NationStates Jolt Archive

1. Roseanne
2. Cheers
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. Frasier

Number 1 because, well frankly it's the most hilarious show I have ever seen in my life.

Two for the same reason as number 1, almost.

Three, ditto.

Four, well imagine that, refer to number two.

Five, it's pretty good and I couldn't think of any other so yeah.

1. Roseanne
2. Cheers
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. Frasier

Number 1 because, well frankly it's the most hilarious show I have ever seen in my life.

Two for the same reason as number 1, almost.

Three, ditto.

Four, well imagine that, refer to number two.

Five, it's pretty good and I couldn't think of any other so yeah.

And It's ENDING!

How will I live without a bald man in my life!

i want ot murder that annoying bastard from seinfeld, oh wait, that would be everyone wouldnt it?

1. Roseanne
2. Cheers
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. Frasier

Number 1 because, well frankly it's the most hilarious show I have ever seen in my life.

Two for the same reason as number 1, almost.

Three, ditto.

Four, well imagine that, refer to number two.

Five, it's pretty good and I couldn't think of any other so yeah.

I would say I laugh at your foolish American Sitcoms, but I don't. Of all of those, Frasier is probably the best, I'd say, although I don't like any of them. Friends is phenomenally annoying.

Third rock from the Sun is the only decent sitcom to come out of the US, I reckon.

i want ot murder that annoying bastard from seinfeld, oh wait, that would be everyone wouldnt it?

comedy fan, are we?

Seinfeld


Ummm...you basically nailed them all.

i want ot murder that annoying bastard from seinfeld, oh wait, that would be everyone wouldnt it?

comedy fan, are we?

since when was comedy the same as "apartment full of annoying jews"?

i want ot murder that annoying bastard from seinfeld, oh wait, that would be everyone wouldnt it?

comedy fan, are we?

since when was comedy the same as "apartment full of annoying jews"?

OMG JEW HATER! :shock: :lol:

1. Roseanne
2. Cheers
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. Frasier

Number 1 because, well frankly it's the most hilarious show I have ever seen in my life.

Two for the same reason as number 1, almost.

Three, ditto.

Four, well imagine that, refer to number two.

Five, it's pretty good and I couldn't think of any other so yeah.

I would say I laugh at your foolish American Sitcoms, but I don't. Of all of those, Frasier is probably the best, I'd say, although I don't like any of them. Friends is phenomenally annoying.

Third rock from the Sun is the only decent sitcom to come out of the US, I reckon.

i almost put third rock as 5 but i didnt

friends is not annoying it's clever

1. Roseanne
2. Cheers
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. Frasier

Number 1 because, well frankly it's the most hilarious show I have ever seen in my life.

Two for the same reason as number 1, almost.

Three, ditto.

Four, well imagine that, refer to number two.

Five, it's pretty good and I couldn't think of any other so yeah.

I would say I laugh at your foolish American Sitcoms, but I don't. Of all of those, Frasier is probably the best, I'd say, although I don't like any of them. Friends is phenomenally annoying.

Third rock from the Sun is the only decent sitcom to come out of the US, I reckon.

i almost put third rock as 5 but i didnt

friends is not annoying it's clever

It annoys me. Ergo, it is annoying.

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i want ot murder that annoying bastard from seinfeld, oh wait, that would be everyone wouldnt it?

comedy fan, are we?

since when was comedy the same as "apartment full of annoying jews"?

only one of them is jewish. the show doesn't even have one episode that focuses on religion, but okay. it's a show about nothing, it's a joke, and it's hilarious

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east river

wings, drew carey, frasier, cheers, roseanne, golden girls (not in any particular order)

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east river

No soup for you!

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east riverand i like the one wher i burst into their apartment and shoot them through the chest with a shotgun, oh wait

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east riverand i like the one wher i burst into their apartment and shoot them through the chest with a shotgun, oh waitvalia, you silly tart! :wink:

wings, drew carey, frasier, cheers, roseanne, golden girls (not in any particular order)

drew carey is hilarious. it makes my top 10. wings is one of the worst shows i have ever seen in my life

Seinfeld!

