Whats your all time favorite comedy show?

[William769]

I have many like The Jefferson's, Designing Women. Golden Girls, Will & Grace, Big Bang Theory & this year I added to the list the Millers (just to name a few).

But If I had to pick one, it would a oldie "I love Lucy". She always brings a smile to my face.

Also if you really think about it theres a underlying message as to the sign of the times to these shows.

Anyone want to share their favorites?

[H2O Man]

1. The Beverly Hillbillies.

[mithnanthy]

136. I agree...Beverly Hillbillies

Every show cracked me up! Re-runs still do.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Seinfeld

[William769]

5. How the hell could I forget that one!

[msanthrope]

94. Easy..it's a show about nothing. nt

[Glassunion]

3. Fox News

[William769]

8. I have that one listed under horror show.

[treestar]

57. Haha

And the Glenn Beck show!

[babylonsister]

226. Another show about nothing. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

268. very funny

[Shadowflash]

4. Night Court.

[Ranchemp.]

10. And, of course,

Barney Miller.

[SidDithers]

106. Mooshy, mooshy, mooshy...

Sid

[Ranchemp.]

112. That was my favorite episode.

[ryan_cats]

140. I said that to my wife and she had know idea what I was talking about.

I said that to my wife and she had know idea what I was talking about. She did know that Jack Soo died of cancer.

Barney Miller was awesome.

[SidDithers]

143. There are classic episodes that stick with me...

Barney Miller's Hash Brownies is definitely one. The WKRP turkeys episode, obviously, but the Payola episode is another - Carlson's "monkey on my foot" line gets me every time.

Seinfeld's Keith Hernandez episode.
The Newhart finale.
Mary Tyler Moore's Chuckles episode.
Taxi - Jim Ignatowski playing the piano. "I must have had music lessons"

I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.



Sid

[ailsagirl]

150. LOVE THAT SHOW!!

I have the collection

[Eleanors38]

259. ^^^ Back in the days when cops wore revolvers.

[Ranchemp.]

260. Yep.

I think NYPD were one of the last major PD's to transition to semi autos.

[AndreaCG]

277. I work in arraignments in the Bronx

Night Court was total crap when it came to authenticity. 99.9% of cases are dull, the first two ancient female court officers (and they're court officers in NYC not bailiffs) were like something out of a 50s prison movie, not at all realistic and most importantly where the hell was the court reporter taking down the testimony? They could have taken a page from real life and had the court reporter going deaf like one of ours was. That could have been funny.

[Ranchemp.]

6. All the so called talk shows.

[el_bryanto]

7. Adding a few to the list - Taxi, Community, The Dick Van Dyke Show,

Better Off Ted, and Fawlty Towers.

Bryant

[SummerSnow]

9. Seinfeld

[brucefan]

11. I just started watching

Modern Family on reruns.it is fast overtaking Seinfeld as my favorite comedy.

[William769]

12. Thats a great one also.

I like you am catching up on past seasons. I don't know how I missed this one in the beginning.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Things I can watch over and over:

Seinfeld, King of Queens (the most underrated TV comedy, IMO--the writing and character development were brilliant), The Office (up until Steve Carell left). Just now starting to warm up to Big Bang Theory. Honorable mention: Malcolm in the Middle--not really a comedy, but hilarious most of the time.

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. Really old; Burns & Allan. Not quite as old; Get Smart. Old and kicking; The Simpsons...

...plus anything that ever had Jonathan Winters on live. And Marty Hartman, Mary Hartman; which I guess one must consider a comedy.

[hlthe2b]

15. Designing Woman, Golden Girls, Frazier, MASH, Modern Family

several others, but those immediately come to mind.... I Love Lucy is a classic, of course...

[William769]

20. MASH was great!

I never really got Frazier though that one wasn't my cup of tea for some reason (all my brothers loved it though).

[salin]

176. love your list. Would add Murphy Brown

and Northern Exposure.

[hlthe2b]

178. Yeah, I'd gladly add those!

[sufrommich]

16. I think I laugh out loud watching Modern Family more

than any other sitcom with Parks and Rec a very,very close second.

[hlthe2b]

40. Modern Family is the one current comedy I like...

I find the others waay too formulaic and laugh tracks drive me insane. Admittedly, I haven't seen Parks and Rec, though.

Modern Family, though, has fantastic writing and timing.

[Drew Richards]

17. Laugh-in

[NYC_SKP]

18. Andy Griffith Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart.

I also love I Love Lucy, but I was younger then.

I related to Opie and it was a funny show, then I was just the right age to love MTM and Newhart!

Happy New Year, you!

[billh58]

19. M*A*S*H and

Cheers...

And, edited to add: Benny Hill

[samsingh]

21. family ties

get smart
cheers
Newhart
Coach
mary tyler moore

[Downwinder]

22. Hiram Holiday and Mr. Peepers with Wally Cox.

[bluedigger]

23. Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Honorable Mention to Seinfeld, The Office, and McHale's Navy.

[Bennyboy]

24. So many, at least twenty that are all great shows.....

The one I've watched the most is Andy Griffith though, followed By Lucy. only due to time.

Dick Van Dyke, Taxi, Cheers, Seinfeld, Curb, M.A.S.H., Frasier, Barney Miller, Cosby, Friends, Monk, are among the best comedies ever that are no longer on the air, but will watch everytime they are on if I am watching TV and there is no sports on.

I think Big Bang is nice and is a soon to be classic. the Crazy Ones is a really amazing comedy. in fact I like most of the comedies that came out this year.

