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Posted: June 27 2009 at 13:33
Slartibartfast wrote:
Jeeze, how many sitcoms have we put out anyway?
Apparently a lot. (I cheated; this is from Wikipedia - and I can think of a few that are missing...)
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd 227 3rd Rock from the Sun 30 Rock 704 Hauser 8 Simple Rules 13 Queens Boulevard A.E.S. Hudson Street a.k.a. Pablo The Abbott and Costello Show Abby Accidental Family According to Jim Ace Crawford, Private Eye Adam's Rib The Addams Family The Adventures of Hiram Holliday The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet The Adventures of Pete & Pete AfterMASH The Aldrich Family ALF Alice Aliens in America Aliens in the Family All About the Andersons All About Us All American Girl All in the Family All of Us All That Glitters All's Fair Almost Perfect Alright Already Amanda's Amen America 2-Night American Dad! American Dreamer Amos & Andy The Andy Griffith Show Andy Richter Controls the Universe Angela Anaconda Angie Ann Jillian The Ann Sothern Show Anna and the King Annie McGuire Anything But Love Apartment 2F Archie Bunker's Place Arli$$ The Army Show Arnie Arrested Development Arresting Behavior Arsenio Ask Harriet At Ease Austin Stories Babes Baby Blues Baby Bob Baby Boom Baby I'm Back Baby Talk Bachelor Father Back to You The Bad Girl's Guide The Bad News Bears The Baileys of Balboa Baker's Dozen Bakersfield P.D. Barefoot in the Park Barney Miller Batman Battery Park The Baxters Becker Benson The Bernie Mac Show Best of the West Bette The Betty Hutton Show The Betty White Show Between Brothers Beulah The Beverly Hillbillies Beverly Hills Buntz Beware of Dog Bewitched The Big Bang Theory Big Brother Jake The Big House Big John, Little John Big Wave Dave's The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Dana Show The Bill Engvall Show Billy Billy Black Tie Affair Blansky's Beauties Bless This House Blossom Bob (TV series) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice The Bob Cummings Show The Bob Newhart Show Bob Patterson Bonanza Bonino The Bonnie Hunt Show Bosom Buddies Boston Common Boy Meets World The Boys Are Back Boys Will Be Boys The Brady Brides The Brady Bunch Bram and Alice Breaker High The Brian Benben Show Bridget Loves Bernie Bringing Up Buddy Broadside Brooklyn Bridge Brotherly Love Brothers The Brothers Brothers and Sisters The Brothers Garcia Brother's Keeper Buddies Buffalo Bill Buffy the Vampire Slayer Built to Last The Burns and Allen Show Bustin' Loose California Dreams C.P.O. Sharkey Captain Nice Car 54, Where Are You? Caroline in the City Carpoolers Carter Country Cavemen Charles in Charge Checking In Cheers The Chicago Teddy Bears Chicken Soup Chico and the Man Clarissa Explains It All The Class Clueless Coach The Comeback Committed Cory in the House Cosby The Cosby Show Courting Alex The Courtship of Eddie's Father Cousin Skeeter The Critic Crumbs Curb Your Enthusiasm Cybill Daria Date with the Angels Dave's World Dear John December Bride Delta House The Dennis O'Keefe Show Dennis The Menace Designing Women Dharma & Greg Diana The Dick van Dyke Show A Different World Diff'rent Strokes Dinosaurs DiResta Doc Do Over Doctor, Doctor The Donna Reed Show Doogie Howser, M.D. The Doris Day Show The Double Life of Henry Phyfe Double Trouble Doug Down to Earth Downtown Drake & Josh Drawn Together Dream On The Drew Carey Show Drexell's Class Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Duckman The Duck Factory Dweebs (TV series) E/R The Ed Wynn Show The Egg and I Eisenhower & Lutz Ellen The Ellen Show Emily's Reasons Why Not Empty Nest Eve Even Stevens Evening Shade Everybody Hates Chris Everybody Loves Raymond F Troop The Facts of Life Fair Exchange Family Affair The Family Genius Family Guy Family Matters Family Ties The Farmer's Daughter Father Knows Best Fatherhood The Fighting Fitzgeralds Fired Up First Time Out Flatbush The Flintstones Flo Flying Blind The Flying Nun Foot in The Door For Your Love Frasier Free Country The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends Full House Futurama The Game Gary Unmarried The Geena Davis Show The George Carlin Show