Top Ten Favorite Sitcoms

dissention · #1 08-22-2005, 10:35 AM

I caught a clip of one of those lame "Top Ten" shows on TV Land in the middle of the night and got to thinking about what I thought were the best and funniest sitcoms from over the years.

1. Malcolm In the Middle - Has me rolling every time I see it and I never tire of it. Highly rewatchable and I swear that they based Lois on my own mother, from the discipline to the screaming of "Do you think we're wealthy?!" at the top of her lungs.
2. Good Times - Not as good after John Amos left, but until then, it was hysterically funny.
3. Green Acres - I always thought of it as a comic version of Twin Peaks. Rather insane for a sixties sitcom.
4. Murphy Brown - Dan Quayle jokes never get old.
5. Maude - Bea Arthur is enough for me. I especially loved the episode where she went to a psychiatrist and the entire thing was comprised of her giving a 22-minute monologue. It needs to be put on DVD.
6. Soap - Jessica Tate is one of the best characters ever. Much love for Katherine Helmond.
7. Roseanne - The last few seasons were putrid, but those first ones were genius. Laurie Metcalf was my personal favorite, she always had my sides hurting.
8. The Golden Girls - Four elderly women incessantly talking about sex and coveting cheesecake like Shrub covets oil. Loved it.
9. All In the Family - I still think it's hilarious and some of the things they did on that show must have been truly shocking back then. Same with Soap, Maude, and Good Times.
10. Cheers - So good that I still can't choose between Shelley Long and Kirstie Alley.

I would have added Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, but it wasn't a sitcom. I would have also added Absolutely Fabulous, but I don't consider that one a sitcom, either.

wondergirl9847 · #2 08-22-2005, 10:57 AM

In no particular order:

1. The Office - British version and American now too (O..M..G...this show is too funny for words, and Ricky and Steve are the worse bosses EVAH!)

2. Seinfeld - Classic...random....hilarious.

3. Coupling - British version ONLY and really only the first 3 seasons, but the fourth wasn't too horrible. Very quotable show!

4. The Monkees - They crack me up with their delivery and facial expressions more than anything. Gotta love the fun music too.

5. Wings - One of my favorite shows of allll time and I heart Joe and Helen.

6. Blackadder - The second and third seasons are the best. "I have a cunning plan." Hee!

7. King of Queens - Have always liked Kevin's stand up and this show never fails to crack me up.

8. Frasier - "I'm not gay, Gee!" "I'm listening." One of the best spinoffs EVAH!

9. Night Court - Dan Fielding is one of the best sitcom characters EVAH!

10. The Golden Girls - Never fails to crack me up! I love that they all have majorly different personalities.

trackaghost · #3 08-22-2005, 11:06 AM

Mine are nearly all British.

1. The Simpsons
2. Fawlty Towers
3. Blackadder
4. Father Ted
5. Spaced
6. The League Of Gentlemen
7. I'm Alan Partridge
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. Frasier
10. Scrubs

markolas · #4 08-22-2005, 11:31 AM

1. The Golden Girls - my favorite; Golden Palace was kind of lame...it wasn't the same without Bea Arthur, and Cheech Marin gets on my nerves.

2. The Jeffersons - although, the 2nd Lionel really sucked.

4. Bewitched - They need to get the rest of the series out on DVD, fast! Didn't care for the 1st Darren, and I didn't like it when they had the son Adam. But the rest is greatness.

5. Good Times - great show, and it did suck after John Amos left and it completed its transition into "The J. J. Show."

6. Sanford and Son

7. Fawlty Towers

8. Maude - just because you can never have too much Bea Arthur

9. Mary Tyler Moore

10. Bob Newhart - the one from the '70s that was good, not the one from the '80s that sucked...who was that squeaky little blonde on there who they also brought on to Designing Women (thus ruining the show)? god, I hated her.

Dreammms · #5 08-22-2005, 11:59 AM

In no order...

Golden Girls

Three's Company

Married With Children

Wonder Years

Jefferson's

Facts of Life

Punky Brewster

that's all i can think of...

edit~ How can I forget the NANNY

TheBlueLamp · #6 08-22-2005, 12:08 PM

1. Golden Girls - No contest! I just got season one on dvd and even though I've seen the episodes a million times they're still hilarious! Bea rocks!

2. Seinfeld - George was one of the most annoying sitcom characters ever but Elaine more than made up for him

3. Just Shoot Me - It kinda sucked towards the end when they added that mail delivery idiot, but the earlier seasons were great. Not one bad character in the beginning.

