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BuckyB93 Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, May 17 2023, 11:25 PM EST
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All in the Family is the hands down #1.

This one would have never made it past the censors if it was proposed nowadays. It challenged the boundaries of so many social and political topics of the time. Serious topics but they made fun of both sides with each character having their (almost) over the top stereotypical role. Meathead vs Archie, Gloria vs Archie, Edith vs Archie, Jefferson vs Archie, Maude vs Archie...

There is no way the Archie Bunker character would have made it past the network censors today. People would take him seriously and the show would be banned. I don't think the modern audience would see that he was a satire that embodied all of the prejudices wrapped up into one single character for comedy. This sitcom spawned another few such as The Jefferson's which is probably the best spinoff from the All in the Family, family tree of sitcoms. The Jeffersons were again similar to the Bunkers and took on some societal norms in a sitcom.

Then in no particular order...
M*A*S*H
Seinfeld
Cheers
Faulty Towers
Simpsons
Palama Online
#2 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 12:46 AM EST
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A lot of these are probably unknown to many of the younger crowd but here goes:

The Beverly Hillbillies
My Three Sons
Gomer Pyle USMC
I Dream of Jeannie
Gilligan’s Island
Get Smart
Hogan’s Heroes
The Addams Family
The Munsters
My Favorite Martian
F Troop
Mr. Ed
The Monkees
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Sanford and Son
Happy Days
The Wonder Years
Moonlighting
ALF
Mork and Mindy
Night Court

I didn’t catch much TV once I started working part-time in college so missed out on a lot of the “good” shows.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 6:02 AM EST
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Are you not familiar with syndication?
DrMaddVibe Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 6:13 AM EST
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Great shows listed.
Palama Online
#5 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 12:15 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Are you not familiar with syndication?


Some of those shows weren’t around long enough to meet the required amount of seasons or episodes needed for syndication. There are also some of them didn’t age too well either. But in terms of nostalgia and growing up in simpler times, they’re my favorites
MACS Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 12:46 PM EST
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Cheers was an all-time favorite of mine.

Also Three's company (original cast), Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter and Bosom Buddies.
Gene363 Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 3:00 PM EST
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Not a big fan of them, but...

The Honeymooners (To the Moon Alice!)

The Amos 'n Andy Show

As a kid it was annoying to watch most sitcoms, the characters always took the most idiotic choices. d'oh!
Stogie1020 Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 3:15 PM EST
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Married...With Children
Family Guy
Ram27 Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 4:13 PM EST
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Add to the list:

Half Gun Will Travel

Maverick
BuckyB93 Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 4:51 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Cheers was an all-time favorite of mine.

Also Three's company (original cast), Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter and Bosom Buddies.


Woody Harrelson's character, Woody Boyd, fit in well after Coach passed away.
Stogie1020 Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 5:43 PM EST
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Rat Patrol
Greatest American Hero
Knight Rider
Miami Vice

More Sit than Com, though....
dkeage Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 6:00 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
Add to the list:

Half Gun Will Travel

Maverick




I worked with James Drury for awhile recording him for industrial voiceover stuff. Very bitter man who enjoyed his whiskey…..whatever time of day…

I did get a personalized autograph picture of him from the show. Anxious
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#13 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 6:42 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
All in the Family is the hands down #1.

Agreed ThumpUp
BuckyB93 Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 7:19 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
A lot of these are probably unknown to many of the younger crowd but here goes:

The Beverly Hillbillies
My Three Sons
Gomer Pyle USMC
I Dream of Jeannie
Gilligan’s Island
Get Smart
Hogan’s Heroes
The Addams Family
The Munsters
My Favorite Martian
F Troop
Mr. Ed
The Monkees
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Sanford and Son
Happy Days
The Wonder Years
Moonlighting
ALF
Mork and Mindy
Night Court

I didn’t catch much TV once I started working part-time in college so missed out on a lot of the “good” shows.


