Ok, so all monsters aside...what are some of your favirote sitcoms and comedy television from the past? You remember back when TV shows werent always about sex and lame scenarios!...Lets get back to the good stuff here!
I'm a throwback..well, thats whay they tell me when I say The Honeymooners is my fave TV (next to The Munsters) I used to stay up late when I was a kid to watch it. It came on at 11 pm here in NJ many years ago. Now thanks to DVD..I still watch regularly....I grew up with I Love Lucy reruns due to my mom's love of Lucille Ball and the show in general. Great stuff there.
Odd Couple, Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, Carol Burnett....then stuff from the 70's which was being shown at dinner time when I was a kid...All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Happy Days, Good Times, Three's Company, The Love Boat....yes I said Love Boat...Issac's coolness made me want to be old enough so I could buy a drink from him :)
With the exception of a few TV shows of recent times...Seinfeld, Family Guy...and honestly those are the only 2 sitcoms I actually watch nowadays...why does newer TV seem like recycled CRAP??...And what happened to when TV Land was awesome!?..Good TV before bed and something pleasant to fall asleep to!....Thank the Lord for DVD!..........discuss!
I am a certified connoisseur of classic TV and I got stacks of classic TV on DVD sets to prove it.
The Honeymooners is definitely king (of the castle) for me. With the classic 39 being the best of them, but the lost episodes are great too. The color musical Honeymooners are loved by me as well, but they don't quite have the same raw spark as the earlier stuff.
I think what you are talking about in NJ is that you had WPIX from NYC (I had it from cable). For the longest time, The weeknight 11pm on line up for WPIX was
11pm The Odd Couple
11:30 The Honeymooners
Midnight Star Trek
1 am The Twilight Zone
Talk about must see TV!
Here's a list of shows some I like, some I love, some I loved from way back, some are more recent discoveries (first Green Acres I ever saw was a few years ago. The Munsters always eluded me until more recently)
Bewitched
I Dream Of Jeannie
The Patty Duke Show (discovered this show in the 80's on Nick At Nite)
Gilligan's Island
Brady Bunch
Gidget
The Andy Griffith Show
That Girl
All In The Family
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bob Newhart Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Odd Couple
Family Affair
The Lucy Show/Here's Lucy (I am aware that as far as Lucy is concerned, I Love Lucy is the classic but the Lucy I cut my teeth on are these shows which were also great most of the time)
Mr. Ed
My Favorite Martian
Green Acres
Beverly Hillbillies
The Munsters
TV land is a disgrace and believe me, people are complaining
http://forums.tvland.com/tvln/board?board.id=programcomments (http://forums.tvland.com/tvln/board?board.id=programcomments)
Quote from: Mego73 on May 19, 2009, 10:07:21 PM
I am a certified connoisseur of classic TV and I got stacks of classic TV on DVD sets to prove it.
I think what you are talking about in NJ is that you had WPIX from NYC (I had it from cable). For the longest time, The weeknight 11pm on line up for WPIX was
11pm The Odd Couple
11:30 The Honeymooners
Midnight Star Trek
1 am The Twilight Zone
Talk about must see TV!
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Great post Mego!!! Yep that was WPIX, I used to watch the Yankees earlier in the evening, then the Honeymooners at 11 on a portable TV under the covers (11 was waaaaaaay too late for tv for me back in the 5th grade)
You mentioned so many great shows...Ted Knight in Mary Tyler Moore was VERY funny!!.......After seeing that WPIX programming, again thank GOD for DVD because I cant imagine your ever gonna see a few hrs of entertainment like that!!!