George Lopez Get a Life Get Smart Get Smart Get Smart, Again! The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Gidget Gilligan's Island Gimme a Break! The Girl With Something Extra Girlfriends Gloria Going Places The Goldbergs The Golden Girls The Golden Palace Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. Good Grief The Good Guys Good Heavens Good Sports Good Times Goodnight, Beantown Grace Under Fire Grady Green Acres Greetings from Tucson Grindl Grosse Pointe Grounded for Life Growing Pains Grown Ups Gunsmoke Guys Luke Us Half & Half Hang Time Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Hannah Montana The Hank McCune Show Happy Days Happy Hour Harper Valley P.T.A. Harry and the Hendersons Harrigan and Son Hazel He's the Mayor (1985 television series) He's the Mayor (2004 television series) Head of the Class Hello, Larry The Help Help Me Help You Hennesey Herbie, the Love Bug Here Come the Brides Here We Go Again Here's Lucy Herman's Head Hey Dude! Hi Honey, I'm Home! Hill Street Blues Hitz The Hogan Family Hogan's Heroes Homeboys in Outer Space Home Improvement Home Movies The Honeymooners Hope & Faith How I Met Your Mother iCarly I Dream of Jeannie I Love Lucy I Married Dora I Married Joan I'm Dickens, He's Fenster I'm With Her In the House It's A Living It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's About Time It's Garry Shandling's Show It's Like, You Know It's Your Move Jake in Progress Jamie The Jamie Foxx Show The Jean Carroll Show The Jeff Foxworthy Show The Jeffersons The Jetsons The Jim Backus Show Joanie Loves Chachi Joey The John Forsythe Show The John Larroquette Show Julia Just Our Luck Just Shoot Me Just the Ten of Us Kappa Mikey Kate & Allie Keep It In the Family (US) Kenan & Kel The King of Queens King of The Hill Kirk Kitchen Confidential Knights of Prosperity The Larry Sanders Show The Last Resort Laverne & Shirley Laverne and Shirley in the Army Learning the Ropes Leave It to Beaver Less Than Perfect Lewis & Clark The Life of Riley Life on a Stick Life With Bonnie Life with Elizabeth Life's Work Like Family Listen Up! Living Single Living with Fran Lizzie McGuire Lotsa Luck Lou Grant Love, Inc Love and Marriage The Love Boat Love on a Rooftop The Loop (TV series) Lucky Louie The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy Show Mack & Myer for Hire Mad About You Major Dad Make Room for Daddy Malcolm & Eddie Malcolm In The Middle Mama's Family Many Happy Returns The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Marge and Jeff Margie Married People Married... with Children Martin Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Mary Kay and Johnny The Mary Tyler Moore Show M*A*S*H Matlock Maude Maybe It's Me Mayberry R.F.D. McHale's Navy Me and the Boys Meet Mr. McNulty Men Behaving Badly The Michael Richards Show Mission Hill Mister Ed Mister Peepers Modern Men Moesha Monk The Monkees The Morey Amsterdam Show Mork & Mindy The Mothers-in-Law Mr. Belvedere Mr. Merlin Mr. Terrific The Mullets The Munsters Today The Munsters Murphy Brown Muscle My Boys My Brother and Me My Favorite Husband My Favorite Martian My Friend Irma My Mother the Car My Little Margie My Living Doll My Name Is Earl My Three Sons My Two Dads My Wife and Kids My World and Welcome to It The Nanny Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Ned and Stacey Needles and Pins The New Adventures of Old Christine The New Andy Griffith Show The New Bill Cosby Show The New Dick Van Dyke Show New Monkees The New Odd Couple The New WKRP in Cincinnati Newhart NewsRadio Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher Night Court Nikki The Norm Show No Time For Sergeants Nurses The Oblongs Occasional Wife The Odd Couple Off Centre The Office (US) O. K. Crackerby! Oliver Beene On Our Own Once and Again One Day at a Time One on One Open All Night Our Miss Brooks Out of the Blue Paper Moon The Parent 'Hood The Parkers The Partners The Partridge Family The Patty Duke Show Pearl (TV series) The People's Choice (TV series) Perfect Strangers Petticoat Junction Phil of the Future The Phil Silvers Show Phyllis Pig Sty Platypus Man Please Don't Eat the Daisies The Powers That Be Private