General Discussion: Favorite Films and TV Shows

monga18 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:34 pm

WGA selects the 101 best-written TV shows of all time.

You can quibble with the order (Louie 98th? Deadwood not in the top 10? The Wire not 1st?) but as purely a collection of shows it's as solid a list as you're likely to find.

Rudy Rules · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:40 pm

I guess I'll begrudgingly accept Sopranos over Seinfeld but there's a lot more ranking way off & a disturbing lack of Dave Chapelle.

Jess · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:02 pm

The Seeker wrote:

Jess wrote:

Quinnsy Lohan wrote:

Watching Ali G interviews on youtube, and I'm convinced Cohen's a comedic genius. The way he elicits peoples' underlying views by playing stupid is just hilariously brilliant. Seems like the best interviews are always with American conservatives, who don't seem to pick up irony at all.

how does he get them to agree to do interviews?

When these 1st came out in the UK, they were done before anyone knew who SBC was. He recorded almost all of these interviews before the 1st one was broadcast, so as to keep the whole thing secret. I think they were shown in pretty much 1 or 2 series of shows. IIRC, he was sold as being a presenter of a new 'young peoples' political/cultural TV show. This sucked in these figures who thought that they would be getting good publicity with a potential new audience.

that's fucking hilarious.

AbeVV · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:14 pm

Yeah, I just started watching Da Ali G show (all the episodes are on YouTube) and it's fucking brilliant. I don't know why so few people talk about it.

Dreww · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:32 pm

It sucks that the UK version has that terrible laugh track.

batman · **Posted:** Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:14 pm

love seeing 30 Rock, the Twilight Zone, and The Simpsons get the respect they all deserve

rockvirtuoso · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:36 pm **Posts:** 3194

no yes minister/prime minister is a glaring omission. :godsave:

Chemical Ali · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:57 am **Posts:** 3080

Its a very American-centric list. I have problems with Sopranos being number, and a lot of the older sitcoms just don't hold up. I don't want to sound mean, but Mary Tyler Moore just doesn't compare in depth and volume with The Wire, or Deadwood, or Six Feet Under.

Rudy Rules · **Posted:** Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:22 pm

All in the Family holds up though

pink · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:42 pm **Posts:** 8450

Rudy Rules wrote:

All in the Family holds up though

That show was ahead of its time. I love watching the reruns.

pink · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:42 pm **Posts:** 8450

I'm surprised Lost made it that high. It started off great, then as time progressed it became clear the writers has no idea what they were doing.

monga18 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:40 pm

If we're talking exclusively about the first 2 and a half seasons then this is correct, otherwise gtfo

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:21 pm **Posts:** 13572

What happened to our Simpsons thread?

Hang · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:04 am **Posts:** 3756

Jan 5, 2013:

Negative Creep wrote:

Do my eyes deceive me, or is the Simpsons thread no longer here?

Forgotten Son · **Posted:** Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:43 am

It's in the animation subsection. Also, you do know there's a search function on this forum?

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