[libnnc]

25. My muse, Carol Burnett

MASH, Designing Women, MTM, The Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family, basically anything that was on CBS between 1973-1985.

[SidDithers]

107. Bob Newhart!...

Best moment on television, ever, when he woke up from the dream with Suzanne Pleshette in bed next to him.



Sid

[LumosMaxima]

26. I loved "Soap". nt

[William769]

27. I forgot about that one.

Billy Crystal.

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. Even though it was completely unbelievable from a financial standpoint, "Friends."

If you could get past the barely employed 20-somethings having awesome two-bedroom apartments in NYC, the show had me rolling.

Also, I laughed out loud more than a few times at "Frazier" and "Coach."

[William769]

31. I loved friends for the story line.

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. Me too.

[RandiFan1290]

29. Curb Your Enthusiasm

also like Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Mr. Show, Trailer Park Boys and "Britcoms" like League of Gentlemen and Little Britain

[XRubicon]

164. Curb is a close second to Trailer Park Boys

[rrneck]

30. Are You Being Served? nt

[Nay]

220. Oh god, that was a funny show. nt

[dionysus]

221. mister rrneckfries, are you free? ;)

[rrneck]

261. YES!

Don't worry, it'll ride up with wear.

[dionysus]

266. ...and a tranquilizer for mr rrneck....

[TorchTheWitch]

235. one of my all time faves

I burned all ten seasons onto DVD's. Fawlty Towers was another great one.

[pepperbear]

32. The Dick Van Dyke Show, The MTM Show, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Friends, Soap, I Love Lucy...

to name a few.

[reformist2]

33. The Big Bang Theory is moving on up...

Seinfeld is up there, along with Friends, Cheers, Frasier, and the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Also, I think Dharma and Greg and NewsRadio are really good, very underrated. My all time fave though, and I'll probably be stoned for this, probably has to be The Brady Bunch. Goofy, cheesy, yes, but genuinely funny and sweet. Not always laugh-out-loud comedy, but comedy in the classic sense. And no TV show has ever had better child actors.

[MADem]

34. I've enjoyed all of those, and The Millers is hilarious. So's The Goldbergs!

The new show, about the kid with the video camera in the eighties, though the old one, in black and white, which has an entirely different premise, has its charms! I'll bet there are some who have no idea what I'm talking about...!

I also enjoy "adult cartoons" like Family Guy, Cleveland Show, Boondocks, etc. Some of the dialogue is appalling but they make me laugh. On NETFLIX there is a show called "Lilyhammer" that is a Sopranos-style comedy (starring the Bruce Springsteen musician who played Silvio in that show) about a mobster who went into witness protection in Norway that is going into its 3rd season, and that is frickin' HILARIOUS. Horrible, and hilarious. Funny-ghastly! You have to tolerate subtitles because this is a bilingual program, but it's good--you learn a lot about Norway, too, in the process of watching the show!

I also enjoyed Nurse Jackie, and there is another new "medical dramedy" on cable starring Niecy Nash (and she is superb in her role--just the best thing on screen) called "Getting On" that looks promising. I've tried to get into "Hello Ladies" but it leaves me flat, which is a shame because I sometimes enjoy comedy around a UK-based protagonist--maybe it's the writing, I dunno.

[William769]

39. I was hooked on the Millers from the very first episode.

I tried the Goldberg's (I just couldn't get into it).

[MADem]

54. Try again with The Goldbergs--really. If you have "ON DEMAND" give it a few episodes.

It gets under your skin--you remember all those idiotic things from the eighties. The mother (you want to kill her at first, then you start liking her in an odd way--she's a real busybody who wants the best for her children) has the Fawcett flip, the father (who takes off his pants when he comes home and wanders around in his underwear so he doesn't ruin his crease) doesn't know how to work the VCR and yells a lot, ineffectually, the children fight over stupid things that are half-forgotten cultural references, and the grandfather is one of those old horndog guys you'd see at the disco who bridges the generations because the youngest kid, especially, confides in him. It's got the same snark vibe as The Millers with a kid at the center of it all -- a kind of Jewish THE WONDER YEARS, only a bit more sardonic.

I enjoy the hell out of television--it helps me fill in the gaps when I was away from USA, which was often. When VCRs first came out, I was one of the earliest adapters, and I had my family send me great swathes of recorded over-the-air television; I'd get eight hours of TV at a pop (recorded on the slowest speed to get the most outta the tape!), commercials and all, and it helped me keep in touch with American culture and changes to it.

[William769]

56. I do have on demand and I will. Thanks.

[MADem]

63. BTW, Bill--this is a GREAT thread!!!!!!

I keep coming back and reading the new posts, and I keep saying "Yeah....that was good! Oooooh, another good one for the list!!! Gee, never saw that one!"

I like a thread where people are AGREEING on stuff for a change! Hee hee!

[Laxman]

35. So Many Good Shows...but The Odd Couple

followed by Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi and Cheers.

[TroglodyteScholar]

36. Has nobody said Arrested Development yet??

Should be the darling of any liberal message board.

So perfect in every way....

[reddread]

41. SOAP, followed by its long delayed child of another mother, Arrested Development

I was gobsmacked to find out there was anything good on TV when I stumbled across Arrested Development.
Thank you Ron Howard and Co.
And Susan Harris, shame on you for stopping that incredible ensemble too soon!
I blamed the Moral Majority for decades, they just did in Bernadette Peters.
Soap is still the best by far.

