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.)
In one way or another, they're ALL Lucy rearranged.
yeah 66-69 i believe
Soap and Taxi were classic.
Conspicuous by their absence:
WKRP in Cincinnati
Sanford and Son
I miss MST so much it hurts.....;)
LOL, did he really?
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.
"...and if British sitcoms are allowed ..."
Benny Hill
Maybe not strictly sitcom, but funny.
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".
ROFLMAO!
Well, looks like the sense of humor plugin doesn't work for you. J
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.
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.
"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.
the British Coronation Street of the 60s and 70s was great.
British 'Coronation Street', the obvious template for All in the Family.
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