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In the UK they used to have the Black & White Minstrel Show OnDoutside Oct 2024 #1
Yuck. The UK also had the Benny Hill Show-terrible. debm55 Oct 2024 #3
Yes indeed, and Alf Garnett was hugely popular. OnDoutside Oct 2024 #12
Did ALL in the Family take that show and Americanize it? debm55 Oct 2024 #48
Hmmm that's a great question ! Apparently yes, All in the Family was based on Til Death Do Us Part. OnDoutside Oct 2024 #108
Thank you , the woman looked like Edith. Thank you for looking that up. debm55 Oct 2024 #109
Edite, lol Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #173
Thank you debm55 Oct 2024 #174
But they also had The Two Ronnies VMA131Marine Oct 2024 #25
Oh, I loved Benny Hill. Meadowoak Oct 2024 #206
I didn't understand the humor. Thank you though. debm55 Oct 2024 #207
Three's Company Freddie Oct 2024 #2
I also didn't think it was funny. And very seldom watched. Thank you. debm55 Oct 2024 #4
Cringe-inducing, for sure. hlthe2b Oct 2024 #9
agree debm55 Oct 2024 #110
Seinfeld for me. Haven't watch since Richard's insane N-word rant. brush Oct 2024 #10
Thank you ,brush and i totally agree with you. debm55 Oct 2024 #106
and the whole personality of Jack was that he was a horn dog BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #183
Almost all of them. The only sitcom worth watching was M*A*S*H. Ocelot II Oct 2024 #5
Yeah. M*A*S*H was the only one I could come up with that I continue to enjoy. There might be others, but hlthe2b Oct 2024 #8
M*A*S*H had a character nicknamed True Dough Oct 2024 #11
Yeah, that was unfortunate and why the character was abandoned after six episodes. hlthe2b Oct 2024 #14
The spearchucker character was in the original MASH movie 10 Turtle Day Oct 2024 #26
I'm pretty sure Delarage Oct 2024 #62
Ah yes, you are correct! 10 Turtle Day Oct 2024 #69
He was in the book, before the movie. Charlie Chapulin Oct 2024 #144
Thank you Charlie Chaplin. debm55 Oct 2024 #146
Yeah, no POC as main characters. I remember Margaret Cho who is of Korean descent mucifer Oct 2024 #47
During that time period Darwins_Retriever Oct 2024 #205
The Forgotten MASH Surgeon: The Story of Alvin Vincent Blount Jr, MD Historic NY Oct 2024 #80
One of my very favorite programs was/is "Barney Miller" ailsagirl Oct 2024 #16
Agree. Good writing, acting and deadpan delivery wrapped around clever situations. yonder Oct 2024 #20
"This is a police station, not a horror movie" bedazzled Oct 2024 #60
Dietrich was hilarious!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #64
The cast was excellent bedazzled Oct 2024 #66
He was wonderful!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #73
I had quite the crush on him. Nt Figarosmom Oct 2024 #84
I still do! bedazzled Oct 2024 #88
Yeah he did Figarosmom Oct 2024 #90
Me, too ailsagirl Oct 2024 #169
And the writing!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #171
Finally got a chance to look at that - still smiling here. yonder Oct 2024 #91
his character reminds me of the HR guy on "The Office" BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #184
Hysterical!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #168
Yeah that was a good episode Figarosmom Oct 2024 #83
I remember that episode and LMAO debm55 Oct 2024 #114
There was a horrible episode of Barney Miller where the main joke of the episode was mucifer Oct 2024 #35
I agree with that. That is terrible. debm55 Oct 2024 #37
I vaguely remember that one-- not exactly a funny premise ailsagirl Oct 2024 #61
I was watching reruns and came across it mucifer Oct 2024 #65
Thats one of the episodes i liked because it did show how a lot of guys thought of it Figarosmom Oct 2024 #86
Thank you ailsgirl Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #113
Agree with you debm55 Oct 2024 #130
Absolutely. thucythucy Oct 2024 #165