I guess I am considered a dinosaur even tho I am just 1 week shy of 49. I luvs me OTR so I gotta love stuff like Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie & Harriet ,Father Knows Best, Jack Benny, Love that Bob. Never was much of a Lucy fan except maybe the couple dozen classic episodes. Think Lucy is funny? Betty White in Life With Elizabeth smokes Lucy into ashes. Amos and Andy , Andy Griffith , Donna Reed Show .some Brady Bunch but I grew up watching it, watched BB marathons on TV Land and OD'd on it. Now only certain episodes. Also liked Love American Style which had the pre pilot for another great show Happy Days. When I was in Jr High H.D was THE S&$%! Odd Couple is a classic. Now those of you that know the history/background of the shows it ramps it up that much more. Drugs/sex/horrible lives/chaos and those are just the kids :o. How ironic considering it was TV family utopia. DOH!
My top 3:
1. Andy Griffith (Don Knotts' years only)
2. M*A*S*H*
3. Hogan's Heroes
So many good ones. The old shows were the best. There is hardly anything on nowadays and TV land has lost it's way and is into reality crap which is not what the channel is about. In no particlular order:
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Car 54, Where Are You
Mr. ED
Green Acres
Topper
Odd Couple
Happy Days
Love, American Style
My Favorite Martian
ALF
Hazel
Bewitched
I Dream Of Jeannie
My Living Doll (with Julie Newmar)
Love That Bob
Gilligans Island
Dick Van Dyke Show
The Ann Sothern Show
Our Miss Brooks
I Love Lucy
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.
That Girl
A lot of the pre-mentioned shows, but I'll throw in Laugh-In as well. Laugh-In was...well...ok, It was all about Goldie Hawn. As a kid I thought Goldie was HOT. I'm also gonna throw in The Banana Splits, Get Smart, and The Monkees. As far as TV Land goes, %#*$#%!
ALL of the above, plus BARNEY MILLER & GET SMART.
A quick list:
- M.A.S.H.
- The Twilight Zone
- Three's Company
- Good Times
- The Jeffersons
- The Brady Bunch
- Hill Street Blues
- The Addams Family
- Happy Days
- Ba Ba Black Sheep
I love watching "The Andy Griffith show"(only the B&W)
Goodtimes
Whats Happening
The Jeffersons
Threes company
Happy Days (the old ones)
the brady bunch
My three sons
Father knows best
Leave it to beaver
Our Gang
Giligan's Island
Quote from: Unknown Primate on May 20, 2009, 02:00:05 PM
ALL of the above, plus BARNEY MILLER & GET SMART.
Well said..I cant believe I forgot Barney Miller!!
I just remembered one I forgot to add, "Welcome back Mr.Kotter"
Quote from: BlackLagoon on May 20, 2009, 03:03:30 PM
Well said..I cant believe I forgot Barney Miller!!
Indeed! And maybe one of the best theme songs from that time period:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfgNcwOi6WM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfgNcwOi6WM)
WKRP
Mcdee
Quote from: Dr.Teufel Geist on May 20, 2009, 05:45:12 PM
I just remembered one I forgot to add, "Welcome back Mr.Kotter"
Great show, can't believe I forgot it as well.
Yeah WKRP was my favorite show Les Nesbitt always cracked me up ;D
Mcdee
As a kid, I also used to enjoy Good Times.
Quote from: Bogey on May 20, 2009, 09:19:19 PM
As a kid, I also used to enjoy Good Times.
Glad to know Bogey liked it alright..and I gotta agree that it was (clap) DYN-O-MIIIIITE!
"All in the family", who didnt like Archie Bunker.
"Dick Van Dyke show"
All in the family
Quote from: BlackLagoon on May 20, 2009, 09:58:52 PM
Glad to know Bogey liked it alright..and I gotta agree that it was (clap) DYN-O-MIIIIITE!
;D
Sgt. Bilko (wish they'd release more on DVD than the "best of" collection)
Leave it to Beaver (darn it, the DVD release seems stalled at season 2 -- I want 'em all!)
Andy Griffith (B&W seasons)
Beverly Hillbillies (early episodes)
Dick Van Dyke
Jack Benny
Car 54 Where Are You?
