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bluelake
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Comedies I loved.
Keeping up appearances
are you being served?
father ted
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Great shows, along with Bless Me Father. |
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flakfizer
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These sorts of threads always remind that as long as there are shows, movies, albums, etc. that are both popular with fans and with critics, there will always be those who think of themselves as intellectually elite, independent thinkers by calling those works crap.
Some of the shows listed here are not even close to being the worst sitcoms. Some people always equate worst with "more popular than I wish it were."
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meangradin
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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this show may be the highest rated new show to have come out in quite a while. Hell, one survey listed it as one of the ten greatest shows to ever have been on TV. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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I am going stir crazy over the fact that Friends, How I met your Mother, and Sex & the City is shown repeatedly on TV here. Overplaying these 3 made them unbearable
Don't knock 3s Company! Mr Furley kept that show ALIVE |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
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As a younger guy I usually enjoyed the following. Now they would look absurd, maybe still a little funny because they are so idiotic.
Happy Days
Three's Company
Different Strokes
Cosby Show
Full House (nah, hated it even when I was a teenager)
The Nanny
My Two Dads
Will and Grace
Caroline in the City
guess there are more. that's all I got for now. |
I'm not sure it's fair to judge some of those shows by today's standards. |
Which are lower .... |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| Don't knock 3s Company! Mr Furley kept that show ALIVE |
You know, I thought the supporting characters were way funnier. I liked Mr. Roper, who was always cutting down his horny wife. I liked Mr. Furley's overacting and his look of panic whenever his "Big Brother Bart" was going to kill him because the rent was late. I liked sleazy Larry and slutty Lana. They were much more interesting than Jack tripping over the same couch a hundred times. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:06 am Post subject: |
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Will and Grace
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Good list except for Will & Grace. It ages really well. The best part of the show was their ability to seamlessly transition from comedic moments to dramatic ones and back. VERY hard to do. Great characters and delightfully pretentious at times, plus a steady stream of one-liners by Karen Walker. |
Now I remember why I liked Will & Grace.
I always hated Full House and Blossom when I was a kid, especially after the first Blossom died. The new Blossom was just no good. Teen Angel and Boy Meets World were also terrible.
I'm sure Sabrina the Teenage Witch wouldn't hold up any more, but my sister and I loved that one. 
I like pretty much every sitcom well enough. If you're just sitting around with people, there's nothing better than a sitcom. If it's good, you laugh. If it's bad, you make fun of it and laugh. I don't watch them when I'm alone though. They're just a social thing. |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
I'm not sure it's fair to judge some of those shows by today's standards. |
Which are lower .... |
You've got to be kidding. TV has generally gotten much better over the last ten or so years. Yes, there are still a bunch of mediocre sitcoms like 2 1/2 Men, but shows like the office (UK or US), arrested development, curb your enthusiasm, extras and many others are far better than the formulaic crap that was on before. The removal of a laugh track in and of itself improves the quality of these shows tenfold. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Probably going to take some crap for this, but:
Friends
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory |
take your crap and get out of here.
I only started watching How I met your mother a few weeks ago and I sky plussed the entire series and sat and watched them in my g.fs house over three nights. I think it's funny in a stupid way, barney is a hero amongst men!!
I like the big bang theory but I could happily miss it or watch it, I wouldn't give up my time doing something else to catch it.
Although I could do without the laughter track on both.
Comedies I loved.
Keeping up appearances
are you being served?
Only fools and horses
father ted
The Office (english version)
The Inbetweeners
Peep Show
Phoenix Nights
the old 'last of the summer wine'
There are a few more, just can't be bothered thinging about them. |
God... you liked the Bing Bang AND HIMYM and didn't like The Office? Are you real?  |
I loved the proper/ original office. I even own the entire box set. However I just dont like the american version, I actually have only ever watched about 5 mins of it. I never like when classic comedies are remade for a different audience. (that 70's show was funny, however they made an English version of it about 7 years ago and it was terrible) |
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Reggie
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| The Facts of Life |
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catman
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Dazed and Confused
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| I never ever got into Seinfeld or Friends. There were like nails on a chalkboard to me. Now I can barely sit through a sitcom. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
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As a younger guy I usually enjoyed the following. Now they would look absurd, maybe still a little funny because they are so idiotic.
Happy Days
Three's Company
Different Strokes
Cosby Show
Full House (nah, hated it even when I was a teenager)
The Nanny
My Two Dads
Will and Grace
Caroline in the City
guess there are more. that's all I got for now. |
I'm not sure it's fair to judge some of those shows by today's standards. |
You are correct my good man. I did enjoy most of them long ago. I would not enjoy them as much now, well maybe I would, but times change, and past things can look pretty strange sometimes. When you're 40 years old, some things you liked long ago just look odd I guess. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| I really hated Friends after season 5 or 6. It was funny at the start. Two and a half men is terrible. I also really disliked 'keeping up appearances'..really grated on me for some reason. |
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