What is your favourite all time TV Sitcom????

py2006

Hi all,

For me it has to be:

Family Ties
Roseanne

I have recently be watching the first 3 series of Family Ties and it reminded me how much I really loved that show! Its still clever and funny to this day and Michael J Fox is amazing in it.

That got me thinking that alot of the modern day sitcoms don't really come close to it. There was also Roseanne which I really loved too.

So what are your favourite all time sitcoms?

Richard Dower

TBBT....i really do think it's such a great show.

L31mr0d

Seinfeld

Still can rewatch entire seasons now and still find it hilarious.

JP Liz

Friends

Doni Mack

The correct answer is...The Golden Girls.Three hot Mamas seeking love & adventure.

Shane10

there is so many but probably FRIENDS for me. makes me laugh every time still.

krudler

Seinfeld by far

Following that, Frasier, Friends is still watchable but some seasons are poor, can we count the Simpsons? if so then thats easily the greatest sitcom of all time

Mossy Monk

krudler wrote: »

can we count the Simpsons? if so then thats easily the greatest sitcom of all time

Almost half of it has been absolute muck.

todolist

CHEERS is my favourite by a mile.

Boo-yah

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Almost half of it has been absolute muck.

True, but the half that isn't is the greatest tv comedy ever produced

todolist

L31mr0d wrote: »

Seinfeld

Still can rewatch entire seasons now and still find it hilarious.

I find George's constant shouting in nearly every episode really annoying.

lord lucan

Married.......... with children FTW.:)

TarfHead

Seinfeld

Laois_Man

Anyone remember Different Strokes and Silver Spoons?

I haven't seen them in about 25 years (Gorrr.....that's scarey) and I'd probably think they're crap if I saw them now...but absolutely LOVED them when I was a child.

Would love to see a rerun!

MayoForSam

Cheers for me too.

KnifeWRENCH

First four seasons of Friends is some of the best written comedy ever. After that, it all went downhill. I haven't seen enough of Frasier to rank it highly enough but every episode I saw I liked.

Arrested Development would have to win it for me though; I love how it manages to be so intelligent and surreal/off the wall at the same time.

py2006

I did love Friends at the time but it has been re-run to DEATH!! I can't bare to watch it now!!

The same with the Simpsons, that programme has really lost it for me!

I forgot about Married with Children, that was great!

Somebody also mentioned Different Strokes, that was great too!

Dunnie1982

It's Always sunny in Philadelphia, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, We Can Be Heroes & I'm Alan Partridge. Can't really pick a favorite from that list, all superb.

L31mr0d

todolist wrote: »

I find George's constant shouting in nearly every episode really annoying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjxnxKmaVQ#t=1m17s

evil_seed

can only be frasier

Reginald P. DuM

Curb Your Enthusiasm.

py2006

Isn't it interesting that the vast majority of people opt for American sitcoms!

Slash/ED

Can't choose between Cheers, Seinfeld, Father Ted, Arrested Development, Fawlty Towers, The Office UK and Curb Your Enthusiasm and probably loads I'm forgetting...

Jimmyboss

Two and a Half Men.......for the babes alone!!!!!

KnifeWRENCH

py2006 wrote: »

Isn't it interesting that the vast majority of people opt for American sitcoms!

Strangely, I automatically thought only of American sitcoms and didn't even notice until you pointed it out!

Black Books would probably be my favourite non-American sitcom, but Arrested Development just about trumps it.

py2006

Jimmyboss wrote: »

Two and a Half Men.......for the babes alone!!!!!

Oh how could I have forgotten Two and a Half Men!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Isn't Kandii the most amazing looking woman ever???????????

Nozebleed

BOTTOM!!

Reginald P. DuM

py2006 wrote: »

Isn't it interesting that the vast majority of people opt for American sitcoms!

Its interesting only to the point that the best of US sitcoms are better than the best of British. But Only Fools and Horses, The Office and I'm Alan Partridge are without doubt better than a lot of US offerings, including Friends, Two n Half Men and Malcom in the Middle, IMO.

py2006

Reginald P. DuM wrote: »

Its interesting only to the point that the best of US sitcoms are better than the best of British. But Only Fools and Horses, The Office and I'm Alan Partridge are without doubt better than a lot of US offerings, including Friends, Two n Half Men and Malcom in the Middle, IMO.

