| Author | Message | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 504 Registered: 5-2002 |
I just got all 90 episodes of WKRP in Cincinati This was one of the funnest shows ever on T.V. David T | ||
| chuck
Member Username: chuck Post Number: 89 Registered: 3-2005 |
My pick for the funnest episode was the one where Johnny Fever takes the sobreity test on the air and gets more sober with every drink while the cop gets drunker. Chuck | ||
| hieronymous
Intermediate Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 124 Registered: 1-2005 |
And who could forget the Thanksgiving promotion? | ||
| hifiguy
Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 83 Registered: 10-2006 |
That might have been the funniest thing ever on American TV. The only thing that comes close is Ed Ames throwing that tomahawk on Johnny Carson. "As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly." | ||
| alembic_doctor
Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 216 Registered: 8-2002 |
SCRUBS..... Dr. Cox is the Man. | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 548 Registered: 4-2005 |
M*A*S*H | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1190 Registered: 2-2006 |
It's a toss up for me. I love "Cheers" but I grew up in the 70's and "That 70's Show" is so true it's too funny. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1413 Registered: 4-2004 |
the honeymooners and car 54 where are you? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 4891 Registered: 5-2002 |
Whenever I think about WKRP, the first thing that comes to mind is the turkeys. Thanks for the clip! Oh, the humanity! | ||
| jbybj
Member Username: jbybj Post Number: 57 Registered: 6-2006 |
All 6 episodes of "Police Squad" are out on DVD now, with new 5.1 mixes. In some ways it's like your watching the same episode over and over again, but it is an awesome episode. I know something is funny when, even though I know what's coming, I laugh in anticipation. As long as I'm here, I have to mention "Fernwood Tonight" and "America Tonight", the Martin Mull and Fred Willard spinoff of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Frank DeVol as Happy Kine, the bandleader, is unsurpassed in the deadpan jowls category. "Get Smart" "Bob Newhart" | ||
| rraymond
Advanced Member Username: rraymond Post Number: 211 Registered: 6-2002 |
The Addams Family "Tish, that's French!" | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1194 Registered: 2-2006 |
The Three Stooges, probably the fathers of sitcom. Still laugh at them. nyuk nyuk nyuk | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 505 Registered: 5-2002 |
no one can do news like Les Nesman, les: a giant lizzard is devastating the East coast Fever: les, the "B" is broke on the teletype that's funny !!! and how about Barney Miller and Wings David T PS, I have all of Martin Mull's Albums | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 635 Registered: 6-2002 |
"All in the family" Aw geez.... Edith, you dingbat! Where's Meat-Head and the little goil? | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2092 Registered: 9-2003 |
Here, here! My sentiments exactlty, Rami. Growing up in Joisey with an Italian family when "All In The Family" was first-run with Grandparents that were the Italian-American versions of Edith and Archie sealed the deal for me! LOL! They used to laugh like h*ll at that show and make fun of it never realizing that they were just like them! Don't forget the "Odd Couple", "I Love Lucy" and for the slightly "younger" crowd, "Martin (The Martin Lawrence Show)" an "In Living Color". Cheers, Kevin | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2220 Registered: 7-2004 |
How about "The Dick Van Dyke Show"? And the "Chuckles the Clown Dies" episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" vault's it onto the list. Also "Taxi" (who can forget the Rev. Jim Ignatowski and Latke). And an honorable mention to "Leave It To Beaver" - the last non-dysfunctional family in America! LOL And while not truly a sitcom, I've got to agree with Olie about the Stooges. In fact, I have a theory that one of the differences between men and women is that in the DNA chain, men have the "appreciate the 3 stooges" gene. Women are missing this one. Instead, in the same place, they have the "stop and ask for directions" gene that us males lack! nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, oh, a wise guy, huh? Bill, tgo | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1200 Registered: 2-2006 |
How about an honorable mention for "The Andy Griffith Show". We have cops like Barney here in Mesquite. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 2094 Registered: 9-2003 |
