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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: RandallFlagg

Ah. A man who knows his comedy. *tipping hat*

Love MST3K. Always outstanding stuff.


21 posted on 11/13/2005 12:41:29 AM PST by Prime Choice (Never excuse treason as "dissent.")
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To: DB
Married with Children is a classic too.

Of course!  I forgot MWC!!

22 posted on 11/13/2005 12:42:32 AM PST by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Cop Rock


23 posted on 11/13/2005 12:43:31 AM PST by MitchellC (Foolishness isn't a mental disorder.)
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To: Salamander
LOL!  Almost missed that!  Nice reference.
24 posted on 11/13/2005 12:43:42 AM PST by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Blackadder.


25 posted on 11/13/2005 12:44:04 AM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: softwarecreator

If Police Squad had been on just a couple more years it would be a top tenner in my book, too. What a masterpiece that was!


26 posted on 11/13/2005 12:45:57 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Prime Choice

LOL! I have "Revenge of the Creature," with the all knowing, all talking John Agar on behind me right now.

"Hey! HEY! Can ya give me a ride to Long John Silver's?"


27 posted on 11/13/2005 12:46:03 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: Lancey Howard

Sanford & Son.

Also, Good Times, if you edit out the JJ-less scenes.


28 posted on 11/13/2005 12:48:35 AM PST by MitchellC (Foolishness isn't a mental disorder.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Number one, the oldest, funniest and longest running comedy sitcom is wrestling!


29 posted on 11/13/2005 12:50:01 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (I shot an error into the air. It's still going everywhere. R. A. HEINLEIN)
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To: Lancey Howard

They left out the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather".


30 posted on 11/13/2005 12:50:17 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Lancey Howard
COP ROCK
31 posted on 11/13/2005 12:50:36 AM PST by Liberty Valance (T for Texas and T for Tennessee)
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To: Lancey Howard
I know.  The main reason I put it on the list was because they only filmed 6 episodes and it was designed to run for just that period of time, no new episodes or additional seasons.  So it ran it's full intended length.
32 posted on 11/13/2005 12:50:53 AM PST by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: Lancey Howard
Seinfeld is a libtard show not worth watching.
33 posted on 11/13/2005 12:51:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Lancey Howard

MASH was a sickening left-wing POS. The movie was good, though.


34 posted on 11/13/2005 12:51:08 AM PST by j. earl carter
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To: Lancey Howard

I don't have to name it. I just have to say, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."


35 posted on 11/13/2005 12:52:14 AM PST by wolfpat (Congress is the only whorehouse in America that loses money.)
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To: wolfpat

60 Minutes II?


36 posted on 11/13/2005 12:53:16 AM PST by MitchellC (Foolishness isn't a mental disorder.)
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To: MitchellC

Good Times I couldn't take too much of, but I loved Sanford and Son (Grady was great, too!).


37 posted on 11/13/2005 12:53:45 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: j. earl carter
MASH was a sickening left-wing POS. The movie was good, though.

Agree, especially the last few seasons ... but it was funny though ... until Alda put his libbie viewpoint too heavily into it ... yeah, we get it Alan, war is bad.

38 posted on 11/13/2005 12:54:02 AM PST by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Family Guy and Three's Company.. Seasons 1-8 of Simpsons.


39 posted on 11/13/2005 12:54:29 AM PST by Lauretij2
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To: Lancey Howard

the monkees have to be in any top ten list of greatest sitcoms or else the list just isnt complete :-)


40 posted on 11/13/2005 12:54:33 AM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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