The wildest episode to me was when George Jeffersons' son brings home his biracial fiance and her white father and black mother. Hilarious and one of those episodes where they really pushed the boundaries....
What was / is your favorite Sitcom of all time? I know this is going to be
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Agree because George and Archie were the same guy and they didn’t realize it.
I revise my earlier statement. There was an episode (Everyone Tells The Truth) where Archie, Edith, Mike, and Gloria we’re sitting at Kelsey’s bar. Both Archie and Mike tell radically different stories regarding a repairman and his helper coming to Archie’s house to do some work on the refrigerator.
in Archie’s telling, Archie is super nice and the repair man’s helper was a 60s radical who was threatening, and disrespectful. In Mike’s telling, the helper was an Uncle Tom and Archie was a jerk.
The Late actor Ron Glass steals this episode in my opinion.
Edith finally gets to tell her version, which seems to be the accurate one. A brilliantly funny episode that also sheds some real life truth about how people view other people through their own prejudices.
1. Married with Children
2. Sanford and Son
3. The Jefferson’s
4. King of the Hill (I guess this qualifies)
5. Fresh Prince
Married with Children takes the cake for me . Al reminds me of the uncle that everybody has that peaked as a senior in high school . Peggy was the OG “cougar”. Bud reminded me of .. well me . And Kelly ... any teenage boy that was not totally floored by Kelly Bundy ?!!! I remember thinking she was so smoking and then when I learned that In real life Christina Applegate was like the valedictorian of her high school and applying to Ivy League schools ... kinda ruined it . Lol. Like learning wrestling was fake as a kid .
2. Sanford and Son
3. The Jefferson’s
4. King of the Hill (I guess this qualifies)
5. Fresh Prince
Married with Children takes the cake for me . Al reminds me of the uncle that everybody has that peaked as a senior in high school . Peggy was the OG “cougar”. Bud reminded me of .. well me . And Kelly ... any teenage boy that was not totally floored by Kelly Bundy ?!!! I remember thinking she was so smoking and then when I learned that In real life Christina Applegate was like the valedictorian of her high school and applying to Ivy League schools ... kinda ruined it . Lol. Like learning wrestling was fake as a kid .
Finally, I've ran across someone else that has watched that show! You're the only one. I don't know if you ever watched Absolutely Fabulous, but Jennifer Saunders from AbFab was on an episode of The Young Ones. She played the girlfriend of one of them.
Ok this is a stretch as a sitcom but did anybody watch Californication on Showtime . First off , it is probably the raunchiest show to ever be put on television but I can’t ever remember laughing so hard watching anything . David Duchovony is just ridiculously funny in that show . Again , not for the squeamish but it’s freaking hilarious . Especially the season with Kathleen Turner in it .
M*A*S*H
Married With Children
My Name Is Earl (i complain they didn't end it about once a week)
Night Court
The Office
Chico and the Man
Sanford and Son
Dont know if Flip Wilson counts but dang that was a great variety show
Big Bang Theory
think Night Court was underrated. Markie Post. Yum
Married With Children
My Name Is Earl (i complain they didn't end it about once a week)
Night Court
The Office
Chico and the Man
Sanford and Son
Dont know if Flip Wilson counts but dang that was a great variety show
Big Bang Theory
think Night Court was underrated. Markie Post. Yum
Just remembered another one.
Barney Miller
Barney Miller
Rollerdude, are you actually John Boy, from the John Boy and Billy Show? If not, you should call in and compete against him in an Andy Griffith trivia contest.
Gilligan's island as young kids. Seinfeld and Cheers as an adults.
This is a nearly impossible question to answer. There was a myriad of high quality sit-coms from the 1970s and 1980s when I was a regular viewer. The one sit-com that I would consider to be my favorite was "Night Court." The cast was diverse and uber talented. Also, the story lines were the wackiest in the history of television!!!
Don’t worry about being called racist for liking All in the Family. I’m a black male and I love that show, everybody in my family used to watch it back in the 70’s and we laughed our tails off! Archie Bunker was a mess, along with George Jefferson and the thing is, I knew white and black men who was like both of those guys in real life. I grew up with white kids back in the 70s, So I spent a lot of time at my friends houses, and they did at mine; So their was some racist words that flew on both sides! The funny thing though, is every white family who’s child was a friend of mine treated me like I was one of their own, and my family treated my white friends the same way! I miss those days.
