barney Miller was the only sitcom I ever watched because I loved the characters. There's never been another like it.

Wow!!
I have to chime in with an "amen" to that. 'Barney Miller' was my favorite sitcom ever.

Remember the one with that crazy guy who was running for city council? He asked Harris if he wanted to hear his motto and a reluctant Harris says, "Okay.... What is it?" The guy responds, "Vote for Royce, the people's candidate."