[Gemini Cat]

37. MASH

The Young Ones, Last of the Summer Wine, Coach, and Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

[Douglas Carpenter]

38. Barney Miller, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and the original Saturday Night Live when John Belushi,

Garrett Morris. Dan Aykroyd. Lorrain Newman, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner and that whole crew were involved. Of earlier generation shows - I believe, Green Acres introduced a level of creativity in situation comedy that was certainly a breakthrough as Laugh In was a breakthrough in variety type comedy shows.

[NRaleighLiberal]

42. recent - Seinfeld...older - Dick van Dyke show/Bewitched/Gilligan's island

[William769]

50. I forgot about Gilligan's Island.

[Go Vols]

43. All in the Family

The Smothers Brothers Show,Laugh In.

[movonne]

126. all in the family, mary tyler,

[meadowlark5]

44. Seinfeld in more recent times for me

I grew up watching Saturday night tv starting with the Mary Tyler Moore show and the Bob Newhart Show then the Carol Burnett show. I was probably 12-13yrs old but loved those shows and Saturday night tv.

[brewens]

45. I loved both Bob Newhart shows. Mary Tyler Moore was good too. n/t

[targetpractice]

46. Arrested Development

Hands down for me because it's funnier the more times you watch it.

[etherealtruth]

120. Yes!!!!

[polichick]

48. Hard to choose just one. Right now I love Big Bang Theory...

It cracks me up countless times during one episode.

Loved Golden Girls and Seinfeld - still enjoy them on CD.

[CountAllVotes]

51. I Love Lucy

I must have seen every episode of this program that was ever made!

Lucille Ball was a great comedian and husband Dezi ... well he served a purpose, I suppose that is about all I can say about him -- he was funny too however!

[Bluenorthwest]

84. Both Desi and Lucy were much more than they seemed. They were TV comedy pioneers

and on I Love Lucy they along with director Marc Daniels and camera chief Karl Fruend they developed the multi camera method that still dominates the half hour comedy form. Desilu as a production entity was no slouch. Desi was a musician and successful bandleader, just like Ricky.
He and Lucy should both get credit for breaking barriers of the time by playing married people on TV with his accent and all. It took effort, and they did that.

[sendero]

52. Hard to pick a favorite..

.... but these would all be finalists in order of my rating:

Fawlty Towers - brilliant but gone too soon
Seinfeld - seriously a new paradigm in the sitcom, groundbreaking
Big Bank Theory - consistently excellent dialog, believable characters, interesting situations and freaking funny
Modern Family - great characters with fresh plots, nice

I love a good sitcom and there are so many bad ones it must not be that easy to make a good one!

[RainDog]

53. Arrested Development

[treestar]

55. Agree with you

Lucy was a comic genius. As a kid, the first time I saw those episodes (they were already old reruns) I laughed out loud.

[dembotoz]

58. rocky and bullwinkle

[City Lights]

59. Seinfeld.

Followed by M*A*S*H and I Love Lucy.

[asjr]

60. I am going way way back to

Sid Cesar and Imogene Coca in "Your Show of Shows". Two of the most talented people I have ever seen.

[MADem]

67. Those were HILARIOUS....and LIVE, too! Talk about walking the tightrope! nt

[mucifer]

204. Lets not forget the brilliant writers Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Neil Simon

all started on that show.

[LadyHawkAZ]

61. South Park

[House of Roberts]

62. WKRP in Cincinnati

'As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly' is the best known line from the show, but the funniest episode was the two parter where Fever thought the 'phone cops' were after him, because the transmitter blew up!

[Walk away]

209. But only with the original music. For a while some episodes were syndicated with generic...

music replacing the songs the DJs played.

[Ellipsis]

281. As god as my witneness I went to Youtube before I clicked on your post... Best episode ever.

[Bluenorthwest]

64. This is an impossible question. Laugh In. Roseanne. I love tv comedy more than most would

count as reasonable. Everything Norman Lear ever did. Mary Tyler Moore. Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is pretty funny. Buffalo Bill. Rising Damp. I'm Alan Partridge. I could spend all day. I'd love to do just that.

[William769]

73. Now I feel like crap.

How could I possibly forget Roseanne!

She help get me though the late eighties & early nineties!

[Bluenorthwest]

86. Very funny and ground breaking in so many ways. One of the few modern shows about working

people. One of the first gay inclusive shows. It was more subversive than many understand and one of the best TV comedies of all time.
I'm editing because I forgot what I was going to post, it's understandable to forget some great show, that's why I called your question impossible. I could answer for hours and still leave out shows I love.

[choie]

190. of course!

Roseanne!!! also Bugs Bunny (if we can include cartoon series!)

[Blue Belle]

65. MASH and All in the Family...

I watched them religiously as a kid and when they are on today they still make me laugh.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

66. I'm pleasantly surprised nobody's mentioned Rosanne yet.

I thought I was the only one who didn't get it.

[William769]

76. My mistake.

I now must be whipped with a wet noodle.

She is right up there with LUCY!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

99. ...

[pipi_k]

68. Hands down...

it's "I Love Lucy". I've seen every episode, multiple times, and I still laugh at them.

My other choice would be "That 70s Show", which I didn't see when it was on TV. I was watching it on Netflix last year, a couple of episodes each night.

OMG. Hugely hilarious. IMO, anyway.

Especially Leo.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

270. Have you ever seen the movie she and Desi were in where they took a

trip in an RV? The Long Long Trailer. Priceless

My favorite Lucy was when she fell asleep sunbathing and burnt her armpits.