Addams Family
These are the shows that stand up to multiple viewings for me. From the '70s, only Mary Hartman Mary Hartman and Fernwood/America Tonight still appeal. Plenty of stuff I watched first run and enjoyed then seems flat to me now. The only sitcom in recent years I can watch repeatedly is Seinfeld. Oh -- let's add Curb Your Enthusiasm to that short list, too.
From the UK, I love The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (out on DVD here this month).
Oh -- a kid's show, not a sitcom, but I still dig Pee Wee's Playhouse....
I'm with Scary Terry, Sgt Bilko is the Man. I could not get enough of it when I was growing up even though it was re-runs. Also don't forget that a lot of the classic comedians of the day had parts thoughout the run: Van Dyke, Gwynne and Ross. This really was classic television at it's best HEYUP!
Before I read all these posts I thought there weren't many sit-coms I liked-
Topper &
Life Of Riley are the first ones I remember watching
Leave It to Beaver
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Get Smart
Laugh In (for Goldie)
Room 222 (for Judy Strangis) &
The Brady Bunch (for Marcia)
WKRP
(both) Newharts &
Soap
were all favorites of mine~
I have always wondered why TV Land dosen't run shows like Combat.The Lone Ranger,Gallant Men,Rat Patrole,Have Gun will Travel,The Rebel,The Real McCoys,etc.These were all great shows and shouldn't be to hard to get the rights to air them.
It would make watching TV worth while again in my opinion!
Quote from: Dr.Teufel Geist on May 20, 2009, 02:36:18 PM
Our Gang
Maybe it is because it isnt a "sitcom"...but really "comedy" and "TV" wouldnt be complete without a huge nod to The Little Rascals and The 3 Stooges!!
i believe it's les nesman, as i recall. :)
mom had me growing up with this old stuff, stuff no one else seems to have heard of. i mean, isn't 'the many loves of dobie gillis' (i think that was the name) fairly common? not much of these i could bear, like 'life of riley' and 'the jack benny show.' forget 'ozzie and harriet' and 'the donna reed show.' 'andy griffith' still gets watched every now and then, particularly when an episode with the darlings pops up.
as a kid, it was always the mid- to late-sixties sitcom fare that kept my attention. 'gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.,' etc..
the seventies was the golden age as far as i'm concerned. i'd even watch 'rhoda' and 'maude' despite not having a clue what the hell was *really* going on. it's funny, too, watching stuff like 'three's company' now knowing the score/able to read between the lines. there's almost a level of comedic subversion there you have wink back at as if saying in a sing-song 'gotcha!' voice, 'i know what you're *say-ing*, you naughty little minx!' to look at a laundry list of sitcoms from that decade and it's easy to see how amazingly influential those were. can you imagine the outrage if someone put a show about a black family living in a ghetto and it's a *comedy* on tv today? always loved 'laverne and shirley,' too.
you know, though, the more i think about it and i have to come to the conclusion that the fonz was just a big loser. i mean, he lived over a garage, and who knew how old this guy was but certainly much older than these high school kids he tried to impress while hanging out in a soda shop/diner. and so what if he got a bunch of girls ~ they were all jailbait! pedophile? he's definitely a statutory rapist a dozen times over. he probably humped the shark after jumping it.
oh, man, there's just too many shows to list!
not a sitcom, but one of my all-time favourites was 'wild, wild west.'
i'm hardly steeped in british sitcoms other than what they used to show on PBS and MTV (remember 'the young ones'?), but one i loved was the black adder shows. the final show of the WWI series always really stuck with me.
not quite so old, but check out canada's 'the red green show' if you happen across it. hilarious!
As a kid I loved:
The Munsters
The Adams Family
M.A.S.H
Cheers ( I honestly did )
Black Adder
Last Of The Summer Wine
Sorry !
Good Neighbours
Porridge
The Two Ronnies
Benny Hill
On The Buses
Up Pompeii
TV Land is starting to become like MTV, with shows like "Cougar" and "High School Reunion".
