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Okay, DP17's fatherhood thread made me think about the Family Ties episode where Alex P. Keaton and Michael Keaton build the baby's crib. Classic and freakin' hilarious. I was raised on that show.

I wasn't going to make a comment in that thread since I figured it might go the hijacking route. So alas, name your Top-5 sitcoms of all-time.

1. Seinfeld
2. Friends
3. King of Queens
4. Family Ties
5. Fresh Prince of Bel Air


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Oh man - I can name 5, but I sure wouldn't be able to say they are my favorite - meaning there have been so many. So, in no order:
1 Home Improvement
2. The Cosby Show
3. Cheers
4. My Name is Earl
5. Mash

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Funny how the list of 5 can be a predictor for what age group one might be in ... haha.


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1. The Simpsons
2. Family Matters
3. Friends

thats all i've got, i could put 10 to 15 different shows in the last 2 slots so i'll just leave it at 3.


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1. Seinfeld
2. Everything else.



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.All in the family
Seinfeld
Barney Miller
Cheers
Married with Children....my all time favorite!


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In no particular order...

Married With Children
The Monkees
Roseanne
Leave It To Beaver
All In The Family



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For me I'd have to say...

1.Seinfeld
2.Frasier
3.Married... With Children
4.The Simpsons
5.Family Matters

That really makes me mad I've never gotten to see Family Ties. My parents often tell me My middle name was because of Michael J Fox's character on that show, so it must have been a good one.


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Shows I enjoyed? Hmmmm...

No order, but ...

Married with Children
M*A*S*H
Friends
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Might not qualify as a sit com, if no, then substitute Magnum P.I)
A Team


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these might or might not be considered the greatest of all time, but they are my favorites:

Seinfeld
The Office
Cheers
Trailer Park Boys
Married...With Children
The Cosby Show

...as far as situational comedies.


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in no particular order

MASH(not really a sitcom, but by far my favorite tv show ever)
home improvement
Big Bang theory
two and a half men
drew carey show
Rodney

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Hmm... tough to narrow it down to five, but here are my favorites:

1. Cheers
2. M.A.S.H. (particularly the first three seasons with McLean Stevenson as Henry - once Alan Alda got his hands on the creative direction of the show after Season 5, things went downhill pretty quickly, IMO)
3. Home Improvement
4. Frasier
5. Everybody Loves Raymond

There a number of others (Cosby Show, Friends, All In the Family just to name a few), but these are the sitcoms I'll still watch when I can occasionally catch them in re-runs.

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Seinfeld was tops for me.

Others I've enjoyed included:

All in the Family
Cheers
Arrested Development (big fan of this one)
Married With Children


A very obscure one which I wouldn't consider in the "greatest of all time " category but was great for it's innuendo laden humor was Howard Stern's "Son of the Beach."


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1) The Simpsons
2) Cheers
3) The Andy Griffith Show
4) Arrested Development
5) Seinfeld

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Seinfeld
Friends
The Office
Boy Meets World
Simpsons
Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Two and a Half Men

Can't pick just 5.


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All in the Fanily
Barney Miller
Taxi
MASH
Mork and Mindy
Three's Company
Cheers
Seinfeld
Home Improvement
Bob Newhart (any incarnation)
WKRP in Cincinnati
I Love Lucy
Brady Bunch
Bewitched
Happy Days
Gilligan's Island
The Cosby Show
The Odd Couple
Green Acres
Family Ties


I can't really pick a top 5 ... but these are some that come to mind.


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How has no one mentioned South Park?!?


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This is a tough one but in no particular order i'd say my top 5 would be:

1) M*A*S*H
2) Married with Children
3) Night Court
4) That 70's show
5) Spin City

also loved:
George Lopez
The Cosby Show
Gilligan's Island
Hogan's Heroes
Three's Company
Barney Miller
Sanford and Son
Cheers
WKRP in Cincinnati
Hee Haw
Taxi
Get Smart
Simpsons
Two and a Half Men
News Radio
Drew Carey
Home Improvement


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Wow Dawg66, out of all those no Seinfeld?


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Green Acres
Get Smart
Seinfeld

These are the only sitcoms that make me stop flipping through the channels.


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A top 5 is killer, Rish.

Main reason why: the list would be different on any given day, depending on my mood and memory.

Also, because humor is subjective, I tend to shy away from the word "best." I'll go with "favorite," because one man's meat is another man's poison...

Today, tho- off the top of my head: (in no particular order)

Taxi
The Cosby Show
WKRP in Cincinatti
The Simpsons

and for pure corn and clean fun, I'm shocked that noone but me has submitted
The Beverly Hillbillies.

With 5, I had to eliminate other worthy contenders:

Married: With Children
M.A.S.H.
Cheers
Night Court (yeah... y'all forgot about that one, didn't ya?) Cool opening theme, too.
All In the Family
Sanford & Son....

fun thread, Rish.


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Night Court (yeah... y'all forgot about that one, didn't ya?) Cool opening theme, too.
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i can't believe only 1 person named this.

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Most of the ones I recall are from the 60's. Once out of school these past 35+ years, I don't recall ever watching more than one situation comedy in any one season.

All time I'd say:
I Love Lucy / Lucy
Andy Griffith
My 3 Sons
M*A*S*H
Seinfeld

My top 5 would be:
Andy Griffith
M*A*S*H
Taxi
Cheers
Seinfeld

Honorable mention: The Honeymooners, The Flintstones, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Mary Tyler Moore, Barney Miller

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Top Five in order

1. SOAP
2. All in The Family
3. Sanford & Son
4.Happy Days
5.The Jeffersons


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Night Court (yeah... y'all forgot about that one, didn't ya?) Cool opening theme, too.
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i can't believe only 1 person named this.