[LittleBlue]

69. Tie- Seinfeld and I Love Lucy

Can't decide between those two.

[Vashta Nerada]

70. Modern Family.

They don't need a laugh track on that show. I know when to laugh.

I used to be a fan of The Big Bang Theory, but the quality of the humor has gone downhill in the last few years. I'm not going to watch it anymore.

[Kahuna]

71. Beverly Hillbillies and Married with Children. nt

[PearliePoo2]

72. M*A*S*H ...my all time favorite.

All In The Family
Laugh-In
Carol Burnett
I Love Lucy

[TlalocW]

74. Mystery Science Theater 3000

Best show ever. Search your hearts. You know this to be true.

TlalocW

[LuvNewcastle]

75. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

When I was a kid, my favorite was Bewitched. I still watch any Bewitched episode I happen to see.

[indepat]

77. Barney Miller comes to mind

[Duckhunter935]

78. the old

B&W Andy Griffith show. Big Bang Theory and WKRP

[Bjorn Against]

79. The Simpsons

I know recent years may not quite measure up to the classic episodes, but when you look at just how many great episodes have been released over the years I think it adds up to the best comedy show of all time. There are just so many great characters, truly funny humor, lots of spot on social commentary, and let's not forget that when it was first released there was nothing else like it on television, it redefined what animated television was all about and showed that animation can tell stories that appeal to adults in ways that live action can not.

[Wounded Bear]

80. Maybe not 'favorite'...but best premise: Herman's Head.

May not have even ran more than one season, but what a great idea. Basically it showed the differing personalities esconced in one person as he tried to live day-to-day life. There were four 'characters' that followed him around and commented and argued about every decision he made.

[lordsummerisle]

182. One of my favorites as well

Never understood why it didn't catch on.

[bif]

81. Black Adder & Fawty Towers.

[840high]

100. that

[rudolph the red]

128. I've never watched Falwty Towers but

a friend turned me on to Black Adder recently...fantastic show.

[TorchTheWitch]

237. you can watch all of Fawlty Towers here...

http://www.watchseries.to/serie/fawlty_towers

I usually use the gorillavid or movpod links.

[roody]

82. Remember Cybill?

So funny and cancelled in spite of good ratings. "Doctor Dick."

[Luminous Animal]

83. News Radio, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies

Community, Parks & Rec

Edited to add Fawlty Towers and It's Always Sunny

[PeaceNikki]

174. Oh the things I would do if the Netflix were to make more Pushing Daisies.

A girl can dream....


Your list is much like mine.


eerily so.

[Initech]

85. Some of my favorites:

No particular order:

- 30 Rock
- Seinfeld
- The Simpsons
- Archer
- Arrested Development
-It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

[Zorra]

87. The Beverly Hillbillies and Mash.

Both shows frequently blended roflmao humor with spot on social commentary.

[JustAnotherGen]

88. Three way tie

All In The Family - Chappelle Show - and currently - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

All use hard subjects to make us laugh.

[Hoyt]

121. I miss Chappelle a bunch. All in the Family was great.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

89. I love good sitcoms. Current favorites are...

Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly, The Millers, & Two and A Half Men.

Classic favorites are...

Seinfeld, M*A*S*H, Cheers, & All in the Family.

Oldie favories are...

Andy Griffith, Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, & The Munsters.

Favorite sitcom families are...

Leave it to Beaver, The Brady Bunch, Fresh Prince of Belaire, & Family Ties.

[dwilso40641]

90. Smothers Brothers, George Gobel.

[Hoyt]

122. Smothers Brothers had everything -- comedy, music, politics . . . . . .

Tommy Smothers could make me laugh just doing/saying nothing.

[Freddie]

91. Sanford and Son

Not always politically correct (in hindsight) but often hilarious. Every time we get Chinese food one of us has to say "makes me burp!"

[JustAnotherGen]

158. Nooooooo

Just seeing the totle puts the the theme song in my head! do do do doot - doo doo doo doo doo dooooo - do do do doot . . .

[elehhhhna]

92. SCTV

by a mile

[sufrommich]

96. One of the best comedy shows ever.

I was just watching an SCTV DVD last week that had the Alek Trebeck community college version of Jeopardy on it,laughed so hard it hurt.

[SidDithers]

152. Oh jeez, how could I have forgotten that one!...

Sid

[winter is coming]

93. My Name Is Earl. n/t

[ohheckyeah]

225. That show was funny as hell. n/t

[Holly_Hobby]

95. I have several

F Troop, Hogan's Heroes, Carol Burnett. I'm old

[msanthrope]

97. Always Sunny In Philadelphia. nt

[immoderate]

98. "My Mother the Car"

Or maybe not.

--imm

[ailsagirl]

151. LOL

[larkrake]

101. carol Burnett

[SidDithers]

102. I grew up on MASH and WKRP...

more recently it's British stuff - Mitchell and Webb and Miranda.

Sid

[chieftain]

103. Frasier

[rurallib]

104. Burns and Allen - there will never be another Gracie Allen

also loved Roseanne, Mary Tyler Moore, All in the Family.
But a special nod for Car 54 Where Are You?

[edhopper]

105. Monty Python's

Flying Circus.