What the heck is up with that junk.
"Have gun will travel" and "the Rebel", I've seen them on Encore Western Channel a few times, as well as "Lone Ranger" and "Zorro"
I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Bosom Buddies" or "Night Court"
M*A*S*H
Barny Miller
Cheers
The Simpson's
Frasier
Jefferson's
Sanford and Son
Good Times
South Park
Futurama
Friends
George Lopez
Soap
Addams Family
I Love Lucy
Roseanne
Get Smart
Murphy Brown
Golden Girls
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Black Adder
The Young Ones
Dave Allen at Large
Never noticed this post before.
I walked into my kids room about 4 years ago and my dauhter was watching FULL HOUSE. I watched for a minute and decided then and there that I can't trust these modern shows to teach my kids anything about comedy. The show was so poorly acted.
I know all of those guys a little bit and they're all great guys but they were not well served by th show.
Anyway, I went out and bought my family THE HONEYMOONERS, GREEN ACRES, ANDY GRIFFITH, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, BEWITCHED. Plus we watched THE ODD COUPLE, my all time favorite, religiously. I found a pirated DVD set at Chiller one year and literally cried with joy.
Now that the ODD COUPLE is on DVD and we sit down at least 4 nights a week and watch one.
As a child from PA, I too,could follow the BRILLIANT WPIX night time schedule. Sitting on the couch now, with my arms around my children watching them laugh, that is an amazing joy.
I always say to them, "This is the BEST of times!"
Since then
Honeymooners
Seinfeld
All sitcoms starring Bill Cosby
All sitcoms starring Lucille Ball
All sitcoms produced by Norman Lear
Taxi
Mary Tyler Moore Show
All sitcoms starring Bob Newhart
SCARY TERRY.
You mentioned THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN- OMG, one of the funniest tv shows EVER!
"A bit of a Cock-up on the Catering front!"
I didn't get where I am today without mentioning THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN!
Quote from: LundyAfterMidnight on May 22, 2009, 11:52:02 AM
Honeymooners
All sitcoms starring Bill Cosby
I loved this show as a kid and the theme done by Quincy Jones has stuck in my head all these years.
I'd like to see this one on DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvypTYWmFn4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvypTYWmFn4)
Quote from: Wicked Lester on May 22, 2009, 05:17:34 PM
I loved this show as a kid and the theme done by Quincy Jones has stuck in my head all these years.
I'd like to see this one on DVD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvypTYWmFn4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvypTYWmFn4)
Guess what Wicked Lester? Season one is on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cosby-Show-Season-One/dp/B000EQ5UUA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243030786&sr=8-4 (http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cosby-Show-Season-One/dp/B000EQ5UUA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243030786&sr=8-4)
Quote from: gracebuster on May 22, 2009, 10:46:46 AM
Never noticed this post before.
I walked into my kids room about 4 years ago and my dauhter was watching FULL HOUSE. I watched for a minute and decided then and there that I can't trust these modern shows to teach my kids anything about comedy. The show was so poorly acted.
I know all of those guys a little bit and they're all great guys but they were not well served by th show.
Anyway, I went out and bought my family THE HONEYMOONERS, GREEN ACRES, ANDY GRIFFITH, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, BEWITCHED. Plus we watched THE ODD COUPLE, my all time favorite, religiously. I found a pirated DVD set at Chiller one year and literally cried with joy.
Now that the ODD COUPLE is on DVD and we sit down at least 4 nights a week and watch one.
As a child from PA, I too,could follow the BRILLIANT WPIX night time schedule. Sitting on the couch now, with my arms around my children watching them laugh, that is an amazing joy.
I always say to them, "This is the BEST of times!"
Since then
You got a pirated set of Odd Couple? Does it have some of the musical moments that were cut on the legit DVD's due to them not having the music rights?
