Favorite Old Sitcoms

[BlackLagoon]

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!

[Mego73]

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

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[BlackLagoon]

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!!!

[Wicked Lester]

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 . How ironic considering it was TV family utopia. DOH!

[Bogey]

My top 3:

1. Andy Griffith (Don Knotts' years only)
2. M*A*S*H*
3. Hogan's Heroes

[Universal Steve]

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

[CreepysFan]

 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, %#*$#%!

[Unknown Primate]

ALL of the above, plus BARNEY MILLER & GET SMART.

[BaronLatos35]

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

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

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

[BlackLagoon]

ALL of the above, plus BARNEY MILLER & GET SMART.

Well said..I cant believe I forgot Barney Miller!!

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

I just remembered one I forgot to add, "Welcome back Mr.Kotter"

[Bogey]

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

[Mcdee]

WKRP
Mcdee

[BaronLatos35]

I just remembered one I forgot to add, "Welcome back Mr.Kotter"

Great show, can't believe I forgot it as well.