[L0oniX]

108. Carol Burnet ...live TV.

[cthulu2016]

109. Seasons circa 03-13 of the Simpsons

[Lifelong Dem]

110. All time for me would be when I was a kid

And that was Abbott and Costello. Jerry Lewis was good too. Today it's more like It's always sunny in Philadelphia. I'm 56 years old for reference.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

111. Fawlty Towers, The Office (Brit version), The Honeymooners.

[tularetom]

113. Currently, Doc Martin, Modern Family

Oldies, Cheers, Seinfeld, Arrested Development

[Mosby]

114. soap and wkrp

[Politicalboi]

115. Green Acres

Is the place to be.

[Ishoutandscream2]

196. Oh, yeah. A great stoner show!

[Faryn Balyncd]

116. Lucy, Carol Burnett, Mary Hartman, early SNL, The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory

Hard to choose.

[doc03]

117. The O'Really Factor, no Sienfeld and Bob Newhart n/t

[marsis]

118. Looks like this is a cross-section of age groups.

[spanone]

119. In Living Color...

[Ino]

123. The Office (British version), and Curb Your Enthusiasm

I love mockumentaries!

[gulliver]

124. 30 Rock

[one_voice]

125. In no particular order...

Cuz I can't pick just one.

All in the family

Good times

The Jeffersons

Will & Grace

Roseanne

I like the new ones The Goldbergs, The Millers, and I'll watch Trophy wife sometimes.

Designing Women

Golden Girls


I don't like sticoms much...but there have been a few I like. I watch Will & Grace all the time on WE tv.

[Scootaloo]

127. Animaniacs

Never was there a funnier cartoon. Nor will there be again.

[JeffHead]

129. Anybody heard of a little show called Kids in the Hall?

[TransitJohn]

130. Fuck I hate I love Lucy.

It's the shrillest unfunniest shit ever on TV. I'd rather watch Gilligan's Island.

[3catwoman3]

184. It's good to know I am not alone...

...in my strong dislike for that program, and all its later iterations. That caterwauling crybaby stuff was like nails on a chalkboard.

Even when I was a little girl, I found it disgusting that a woman had to act stupid (either in real life, or in a role) to be successful, or be deceptive in order to get what she wanted.

Top faves:

M*A*S*H
Mary Tyler Moore
Dick Van Dyke
Cheers
Cosby (especially the very first episode)

[lob1]

132. Mork and Mindy was funny.

[solarhydrocan]

133. No Larry Sanders yet?

One of the funniest shows ever

[valerief]

134. Used to be I Love Lucy but I think now it's Family Guy. nt

[Egalitarian Thug]

135. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

[CatholicEdHead]

137. Cheers

With Woody's wedding being as good as it gets.

More recently The Big Bang Theory is pretty good.

[Rod Beauvex]

138. .

I'm not a big TV watcher at any rate, and I find I have a hard time watching anything I have seen once or twice.

Nonetheless, am I the only one who actually likes How I Met Your Mother?

[minivan2]

241. I love HIMYM!

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Doctor Who is my favorite at the moment.

I can't stand Big Bang Theory, anybody else agree with me?

[Rod Beauvex]

275. There I have now entered a subject.

I haven't seen that much of Big Bang, but it seems to me like it never really got out of it's first season.

Do you remember That 70's Show, how after the first or second season the whole 70s thing became a back drop, and started focusing on more general subjects? Big Bang is still kind of stuck on the whole 'nerd stereotypes' thing, not wanting to stray to far from the theme.

[minivan2]

280. I hate it when people tell me you don't get the jokes.

I mean, I understand the jokes, but they just aren't funny.

[bobclark86]

139. Glen Beck n/t

[DemLife]

141. The Kids in the Hall

Queer as Folk

[Agschmid]

145. QAF was not really a comedy...

You think? Or is that a gay joke?

[opiate69]

142. Fawlty Towers, Arrested Development, Scrubs, Red Dwarf.

[Matariki]

160. Red Dwarf! Yes.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

144. The Mother & Father of them all...

Your Show of Shows.

[William769]

146. Awesome!

[Vattel]

148. The IT Crowd (hands down best ever)

[SidDithers]

154. The Work Outing is maybe the funniest single episode of TV I have ever seen...

When Jen turns around, and Moss is behind the bar, I almost peed myself.

Sid

[Matariki]

162. +1 for The Elders Of The Internet!

[ailsagirl]

149. I have a few (not in any particular order)

Frasier
Barney Miller
Andy Griffith Show (when Don Knotts played Barney)
Dick Van Dyke
Soap (not every episode but often it could be funny)

also
MASH (once Charles joined the group)
I Love Lucy (earlier episodes)

[tridim]

153. MST3K, and now "Comedy Bang Bang" NT

[Inkfreak]

155. How I Met Your Mother

Just fantastically funny.

[Walk away]

156. Absolutley Fabulous!

[Mz Pip]

205. Absolutely!

I love the Brit's comedies. Not all of them but Absolutely Fabulous and Monty Python were genius IMHO.

I love Bob Newhart, 3rd Rock from the Sun and now Big Bang Theory.

[Walk away]

208. Yes and also "Mad About You" nt

[Sissyk]

157. All of them!!

I am not necessarily listing my favorites; just comedy's I didn't see listed already.

Happy days
Lavergne and Shirley
Wyans family show - cant think of the name
Who's the Boss
Charles n charge
Different strokes

[Matariki]

159. IT Crowd, Archer, Venture Bros., Mr. Show

[XRubicon]

161. Trailer Park Boys

After I watched it for a while, I realized it was a soap opera... It is hands down the best comedy show I have ever seen.