Thank you Ocelot II Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #112
MASH had some problematic scenes, thucythucy Oct 2024 #150
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #155
A lot of those shows make me cringe. ''All in the Family might not make me laugh but it was ahead of its time hlthe2b Oct 2024 #6
Agree with the laugh tracks debm55 Oct 2024 #39
All in the Family - still relevant legallyblondeNYC Oct 2024 #213
Just Shoot Me... MiHale Oct 2024 #7
One of the Thursday night NBC space fillers underpants Oct 2024 #52
Was that Hill Street Blues? debm55 Oct 2024 #132
Hill Street then I think it was Law & Order or maybe LA Law. underpants Oct 2024 #139
Thank you underpants. debm55 Oct 2024 #142
I named this one too. Nt Figarosmom Oct 2024 #87
Thank you MiHale. I don't remember ever seeing the program. I guess good for me. debm55 Oct 2024 #116
My Little Margie Otto_Harper Oct 2024 #13
Thank you Otto_Harper. debm55 Oct 2024 #133
I mostly liked the CBS country comedies of the 1960s: rsdsharp Oct 2024 #15
Thank you rsdsharp, Didn't like Green Arcres except for the little dog and the opening song. debm55 Oct 2024 #134
I thought Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe Carson) and Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) were great. MichMan Oct 2024 #189
Thank you MichMan Uncle Joe --Petticoat Junction and Mr Haney -Grren Acers I watched both shows and but I could never debm55 Oct 2024 #191
Friends MaryMagdaline Oct 2024 #17
Thank you MaryMagdaline. I have never watched it. debm55 Oct 2024 #136
Going way back it is.. BittyJenkins Oct 2024 #18
"Fronk" the well meaning gardner. It would never Klarkashton Oct 2024 #22
Yes! I remember BittyJenkins Oct 2024 #46
Thank you Klarkaston. debm55 Oct 2024 #138
Thank you PittyJenkins. debm55 Oct 2024 #137
The Honeymooners sanatanadharma Oct 2024 #19
Except... ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #32
Yes domestic abuse is so funny, I never liked Jackie Gleason because of that show debm55 Oct 2024 #40
I always disliked that show, even when I was little. He was always angry and EVERYBODY was pnwest Oct 2024 #154
Thank you pnwest. It was too much like my family. debm55 Oct 2024 #159
Back when TV was awesome!! aeromanKC Oct 2024 #21
Disagree. Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #30
Agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #141
All in the Family - one particular episode Not Heidi Oct 2024 #63
I do... appmanga Oct 2024 #72
All in the Family debuted when I was nine. Different Drummer Oct 2024 #119
I do, Paul was a member of the JDL. Also I remember the storyline with Beverly LaSale -a Drag Queen. and the murder of debm55 Oct 2024 #143
Yeah. I watched it recently on MeTv. ellemb Oct 2024 #210
Thank you aeromanKC Tried to watch on stream and it wasn't like I remember it. debm55 Oct 2024 #140
There are a lot that didn't age well.. CabbageAndBeans Oct 2024 #23
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #145
I think Taxi still holds up pretty well VMA131Marine Oct 2024 #24
Agreed. Classic. NT CabbageAndBeans Oct 2024 #31
That was my favorite episode debm55 Oct 2024 #41
there are some types of moments in Mash that didn't exist Tetrachloride Oct 2024 #27
Thank you Tetrachloride.Disliked the Honeymooners. debm55 Oct 2024 #147
Honeymooners. "BAM Alice, to the moon!" while cocking his fist at his wife BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #185
Thank you and I agree, I never liked Jackie Gleason after the Honeymooners debm55 Oct 2024 #193
I Love Lucy no_hypocrisy Oct 2024 #28
Never thought it was even as a kid watching reruns. debm55 Oct 2024 #42
Even as a little girl (born in 1951, same year I Love Lucy premiered)... 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #93
Agree and thank you, 3catwoman3 debm55 Oct 2024 #94
