What is your all-time favorite sitcom?

[WI_DEM]

No poll, there are too many out there and not enough space to give representation. But for me, my all-time favorite sitcom is the Dick Van Dyke Show. I have all five seasons on DVD and it has been a laugh riot. It is the first truly sophisticated sitcom (even though Dick was a master at slapstick comedy too). Dick and Mary Tyler Moore represented televisions Camelot in that era.

runner(s)up: "Andy Griffith Show" and "Bewitched"

[CanuckAmok]

1. Simpsons.

But DvD had some great material! Remember the one where he and Maury went to a beatnik play? Hy-sterical!!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. WKRP

That show was so out there, hardly anyone watching got how very good it was.

[CanuckAmok]

9. that one was great!

I have never laughed so hard as I did when the WPIG pig and Herb (in the WKRP Carp suit) got into a fight in the public washroom!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

24. Remember the Turkey Giveaway?

They were doing a promotion for Thanksgiving, and they threw live turkeys out of helicopters into a crowd at a shopping center. Les Nesmith was covering it live for the station, and, all of sudden, you heard the screams of the crowd.

Gordon Jump, who was the owner, came walking in, all bedraggled, and said the best line I've ever heard on TV:

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

[ironflange]

38. Yeah!

Les, on site: "Oh, the humanity!"

[MrScorpio]

3. Barney Miller

All time fave

[maveric]

16. Another for Barney Miller. Great cop show.

Remember the episode when they locked up a guy who thought he was a werewolf, obvliously nuts,and he was supposedly going through a transformation in the "cage"? Yemana (Jack Soo),looking nervous, asked Barney if he should lay down some newspapers on the floor of the cell.

Another favorite, Barney has to serve time for contempt(not exposing a snitch), the guys at the precinct chip in and give him a Soap on a Rope.

[MrScorpio]

20. That werewolf skit was one of the best ever

I never missed an episode

[mark11727]

21. "I'm not stupid...I'm cursed...!"

Yep, that's the one.

[welshTerrier2]

36. the Mr. Kopeckne episode ...

i think that was the name of the character who turned into a werewolf ..

and i vaguely remember Dietrich telling Barney about it and Barney asked him whether there was a law against turning into a werewolf ...

Dietrich responded that "possession is nine tenths of the law" ...

I guess MASH is still my number one show but Barney Miller comes in an easy second ...

[lpbk2713]

35. Barney Miller ..... Great show, great cast.

[PhuLoi]

Family Guy

[Richardo]

4. For me: 'Get Smart'

Barbara Feldon: rowrr! :loveya:

[u4ic]

5. Can't decide between

Vicar of Dibley or Blackadder.

[last_texas_dem]

6. Freaks and Geeks

Yeah, I guess since it only ran one season it never really had a chance to go bad, but I love every episode.

My runners-up are "Seinfeld" and "The Wonder Years" and probably a couple others that slip my mind at the moment.

[Balbus]

7. Married W/Children

Especially after Jefferson came on board.

[YankeyMCC]

8. Sienfeld

I think it'll go down as a classic and be one of those shows that continue to run in syndication (or whatever we have to view old shows) for decades like the Honeymooners.

Followed closely for me by Cheers. Which by the way I think had the best series finale. (Sienfeld's stunk)

I used to love the Dick Van Dyke Show (in reruns I'm not that old :) when I was a kid.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

23. Seinfeld-funniest sitcom ever

I'm watching it right now! :D

[Dave Sund]

10. I loved Sports Night

But not sure if it qualifies as a sitcom.

[Nomad559]

11. All In the family

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/allinthefa/allinthefa.htm

[YankeyMCC]

25. Funny I didn't even think of All in the Family

One of the all time best shows sit com or otherwise. I guess I didn't think of it because I don't automatically associate it with "sitcom" but it is a sitcom.

[Dutch]

12. Father Ted

FECK! ARSE! DRINK! GIRLS!

[Deja Q]

13. Red Dwarf

[Huckebein the Raven]

14. Simpsons

[_TJ_]

26. Natch

[MadAsHell]

15. MASH ...

although I think it was a little deep to be called a Sitcom.

There are several that I thought were all the thing at the time but I can hardly watch them now.

Happy Days
Welcome Back, Kotter
Mork and Mindy

[Jessica]

17. I love watching ...

The Honeymooners.

[Catchawave]

18. Lucy !

and Seinfeld too...it's a toughie to pick one fav.

Why not take the top 12 here and make a poll?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

34. I liked Mr. Belvedere - but I think Lucy inspired them all

[Kaldis]

19. Well

I loved Fraiser and Family Guy.

[redqueen]

22. Seinfeld. n/t

[Dervill Crow]

27. Dick Van Dyke

That has to be the best sitcom ever; it's still funny.

I loved Moonlighting when it was on, but I'm not sure how it would hold up now; I heard it's out (or coming out) on DVD so we'll see.

[Doctor_J]

39. Same here

DVD is a timeless classic. I wish they'd hung on a couple more years.

[bearfan454]

28. Barney Miller n/t

[UrbScotty]

29. Home Improvement

Set in Detroit

[DemGa]

30. Seinfeld nt

[MrsCheaplaugh]

31. Fawlty Towers

that program was just hysterical.

[KittyWampus]

32. Odd Couple

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

33. Seinfeld. It begins and ends with Seinfeld.

[Amfortas]

37. why, the simpsons ofcourse !

[grannylib]

40. Fawlty Towers, Green Acres, early MASH, DVDyke, Taxi (Rev Jim a hoot)

[alwynsw]

41. The Andy Griffith Show

Can't beat mayberry or Aunt Bea's pickles.

[Hans Delbrook]

42. Mary Tyler Moore!

Chuckles bites the dust Episode - GREATEST

"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants."

Twinks Tvedt(The original Bridezilla) Episode - 2nd greatest

"The only thing worse than this dress would be..."

"This dress in PURPLE."

You have to be a former bridesmaid to appreciate the true comic genius!

Edwinna prom date episode - 3rd greatest

"... her father's prize stallion had gone into labor." "Later that night I got my reward, 6 brand new baby horses."

I still laugh every time

[ironflange]

43. Too many to choose just one

So here are five:

All in the Family
Seinfeld
Frasier
Cheers
Family Guy

Britcoms were deliberately left off, otherwise it would have to be a Top Fifteen.

[panbanger]

44. Sienfeld. Arrested Development is very promising though

Hopefully A.D. will last at least a couple more seasons

[Melynn]

45. Taxi

A great show back in the day.

[Nomad559]

46. One of the best scenes from TAXI

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=slowdown