[flobee1]

188. I have seen every episode AND the movies

greatest of all time

[Paper Roses]

163. Yours is an age based question. We old timers remember things like:

Barney Miller.
Life of Riley
Our Miss Brooks
George Burns/Gracie Allen
Ozzie and Harriet

Tons of others that I can't remember but would do so if someone brought up their names.

Life was much more simple in the 1950's and 1960's. Great comedy without some of the offensive stuff we see today. My kids would not understand but anyone over 60 will.

Good clean laughs.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

167. I included a clip from Sid Ceasar & Imogene Coca up above a few.

I know what you mean.

[thelordofhell]

165. Monty Python's Flying Circus

[titaniumsalute]

166. All in the Family and Seinfeld

[johnp3907]

168. SCTV

With M*A*S*H, All in the Family, and Barney Miller in a three way tie for second.

[Cirque du So-What]

169. Seinfeld

No sitcom, from any era, has made me LOL as many times or as consistently as Seinfeld.

[narnian60]

170. The Jack Benny Show was hilarious.

Frasier, King of Queens, Get Smart, MTM, Rhoda, Will & Grace (early ones), Keeping Up Appearances, To the Manor Born, BBT, Everybody Loves Raymond.

[pinto]

171. I Love Lucy, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and anything w/ Jonathan Winters.

[choie]

172. All in the Family is number 1

then:

Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (British)
Good Neighbors (British)
I love Lucy
The Office (US version)

[redqueen]

173. Father Ted

Hands down.

After that, Friends. Love that show.

[PeteSelman]

175. Honeymooners, Python, Married with Children, South Park

Curb your enthusiasm, Big Bang, Mr. Show. Lots of good stuff.

[tibbiit]

177. I didnt see my fav

"Get a Life", Chris Elliot
tib

[LuvNewcastle]

243. Oh yes, I loved that one.

I think Chris Elliot is an unsung comic genius. I was so mad when they cancelled Get A Life.

[Tikki]

179. Fawlty Towers….

I like That Mitchell and Webb Look, also.

I, also, enjoyed the Bob Newhart comedies and the Trailer Park Boys.


Tikki

[KoKo]

181. Indeed...going against the Brit's Imperial Empire...but check out the Legacy

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Press+TV%2C+%22Double+Standards%22+Show+with+Ashton

BTW...I'm huge Brit Legacy...so I don't "trash my own" unless I think they've been on the wrong track against the People since before the "Magna Charta" ....(The Great Peoples Revolution) way back then...that our US Constitution is based on that's being defiled as we move forward with the Koch Brothers, Many Tech Moguls, the Banker Criminals like Jaime Dimon and the Chicago School of Finance's Rules for Decades!

So....it's what it is. We are supposed to be GLOBAL yet the "small of us" have little or no Voice in TPP and Other Trade Agreements or with any other Legislation FOR THE PEOPLE because it's all written by Think Tanks, PAC's and Bought and Paid for Congress and Senate by the Bankers, MIC and REST of the PTB (Powers that Be who Write All our Legislation...so that the Scum can collect the Money and pass it off onto the "PTB" who MADE THEM DO IT!"

WHATEVER..

[KoKo]

180. The "Smothers Brothers" followed by THIS ONE:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Press+TV%2C+%22Double+Standards%22+Show+with+Ashton

I do find Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert ...very funny also...because they TRY! (Given the Forces they Are Up Against!) IMHO.... Since you asked..

[Laffy Kat]

183. Man, are we ever showing our age on this thread.

MASH, of course. Second, there was a BBC sit-com many, many years ago: "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" that I absolutely love. There is a more recent Fall and Rise available now but the older series was funnier.
K

[Nay]

223. Oh, jeez, I love the Fall and Rise. I'd completely forgotten about that show.

From way back when, I loved "Mr. Ed" when I was a kid.

Also loved "Northern Exposure."

[Laffy Kat]

236. I'd forgotten about "Northern Exposure"!

Loved it, too. Not so much a sitcom but quirky. Wonderful cast of characters.

[Nay]

254. Yes, exactly. To me, it was a gentle, funny show that had quirky characters...

if I could go live in that town, I probably would.

[Laffy Kat]

272. Cicely, Alaska!

Unfortunately, it was fictional.

[yuiyoshida]

185. monty python flying circues of course

nt.

[Art_from_Ark]

186. So many favorites

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Monty Python's Flying Circus is right there at the top,

followed by, in no particular order:

The Bullwinkle Show
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Green Acres
Gilligan's Island
The Beverly Hillbillies
Get Smart
Mr. Ed
The Munsters
The Addams Family
F Troop
Sanford and Son
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Hogan's Heroes
The Carol Burnett Show
The Red Skelton Show
Sonny and Cher
Home Improvement
Welcome Back, Kotter
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Dick van Dyke Show
The Brady Bunch
It's About Time
The Monkees
Mr. Terrific
My Mother the Car
Ivan the Terrible

and I'm not sure if the original Batman series could be considered a comedy, but it certainly was funny at times.

[Trajan]

187. Seinfeld ...

Funniest ever, in my book ....

For total, zany, hilarity-dense comedic art ... only the greats come close ( The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, All in the Family, etc )

I still snicker big time to the mere mention of Festivus ... so many classic laughs from Seinfeld .... What a great run!

[Nay]

224. So true. The episode about the 'ugly baby' still makes me laugh just

thinking about it.

[missingfink]

189. SLEDGEHAMMER plus Mr. Ed

Not too many will agree but those are my preferences.

