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Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:13 pm
by radiojake
luns101 wrote:radiojake wrote: Anyway, Luns, in answer to your question, the answer is 'no such thing'
I hear ya!
It's still cool to talk about though. Perhaps you could start a thread about Australian tv sometime.
Ahahahahaha! Oh where do i start?
Well I'm sure our British friends would be well aware of such 'quality' programming such as 'Neighbours' and 'Home & Away' - but i think the unfortunate truth is that majority of our prime time viewing is filled up with American TV shows.
I don't watch much TV anyway, so i'm not that worried
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:20 pm
by Nobunaga
... WKRP, hands down.
... "With God as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly".
...
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:23 pm
by Gilligan
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:39 pm
by Juan_Bottom
Nobunaga wrote:... WKRP, hands down.
I don't know what you guys are talking about. But I'm 22.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:49 pm
by Nobunaga
Juan_Bottom wrote:Nobunaga wrote:... WKRP, hands down.
I don't know what you guys are talking about. But I'm 22.
... Funny stuff. Look for it on Veoh, or wherever, definately downloadable.
...
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:54 pm
by strike wolf
Joodoo wrote:saraith wrote:jonesthecurl wrote:What about the Crane boys?
Frasier... Oh ya! I had forgotten all about that one
And why isn't The Simpsons on this list?
yeah, and add in Family Guy, Futurama, and American Dad as well...
We can skip American Dad. That show sucks.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:55 pm
by strike wolf
Megadeth666 wrote:luns101 wrote:I say Cheers
Seinfeld - close 2nd
NORM!!!!!!!!!!How's it going?
It's a dog eat dog world out there.........and my underwear is made of bonemeal
Seinfeld for sure too.........Hello NNNeeewman
Think the Simpsons beat out the Flintstones for longest animated sitcom
, but The Jetsons rocked too
I don't think that's true. I think the Simpsons still have a while before that happens.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:05 pm
by Nobunaga
... Do cartoons qualify as sitcoms?
... Family Guy kills me.
...
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:33 pm
by Megadeth666
strike wolf wrote:Megadeth666 wrote:luns101 wrote:I say Cheers
Seinfeld - close 2nd
NORM!!!!!!!!!!How's it going?
It's a dog eat dog world out there.........and my underwear is made of bonemeal
Seinfeld for sure too.........Hello NNNeeewman
Think the Simpsons beat out the Flintstones for longest animated sitcom
, but The Jetsons rocked too
I don't think that's true. I think the Simpsons still have a while before that happens.
Although Wiki is never the best source:
The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program and as of 2008 is tied with Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime television series. Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:16 pm
by herndawg
The A-Team
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:37 am
by jonesthecurl
radiojake wrote:jonesthecurl wrote: Roseanne and Dan shouldn't have won the lottery -
I'm pretty sure they made it worse by ending the season (actually, the whole show) with 'the-whole-season-was-a-dream-and-they-never-won-the-lotto-and-Dan-actually-died-at-the-end-of-the-previous-season-from-a-heart-attack-at-Becky's-wedding'
'
I didn't know that (long stopped watching by then) - but that
does make it worse.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:30 pm
by luns101
Juan_Bottom wrote:Nobunaga wrote:... WKRP, hands down.
I don't know what you guys are talking about. But I'm 22.
thanks for making me feel ancient, Juan
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:39 pm
by Shatners Bassoon
Curb Your Enthusiasm by a country mile.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:44 pm
by jonesthecurl
Lots of shows i never heard of being mentioned here.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:35 pm
by Megadeth666
Don't know if this is considered an "American Sitcom", but it is on cable as a sitcom...Dead Like Me, and it was just released as a Movie...Freaking funny, and sad, check it out:
http://www.watch-movies.net/movies/dead ... ter_death/
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:01 pm
by saraith
Dead Like Me rocked... I have all of them on DVD... Don't know if I'd call it a sitcom, though.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:39 pm
by jonesthecurl
Returning tp the subject of long-ago classics, one I know almost nothing about, but which I believe was well-regarded, was Beverley Hill-Billies.
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:02 am
by heavycola
Shatners Bassoon wrote:Curb Your Enthusiasm by a country mile.
It vies with seinfeld and arrested development for the title. The latter leapfrogged almost every other US sitcom ever made in its 2 and a half series. Hell even seinfeld came close to being dropped.
But Seinfeld has to take the crown! It HAS to!
(was someone actually serious about the cosby show?)
Re: Best American Comedy Sitcom of All-Time
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:28 pm
by Juan_Bottom
heavycola wrote:(was someone actually serious about the cosby show?)
It depends on what you mean by "best."
Like it or not, the Cosby show broke some major barriers and blurred racial divides...
Sanford and Son?