Secretary The Proud Family Punky Brewster Quintuplets Quark The Real McCoys Reba Report to Murphy Rhoda Rita Rocks Rock Me Baby Rodney Room 222 The Ropers Roseanne Run, Buddy, Run Run of the House Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Samantha Who? Sanford and Son Sarah Silverman Program Saved by the Bell Saved by the Bell: The College Years Saved by the Bell: New Class Scrubs The Second Hundred Years Second Time Around The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer Seinfeld Shaping Up Shasta McNasty Silver Spoons The Simpsons Singer & Sons Sister, Sister Small Wonder Smart Guy The Smothers Brothers Show Soap So Little Time Sonny with a Chance Sons & Daughters South Park Sparks Spin City Sports Night Square Pegs Stacked Stanley Star of the Family Step by Step The Steve Harvey Show Still Standing The Stu Erwin Show Suddenly Susan Sugar Time! The Suite Life of Zack and Cody The Suite Life on Deck Sunshine The Tab Hunter Show Tabitha Tammy Tattingers Taxi Teachers The Ted Knight Show Temperatures Rising That '70s Show That 80's Show That Girl That Was Then That's Hank That's My Bush! That's My Momma That's So Raven Three's a Crowd Three's Company Throb 'Til Death Titus To Rome With Love Tom Goes to the Mayor Too Close for Comfort Topper The Tortellis True Colors True Jackson, VP Twenty Good Years Twins Two and a Half Men (Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place) Two of a Kind Tyler Perry's House of Payne The Ugliest Girl in Town Unfabulous Unhappily Ever After Unhitched Valentine's Day The Van Dyke Show Veronica's Closet Wait Till Your Father Gets Home Wanda at Large The War at Home Watching Ellie The Wayans Bros. We Got It Made We'll Get By Webster Weeds Welcome Back, Kotter Wendy and Me What I Like About You What's Happening Now!! What's Happening!! When Things Were Rotten Whoopi Who's the Boss? Who's Watching the Kids Will & Grace Window on Main Street Wings Wizards of Waverly Place WKRP in Cincinnati Working Working It Out Worst Week A Year at the Top Yes, Dear You Again? You Take the Kids Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Zoey 101
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Posted: June 27 2009 at 14:35
I votedfor "Marriedwith Children" dueto the first years.
The problem is that usually USA comedies start funny and become stupid after some years
For example, not oroiginaly a comedy, but I loved Boston Legal until William Shatner's role as Denny Crane became simply stupid and they added that character called Jerry "Hands" Espenson who ruined a great program turning it into a retarded comedy.
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Posted: June 27 2009 at 14:49
lazland wrote:
MASH is the ONLY American TV comedy show that this bloke from Wales has ever remotely obsessed about. At turns funny, sad, bittersweet, tragic, and ridiculous.
A question for my American friends - was this, as I've always imagined, rather untypical of the usual TV fare you get over there? Or am I completely wrong?
I'd say that's right, MASH was one of a kind not just in it's mix of human drama with nutty comedy, but the many innovative experiments it did; the newsreel documentary episodes, the one entirely from the point of view of a wounded soldier, the dream episode.. brilliant show and went beyond even the greatness of Taxi or Roseanne
Based on the Wikipedia list, here are the american comedies that I enjoy watching (I'll bold my favorites):
American Dad! The Andy Griffith Show Andy Richter Controls the Universe Arrested Development Batman (so over-the-top!!) Becker Cheers Coach Curb Your Enthusiasm (My current favorite) Everybody Loves Raymond Family Guy Family Matters (The later episodes were just ridiculous though) Family Ties The Flintstones Frasier The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Futurama Gilligan's Island Happy Days Home Improvement I Love Lucy The Jetsons Just Shoot Me The King of Queens King of The Hill Leave It to Beaver Malcolm In The Middle Married... with Children NewsRadio The Office (US) Seinfeld (bought Season 6 DVDs today!!) The Simpsons South Park Spin City Taxi Tom Goes to the Mayor Welcome Back, Kotter Who's the Boss?