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east riverand i like the one wher i burst into their apartment and shoot them through the chest with a shotgun, oh wait

ha...ha....ha.....

wings, drew carey, frasier, cheers, roseanne, golden girls (not in any particular order)
wings is one of the worst shows i have ever seen in my life
you are a MORON!!!!!!11

Drew Carey is good too...for shame.

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east riverand i like the one wher i burst into their apartment and shoot them through the chest with a shotgun, oh wait

OMG SO FUNNY!.....

there is lots of "jewishness" in seinfeld. also, a lot of sitcoms today(esp. on fox) are full of jews.

simpsons-krusty the klown
Oliver Been-the entire been family
seinfeld-everyone
friends-monica/ross
arrested development-everyone
Will and Grace-everyone.

there are more ovbiously, but its just sooo many jews on TV today. its kinda like how in the 70's and 80's everyone on TV was black.

I like Will and Grace only for Karen and Jack though. Will and Grace kill me. :(

Got a problem with Jews?

there is lots of "jewishness" in seinfeld. also, a lot of sitcoms today(esp. on fox) are full of jews.

simpsons-krusty the klown
Oliver Been-the entire been family
seinfeld-everyone
friends-monica/ross
arrested development-everyone
Will and Grace-everyone.

there are more ovbiously, but its just sooo many jews on TV today. its kinda like how in the 70's and 80's everyone on TV was black.

what the hell????
1. krusty isn't even a main character

grace is the only jew on will and grace

there are just sooo many jews on tv? are you kidding? the ratio is like 10:1

for every jewish family sitcom on tv, there are 10 christian sitcoms

Who cares if they are jewish? As long as they are funny!

Who cares if they are jewish? As long as they are funny!

i know but some people bring it up no matter what.

Who knew that Gilligan was black? I'm stunned by this.

Cheers was great....I've always loved the Simpsons. Futurama should have been given a chance to succeed.

Who knew that Gilligan was black? I'm stunned by this.

Cheers was great....I've always loved the Simpsons. Futurama should have been given a chance to succeed.

i like the simpsons too, but i don't consider it a sitcom

and if I were going to label a cartoon as the best, I would probably choose family guy
hey arnold comes second (hey, I'm still a kid)

My favorite part of Seinfeld was probably the spitting one..."back and to the left" :lol:

i really like the soup nazi one and the one when kramer swims in the east river

No soup for you!
http://nosoupforyou.ytmnd.com/

Oh yeah, I nearly forgot Hogan's Heroes! And how can the Simpsons not be a sitcom simply due to it being a cartoon? Its been on the air for 16 years and fits the format.....well, aside from giant people with large donuts coming to life.

Oh yeah, I nearly forgot Hogan's Heroes! And how can the Simpsons not be a sitcom simply due to it being a cartoon? Its been on the air for 16 years and fits the format.....well, aside from giant people with large donuts coming to life.

hahahaha

well i just think of a sitcom as having real people in it, but thats just me

My picks are: Simpsons, Seinfeld, Drew Carey, Friends, and Law & Order ... haha jk. :roll:

What I want to know is, does the US have any (good) Dark and Twisted Sitcoms? The stuff that makes it across the atlantic (Friends, Roseanne, Frasier et al) is typically rather bland. Which seems rather odd, considering the british sense of humour.

Did anyone watch "curb your enthusiasm?" Unfortunately here in Britian the best US sitcoms are out on the satelitte channels so I rarely get to see them. Other good ones were "Just Shooot Me" "Fraiser" and "Becker."