I guess you and Clem missed my list a few posts above.

Grateful.....i never really got into the show.


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I pretty much hate all sitcoms, with the exception of Seinfeld. I especially hate when sitcoms get preachy, such as MASH, All In The Family, Maude, etc. The thing I really, really hate is the "awww / big hug moment" that usually happens at the end of the show - the learning moment when either the antagonist or protagonist finally sees the error of his ways and seeks redemption. Which is probably why I liked Seinfeld so much. I heard Seinfeld, or maybe it was Larry David, say that their show had only a couple rules: No big hugs, no lessons. A show about nothing indeed ... 2 or 3 interwoven "plots" that end up dovetailing at the end, to nobody's particular benefit, but with some laughs along the way. It was dark and it was clever.

I guess it just depends what kind of comedy you like. I'm not real big on pratfalls, or laughtracks, or Lucy trying to keep up with the pie conveyor, or the Beaver trying to replace his Dad's favorite pipe after wrecking it during a science project, or Alan Alda's anti-war preaching, Rob Reiner's and Bea Arthur's consciousness-raising on the liberal issues du jour. I prefer sketch comedy, like SNL, SCTV, and MadTV.

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I haven't seen SOAP in years!

1.) Cheers
2.) Night Court
3,) Seinfeld
4.) All in the Family

and a classic . . .
5.) Welcome Back Kotter!

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In no paticular order.

There have been some really good sitcoms over the years these are just a few of my favorites.

Alf (Used to love it as a kid and my kid loves it now, he's got every DVD)
Married with Children
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Home Improvement
The Simpsons
The Wonder Years
Sanford and Son
Saved By the Bell
Family Guy
Coach (can't believe nobody mentioned this, on a side note I think Dauber does the voice of Patrick on Spongebob.)
Family Matters
Roseanne
King of Queens


I would include shows like The Sopranos, The Dukes of Hazzard, Fall Guy, Night Rider, CSI and shows like that but I don't know if they would be considered sitcoms.

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Man, with the age range on here, I figured there would be more support for Family Ties. To me, that's the best "family" sitcom of all-time. Can't beat Alex P. Keaton.

Lots of good shows listed here, many that I have watched over the years. It might actually be easier to name the least liked. I'm surprised Seinfeld and Cheers didn't get more love as I thought they were widely regarded as the two best sitcoms of all time, in that order.

Did I see a Growing Pains anywhere in here? Another classic in the "family" genre, IMO. And what about Too Close For Comfort? I remember watching that as a kid.

I would say the worst sitcom of all time is Small Wonder... haha...just thinking about that show has me shaking my head.


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1. All in the Family

2. MASH

3. Fraizer

4. Cheers

5. Married with Children

6. Taxi

7. Beverly Hillbillys

8. I Love Lucy

9. Happy Days

10. Sanford and Son


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In no particular order, and in Top 12 format - since I couldn't limit myself to just 5.

1. Cheers
2. Friends
3. Cosby Show
4. Will and Grace
5. Night Court
6. Roseanne
7. How I Met Your Mother
8. Mork and Mindy
9. WKRP
10. That 70's Show
11. Three's Company
12. Newsradio


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Arrested Development
Taxi
Seinfeld
Cheers
The Office (British & U.S.)
The Simpsons
The Larry Sanders Show
Get Smart

Not an all-timer, but I'm impressed with '30 Rock' these days...

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I pretty much hate all sitcoms, with the exception of Seinfeld.




That's funny... my take is pretty much the exact opposite. I enjoyed watching a LOT of different sitcoms EXCEPT for Seinfeld. I gave Seinfeld the "ole college try" a number of times. However, to me, it was just stupid and not particularly funny. Different strokes (no... not a big fan of that sitcom ) for different folks.

The real kicker is that I actually saw Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up act a couple of times and laughed out loud till my sides hurt. Go figure...

I think the sitcom is becoming an endangered species now. Aside from sporting events, I rarely watch television because, for me, there is very little worth watching. I do get a kick out of The Big Bang Theory, however... maybe there's hope yet.

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"All In The Family" is always the one that comes to mind when I think of such things.

There have been so many good ones.

Yes Tyler, I'll plug South Park. Many good episodes and I think, "Make Love, Not Warcraft" is my favorite.

A few favorite episodes / scenes, both from Taxi.....

When Jim's dad dies, his siblings prove him incompetent and the show ends with Iggy opening the trunk that his dad had left for him. It may be silly to get "misty" (as Fonzie once called it...now there's some trivia) over a TV show, but that episode is killer.

When everyone get's "hooked" on Latka's cookies that are made from his grandma's recipe with her secret ingredient. Again, Jim is featured when he discovers that the secret ingredient is cocaine (who else would be able to figure that out ). Ignatowsky is even able to figure out the country of origin, year and the fact that the cocaine used was farmed during the dry season just by tasting the cookie. Classic.

TV sitcom trivia...What word got Johnny Fever banned from the radio?

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Although it's often cited, Ignatowski taking the driver's test is a Top 5 sitcom moment.

DeVito at the spelling bee is also a "Taxi" classic...

The Latka's Cookies episode came about as a favor to Famous Amos from Kaufman, who loved the brand and used them in his famous 'milk and cookies' outings after the Carnegie shows.

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Although it's often cited, Ignatowski taking the driver's test is a Top 5 sitcom moment




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Don't watch a lot of TV, but favorite sitcoms all-time:

(in no particular order)

Seinfeld
South Park
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Newsradio (with Phil Hartman, not Lovitz)


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"Always Sunny..." has developed into a really solid show. The inclusion of DeVito in the cast solidified it.

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