[U4ikLefty]

191. General Discussion on DU

thank you...I'll be here all week

[ananda]

192. I Love Lucy

It always makes me laugh buckets.

[Lizzie Poppet]

193. I can't choose between M*A*S*H and Blackadder

So different that it's a bit apples 'n oranges...

[Brigid]

194. Perfect Strangers.

Too bad only the first two seasons are on DVD. I always thought it was an underrated show.

[northoftheborder]

195. Fawlty Towers, Carol Burnett sketches, Bill Cosby Show, Milton Berle (an oldie)

[fadedrose]

198. In the late 50's and after

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Used to watch these while I was cooking supper after work:

Amos N'Andy, Burns and Allen.. I love Luigi . . .

Later, Cheers, All in the Family, Lucy, Red Skelton, Carol Bunett, Car 51, and I know I forgot some. After I read others', will probably edit this. and MARRIED WITH CHILDREN....edited to add


I can't understand why they took off Amos N'Andy. I guess it was because it made blacks look "dumb," but they were wrong. The program was genious, created by and acted by geniouses. They were lovable characters whom many of us learned to love as children, and the love remained.

There are many ethnic groups, 3 stooges, Jewish, Abbot & Costello, at least one was Catholic, Luigi, an Italian immigrant, whom it never bothered if it made their nationalities look dumb. Amos and Andy were pure delight and genious. I feel nothing but pity for those of you who were born too late to see and love this gem....

[RebelOne]

199. Absolutely Fabulous, All In The Family and Married with Children. n/t

[RoverSuswade]

200. All In the Family.

2) I Love Lucy
3) The Benny Hill Show
4) Andy Griffith Show
5) The World of Mr. Sweeney

[idwiyo]

201. Absolute Power with Stephen Fry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Power_%28comedy%29

Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company (or 'government-media relations consultancy') in London, run by Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry) and Martin McCabe (John Bird).

Blackadder is definitely solid second.

[Historic NY]

202. I like Hogans Hero's.....

if you check out the character's some who escaped the Nazi's and were Jewish, you'd appreciate the comedic twist.

[DCBob]

203. Seinfeld.. without a doubt.

[Ilsa]

206. A few: The Vicar of Dibley,

Seinfeld, Arrested Development, and The Big Bang Theory.

[LuvNewcastle]

244. I like The Vicar of Dibley too. They didn't make enough of those.

[Ilsa]

247. It was like an English country Bob Newhart Show.

And perhaps patterned after Green Acres in some ways.

Did you see the Two part story of the Vicar getting married? It was sweet.

[LuvNewcastle]

252. No, I didn't see that. I wish I had.

I haven't seen an episode in years, probably. They could easily make an American version of the show. It would be an awful lot better than that awful Seventh Heaven was. I think Americans would enjoy a light-hearted, liberal take on Christianity.

[Ilsa]

262. That two-part wedding show finished up the

Story. I think it was written and done several years after their series had ended.

!!! Spoiler:




Richard Armitage played an accountant who moved to Dibley for the week, but went back to London on weekends. He fell in love with the vicar right away without knowing her profession. She fell for him right away as well.

Not knowing each other well, there was confusion about him and a beautiful lady who came to see him. Turns out it was his sister. They became engaged in a hilarious scene were he asks her to marry him, but she thinks he is asking her to officiate a service with this other woman.

The second half has to do with the other characters taking over the planning of her ceremony as their gift to her. Hilarity ensues. And we find out Geraldine's full name, another joke about her mother being a sound of Music fan.

[CANDO]

207. Seinfeld

Master of my domain....favorite episode.

[Starry Messenger]

210. Another vote here for Arrested Development.

We watched all four seasons this summer on Netflix and I got my husband a Bluth banana stand shirt for Xmas.

Danger 5 is another favorite, too bad they only did a few episodes. It's a spoof of bad 60's team adventure spy shows.

[CFLDem]

211. Family Guy

w the Simpsons, South Park, and Bob's Burgers not far behind. Seinfeld is my favorite classic.

[Sancho]

212. Smothers Brothers!

Not only creative and great political satire long before the comedy channel, but the number of stars in the cast and guests was unbelievable. One of the funniest and most progressive tv shows ever...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061296/fullcredits

[longship]

213. Recently, Seinfeld, but older, there's only one, and it ain't Lucy.

Seinfeld's the only recent one I can stomach.

I despise laugh tracks, or anything remotely resembling them. I am not fooled by the "filmed before a live audience" ploy. Laugh tracks, live or otherwise, are fucking lame.

I Love Lucy? Horrible. Lucille Ball mugging.

Big Bang Theory? Sophomoric humor at best.

I like topical humor, and there were some great ones in the early days.

Sid Ceasar and Imogene Coca in "The Show of Shows".

Steve Allen on the original Tonight Show -- with his cast of lunatics.

Ernie Kovács -- innovative physical humor.

Red Skelton who could not stop laughing at his own jokes. But they were funny.

Carol Burnett who had an astounding supporting cast and they never took themselves seriously.

Laugh In -- wow! Set a new standard. Even Nixon appeared.

But the best of all... (drumroll, please)...

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour!!!
If you were not alive or alert during that time, you missed the greatest TV comedy ever. It was topical and the genius of the writers was astounding. Sadly cancelled too soon. This was the best of the best of TV humor. The whole country was glued to their televisionary sets every week (a tip of the hat to Gabby Hayes for "televisionary&quot . Unfortunately, the Smothers' political edgy topics wore the network chiefs down. The show didn't stand long in spite of the fact that the whole damned country was watching it.