I don't usually find English sitcoms particularly funny! Apart from Fawlty Towers and Some Mothers Do Have Them.

Richard Dower

Jimmyboss wrote: »

Two and a Half Men.......for the babes alone!!!!!

Well said sir!...some serious hotties over the years!

Richard Dower

py2006 wrote: »

Oh how could I have forgotten Two and a Half Men!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Isn't Kandii the most amazing looking woman ever???????????

April Bowlby!!! :eek: :pac: [her boobs are *real*!)

I loved her on the show, my fave character besides Rose!

py2006

Richard Dower wrote: »

April Bowlby!!! :eek: :pac: [her boobs are *real*!)

I loved her on the show, my fave character besides Rose!

Yea, apart from her natural attributes she is actually a good actress and steals the show when she is on.

Rockshamrover

TAXI
Father Ted

Richard Dower

Series 4 was the best, because of her....a lovable airhead, funny as hell....you'd get endless jokes outta her character. In real life she's uber intelligent.

Cicero

1. Fraiser
2. Cheers
3. Black Adder

sweetie

seinfeld, curb, cheers, peep show, us office, royle family, father ted

sneem-man

Showing my age a bit here...

Rising damp
Fawlty Towers
Curb your Enthusiasm
Dads Army
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
The League of Gentlemen
Porridge
Some Mothers 'Do Ave Em'
Only Fools and Horses
Cheers
Friends
Father Ted
On the Buses
Steptoe and Son

Elmo

Black Adder (bar the first series)

Seinfeld (didn't like it to start with but think it is the best now)

Friends (Like many it is over rerun)

The Fall and Rise of Reginal Perrin (****ing brilliant and strange, but you have to be in a mood)

Yes, Minister (Well written)

Fawlty Towers (The Classic 1970s sitcom)

Spin City (The Micheal J. Fox years)

Taxi (The Classic US 1970s sitcom)

Third Rock From the Sun (I don't think I laugh as much)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

1. Father Ted
2. Black Books
3. Game On
4. The Inbetweeners
5. The IT Crowd

Honourable mentions go to... Fawlty Towers, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, That 70s Show, Married With Children

Reginald P. DuM

I forgot The League of Gentleman. Serious show.

Tubbs: "We didn't burn him"

Ray von

1. Seinfeld
2. Frasier
3. Peep Show
4. Father Ted
5. Phoenix nights

A Disgrace

Spaced, Black Books, Peep Show, IT Crowd

Oh, and Flight of the Conchords, I'm Alan Partridge, the Inbetweeners and Extras.. And Paths to Freedom.

Cormac2791

2 and a half men, father ted

Zaph

M*A*S*H
Fawlty Towers
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
The Royle Family
Father Ted
Cheers

Rockshamrover

Almost forgot,
Flight of the concords.

CiaranC

Has to be Seinfeld

mental07

Frasier, Father Ted and Fawlty Towers: I can't choose one favourite.

What is it with sitcoms beginning with the letter 'F'?

(Friends not included though...I've never been a fan.)

Blazer

Spin City (first 4 seasons) iRichard Kind is absolutely priceless in this..
Friends (first four seasons)classic and original comic writing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcYhkj0quV8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJ93JMZF3Y

powerfade

For me it's got to be Fawlty Towers, only 12 episodes made, all of them comedy gold. My favourite scene of all below.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5035TY5RSpg

sweetcdimplebum

Yea...Married with Children has to be one of the best sitcoms ever on tv!!! Also...Friends...Family Guy...(if that counts) and definately Two and a Half Men has to be the best one of this era!!!:P

A Disgrace

I know everyones opinion is different, and warrented, but some of the choices baffle me? Yes, I appreciate the oldies, like Cheers and MASH etc, but they have seriously dated and I think sitcoms have come a long way since..

Again, we all laugh at different things, and that's cool but I cannot for the life of me understand the Two and Half Men gig. Yes, it's a gag a minute, but they're weak at best and it's pretty much the same story over and over.. In fact, the only joke I dig from Two and a Half is when Charlie says something like 'I'm going upstairs to change' and comes back down in exactly the same shirt he's been wearing for 6 series! And that's not even meant to be a joke!

I'm genuinely lost here folks! (And as I'm currently writing a sitcom, I'm wondering if these are the shows I should be studying, rather than the 'alternative' types like Peep Show and Spaced)

On the plus side, nobody has said 'My Family' yet, so there's hope.