Anyhting with with that rapist Bill Cosby in it. canuckledragger Oct 2024 #29
Thread winner! nt Shermann Oct 2024 #67
Thank you canuckledragger. I feel the same way. debm55 Oct 2024 #148
Cosby show was so big, traffic was light in LA when it was on. Nothing else compares to it. BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #186
After watching MASH for decades I don't find it funny today. I find Hawkeye just plain doc03 Oct 2024 #33
I have never seen an episode of Friends. debm55 Oct 2024 #44
The thing about M*A*S*H was that it was really about the Vietnam war LisaM Oct 2024 #180
Agree, Thank you LisaM debm55 Oct 2024 #197
Agree. Thank you doc03 debm55 Oct 2024 #195
Three's Company The Madcap Oct 2024 #34
Agree. with you The Madcap debm55 Oct 2024 #149
I still watch All in the Family. It is funny to me still. They took on a lot of issues. ellemb Oct 2024 #36
I still watch it too. johnp3907 Oct 2024 #85
Yep ellemb Oct 2024 #92
Thank you ellemb. debm55 Oct 2024 #151
Bewitched Keepthesoulalive Oct 2024 #38
In the end she did get her way Sequoia Oct 2024 #156
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #157
Gladys Kravitz was gaslighted Bok_Tukalo Oct 2024 #208
She had cancer on the show and worked almost up until her death. I didn;t like her character but I thought she was a debm55 Oct 2024 #209
The Cosby Show CanonRay Oct 2024 #43
He also did jello and the pudding commercials.too. debm55 Oct 2024 #45
That's the first one I thought of FullySupportDems Oct 2024 #81
I Love Lucy is the worst. arkielib Oct 2024 #49
I've never watched a full episode underpants Oct 2024 #53
This show is still LOL phunny even today... NewDayOranges Oct 2024 #129
Most likely in 50 years the programs we watch in 2024 Polly Hennessey Oct 2024 #50
Hogan's Heroes MichMan Oct 2024 #51
The cast was largely comprised of Jewish German exiles and camp survivors. Ursus Rex Oct 2024 #111
Yes, portrayed as bumbling, yet likeable characters, not ruthless villains. MichMan Oct 2024 #117
No, because today's Nazis would not permit the writers to make them so foolish. malthaussen Oct 2024 #118
Me either. Terrible concept for a comedy. debm55 Oct 2024 #121
That show was a weekly staple in our house Turbineguy Oct 2024 #135
Thank you Turbineguy. My uncle was a young pilot shot down and place in a POW camp. We never watched it. debm55 Oct 2024 #153
Some people apparently thought Married With Children was funny.. Permanut Oct 2024 #54
Funny then, not funny now. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2024 #55
Agree Permanut. Never thought it was funny. debm55 Oct 2024 #122
Columbo is still awesome! Original Law & Order I still love as well. Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #56
The original Law and Order shows were excellent and still are. Polly Hennessey Oct 2024 #152
Thank you Polly Hennessey. debm55 Oct 2024 #162
Thank you Kittycatkat. debm55 Oct 2024 #160
Kittycatkat..... Upthevibe Oct 2024 #175
He is sooo good, even 50 years later! Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #176
Kittycatkat.......... Upthevibe Oct 2024 #178
I know. It's crazy. Oh, just one more thing Kittycatkat Oct 2024 #179
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #196
You really come up with great leisure thread topics! bedazzled Oct 2024 #57
Thank you bedazzled. debm55 Oct 2024 #161
The Jack Benny Show... USAF Brat Oct 2024 #58
Agree, debm55 Oct 2024 #163
Well... Mike Nelson Oct 2024 #59
I LOVE Lucy! Zambero Oct 2024 #89
Thank you Zambero. I agree with your two choices. they were very funny. the rest were not. debm55 Oct 2024 #126
thank you Mike Nelson I agree on the rest. But I have to say that Lucy didn't hit me as funny. I felt sorry for her. debm55 Oct 2024 #164
The Rifleman, to a large extent. GoCubsGo Oct 2024 #68
Thank you GoCubsGo, both are dreadful. debm55 Oct 2024 #128
Amos and Andy sinkingfeeling Oct 2024 #70