That's why it was the best. It went to dangerous places which is what the best comedy always does.

On edit: added more, bolded the best.

[Shrike47]

214. The first time I saw the MTM show I was in the hospital. I didn't want to laugh, it hurt. Had to.

There were a bunch of very funny shows. Loved Frazier. Good writers are amazingly witty. And Tommy Smothers!

[Shadowflash]

215. Nobody said WKRP?

God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

[Whisp]

216. I liked Mary Tyler Moore

Some legends came from that show. Very well written and hilarious at times.

[WillowTree]

217. Frasier, MASH, Cheers, Dick Van Dyke, MTM

I've never seen a better job of casting than Frasier. While I couldn't find a single flaw in that aspect of it, my actual favorite was Dan Butler as Bulldog. Effin' outstanding comedic acting there. Hell, even the dog was perfect.

[riverwalker]

218. 3rd Rock From The Sun

used to just crack me up.

[OverBurn]

219. Married with Children, Big Bang Theory is moving up the list very fast though.

[ohheckyeah]

222. My all time favorite.....

Northern Exposure. I miss that show.

[babylonsister]

227. What a thread! I'd have to say MASH, and it's last show. nt

[KittyWampus]

228. Odd Couple

[Oakenshield]

229. I'd have to go with Boston Legal.

There's so much to like, it's hard to praise one aspect of the show that without feeling like I'm discrediting the rest.

[Maw Kettle]

230. This is my list:

1. I Love Lucy.
2. Malcolm in the Middle.
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Northern Exposure.
5. King of the Hill.
6. The Andy Griffith Show.
7. The Golden Girls.
8. The Beverly Hillbillies.
9. MASH.
10. Gilligan's Island.

[Maw Kettle]

231. I forgot 2!

That 70s Show and Designing Women! Loved both of them and watch them in reruns whenever I come across them. I think they would actually rank about 6 and 7 on my list.

[dem in texas]

232. I like too Many!

Seinfeld is my favorite, I love King of the Hill, I know those people. One that I really liked and is not well known in the US is a Canadian Comedy series from the early 2000's called "Made in Canada", it aired on PBS in the US as the "Industry". Very adult and wicked comedy.

[Ian David]

234. Kids in the Hall. n/t

[me b zola]

239. Roseanne

Growing up my favorite was 'I Love Lucy'. But Roseanne came along and blew the roof of the mother phucker.

Long live uppity women!

[LeftyMom]

240. MST3K

[Demo_Chris]

242. Fraiser

[Little Star]

245. Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Roseanne, Alice, just to add a few.

[TBF]

246. Keeping up Appearances (BBC) -

Hyacinth Bucket is a hoot!

[valerief]

255. That show is hilarious! I love Hyacinth and her social-climbing posing. nt

[Enthusiast]

248. Seinfeld.

Hands down.

[Romulox]

249. Sanford and Son. nt

[PCIntern]

250. Love That Bob! with Bob Cummings comes to mind...

great show - very funny.

[Frustratedlady]

251. Carol Burnett, Golden Girls, MASH and Johnny Carson

I sure haven't found any from this period of time, except reruns of the above.

[madokie]

253. The Honeymooners

Without a doubt

[Bradical79]

256. MASH, Modern Family, The IT Crowd, Big Bang Theory, and Seinfeld

would be my top 5, I think. All so different, I don't think I could just pick one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

267. Wow...Modern Family and Seinfeld in same list? ouch.

[catbyte]

257. Seinfeld. I've seen every episode so many times I think I have the dialog memorized!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

269. Hey....what are your top favorite scenes/themes? My

tops

George falling with his pants down when Kramer didn't answer the phone "Vandalay Industries" and Jerry saying "And you want to be my latex salesman"

[catbyte]

271. I was laughing so hard when George came running out of the bathroom screaming

"SAY VANDELAY, SAY VANDELAY…!" I also absolutely loved the backwards episode & of course the Chinese restaurant. That show was consistently hilarious. The one where they got lost in the mall parking garage was also a classic. The Sniffing Accountant, The Big Salad, Festivus. It's endless, LOL!

[catbyte]

274. These pretzels are making me thirsty

[FSogol]

258. MST3K, Bob Newhart (his 2nd show), and Get a Life n/t

[Codeine]

263. Mystery Science Theater 3000, Coupling, and The Thick of It come to mind immediately. nt

[mainstreetonce]

264. Older shows. Mash and Cheers

Also the earliest season of SNL. ...funniest TV ever


Comedy mixes with drama...Ally Mc Beal and Boston Legal

Newer shows....Modern Family is great for a lot of reasons,but Big Bang is the winner for best comedy in years. The Middle also a great one.



New this season Mom with Allison Janney
The Millers

[Codeine]

265. I grew up with MASH. For years it was on our television almost daily.

Coming across an episode at random while channel-surfing engulfs me in a wave of nostalgia like almost nothing else.

[AlinPA]

273. Carol Burnett. Everyone on the show was funny. Next: jackie Gleason. Yep, I'm old.

[yesphan]

276. My Favorite Martian,

The Second Hundred Years. Oh, and Bewitched. I actually like Bewitched. As a boy, I had dreams about Elizabeth Montgomery.

[Thirties Child]

278. Arrested Development

Also All in the Family, MTM, Barney Miller, Monk

[joeybee12]

279. I'm with you...I love AbFab, All in The Family, MTM...but still, 60 years later

Lucy is still side-splitting funny!