Although non of them compete with the classic British ones like "Red Dwarf" "Blackadder" and "Yes (Prime) Minister." ;)

What I want to know is, does the US have any (good) Dark and Twisted Sitcoms? The stuff that makes it across the atlantic (Friends, Roseanne, Frasier et al) is typically rather bland. Which seems rather odd, considering the british sense of humour.

friends and frasier can sometimes be bland, but i can rely on roseanne to never ever ever disappoint me

i love british humo(u)r, but I don't get satellite so I'm kinda screwed there.

Although non of them compete with the classic British ones like "Red Dwarf" "Blackadder" and "Yes (Prime) Minister." ;)

Well, nothing competes with Red Dwarf and Blackadder. Except possibly Fawlty Towers.

And then, of course, there's Only Fools and Horses, Ab Fab, One Foot in the Grave, Porridge, Dad's army, The young ones, the league of gentlemen...

I always seemed to have a habit of missing the repeats of Yes Minister. Pity, since I've heard it's rather good.

Father Ted is fantastic also, although I'm not sure if it's british or irish.


Also, I've noticed much disagreement on the merits of Bottom, but I think it's great. I found this synopsis:
"Bottom" is about the lives of Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler who are a couple of rude, dirty, disgusting, nasty, anti-social losers. They are best buddies who do nothing but hang round their unhygienic flat insulting and hitting each other.
You can't go wrong with that premise, especially when it features Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson.

And It's ENDING!

How will I live without a bald man in my life!
Hee--llooo.....

ah never mind...


I'm glad one person acknowledged that there where sitcoms before the eighties.

Where would we be without I Love Lucy? I don't like it that much, but have respect.

So....
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Good Times
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(The (Bob) (Newhart) Show) in all three itterations.
M*A*S*H


with honorable mentions to my favorites: The Simpsons (which I'm watching right now), Cheers, and what I considered to be the best written and thought out sitcoms I have ever seen, on top of being incredibly funny, The Office.

EDIT: Failed attempts at counter-hegemony Honorable Mentions: Frank's Place (good), and All American Girl (not so good)

I'm glad you mentioned MASH, CTOAN, because it really is one of the all-time greats. I'm also a big fan of WKRP in Cincinnati, Coupling (the BBC version), Father Ted, and Southpark (although I don't know if it's technically a sitcom).

I'm glad you mentioned MASH, CTOAN, because it really is one of the all-time greats. I'm also a big fan of WKRP in Cincinnati, Coupling (the BBC version), Father Ted, and Southpark (although I don't know if it's technically a sitcom).

Sweet Crap! How could I have forgotten WKRP!!!!

"As god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly..."

I'm glad you mentioned MASH, CTOAN, because it really is one of the all-time greats. I'm also a big fan of WKRP in Cincinnati, Coupling (the BBC version), Father Ted, and Southpark (although I don't know if it's technically a sitcom).

Sweet Crap! How could I have forgotten WKRP!!!!

"As god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly..."That's one of the most brilliant moments in all of television.

Friends

All I must say

And It's ENDING!

How will I live without a bald man in my life!
Hee--llooo.....

ah never mind...


I'm glad one person acknowledged that there where sitcoms before the eighties.

Where would we be without I Love Lucy? I don't like it that much, but have respect.

So....
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Good Times
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(The (Bob) (Newhart) Show) in all three itterations.
M*A*S*H


with honorable mentions to my favorites: The Simpsons (which I'm watching right now), Cheers, and what I considered to be the best written and thought out sitcoms I have ever seen, on top of being incredibly funny, The Office.

EDIT: Failed attempts at counter-hegemony Honorable Mentions: Frank's Place (good), and All American Girl (not so good)

DIck Van Dyke was live, wasn't it? They were so good they didn't need a laugh track.

M*A*S*H was kinda dark humor I guess.

I wonder if Lexx qualifies? It's tongue-in-cheek enough.

Family Guy?

Is Family Guy a sitcom....?

The laugh track is an abomination...

when they add it to show that clearly aren't filmed in front of audiences are just f'n creepy...

