Best TV Sitcoms Ever - Someone's Opinion...

[Hissyspit]

http://www.morethings.com/fan/best_sitcoms_ever.htm

[idgiehkt]

1. Hot Damn, Bernie Mac is number 2.

I was gonna say Bernie Mac if this thread was a question what we thought. I don't think it's up there with "All it the Family", or "WKRP", but that man is doing some great work, and what is capturing about the psychology of those kids is priceless. The episode where he tries to teach the little boy chess and the little boy uses Bernie's "nature" against him to get him to play paintball is brilliant.

:thumbsup:

[Hissyspit]

3. I've never seen it.

But I didn't have network channels on my satellite for quite some years.

[idgiehkt]

4. It's based on his actual experience

his sister got in trouble with drugs and he had to take her kids and raise them. And that is what the show is about, him being a comedian, and being well off and having everything the way he likes it, and then having these inner city kids who essentially lived in the projects come live with him, and the strugges they had. It is such a great show, quite underrated.

[Hissyspit]

6. I'll keep an eye out for it. Is it Fox or UPN?

[idgiehkt]

10. It is on Fox

I just found out it went of the air in 2006. :(

It is worth watching, I've seen the chess/paintball episode about 3 times and it never fails to crack me up.

[jobycom]

14. Definitely one of the best ever. nt

[SeattleGirl]

2. All In the Family -- AMEN!!!

One of the best shows evah!! Definitely the best sitcom.

[Hissyspit]

7. Isn't that a cool photo of Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker?

[SeattleGirl]

13. It is!

[hellbound-liberal]

21. It is THE photo of Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker. IMO, All in the Family is #1

of all time. I don't see where this list is supposed to be in order but, if it is, I would put I Love Lucy and the Honeymooners closer to the top. All 3 0f these shows were groundbreaking in their own right. One more groundbreaking show that deserves mention is Get Smart. Who else had shoe phones or a cone of silence?

[begin_within]

5. Tie between The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

in my opinion.

[Hissyspit]

8. I like "That '70s Show" a lot. What else could be on the list?

[Bjornsdotter]

9. All in the Family and

...Soap, both broke some barriers.

Cheers

[Hissyspit]

11. I was just thinking of Soap.

Groundbreaking, but it kind of fell apart after the first couple of seasons.

[Bjornsdotter]

12. That's true

...and for your viewing enjoyment...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AqpcDEPK-VA&mode=related&search=

Cheers

[jobycom]

15. Good list. Dude has a thing for dysfunctional familes.

All in the Family, Bernie Mac, Titus, the Simpsons...

[barb162]

16. Will and Grace

[Cannikin]

20. I second that.

[Richard Steele]

17. Kudos for including "Malcom in the Middle"; it's so often overlooked. (Life really -IS- unfair)

But there are at least three on that list
which aren't even CLOSE to "NewsRadio".

I'm sorry, but a good "sitcom" is defined in part
by an "ensemble cast". And NewsRadio was the ensemble
cast to END all ensemble casts.

Not since "WKRP in Cincinnati" has the WHOLE so greatly
exceeded the sum of its parts.

(Odd- they were both sitcoms set in radio stations.
That never occurred to me until just now.)

[Forkboy]

18. I still say the Young Ones is the best ever.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :)

[Hissyspit]

28. !

Yes! Very good.

[recoveringrepublican]

19. first couple of seasons of "Scrubs" and the BBC "The Office"...hahaha,

going to go pop in a DVD.

[sarge43]

22. One that was killed all too soon - Frank's Place

Great cast, quality writing, loving tribute to a magic city. Maybe some day it'll be out on DVD.

[SarahB]

23. No WKRP?

That's just wrong. :(

[sarge43]

24. Oh I think all the rest actually compete for second place.

There's WKRP, then the rest duke it out. "As God is my witness, ...."

[bigwillq]

25. It's a crime that Roseanne

isn't on that list. :mad:

[Mojambo]

26. No Arrested Development. I spit on this list. n/t

[Hissyspit]

29. Oops. You're right. Would have to include that on mine for sure. n/t

[EFerrari]

27. I love Lucy should be #1. They did all kinds of things never done

before, including representing a mixed marriage on teevee. Ditto for The Honeymooners. :shrug:

I agree with most of the choices but not at all with their ranking.