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Best Sitcom of ALL TIME? I know for a lot of people this is one of those stupid questions like "What's your favourite song" or "what's your favourite movie". The answer may change depending on your mood at the time. But for me, it always comes down to a choice of just two. One American, the other British. Seinfeld or Only Fools & Horses. Two absolutely brilliant shows. Genius, really. Seinfeld is, in my opinion, the funniest show to ever come from America. Everything about it is great. From the writing to the performances by both its central cast and the many guest stars they had throughout the years. There were no weak characters on the show, which is very rare. Take Friends, for example. You often see it appear in these best sitcom lists and yet I've never met anyone who likes all 6 main characters. Yet on Seinfeld, you love them all even though they're jerks. Maybe because they're jerks? Same goes for Only Fools and Horses. No weak characters and it's literally laugh a minute. Not only is it hilarious but it's got heart. Really emotional at times but there's always a great joke around the corner to lighten things up. So I'm finding it difficult to decide which is best. Right now I'm leaning towards Only Fools... but like I said at the start, that could change depending on the mood I'm in. Has anyone on the org got any recommendations or would like to give their opinions on best sitcoms of all time? Ps. Forgive me if some of my post doesn't read well, I'm high off my head on morphine at the moment.  | |
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Roseanne - The Nanny - The Golden Girls (three way tie) | |
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My favorite: | |
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My fav was Only fools and Horses and One Foot in the Grave. Only fools fav episodes Yuppy Love, ''Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"and "Danger UXD". | |
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Desperate Housewives is a sitcom? | |
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RodeoSchro said: My favorite: A fat woman came into the shoe store today... LOL. Classic. Al is a legend. | |
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Guitarhero said: My fav was Only fools and Horses and One Foot in the Grave. Only fools fav episodes Yuppy Love, ''Three Men, a Woman and a Baby"and "Danger UXD". I think my favourite was The Jolly Boys Outing. | |
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I must give an honourable mention to Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Michael Crawford is a tour de force as Frank Spencer. In literally every episode there's at least 2 or 3 moments where I'm laughing so much that I can't breathe. | |
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Yep the bus blowing up | |
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Hard to say. So many back in the day. Sitcoms from 2000 until now have been on a decline, I only like 2 live action sitcoms on tv now. [Edited 1/27/16 14:07pm] |
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[Edited 1/28/16 16:39pm] The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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The Honeymooners
All in the Family
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All in the Family and Cheers are my favs...honorable mention to Good Times and Sanford and Son (but only for the first two or three seasons of each).
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I have many favorites. Friends, Will and Grace, Taxi, Who's The Boss, Family Matters, Siter Sister, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Girlfriends, Living Single, and many more... |
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Everybody Hates Chris is easily a top favorite! I can relate lol. you can do anything | |
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The original sitcom: I love Lucy Seinfeld All In The Family Sanford And Son Roseanne Will and Grace Absolutely Fabulous The Cosby Show 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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I don't think there's a best, but the ones I rate most highly (in the order they spring to mind, not in order of preference) are: Blackadder Father Ted Cheers Frasier The I.T. Crowd The Thick of It Fawlty Towers Curb Your Enthusiasm (not really a sitcom I suppose) My Name Is Earl [Edited 1/28/16 1:34am] "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"" ~ Isaac Asimov | |
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Lianachan said: I don't think there's a best, but the ones I rate most highly (in the order they spring to mind, not in order of preference) are: Blackadder Father Ted Cheers Frasier The I.T. Crowd The Thick of It Fawlty Towers Curb Your Enthusiasm (not really a sitcom I suppose) My Name Is Earl [Edited 1/28/16 1:34am] Yeah, I love Curb but I'm not sure if you'd call it a sitcom. Whatever it is, it's damn good. Father Ted, of course. That's another show that has me gasping for breath. Dermot Morgan died the day after filming the last episode. Very sad. | |
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This thread is a hard one....In my Mind "I Love Lucy" & "Andy Griffith" are battling it out....I'm gonna go with Lucy cuz when I watched the Vitametavegamin re-run-episode as a kid she had me crying on the Floor...Lucy is QUEEN...Honorable mention "The Cosby Show" becuz it defined an era.... | |
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Blackadder. | |
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From an objective standpoint, it's not my favorite, but Seinfeld did situation comedy better than any other show in history. 90's: Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Frasier, Martin, Living Single
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70's: MASH, Happy Days, All In The Family
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Ok, they're not exactly sitcoms but they were on tv and they were funny as hell. Carol Burnett Show and Dave Chappelle Show. | |
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For me, it's a tie between The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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"Better off Ted" would have deserved many more episodes! Personally, it would be "Scrubs". Hey loudmouth, shut the fuck up, right? |
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