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Negative Creep
 Post subject: Re: Greatest U.S. Television Sitcoms
PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:53 pm 
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I'm not sure I agree that TBB was a "kid's show". It was geared toward a specific type of audience, but not children exclusively. Also, what shows should round out the top 10? I'm thinking Mary Tyler Moore and Taxi are two solid candidates.
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Negative Creep wrote:
what shows should round out the top 10? I'm thinking Mary Tyler Moore and Taxi are two solid candidates.


Certainly Taxi and the MTMS are solid candidates for the top 10. For me these below are the shows at the top level.

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Seinfeld
All In The Family
Taxi
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Cheers
Get Smart
The Phil Sivers Show (Sgt. Bilko)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
M*A*S*H
The Cosby Show
The Odd Couple
Sanford And Son
Married With Children
The Andy Griffith Show
Happy Days
Curb Your Enthusiasm


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Would it be possible to do a side list of the Greatest Sitcom Characters? Obviously in the upper tier would be your Archie Bunker, Lucy Riccardo, Ralph Kramden, Al Bundy, The Fonz, George Costanza, Hawkeye Pierce, Louie DiPolma, George Jefferson, etc.
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Negative Creep
 Post subject: Re: Greatest U.S. Television Sitcoms
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Bruce wrote:
Negative Creep wrote:
what shows should round out the top 10? I'm thinking Mary Tyler Moore and Taxi are two solid candidates.


Certainly Taxi and the MTMS are solid candidates for the top 10. For me these below are the shows at the top level.

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Seinfeld
All In The Family
Taxi
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Cheers
Get Smart
The Phil Sivers Show (Sgt. Bilko)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
M*A*S*H
The Cosby Show
The Odd Couple
Sanford And Son
Married With Children
The Andy Griffith Show
Happy Days

I think you nailed it pretty much, but The Jeffersons should probably be in that grouping as well. Maybe not much evident influence, but lots of acclaim and popularity, especially when it comes to being mentioned and parodied on other shows.
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Bruce
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Negative Creep wrote:
Would it be possible to do a side list of the Greatest Sitcom Characters? Obviously in the upper tier would be your Archie Bunker, Lucy Riccardo, Ralph Kramden, Al Bundy, The Fonz, George Costanza, Hawkeye Pierce, Louie DiPolma, George Jefferson, etc.


REGULARS
Ed Norton
Sgt. Ernie Bilko
Felix Unger
Oscar Madison
Berney Fife
Fred G. Sanford
Maxwell Smart
Buffalo Bill Bittinger
Larry David
Cosmo Kramer

RECURRING CHARACTERS
Mr. Haney
Elliot Karlin
Eddie Haskell
Siegfried
Leon
Susie Green


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Negative Creep wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Negative Creep wrote:
what shows should round out the top 10? I'm thinking Mary Tyler Moore and Taxi are two solid candidates.


Certainly Taxi and the MTMS are solid candidates for the top 10. For me these below are the shows at the top level.

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Seinfeld
All In The Family
Taxi
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Cheers
Get Smart
The Phil Sivers Show (Sgt. Bilko)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
M*A*S*H
The Cosby Show
The Odd Couple
Sanford And Son
Married With Children
The Andy Griffith Show
Happy Days

I think you nailed it pretty much, but The Jeffersons should probably be in that grouping as well. Maybe not much evident influence, but lots of acclaim and popularity, especially when it comes to being mentioned and parodied on other shows.


I'd put that in the next group, which still might make it top 20.
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Bruce
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Where does "The Golden Girls" fit in?
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EMMY - BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY:

Dick Van Dyke - 66
Don Adams - 67, 68, 69
William Windom - 70
Jack Klugman - 71, 73
Carroll O'Connor - 72, 77, 78, 79
Alan Alda - 74, 82
Tony Randall - 75
Jack Albertson - 76
Ricjard Mulligan - 80
Judd Hirsch - 81, 83
John Ritter - 84
Robert Guillaume - 85, 89
Michael J. Fox - 86, 87, 88, 00
Ted Danson - 90, 93
Burt Reynolds - 91
Craig T. Nelson - 92
Kelsey Grammer - 94, 95, 98, 04
John Lithgow - 96, 97, 99
Eric McCormack - 01
Ray Romano - 02
Tony Shalhoub - 03, 05, 06
Ricky Gervais - 07
Alec Baldwin - 08, 09
Jim Parsons - 10, 11, 13
Jon Cryer - 12
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 Post subject: Re: Greatest U.S. Television Sitcoms
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The competition was ridiculous in these years:

NOMINEES
1971–1972
(24th)
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son Fred Sanford NBC
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Tony Randall Felix Unger

1972–1973
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Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son Fred Sanford NBC
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC

1973–1974
(26th)
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son Fred Sanford NBC
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC

1974–1975
(27th)
Tony Randall The Odd Couple Felix Unger ABC
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man Ed Brown NBC
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple Oscar Madison ABC
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS

1975–1976
(28th)
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man Ed Brown NBC
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller ABC
Henry Winkler Happy Days Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli ABC

1976–1977
(29th)
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family Archie Bunker CBS
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man Ed Brown NBC
Alan Alda M*A*S*H Hawkeye Pierce CBS
Hal Linden Barney Miller Barney Miller ABC
Henry Winkler Happy Days Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli ABC
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Negative Creep
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Any thoughts on where the Wonder Years should be?
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A 'Wonder Years' Reunion Just Happened And We've Got the Selfies To Prove It
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/2 ... d%3D482316
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Negative Creep wrote:
Any thoughts on where the Wonder Years should be?


Hard to say, but I'd imagine Top 50, perhaps.
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Taupin-Cetera
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'Designing Women' star Meshach Taylor dies after cancer battle
http://www.today.com/entertainment/desi ... 1D79862633
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Look Back in Wonder: An Oral History of 'The Wonder Years'

As the hit TV show finally gets a long-deserved DVD-set release, the creators, producers and cast remember the making of a television classic

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features ... z3GSkMpkwF
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'Designing Women' star Meshach Taylor dies after cancer battle
http://www.today.com/entertainment/desi ... 1D79862633


And now Jan Hooks too. :sad:
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