Is Family Guy a sitcom....?If the Simpsons is a sitcom, then the Family Guy ought to be one too. Just my two cents. :lol:

Sitcom denotes only theme and format, not medium. Thus, a sitcom can be filmed live or on tape, on stage or on location, or animated. Though, being animated creates it's own catagory, that does not exclude it from other catagories, specifically ones that are conserned with theme and not medium (though the end distribution medium must be TV)

Sitcom denotes only theme and format, not medium. Thus, a sitcom can be filmed live or on tape, on stage or on location, or animated. Though, being animated creates it's own catagory, that does not exclude it from other catagories, specifically ones that are conserned with theme and not medium (though the end distribution medium must be TV)So does that mean that shows like, say, the Simpsons or the Family Guy are sitcoms, while cartoons like Superfriends (to date myself) are not?

Sitcom denotes only theme and format, not medium. Thus, a sitcom can be filmed live or on tape, on stage or on location, or animated. Though, being animated creates it's own catagory, that does not exclude it from other catagories, specifically ones that are conserned with theme and not medium (though the end distribution medium must be TV)So does that mean that shows like, say, the Simpsons or the Family Guy are sitcoms, while cartoons like Superfriends (to date myself) are not?
Correct-Superfriends, while hilarious, was not intended as a sitcom, or literrally Situation Comedy, which are ultimatetly requisite more on the comedy part and not so much on the situation part (allowing, say, Sienfeld or Friendswhich are light on situation and supposedly heavier on comedy. I should have added intended audience, which is indicated by the dates-back-to-radio standard of prime time positioning. Superfriends aired on Satruday mornings (with Rubic the Amazing Cube and Dungeon & Dragons...in re-runs anyway) which is traditionally a programing block for children. Like the animation standard, though, this still isn't exclusive. Enter Saved by the Bell. It's still a sitcom with a different target audience. Superfriends misses the primary consideration (thematic intent, Superfriends was ment to be action, which allowed it to use the photon torpedo effect as a whipe...) that disqualifies it.

ah, smoke....makes run on sentences sooooo common....

1. Spaced
2. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
3. The Simpsons
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Red Dwarf ties with Black Books

No non-animated US comedy comes close to Britcoms. Except maybe Frasier slightly.

The current crop of comedians- Black Books/Spaced/Shaun of the Dead team are excellent.

British comedies have a different, darker and less appeal-to-the-greatest-demographic quality than US comedies.

I saw the US pilot for Red dwarf and it was awful. They screwed it up in some indefinable way.

1. Spaced
2. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
3. The Simpsons
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Red Dwarf ties with Black Books

No non-animated US comedy comes close to Britcoms. Except maybe Frasier slightly.

The current crop of comedians- Black Books/Spaced/Shaun of the Dead team are excellent.

British comedies have a different, darker and less appeal-to-the-greatest-demographic quality than US comedies.

I saw the US pilot for Red dwarf and it was awful. They screwed it up in some indefinable way.
Hmmm. But as a Brit I really liked married with children.

Hmmm. But as a Brit I really liked married with children.

Personal taste I guess. I can't really say I've ever watched 'Married with children'

Wasn't it one of the shows which influenced the Simpsons?

Third rock from the Sun is the only decent sitcom to come out of the US, I reckon.

i almost put third rock as 5 but i didnt

friends is not annoying it's clever

http://slate.msn.com/id/2100008/

Hmmm. But as a Brit I really liked married with children.

Personal taste I guess. I can't really say I've ever watched 'Married with children'

Wasn't it one of the shows which influenced the Simpsons?
Could be. I used to watch it when I got back from the pub years ago, so my recollection may be coloured by that. I'll have to try and watch some again to see.

American sitcoms tend to go for the blatant laughs. British sitcoms (especially the really good ones like Yes, Minister) go for a slightly subtler approach. Or the more modern ones (Spaced, Black Books) tend to have a slightly darker brand of humour.

I'm just hoping that they never make an American version of Spaced.