Some of these I haven't seen in a LONG time, but would watch a rerun if I come across it channel surfing.
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Posted: June 27 2009 at 21:35
Always torn between MASH and Seinfeld but give Mash the slightest of edges. Seinfeld could make you laugh but MASH could make you laugh and cry. One of a kind.
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Posted: June 29 2009 at 13:48
Arrested Development is the single best comedy show ever. Even better than Seinfeld or Monty Python, though the last one might not even count because it's a sketch comedy show.
Here's my top 5 comedies (not sketch shows):
1. Arrested Development 2. Seinfeld 3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. The Office (US)
Typical laugh-track sitcoms are an affront to comedy. Some ones have moments of brilliance like Frasier, and of course Seinfeld managed to kick the ass out of everything at the time, but it's sad they still dominate.
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Posted: June 29 2009 at 16:01
stonebeard wrote:
Arrested Development is the single best comedy show ever. Even better than Seinfeld or Monty Python, though the last one might not even count because it's a sketch comedy show.
Here's my top 5 comedies (not sketch shows):
1. Arrested Development 2. Seinfeld 3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. The Office (US)
Typical laugh-track sitcoms are an affront to comedy. Some ones have moments of brilliance like Frasier, and of course Seinfeld managed to kick the ass out of everything at the time, but it's sad they still dominate.
Couldn't agree with you more. Canned laughter has driven me mad for years, now. One of the most ridiculous concepts television has ever seen. My opinion.
Though, if we're including Brit shows in that argument, Fawlty Towers will always reign supreme, I don't care if it has a laugh track or not.
Arrested Development is the single best comedy show ever. Even better than Seinfeld or Monty Python, though the last one might not even count because it's a sketch comedy show.
Here's my top 5 comedies (not sketch shows):
1. Arrested Development 2. Seinfeld 3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. The Office (US)
Typical laugh-track sitcoms are an affront to comedy. Some ones have moments of brilliance like Frasier, and of course Seinfeld managed to kick the ass out of everything at the time, but it's sad they still dominate.
I like your list, but I still haven't seen It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Posted: June 29 2009 at 19:27
Stooge wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Arrested Development is the single best comedy show ever. Even better than Seinfeld or Monty Python, though the last one might not even count because it's a sketch comedy show.
Psst. Psst. Python doesn't count because it's British. Now
for an American sketch comedy show that was more or less concurrent:
Laugh In. I grew up on that one. It started the process of warping my
sense of humor that Monty Python continued to do in re-runs and
movies. Laugh In actually seems to have not aged well, where as Python
is a different matter to me. Then there was Hee Haw...
p0mt3 wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Arrested Development is the single best
comedy show ever. Even better than Seinfeld or Monty Python, though the
last one might not even count because it's a sketch comedy show.
Here's my top 5 comedies (not sketch shows):
1. Arrested Development 2. Seinfeld 3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. The Office (US)
Typical
laugh-track sitcoms are an affront to comedy. [] []Some ones have moments of
brilliance like Frasier, and of course Seinfeld managed to kick the ass
out of everything at the time, but it's sad they still dominate.
Couldn't agree with you more. Canned laughter [] []has driven me
mad for years, now. One of the most ridiculous concepts television has
ever seen. My opinion.
Though, if we're including Brit shows in
that argument, Fawlty Towers will always reign supreme, I don't care if
it has a laugh track or not.
Sorry I couldn't help myself. [] [] Actually I'm quite in agreement with all of that. Spring for a live audience or leave it out.
Edited by Slartibartfast - June 29 2009 at 19:34
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted: June 27 2009 at 13:33
this statement is so counterintuitive it makes me dizzy 
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Which American tv-comedy ?
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