Agree with a lot of these. Some I'd say were not all that great. Good clean family stuff that we grew up in during the transition from B&W TV to color TV. I don't think we got a color TV until I was in Jr High. 19" color TV. Probably cost about $600 back in the day (around $2k in modern money). That was big money for a one income middle class family. Typing this on a computer that has probably a trillion times more processing power than that which was used to land men on the moon with dual 24" high def screen monitors that cost probably around $150 each.

The remote control was dad telling one of the kids to get up and change the channel from channel 7 to channel 10 but not to turn the dial too fast because it would wear out. And don't sit too close to the TV, it will ruin your eyes.

Oh how times have changed in technology but some of the best sitcoms (I'm aged biased) came out of the 70's, 80's, and 90's.

GET OFF MY LAWN you whipper snappers! (Unless you're mowing it, then its all good) Plus pull up your pants! Nobody wants to see your underwear and your pants hanging down. There's this invention called a belt, here's $10 go buy one.
8trackdisco Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 7:46 PM EST
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If rough order:

1: Cheers
2: Seinfeld
3: Hogan's Heroes

There was a British sitcom on Netflix which tickled the absurdity funny bone. Man Down.
Palama Online
#16 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 7:55 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Rat Patrol
Greatest American Hero
Knight Rider
Miami Vice

More Sit than Com, though....


Oh yah, forgot about that one. In the same vein, “GI Combat” was also around the same time.

Miami Vice - loved that show! The fashion and the great music made for “Must Watch” TV. Even taped episodes on my Sony Betamax if I knew I was going to work late.
JGKAMIN Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 8:04 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Not a big fan of them, but...

The Honeymooners (To the Moon Alice!)

The GOAT!
8trackdisco Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 8:41 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
Oh yah, forgot about that one. In the same vein, “GI Combat” was also around the same time.

Miami Vice - loved that show! The fashion and the great music made for “Must Watch” TV. Even taped episodes on my Sony Betamax if I knew I was going to work late.


Rat Patrol was a sitcom?
Palama Online
#19 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 9:05 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Rat Patrol was a sitcom?


Jeff did say that it was more Sit than Com.
DrafterX Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 9:55 PM EST
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Some great shows. But what about Monty Python and The Goodies.. Mellow
BuckyB93 Offline
#21 Posted: Thu, May 18 2023, 10:23 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Some great shows. But what about Monty Python and The Goodies.. Mellow


Faulty Towers

John Cleese is a classic. Should be knighted (they tried but he turned it down)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izAqFoLtzKM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34hBydN1y_o
tonygraz Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 7:54 AM EST
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For Brit-Sit: As Time goes by, Keeping up Appearances and of course Benny Hill.
Stogie1020 Offline
#23 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 11:42 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
For Brit-Sit: As Time goes by, Keeping up Appearances and of course Benny Hill.

First place I ever saw bewbies on TV. Not sure how they made it past the censors, but I would stay up late to watch that just in case there was a slip...
DrafterX Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 12:28 PM EST
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'Full Frontal Nudity'..
Mellow
dkeage Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 12:36 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
First place I ever saw bewbies on TV. Not sure how they made it past the censors, but I would stay up late to watch that just in case there was a slip...

PBS
Ram27 Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 2:52 PM EST
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Gun Smoke
Roy Roger's
Sky King
3 Stogies
Dark Shadows
Adam's Family
Walker Texas Ranger
Duke's of Hazzard
Ram27 Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 2:53 PM EST
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Mash
Cheno Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, May 19 2023, 9:04 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
A lot of these are probably unknown to many of the younger crowd but here goes:

The Beverly Hillbillies
My Three Sons
Gomer Pyle USMC
I Dream of Jeannie
Gilligan’s Island
Get Smart
Hogan’s Heroes
The Addams Family
The Munsters
My Favorite Martian
F Troop
Mr. Ed
The Monkees
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Sanford and Son
Happy Days
The Wonder Years
Moonlighting
ALF
Mork and Mindy
Night Court

I didn’t catch much TV once I started working part-time in college so missed out on a lot of the “good” shows.



14 of these I have watched and enjoyed so not bad.... The others I haven't heard of lol.
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