4. Bewitched - I grew up watching the re-runs and loved it. I always loved Sam's cousin Serena and it was not long ago that I got the Pandora Spocks thing

5. The Nanny - Yes, the voice could be annoying but I loved it from the first season to the last. Even though she was the butt of all the jokes, I had a huge crush on C.C.

6. Are You Being Served? - Totally cheesy yes, but still very funny.

7. George & Mildred - Again, total cheese but I really like a lot of those 70s Brit sitcoms

8. 3rd Rock From The Sun - I sorta drifted in and out of watching this one, but it could be great at times.

9. Clueless - Preferred it heaps over the movie version.

10. Wanda At Large - Didn't last long but Wanda Sykes is one of my favourite comedians

HomerMcvie · #7 08-22-2005, 12:57 PM

Seinfeld. Best show of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Married, With Children. Al Bundy kills me, every time.

Malcolm in the Middle. Just plain funny.

Green Acres. "Olivah!"

The Dick Van Dyke Show. This show was SO ahead of it's time. It's a real class act.

Andy Griffith Show. What can I say?

Golden Girls. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

M*A*S*H. Does this count as a sitcom?

Roseanne. I didn't care much for it in it's initial run, but I really like it now.

Beverly Hillbillies. Yeah, I like the cornpone humor.

LikeAWillow · #8 08-22-2005, 01:09 PM

I don't really watch many sitcoms, so I'll list as many as I can, but it won't be near 10

Friends- I must have seen every episode 10x, but this show never gets old for me

The Nanny- LOVE it! "Oh Mr. Sheffield...."

The Golden Girls- Every character on this show cracks me up, but I couldn't stand the Golden Palace. Without Bea, the magic was gone for me.

Malcolm in the Middle- Dewy makes this show!

Just Shoot Me- I wasn't extrememly into this one, but whenever I watch it now I always get a laugh.

Third Rock From the Sun- Hit and miss with me, sometimes I love it, sometimes I think it falls flat.

Neal · #9 08-22-2005, 01:21 PM

1. Will & Grace
2. Fat Actress (yeah, you heard me!

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3. Roseanne
4. Frasier
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Malcolm In The Middle
7. The Comeback
8. The Nanny
9. Ellen
10. Golden Girls

mondaymornin1 · #10 08-22-2005, 01:33 PM

1. Friends--all-time favorite. Too bad "Joey" sucks.

2. Cheers--I cried during the last episode, lamenting "what will I evah watch now??? Then "Friends" stepped in.

3. Wings--This one was big when I was in college. My friends and I would stop studying to watch this one! ("Maybe it waaaaas Las Cruces!" And Lowell, eating mushrooms...that whole episode was the best one!)

4. Golden Girls--what Diss said.

5. The Andy Griffith Show--I love Barney Fife.

6. All in the Family---again, what Diss said.

7. Sanford and Son--can you hear the theme song now?

8. Just Shoot Me---but only the first few years

9. Frasier--there will never be characters Niles and Frasier Crane again!

10. Designing Women

amber · #11 08-22-2005, 01:56 PM

Cheers
Simpsons
Family Guy
Will & Grace
Bob Newhart
Seinfeld
Good Neighbors
Arrested Development
Barney Miller
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Special "I loved them when I was young" mentions to:
Bewitched
Laverne & Shirley
Threes Company (downinourrendezvous....)

dissention · #12 08-22-2005, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

5. Wings - One of my favorite shows of allll time and I heart Joe and Helen.

Ack, I can't believe I forgot Wings. One of my favorites. Every season rocked, truthfully, and I loved when Amy Yasbeck joined. Not a Farrah Forke fan, so I was glad to see her go.

dissention · #13 08-22-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

Malcolm in the Middle- Dewy makes this show!

His family owns a little restaurant here in MA. I had pizza there once and it was pretty good.

I love everyone on that show, they're all hilarious. My favorite episode was the first season finale with Bea Arthur as Dewey's babysitter when the rest of the family went to a waterpark. I practically **** my pants when Malcolm pushed his mother down the waterslide. And the episode where Malcolm slept over Stevie's house was priceless, too. "I...can't...feel...my...legs!"

HomerMcvie · #14 08-22-2005, 02:05 PM

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Threes Company (downinourrendezvous....)

It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I figured out what they were saying! And I've had 4 years of French! It just sounded like one long, muddled word.

amber · #15 08-22-2005, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I figured out what they were saying! And I've had 4 years of French! It just sounded like one long, muddled word.

me, too. I always just sang "dominahrendezvous". Actually that's the only part you can't understand...
P.S. Roseanne and Third Rock are really good, too.