Quote from: Mego73 on May 22, 2009, 05:20:51 PM
Guess what Wicked Lester? Season one is on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cosby-Show-Season-One/dp/B000EQ5UUA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243030786&sr=8-4 (http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cosby-Show-Season-One/dp/B000EQ5UUA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243030786&sr=8-4)
Coolness. Thanks for the info. ;D I shall have to purchase this over the weekend. I guess I should pay more attention to my TV on DVD e-mails.
"You got a pirated set of Odd Couple? Does it have some of the musical moments that were cut on the legit DVD's due to them not having the music rights?"
Dude, it does have most of them as broadcast. We HATED that SINGIN' IN THE RAIN was missing from the finale, as well as all of the other great musicla numbers.
I am happy to see the Paul Williams stuff was intact on the DVDs. I think thats such a great episode with some of Randall's GREATEST acting!
Quote from: gracebuster on May 22, 2009, 08:23:16 PM
"You got a pirated set of Odd Couple? Does it have some of the musical moments that were cut on the legit DVD's due to them not having the music rights?"
Dude, it does have most of them as broadcast. We HATED that SINGIN' IN THE RAIN was missing from the finale, as well as all of the other great musicla numbers.
I am happy to see the Paul Williams stuff was intact on the DVDs. I think thats such a great episode with some of Randall's GREATEST acting!
I wonder if I can work out something with you to get a copy of those few episodes changed for DVD?
Quote from: gracebuster on May 22, 2009, 10:46:46 AM
Plus we watched THE ODD COUPLE, my all time favorite, religiously. I found a pirated DVD set at Chiller one year and literally cried with joy.
Now that the ODD COUPLE is on DVD and we sit down at least 4 nights a week and watch one.
That is a nice call!
And I will gladly add The Honeymooners to my list.
As a youngster, it was Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke and Courtship of Eddie's Father for reruns. I remember watching the Odd Couple, Barney Miller, Bob Newhart, Welcome Back Kotter, and WKRP when those were new.
We are really fortunate here in Chicago to have several stations, operated by the same parent company, that feature vintage television shows on broadcast television. (WCIU, ME-TV and Me-Too-- stations operated by the company that keeps Rich Koz on the air hosting Stooge-A-Palooza and Svengoolie.)
So, my evening line-up, when I am doing dinner prep and such is Batman, Andy Griffith and the Dick Van Dyke show. It's very relaxing and enjoyable!
[Dan- I would add The Mary Tyler Moore show to a suggested viewing list for your daughter. That show made a very positive impression on me as a young girl.]
what, no 'chico and the man' fanatics out there?! to this day i go around saying, 'lou-king goo-ood!' and no one knows what the hell i'm talking about. i'm used to that, though. i admit that sometimes even i don't know what i'm talking about it, at least until i've said it, then it tends to make perfect sense.
i wanted to mention carol burnett, but that's not a sitcom, rather sketch comedy. otherwise i'd have mentioned saturday night live, the belushi years.
and i know there's at least one person who's seen every 'joanie loves chachi' known to exist. c'mon, admit it, you watched 'after m*a*s*h*,' too.
[Dan- I would add The Mary Tyler Moore show to a suggested viewing list for your daughter. That show made a very positive impression on me as a young girl.]
Elizabeth, that is a GREAT idea! Thank you.
Mego 73- IM me. I can find out what my genius video pal can do. I don't know how difficult it is to make the copies. If it's easy, I will happily hook you up.
I was so proud last year when my daughter ask me to get her I Love Lucy DVD's. I know I raised her right. lol
BK
My local PBS station used to run "Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin" - very funny....all the incarnations of "Black Adder"...used to catch episodes of a British sitcom "My Hero" I believe....Monty Python too....
Bizarro Jeff
There was a show I used to watch on PBS, it was about these 3 old english gentlemen.
One was always claiming that he was an expert soldier/assassin/marksman, but instead everything he did, backfired on him.
Another was a bum and flirt, the last one was kinda sane.
