No, no, no!!! THESE are the greatest sitcoms!

[joeybee12]

I Love Lucy

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

All in the Family

MASH

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Absolutely Fabulous

Black Adder

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The Simpsons

Cheers (pre-Kirstie Alley)

Not in any particular order.

[La_Serpiente]

1. mines

Monty Python

Kids in the Hall

The Simpsons

Full House (I liked this show)

Gillagan's Island

[joeybee12]

2. You're actually admitting to liking Full House???? Ever see South Park?

They rip that show every chance they get!

[La_Serpiente]

6. hey, I didn't even reach puberty

before they cancelled full house.

I don't know why I liked it, I just did

You can also add South Park to my list :-)

[joeybee12]

11. But do you still like it now?

I know we have fond memories of shows from our youth, but sometimes when we look back we wonder how we ever liked something.

[tridim]

5. Full House??

To each his/her own, I guess. Full House was almost as bad as 'Friends' and 'Home Improvement'. *ducks twice* :D

My faves...

The Simpsons
Family Guy
Good Times
Seinfeld

[SmileyBoy]

31. Full House is the worst sitcom ever.

Biggest ball of excrement ever churned out of the Miller-Boyett turd factory.

[PartyPooper]

3. I'm from the fifties:

"I Love Lucy"

"Ozzie and Harriet"

"Father Knows Best"

"Our Miss Brooks"

"Leave It To Beaver"

"My Three Sons"

:-)

[joeybee12]

17. All were before my time, except My Three Sons, and I remember

liking it as a kid, but now I think it's just dreadful.

I think I'd consider I Love Lucy as my favorite, though. I go through periods when I watch what I have on tape and just die!

[Dagaz]

4. mine

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
All in the Family
MASH
Taxi
South Park
Sanford and Son
Welcome Back Kotter
Laugh in
Smothers Brothers
Jetsons
Get Smart

[joeybee12]

19. I think I'd put Smothers Brothers in the variety category...

...not sure about Laugh-in. Liked both of those growing up!

[mmm]

7. no no no no no no no

whaaaaaaa

[mmm]

8. dick van dyke was a nightmare

what a prick

[mitchum]

9. It was the booze

[pnorman]

10. Without cable,

I can't get viewable TV in my downtown Seattle location. I let my cable account lapse about 5~6 years ago, so I haven't watched TV since then. But waaaaay back then, my 2 clear favorites were Barney Miller and TAXI; generally back to back. Seeing episodes coming up for the second or third time, was like seeing the familiar faces of friends after a lengthy absence.

I have a good DSL connection, and my computer resources are adequate for viewing video clips in reasonable resolution. The computer is the exclusive source of my news, and much of my info & research. I'm also building up a respectable collection of DU-worthy DVDs, so I'll probably NEVER bother with TV/Cable/Satellite from here on. But if those two were to be in late night reruns, I MIGHT reconsider.

pnorman
STAND UP, KEEP FIGHTING http://shows.implex.tv/wellstone/

[terrya]

12. Is Monty Python a sitcom?

I agree that Monty Python is one of the most brilliant television shows ever.

But I'd label it as a sketch comedy instead of a sitcom.

Nitpicking, I know.

[joeybee12]

14. It was half an hour, so I put it in as a sitcom...

...I think there's been a debate about this before.

If it's in the sketch comedy catergory, I can't think of any others that would fall in that same category. Maybe Laugh-In.

[MissMillie]

21. Saturday Night Live (n/t)

.

[joeybee12]

25. True, but the list is still pretty small...

...you could break SNL up quite a bit, and not simply consider it one sketch show, but many, because it went in phases with the different groups of players.

[RebelOne]

13. My all-time favorites

are Absolutely Fabulous and All In the Family.

[Bertha Venation]

15. after serious thought

Mary Tyler Moore
All in the Family
The Odd Couple

...and that's about it, folks.

[joeybee12]

16. No! You must have more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bertha Venation]

22. Okay. Laverne & Shirley.

Happy? ;)

(It was that big "L" -- it didn't really stand for "Laverne," y'know.)

[joeybee12]

26. Yeah, working in a brewery, living with another woman, having male

friends who were obviously gay---the writing was on the wall!

[arwalden]

18. And Bewitched

[joeybee12]

20. I've heard that Agnes Moorehead didn't like the second Darin...and

did you know that there were two Mrs. Kravtis-es???

[arwalden]

34. I had not heard that. And Yes... I know that there are 2 Mrs Kravitz's

Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould. There are also two Frank Stephens's.

But only ONE Aunt Clara... Marion Lorne made the role her own and William Asher and company decided not to recast the part after her death in 1968. The part of Esmerelda was added so that the series would have another bumbling witch whose spells didn't always work.

-- Allen

[joeybee12]

36. On the first day of Dick Sargent's (he was the secone one, right) appearan

on the set, Agnes came up to the whole group and said very loudly, "I think one Darrin was more than sufficient."

Kinda set the tone, don't you think?

[terrya]

39. Really? There were two Frank Stephens's?

Whoops...why am I doubting you? I'm talking to an expert here. :-)

Terry

[MissMillie]

23. My favorites:

All in the Family
MASH
Taxi
Barney Miller
Mary Tyler Moore
Roseanne

[Insider]

24. add '3rd Rock' and you're correct

[zizzer]

27. Monty Python's Flying Circus

is NOT a situational comedy, it is a variety show.

There's another someone mentioned also that is not a sit-com.

[joeybee12]

28. Nope, it's not a variety show, Carol Burnett is...MP was all comdey...

...you could call it a sketch show, but that category would have a very small number of participants.

[peekaloo]

29. and 'The Bob Newhart Show'

single scooper, single scooper, this man is a party pooper.

[joeybee12]

32. Almost made my list--definitely in the top 15--maybe around 12 or so

The second one--Newhart--was pretty good also.

[terrya]

38. I liked "Newhart" more so than the "Bob Newhart Show"

But only after the Kirk character, the guy who was a habitual liar, left the show. "Newhart" really came into its own as a surrealistic show. IMO.

[joeybee12]

41. I'm having trouble recalling Kirk--do you remember who played him?

[terrya]

42. Actually, I don't remember the actor's name.

And I'm good at this kind of stuff.

[joeybee12]

43. Is Newhart on TV Land or something like that? I don't think I've ever

seen it in syndication! It has to have been, though.

[terrya]

44. It might be. It has been on in syndication, though.

Our cable company doesn't carry TV Land.

[101 Proof]

30. South Park and The Simpsons...

are the only "sitcoms" worth watching.

[PrestoChango]

33. Three's Company!!!! (nt)

[Faygo Kid]

35. "Andy Griffith Show," the Barney years

The first five years were great, then forget it once it went to color. Otherwise, your list is fine.

[NoPasaran]

40. Andy Griffith was in color?

Not at our house.

[Lars39]

37. Night Court

[Jack_Dawson]

45. Seinfeld???

[joeybee12]

46. Not on my list. True, there are some classic episodes and lines,

but they are far and few between. The vast majority of the episodes were forgettable.

[sasquatch]

47. "Talk Radio" should be up there

Also "Everybody loves Raymond"