I have seen a couple of episodes of Absolutely fabulous, but dont remember much about it. I will have to revisit it. I had all the Young Ones episodes on VHS at one time....One of the best shows on TV, although a lot of Americans might not quite get some of the humor....
Thanks Roller. I think I have seen this one but will be rewatching it tonight. See, liberals and conservatives can agree occasionally!
Three’s company
The Jeffersons
Alice
What’s Happening
One day at a time
Sanford and Son
All in the Family
Good Times
The Andy Griffith Show
Gilligan's Island
The facts of life
King of Queens
The Neighborhood (New Show)
Mom (Active today)
Young Sheldon (New Show)
There’s a few more out there I’m sure. But these are the ones I would be willing to sit down and watch reruns.
The Jeffersons
Alice
What’s Happening
One day at a time
Sanford and Son
All in the Family
Good Times
The Andy Griffith Show
Gilligan's Island
The facts of life
King of Queens
The Neighborhood (New Show)
Mom (Active today)
Young Sheldon (New Show)
There’s a few more out there I’m sure. But these are the ones I would be willing to sit down and watch reruns.
It’s not fair to bring Jackie up.......half the rednecks on here were still packed in their parents loins.
I went ahead and watched that one Roller. Thanks for the post. I had seen parts of that but dont think I have ever seen the whole thing....
1. Two and a Half Men (Charlie Sheen episodes)
2. Seinfeld
3. The Andy Griffith Show
2. Seinfeld
3. The Andy Griffith Show
Watch it mister, I resemble that remark.Used to watch it mainly in high school on WGN. I don't know if everyone knows or not but that show was filmed completely live. No second takes. No overdubs. Gleason didn't even want the shows to be fully rehearsed. You could really tell when they started going off script and ad libbing with each other. That approach created some really incredible spontaneous moments.
Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
MASH
All in The Family
Andy Griffith
Jackie Gleason & The Honeymooners
My Name is Earl
Everybody Loves Raymond
MASH
All in The Family
Andy Griffith
Jackie Gleason & The Honeymooners
My Name is Earl
My all time favorite is Andy Griffith, Just great small town characters and humor. Characters that made you care about them, and share in their lives. Next would be Frasier, another great bunch of characters. Others would be Two and a Half Men, Mash, All in the Family, Cheers, Sienfeld, Green Acres, Leave It to Beaver.............
The Office and The Andy Griffith Show are the two best new and old school comedies IMO. Non-Comedy, between The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. “Stranger Things” is one that I think has potential to be an all time great. But they are only 3 seasons in.
All four of those shows I binge watch over and over. There aren’t many other shows that can keep me drawn in to stick around for the entire series.
If I had to pick over all.... BREAKING BAD, but not by much.
All four of those shows I binge watch over and over. There aren’t many other shows that can keep me drawn in to stick around for the entire series.
If I had to pick over all.... BREAKING BAD, but not by much.
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Just started rewatching the Sopranos while we are locked in our houses! What a classic... any show with TWO characters named “pu$$y” is badass!
My wife bought me the complete series on DVD. She hates the show but bought it anyway cause I love it.
I'm a fan of British comedy. Loved Dads Army and Fawlty Towers too.
Doc Martin is great. Not sure ot qualifies as sitcom but funny nonetheless.
Seinfeld was my best, followed closely by Cheers.
I did not like Andy Griffin. I hate to admit it but their depictions of southerners being hayseeds did not allow me to enjoy it. Just me I guess.
The only hayseeds were gomer, goober and Ernest T- and they were depicted as good at heart.
the ones depicted with less than redeeming qualities were the out of town big city folks. They were always too smart for their own good.
and don’t forget, most of that cast was made up of southern or small town midwestern types: Andy- North Carolina, Don Knotts- West Virginia, George Lindsey- Alabama, , Jim Nabors- Alabama, Francis Bavier- Borrn In Manhattan but retired to Siler City, NC, Betty Lynn- Missouri, Aneta Coursant- Kansas
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Ah! Raymond, and The Middle!!
I swear, The Middle, IS our family!!!! Our son is way too much like Axel, and our daughter a lot like Sue.
Heck, almost two years ago we moved, and now we even live across from a family of Donahues!!!
I forgot about Cheers, although while I liked the show I never watched a lot of the series.
I forgot about Hogan's Heroes. I remember watching reruns while in college back in the '60s. Well, in the late '60s anyway.
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