Thank you sinkingfilling. absolutely terrible. debm55 Oct 2024 #127
My subjective opinion. Your mileage may--and likely willT--vary. Different Drummer Oct 2024 #71
Yes Dear_Prudence Oct 2024 #79
Thank you Dear_Prudence. I didn't know that. debm55 Oct 2024 #103
Thank you Different Drummer. Totally agree.on both. debm55 Oct 2024 #102
O.K. Crackerby rubbersole Oct 2024 #74
Thank you rubbersole debm55 Oct 2024 #100
Friends- rewatched it a few years ago and Luciferous Oct 2024 #75
Thank you Luciferous. I have never watched that show debm55 Oct 2024 #99
I quit watching most if not all cable and broadcast TV after 9/11. Ursus Rex Oct 2024 #115
Ursus Rex. I have never watched Friends. debm55 Oct 2024 #125
Sanford and Son RandySF Oct 2024 #76
Thank You RandySF, Totally agree debm55 Oct 2024 #98
The People's Choice (1950s TV) Doc_Technical Oct 2024 #77
Thank you Doc_Technical debm55 Oct 2024 #97
Chico and The Man. nt TexasTowelie Oct 2024 #78
Agee and I would add Sanford and Son. debm55 Oct 2024 #96
Just Shoot me Figarosmom Oct 2024 #82
Thank you Figarosmom debm55 Oct 2024 #95
Beverly Hillbillys OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #101
Thank you OLDMDDEM , very silly. Same with Green Acres debm55 Oct 2024 #104
I agree. OLDMDDEM Oct 2024 #105
The only episode of Green Acres I ever liked was the pilot episode with.... Different Drummer Oct 2024 #120
I lliked the song. and the little dog.. but that is about it. debm55 Oct 2024 #124
Early 2000s Reality Shows epreic01 Oct 2024 #107
epreic01 Agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #123
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "The Dukes of Hazard" yet. Enter stage left Oct 2024 #131
Thank you Enter stage left. Was in college at the time and had no TV, When we finally got one, I watch one episode and debm55 Oct 2024 #158
Frasier had a few cringey moments Freddie Oct 2024 #166
Thank you Freddie and I agree. Haven't watched the new one yet. debm55 Oct 2024 #167
Rosanne & Home Improvement n/t snpsmom Oct 2024 #170
Thank You snpsmom. I totally agree debm55 Oct 2024 #172
I was channel surfing last week and ran across an episode of Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #177
Thank you Prairie_Seagull. That is funny. debm55 Oct 2024 #199
the Love Boat. Perv doctor. back when it was considered "cool" for a man to openly lust after women BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #181
Sanford and Son had an episode where Sanford thought his son (Lamont) was gay BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #182
Agree. I didn't like that show. Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd debm55 Oct 2024 #200
Dobie Gillis. I'll give Bob Denver props; and Tuesday Weld was in character, but it's not worth watching Dwayne Hickman NBachers Oct 2024 #187
Thank you very much. NBachers. debm55 Oct 2024 #201
I'm sure I'd still love parts of MASH (tv), All In The Family, I Love Lucy.... electric_blue68 Oct 2024 #188
Thank you electric_blue68 I agree with you on the Lucy episodes. debm55 Oct 2024 #202
Two and a Half Men MichMan Oct 2024 #190
thank you MichMan. Totally agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #192
"From Agnes-With Love" episode, "Twilight Zone." Paladin Oct 2024 #194
Thank you Paladin. debm55 Oct 2024 #198
Tabitha Joe Cool Oct 2024 #203
Yes it is shocking. I never saw the show. I am glad I didn't. Thank you JoeCool. debm55 Oct 2024 #204
Both of those shows are still great. valleyrogue Oct 2024 #211
Thank you valleyrogue for sharing. debm55 Oct 2024 #212
Not a TV show, but the movie "The Odd Couple". PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #214
I know how you feel. Thank you , debm55 Oct 2024 #217
"To the Moon, Alice..." legallyblondeNYC Oct 2024 #215
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #216
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