LC Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 From a conversation Blackhawk Pat and I were just having: favorite situation comedies of all time, not including animated things like The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers. 1. Seinfield 2. Curb Your Enthusiasm 3. The Odd Couple 4. Hogan's Heroes 5. Mary Tyler Moore 6. Dick Van Dyke Show 7. Andy Griffith Show 8. Honeymooners 9. Everybody Loves Raymond 10. The Bob Newhart Show (the first one) 11. Two and a Half Men 12. I Love Lucy 13. All in the Family 14. M*A*S*H 15. The Jeffersons 16. The Office (both the U.K. and U.S. versions) 17. Cheers 18. Frasier 19. King of Queens 20. Friends 21. The Cosby Show 22. Parks and Recreation 23. Modern Family 24. The Middle 25. That Girl 26. Gomer Pyle 27. Louie 28. VEEP 29. Sanford and Son 30. Get a Life (Chris Peterson character, payed by Chris Elliott) Honorable mentions: • Newhart (the second one) • Sex and the City. • Brady Bunch and Happy Days: a bit too hokey to make my Top 30. • Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie. Far-fetched but fun. • Rosanne. Too much of a downer to make my Top 30. • The Monkees and The Partridge Family: I wish the scripts were better, but the music was enticing enough that they merit honorable mention. Five clunkers (for me): WKRP in Cincinnati, Third Rock from the Sun, Maude, Barney Miller, Taxi. Pat insists The Larry Sanders Show will be addictive if I go back and check it out. I am giving it a try. For further reading: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-tv-sitcoms-1162237/will-grace-nbc-1998-2006-2017-2020-1162692/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Only saw a couple of episodes of Seinfeld and heard nothing that I enjoyed…same for MASH… Just the presence of Dick Van Dyke should vault it ahead of The Mary Tyler Moore show… Only a couple of years ago did I discover Everybody Loves Raymond…Extremely well scripted and acted…(Every time I see Peter Boyle, it amazes me that he and John Lennon were best of friends for a few years with Lennon as his best man at Boyle’s wedding)… Never found Friends interesting, but give me Honeymooners, Golden Girls, Cheers and Taxi any day of the week… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1. Hogan's Heroes 2. Beverly Hillbillies 3. Good Times....it was more than just a comedy really 4. Happy Days....early years 5. Gilligan's Island....the Howells and the Professor were a hoot and underrated comedy vehicles 6. Married with Children... should be #1 or 2 7. Sanford & Son.....Aunt Esther scenes put this here 8. Soap....gets in cuz of it's stretching horizons off the wall goofiness Some mentions to some strong comedic actors whose shows didn't make the list: Norman Fell, Fred Gwynne, Eva Gabor, Jean Stapleton, Ted Knight, David Cassidy, Mr. Haney. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie b Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 A couple from across the pond... 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Are You Being Served Waiting for God As Time Goes By 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirlFan Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Bewitched,Family affair,The Monkees,The Partridge family,The Brady Bunch,Diff’rent strokes,Happy days,The Facts of life,Family ties,Who’s the boss,The Cosby show,Gimme a break,Punky Brewster,Alf,Charles in charge,Growing pains,The Golden Girls,Married with children,Full House,Saved by the bell,The Wonder years,Home improvement,Roseanne and Blossom 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Here's a few of my favorites: 1. I Love Lucy 2. The Middle 3. Wonder Years 4. Leave It To Beaver 5. Beverly Hillbillies 6. Gilligan's Island 7. Hogan's Heros 8. Green Acres 9. Adams Family 10. The Munsters 11. Mr. Ed 12. Bewitched 13. Dick Van Dyke Show 14. Get Smart 15. Dennis The Menace 16. Darma and Greg 17. Patty Duke Show 18. Three's Company 19. Mork and Mindy 20. Modern Family 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Before I submit my list, I will say that Seinfeld will hold the #1 spot, with 2nd place not close behind. The 1st season has only 4 episodes, so I consider the first two seasons as "get to know the characters" seasons. By season 3, they hit their stride. I have seen some of these episodes 10 times or more and they still make me laugh out loud. I just don't get tired of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 1. Seinfeld 2. Leave It To Beaver 3. Hogans Heroes 4. The Beverly Hillbillies 5. Gomer Pyle 6. The Partridge Family 7. I Love Lucy 8. F-Troop 9. Get Smart 10. Modern Family 11. All In The Family 12. Everybody Loves Raymond 13. The Middle 14. M.A.S.H. 15. Frasier 16. King Of Queens 17. Mary Tyler Moore Show 18. The Odd Couple 19. Friends 20. Cheers I was going to stop at 20 but... 21. Bewitched 22. Mr. Ed 23. Happy Days 24. The Munsters 25. Green Acres 26. Taxi 27. Police Squad 28. Mork And Mindy 29. The Jeffersons 30. The Brady Bunch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Bonus Pick: The Goldbergs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Ironically, though it didn't make my list, I probably liked "My Three Sons" better than all on my list, ....it's just that I liked it mostly for reasons other than the humor, so it didn't make the list. Americana it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I mentioned above how Seinfeld hit their stride in Season 3. This clip from the very first episode of Season 3 is a perfect example: George - The Massage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Surprised "Married with Children' is not making lists. Virtually every single character was a brilliant comedy vehicle, and brought to life brilliantly by the actors. Hogans Hs is my #1 as Klink carried a ton of weight - for me he was the hands down the funniest tv character of alltime, but really Married still probably should have been my #1. PS I should explore Seinfeld more, I never got into it as I didn't give it a chance to the degree I should have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 I forgot about Married with Children... I'll have to wedge that one into my list, for sure. So much comedy is based on a hapless lead character like that... trying to get away with things but always stumbling. Oh, man... Col. Klink. He was great in that role — so easily duped by Col. Hogan, and hilarious when he cow-towed to Gen. Burkhalter, who had that great scar on his face. The Klink/Burkhalter exchanges are legendary. Klink (Werner Klemperer) played violin on at least one episode. You probably know he was son of Otto Klemperer, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 1930. Klink, er, Werner Klemperer sang in Broadway musicals after the Hogan's Heroes run. You see him pop up in a lot of old TV shows, like Perry Mason, My Three Sons, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. And he was in a bunch of TV westerns, too, like Gunsmoke, Maverick, and Have Gun Will Travel. He did a lot in his 80 years... (died in 2000). The other support actor I love is Don Knotts. Man, was he a kick in The Andy Griffith Show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreen Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 not really a sitcom person. Now if we want to list sci fi shows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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