TOP 5 SITCOMS EVER!!!

[Guest Choken One]

I didn't look at Any list...to be true and un influenced...

 

ALL in the Family

Simpsons

Cheers

Roseanne

Married With Children

[Guest Crazy Dan]

My Favorite Sitcoms in no particular order:

 

The Simpsons (this is actually my all time favorite)

Married With Children

Mork and Mindy

Cheers

Seinfeld

[Guest MD2020]

Would The Honeymooners count? If so, it has to be in the top five.

 

In no particular order:

 

The Honeymooners

The Simpsons

Cheers

All in the Family

I Love Lucy

 

Honorable Mention: Married with Children

 

All in the Family should get some British props, since I believe the idea was based on a British sitcom.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

In order:

 

1.Seinfeld

2.The Simpsons

3.Fawlty Towers. Forgot about that one, good call, though. John Cleese absolutely kills me dead. "Don't mention the war."

4.Married...

5.South Park.

[Guest bravesfan]

1. Seinfeld

2. Married... With Children

3. Newsradio

4. Everybody Loves Raymond

5. .....

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

Whoever mentioned bloody Will and Grace needs taking out and shooting.

 

Whoever mentioned Father Ted deserves DRINK! GIRLS!

 

Have none of you seen the Phil Silvers show? Seriously, the man ad libs half the stuff, live, and its hilarious.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Actually Phil did what Bob Hope was a master of in his movies. He had his own platoon of writers that would read over the scripts and then write him up extra lines that sounded like asides and ad-libs and he would play them that way. Not that Phil wasn't a brilliant comedian with a sharp wit, but he didn't ad-lib as most as some think.

 

And, of course, the Honeymooners are a sitcom. It and I Love Lucy are credited with defining the genre. Although the Honeymooners did start out as a skit on Jackie Gleason's variety show and returned to such after the half hour show itself went off the air.

 

godthedog: Can't you tell sarcasm when you hear it? I think that Americans are told they won't get British humor so most don't even try and like any humor it appeals to a certain segment of the populace and that's not saying that "British humor" is one blanket style. There's not like "American humor" or "Mexican humor" is there? Americans are very egocentric as well and certain references and slang will turn them off cold right off the bat. Monty Python is hilarious. I never got into Red Dwarf, but did watch Doctor Who. I actually like Are you Being Served for the most part. I haven't watched much Faulty Towers, but a local PBS affiliate is starting to air some episodes, so I'll try to watch them.

[Guest Retro Rob]

Whoever mentioned bloody Will and Grace needs taking out and shooting.

That would be me.

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

Wait a minute... Doctor Who was supposed to be funny? Well, I'll be damned.

[Guest meanmaisch]

Red Dwarf was actually in development to be made into an American television series back in 1992. All the same characters would be in the show, but only one of the actors from the British show, Robert Llewellyn, would have been in the American show. Jane Leeves was going to portray Holly and Craig Bierko was to portray Lister. The show was terminated in the development stage, though I doubt it would have succeeded on American broadcast television had it been aired.

[Guest Anorak]

1) The Simpsons

2) Blackadder Goes Forth

3) Father Ted

4) Red Dwarf

5) Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights

6) I'm Alan Partridge

7) South Park

8) Spaced

9) Porridge

10) The Office

 

Top 3 non-sitcom comedy shows would have to be 'Brass Eye', 'Marion & Geoff' and 'The Fast Show'.

 

An American version of 'The Office' is meant to be appearing after the huge success of the second series.

 

'Porridge' is my favourite 'old' sitcom as I just think the performances of Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsdale are perfect. The fact that Father Ted only ran for three short series and a couple of Xmas specials has pretty much guaranteed its reputation as it never went passed its best like most other sitcoms. I'm not sure what 'The League Of Gentlemen' can be accurately described as so I left it off.

[Guest Army Eye]

1. Seinfeld

2. The Larry Sanders Show

3. The Simpsons

4. Police Squad

5. Curb Your Enthusiasm

[Guest Retro Rob]

I never really found the Larry Sander's Show all that funny? I always wondered what all the hoopla was about it.

[Guest Crazy Dan]

I don't find Garry Shandling funny, so I could never get into the Larry Sanders Show. Garry just whines too much for my liking.

 

Where can one catch old episodes of Fawlty Towers? Up until this post, I never had heard about this show. But I like John Cleese, so I am intrigued by this show.

[Guest NoCalMike]

Here are mine:

 

Simpsons

Married with Children

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Saved by the Bell(if this counts)

Beavis & Butthead

 

Those 5 shows are probably the ONLY 5 that I could watch any rerun, any time, anywhere no matter what else is on~!

[Guest Shaneomac]

Seinfeld

Cheers

Simpsons

Drew Carey Show

South Park

 

That's weird that 2 of my 5 all time favorites sitcoms are cartoons.

[Guest CrazyF'NMax]

In no particular order:

 

Married with Children

Friends

Yes, (Prime) Minister

Absolutely Fabulous

Seinfeld

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

1. The Larry Sanders Show

2. Curb Your Enthusiasm

3. South Park

4. Red Dwarf

5. Cheers

[Guest Nanks]

Shit how do I limit this to just five??

 

1. Simpsons

2. Seinfeld

3. Fawlty Towers

4. Time Gentlemen Please

5. Becker

 

Those I was shattered to leave out:

Red Dwarf

Everybody Loves Raymond

Newsradio

Pizza

Scrubs

[Guest Nanks]

Shit how do I limit this to just five??

 

1. Simpsons

2. Seinfeld

3. Fawlty Towers

4. Time Gentlemen Please

5. Becker

 

Those I was shattered to leave out:

Red Dwarf

Everybody Loves Raymond

Newsradio

Pizza

Scrubs

Yes, (Prime) Minister

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

Since the first time this thread was around, I now like Seinfeld better than the Simpsons. Thanks for listening.

[Guest Polish_Rifle]

Three's Company

Married With Children

The Wayans Brothers

Family Ties

Happy Days

[Mecha Mummy 0]

No Particular Order....

 

All in the Family

The Jeffersons

Cheers

Spin City (Michael J. Fox era)

The Simpsons

[Guest The Hamburglar]

Simpsons

Seinfeld

Father Ted

I'm Alan Partridge

The Office

 

No particular order. And yes Anorak, Brass Eye is sheer genius. The paedophile episode is the single funniest half hour of television I have ever seen, period.

[Guest godthedog]

Three's Company

Married With Children

The Wayans Brothers

Family Ties

Happy Days

i hope we're supposed to take this as seriously as your avatar.

[Tully316 0]

Seinfeld

Married with Children

Night Court

Family Guy

Andy Griffith Show

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

Hmm...Now that I've watched more Family Guy I will replace Cheers with it on my list.

[Guest Marshall]

1) Game On

2) Seinfeld

3) Only Fools And Horses

4) Father Ted

5) Friends

[Guest Marshall]

4. Time Gentlemen Please

Oh dear.

[Guest Renegade]

- Frasier (nobody mentioned this?)

 

- Cheers

 

- I'm Alan Partrige

 

- Blackadder

 

- Friends

 

I dont count the simpsons as a sitcom otherwise it would be on the list.