I'll second the "Taxi", "Stooges" etc. Throw in "The Abbott and Costello Show"(canned laughter and all). Even though the Stooges weren't a sitcom, neither was "Our Gang/Littles Rascals", but they were my favorites as well. And yes, I'm old enough to have enjoyed Sunday mornings/afternoons with "East Side Comedy/Dead End Kids" and "Henry Aldrich" serials. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2224 Registered: 7-2004 |
Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall as Slip and Satch - brings back memories. Who knows where this one comes from: "Twang your magic twanger, Froggy"? Bill, tgo | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 556 Registered: 4-2005 |
I propose and support ...'A position that is at once simple, yet complex; firm, yet flexible; and above all, fair to every Alembician.' (with apologies to) -- Les Nessman, WKRP in Cincinnati ... | ||
| muller1007
Intermediate Member Username: muller1007 Post Number: 147 Registered: 5-2002 |
I really enjoy the more recent HBO series "Curb your Enthusiasm" by Larry David. I think it's the funniest show ever. Larry David is brilliant! Duncan | ||
| hankster
Intermediate Member Username: hankster Post Number: 105 Registered: 6-2004 |
Barney Miller, if only for the first few bars of the openning theme. Rick | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1416 Registered: 4-2004 |
ANDY;S GANG MR PANZER...... | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2227 Registered: 7-2004 |
You got it Flax. Barney Miller had an episode where they discuss the stooges and how Curly was the obvious genius of the group. Officer Levitt walks up and, trying hard to be "one of the guys", says "Shemp was my favorite". One of the other cops looks at him and deadpans "we have nothing to talk about". Loved that scene. How about the Laverne & Shirley where they get engaged to Eric Idle and Peter Noone and go to the pot party where they see Lenny & Squiggy dressed as Simon & Garfunkel looking for "Mary Jane"? And, of course, one of the funniest shows that wasn't meant to be funny: Dragnet. Bill, tgo | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1110 Registered: 10-2002 |
i'm not sure if sitcom is the correct description but MASH has to be up there with the best. Others I really enjoyed were the MTM show and its spinoff, Rhoda. I was also into Happy Days, and Laverne and Shirley although what the current PC brigade would make of a 35 year old man luring teenage boys into the gents toilets is anybody's guess;-) graeme | ||
| 88persuader
Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 290 Registered: 5-2004 |
Gee ... a lot of good picks! Scrubs is great ... Police Squad was awesome too. I think one of my favorites was Seinfeld ... "The Master or your own Domain" program. The one where they all made a money bet to see who can go the longest without ... ammm .... (don't let the kids read this) masturbating ... and one by one they lost. Funny as is gets! Not to mention it was such a taboo subject on prime time TV! :-) | ||
| chuck
Member Username: chuck Post Number: 90 Registered: 3-2005 |
Anyone remember Key West? I looked For many years for for the videos of this one,My daughter found the entire 13 episodes somwhere on the net and gave them to me last christmas.Great series,sort of a southern version of Northern Exposure. Chuck | ||
| hydrargyrum
Advanced Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 241 Registered: 3-2004 |
The Simpsons are the greatest sitcom of all time. I can't believe no one has mentioned them. | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1148 Registered: 9-2002 |
Till the day I die, 'I Love Lucy', the Three Stooges, and the Our Gang/Little Rascals, ALWAYS make me laugh no matter how bad my day's been. And the b+w 'Andy Griffith' episodes. Then when I wonder what it would have been like to take drugs, 'Green Acres' and 'Get Smart'. J o e y | ||
| paulman
Advanced Member Username: paulman Post Number: 227 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does anyone remember Hello Larry? I loved that show. | ||
| howierd
Member Username: howierd Post Number: 63 Registered: 8-2004 |
Mchale's Navy | ||
| precarius
Intermediate Member Username: precarius Post Number: 134 Registered: 11-2005 |
Police Squad. Short-lived, but every one a classic. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2236 Registered: 7-2004 |
That's My Bush on Comedy Central. Short lived but scary funny. Bill, tgo | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1112 Registered: 10-2002 |
Surprised no-ones's mentioned Soap. 'Confused? you will be.' i was really disappointed when they pulled the plug. graeme |