Does this sound familiar to any of you?
I know the old bum died in real life, and the show wasnt that funny anymore, everyone kinda lost their spark then.
Also, before he died, the tall noble soldier/assassin/marksman was replaced.
I know Black Adder & Monty Python has been mentioned, but does anybody remember another BBC sitcom called DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? It used to crack me up. Although not "sitcoms", BENNY HILL & DAVE ALLEN AT LARGE were also two of my favorites. Also, not "situation comedies", but sometimes very humorous, were my two all-time favorite series, THE NIGHT STALKER & THE AVENGERS (the Emma Peel years).
The show about the three old gentlemen is called The Last of the Summer Wine.
Incidentally, it is the longest running comedy on television ,having debuted in January 1972.
Thanks Avenger, I loved that show, I wish they would show reruns of it again, or maybe I could find it on dvd.
I also enjoyed "One foot in the grave" and "Keeping up appearances".
Teufel,
The Last of the Summer Wine is being rerun on some of the public television stations (e.g. WTVS
56,Detroit) and I have seen some on DVD but they are a trifle pricey.
how pricey are we talking?
I'll have to check PBS, but I'm sure they are still showing news junk and kid's shows.
I might try the BBC channel, I'll have to do some looking later.
Re: British sit-coms, The Vicar of Dibley's priceless, in the same catagory as all the aforementioned.
A classic: Waiting for God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_God_(TV_series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_God_(TV_series))
Teufel,
The price I saw on The Last of The Summer Wine DVD was $39.95 ,a little expensive considering
the amount of content.
Speaking of British sit-coms-
How 'bout 'The Young Ones' !?
that show was pretty insane~ :D
yea, that is pricey
Andy Griffith
Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
All In The Family
Maude
Different Strokes
Mchale's Navy
Any day now
SGT BILKO.......BATMAN........TIME TUNNEL......VOG TO BOTTOM OF SEA......SUPERMAN.....BJ DIRTY DRAGON.....RAY RAYNOR......LAND OF GIANTS....ITS ABOUT TIME......LOVE AMERICAN STYLE... MAVERICK....GREEN HORNET.........ZORRO.....
Half of those are not sitcoms, Iceman333.
>:D
My number one favorite of all time.. Hogan's heroes.
I liked Alf, Married with Children and Welcome Back Kotter
Glad to see this thread back from the dead, if only to note that i got a couple of my wishes. The Complete
Leave it to Beaver is now out on DVD -- and in my collection.
Bilko is being issued in Season sets -- though I have yet to pick up Season One -- but will do as soon as the budget allows.
And did I really leave
Fawlty Towers off my list? Shame on me!
Quote from: Scary Terry on May 21, 2009, 07:55:17 AM
Sgt. Bilko (wish they'd release more on DVD than the "best of" collection)
Leave it to Beaver (darn it, the DVD release seems stalled at season 2 -- I want 'em all!)
Andy Griffith (B&W seasons)
Beverly Hillbillies (early episodes)
Dick Van Dyke
Jack Benny
Car 54 Where Are You?
Addams Family
These are the shows that stand up to multiple viewings for me. From the '70s, only Mary Hartman Mary Hartman and Fernwood/America Tonight still appeal. Plenty of stuff I watched first run and enjoyed then seems flat to me now. The only sitcom in recent years I can watch repeatedly is Seinfeld. Oh -- let's add Curb Your Enthusiasm to that short list, too.
From the UK, I love The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (out on DVD here this month).
Oh -- a kid's show, not a sitcom, but I still dig Pee Wee's Playhouse....
Number one: The MUNSTERS( sorry, just had to add it. ;))
2. The Love Boat
3. Three's Company
4. Gilligan's Island
5. Bewitched
6. Welcome back, Kotter
7. WKRP in Cincinnati
The Honeymooners
The Munsters
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
Fawlty Towers
Benny Hill
Monty Python
Are You Being Served
F Troop
These pop into my head ...