Malcolm in the Middle

Local Cantonese one. :lol:

MASH

Red Dwarf

Married... With Children

The Simpsons

Futurama

Family Guy

Those are my top 5 sitcoms of all time...

BTW, Did anyone else out there enjoy NewsRadio as much as I did?

1. SPACED
2. Red Dwarf
3. The Royle Family
4. Frasier
5. The Simpsons

How can us Brits forget The Royles (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/roylefamilythe_66602940.shtml)? A sitcom that can bring you almost to tears, and have some of the most beautiful moments of TV (Denise's water braking, with only Jim at hand).

Friends my arse!

happy days and good times

1. SPACED
2. Red Dwarf
3. The Royle Family
4. Frasier
5. The Simpsons

How can us Brits forget The Royles (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/roylefamilythe_66602940.shtml)? A sitcom that can bring you almost to tears, and have some of the most beautiful moments of TV (Denise's water braking, with only Jim at hand).

Friends my arse!

The Royles was incredibly boring.

This could be because I prefer the chaotic and slightly surreal style of the Young Ones, or Father Ted.

Kudos to everyone who mentioned M.A.S.H.
That was the best sit-com ever IMO
2. All in the Family
3. Roseanne
4. Cheers
5. Seinfeld

BTW, Did anyone else out there enjoy NewsRadio as much as I did?
Oh yes. That was a well written and performed show. Bi-level action (jokes in both the foreground and background) is so hard to pull off from conception to realisation. And the characters where well defined and hillarious, even in the spazz character that I typically don't like, Mathew did eventually come off as pretty damn funny.

NewsRadio and SportsNight were both visionary updates of the standard sitcom and both were gone far too fast. :cry:

1. Spaced
2. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
3. The Simpsons
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Red Dwarf ties with Black Books

No non-animated US comedy comes close to Britcoms. Except maybe Frasier slightly.

The current crop of comedians- Black Books/Spaced/Shaun of the Dead team are excellent.

British comedies have a different, darker and less appeal-to-the-greatest-demographic quality than US comedies.

I saw the US pilot for Red dwarf and it was awful. They screwed it up in some indefinable way.
Hmmm. But as a Brit I really liked married with children.

OMG HOW DID I FORGET MARRIED WITH CHILDREN???? cut frasier, add that.

NewsRadio and SportsNight were both visionary updates of the standard sitcom and both were gone far too fast. :cry:Newsradio never recovered from Phil Hartman's murder, and that's a double shame, because Phil was one of the most brilliant comedians ever.

Seinfeld

so what's the worst sitcom ever?

Best Sitcoms:
Friends
The Simpsons
Everybody Loves Raymond
Seinfeld

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Can't say I'm a fan of Everybody Loves Raymond- but then, it's just a little too American for me, and I don't find the show that funny. Sure, it has its moments, but it's no Married... With Children or NewsRadio.

Even The Critic wasn't too bad... "It Stinks!" :D

Anyone else here ever watch Duckman? I loved that show, but I don't think it's really a Sitcom per se...

I don't like sitcoms. They're the lowest form of comedy

All in the Family

Keeping up Appearances

MASH

Mr. Bean

Burns and Allen

I don't like sitcoms. They're the lowest form of comedy

Never seen the Royal veriety concert have you? Or Jim Davidson for that matter.

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In no particular order.

Operation Good Guys.
Fawlty Towers.
The Simpsons.
Porridge.
Gimme, gimme, gimme.
Dads Army (sorry, but I like it).
Only fools (it has to be there)

And what was the American sitcom where they 'pretended' to be a nightly chat show? That was my favourite American TV show ever.

so what's the worst sitcom ever?
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfiefer?

M.A.S.H
Friends
The Simpsons
Everybody Loves Raymond
Seinfeld

I don't like sitcoms. They're the lowest form of comedyThat why we like sitcom boddy :wink:

Seinfeld is probably the most overrated TV show ever.

It just isn't that funny.