Favourite Sitcoms
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Corner Gas is my favorite TV show of all time, but I would never count it as a sitcom. It's a comedy, of course. But not a sitcom.
The Andy Griffith Show
Fawlty Towers
Cheers
Seinfeld
The Larry Sanders Show
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development
30 Rock
Under its various names, "SCTV" was a sketch comedy show, but the sketches were in the context that they were all shows produced by this bizarre television station. I don't know if that counts as a sitcom (probably not) but it was a great show, hilarious, and well ahead of its time.
Fawlty Towers
Cheers
Seinfeld
The Larry Sanders Show
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development
30 Rock
Under its various names, "SCTV" was a sketch comedy show, but the sketches were in the context that they were all shows produced by this bizarre television station. I don't know if that counts as a sitcom (probably not) but it was a great show, hilarious, and well ahead of its time.
A lot of my favorites I own on DVD.
Red Dwarf (clearly)
M*A*S*H
My Name Is Earl
Friends
Seinfeld
does South Park count?
Ones I don't own, but are still favourite programmes.
All In The Family
Sanford & Son
The Jeffersons
Simpsons (agreed on Seasons 1-9 ish)
Red Dwarf (clearly)
M*A*S*H
My Name Is Earl
Friends
Seinfeld
does South Park count?
Ones I don't own, but are still favourite programmes.
All In The Family
Sanford & Son
The Jeffersons
Simpsons (agreed on Seasons 1-9 ish)
Totally forgot about "Fawlty Towers" and "Get Smart", and I hate myself for it.
I have it on DVD, should have made my list too!
Yep. Consider it added to my list.
That, too.
Also:
Beavis and Butt-head
My favorite has to be Yes, Minister/Yes Prime-Minister.
a few examples of why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIto5mwDLxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8keZbZL2ero
a few examples of why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIto5mwDLxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8keZbZL2ero
With all due respect to your list and to you, you mention that you don't like many American sitcoms because they tend to be formulaic, but you list Friends as one of you favorites. That show is just a knock off of the Seinfeld "show about nothing/group of friends" formula. Perhaps you haven't seen Seinfeld. if not, I highly recommend. It is the show that, like Community, and going back, Cheers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and a few others, that set American sitcoms on original paths that were subsequently followed by many others.
Agree. These two aren't the only ones I like, but in terms of originality, are at or near, the top.
I like Sienfeld and the relationship between the three main characters but it doesn't really make me laugh hysterically. Saying that, neither does friends but that's why I generally don't like formulaic US sitcoms. They're brilliantly written and make me smile/chuckle but never piss myself laughing. I can watch an episode of Big Bang Theory and really enjoy it but I'm probably not laughing that much. Friends is like that for me too but I just find watching friends is very comforting
Only the top 5 or 6 in my list make me genuinely laugh. The rest just please me and entertain
It was many years after Father Ted had been cancelled that i realised that if you say father Ted in a mild racist, horribly inauthentic Irish accent, that what you are actually saying is Farted.
About to watch the pilot of 15 Stories High for the first time.
About to watch the pilot of 15 Stories High for the first time.
M*A*S*H
Big Bang Theory
Fraiser
Cheers
How I Met Your Mother
Spaced
WKRP
Are You Being Served?
Black Books
Fawlty Towers
...to name a few.
Big Bang Theory
Fraiser
Cheers
How I Met Your Mother
Spaced
WKRP
Are You Being Served?
Black Books
Fawlty Towers
...to name a few.
Oh the SNL News a month back, Michael Chay said "I will never forgive Bill Cosby, but I'll probably forgive Cliff Huxtable."
Will & Grace
The Nanny
Both shows had such great writing.
The Nanny
Both shows had such great writing.
3rd Rock:
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