The Abbot and Costello Show
Addams Family
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
Are You Being Served
Bachelor Father (I wanted a houseboy named Peter.)
Barney Miller
BlackAdder
The Bob Newhart Show
Butterflies
Car 54 Where Are You?
Designing Women
Executive Stress
Get Smart
The Honeymooners
Leave it to Beaver
Mary Tyler Moore
The Munsters
The Odd Couple
One Foot in the Grave
Red Dwarf
So Haunt Me
That Girl
To The Manor Born
Waiting for God
Quote from: Flower on January 21, 2011, 02:45:30 PM
These pop into my head ...
The Abbot and Costello Show
Addams Family
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
Are You Being Served
Bachelor Father (I wanted a houseboy named Peter.)
Barney Miller
BlackAdder
The Bob Newhart Show
Butterflies
Car 54 Where Are You?
Designing Women
Executive Stress
Get Smart
The Honeymooners
Leave it to Beaver
Mary Tyler Moore
The Munsters
The Odd Couple
One Foot in the Grave
Red Dwarf
So Haunt Me
That Girl
To The Manor Born
Waiting for God
Nice to see some classic British comedies here Flower! I'd also add On The Buses, Man About the House and Doctor in the house to the British classics
One of the best from the 50's.
Life With Elizabeth - The Paper boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmydrqWVFY4#)
Barney Miller
Baretta
Hill Street Blues
Taxi
Three's Company
The Jeffersons
Good Times
All in the Family
Sanford and Son
Happy Days
Family Ties
M*A*S*H
Alf
The Odd Couple
Starsky and Hutch
CHIPS
Diff'rent Strokes
Fantasy Island
Andy Griffith Show
Married...with Children
The Cosby Show
Cheers
Chico and the Man
Dragnet
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Police Squad!
Gilligan's Island
Emergency!
Laverne and Shirley
The Love Boat
Miami Vice
The A-Team
The Munsters
My Favorite Martian
What's Happening?
Colombo
There's a ton more, but here's a short list lol
Quote from: Pauspy on January 21, 2011, 04:37:01 PM
Nice to see some classic British comedies here Flower! I'd also add On The Buses, Man About the House and Doctor in the house to the British classics
I really love PBS .. and the BBC .. I forgot "Keeping Up Appearances" and I remember a britcom from the 70's about a man's family that keeps moving back in to his and his wife's house but don't remember the name, it's not "My Family" ...
Btw ~ I'm confused to see Hill Street Blues on a list about sitcoms .. I loved the show and it did have some funny moments but I would never call it a sitcom.
Quote from: Flower on January 22, 2011, 11:50:14 AM
I really love PBS .. and the BBC .. I forgot "Keeping Up Appearances" and I remember a britcom from the 70's about a man's family that keeps moving back in to his and his wife's house but don't remember the name, it's not "My Family" ...
What.....? You forgot MR. BEAN, and THE YOUNG ONE'S. First time I watched MR.BEAN I was literally in tears. Had forgotten about the BLACK ADDER series, good call Flower.
I still can't choose a single favourite from the sixties although I'm leaning to "The Beverly Hillbillies" or else "I Dream of Jeannie".
This one is my clear favourite from the seventies though:
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The Munsters
The Addams Family
Green Acres
Bewitched
I Dream Of Jeannie
Car 54 Where are you (season 1 coming to DVD soon)
Beverly Hillbillies
Alf
Dick Van Dyke Show
My Favorite Martian
Topper
I Love Lucy
F Troop
Gilligans Island
Welcome Back, Kotter
I've forgotten about Topper ...
TV's "Topper" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FybaVXc-Nc#)
TOPPER, THE ADDAMS FAMILY and BARNEY MILLER for me
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I married Joan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFXzOhZMth0#)
Hogan's Heroes is still tops for me.
One Foot In The Grave - Title Sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_l2YDMBmb0#)