Best Sit Com of all time

[scarletlib]

My personal all time favorite is Seinfeld. I am still laughing after all these years. Each show is a gem. I chose the others (with the exception of Friends) as each was groundbreaking it its own way.

Tell me what you think.

[4_Legs_Good]

1. The Simpsons

If that counts as a sitcom.

Ack, maybe Futurama, but it (*weep*) didn't last as long.

david

[veganwitch]

2. definatley simpsons

i was surprised it wasnt up there.

[scarletlib]

4. Damn it You're right

I just knew I was forgetting something. Yes The Simpsons absolutely--got to be number one in the animation category. Would also have to consider South Park and Beavis and Butthead. (Maybe need a separate category for animation.)

[cherryperry]

37. scarletlib:

Respect my authori-tah!

[4_Legs_Good]

5. The Simpsons is the Best TV show of all time

in any category. Well, at least IMO, but it's fun when I hear professors and media experts say the same thing! :)

david

[rainydaywoman]

3. Family Guy

But I love Seinfeld too.

[Breezy du Nord]

9. I never saw what was so great about family guy

I mean, it was funny and all, but Stewie the baby was the only real creative part of the show it seemed. The rest seemed more of a Simpsons ripoff.

edit: but stewie ROCKS!

[rainydaywoman]

27. I always felt it was much faster and more

"out there" than The Simpsons. Also seemed more aimed at adults. JMO

To each his/her own. :)

[MrBenchley]

6. Cheers

still cracks me up...

Some others I found insanely funny:

F Troop
Fractured Flickers
Stark Raving Mad
The Honeymooners (Hellooo, chef of the future!)
Get Smart

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Either "The Simpsons"...

or "Are You Being Served". My two personal favourites, anyway.

[TroubleMan]

8. The Simpsons...nt

[crimson333]

10. Sanford and Son

..

[PsN2Wind]

11. Poor list

Where's Barney Miller and WKRP ?

[scarletlib]

15. Whole point of list is to get input from others

Barney Miller and WKRP and on and on all are great. I think my list is pretty good. Lucy was the first and led the way. Dick van Dyke was hilarious and actually a breakthrough for women--Laura got to wear pants. All in the Family--groundbreaking. Good Times--as far as I know the first black cast sit com (this excludes Amos 'n Andy which is racist), and on and on.

That's my list. But there are many very funny shows. It is all for fun. But if I could revise I would definitely put the Simpsons on.

[fizzana]

12. Fawlty Towers

I know it's not American and they only did 12 shows but there is nothing like it.

[SmileyBoy]

13. I voted Cheers, but honourable mention goes to Married With Children.

I know a lot of folks hated it, but I thought it was the absolute best.

[scarletlib]

17. Another great one

They had to be good actors to pull it off. Loved AL.

[Raven]

29. Me too! I loved that show! Also The Golden Girls.

:-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. M*A*S*H

No question.

[donotpassgo]

16. FREAKS AND GEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then The Simpsons, then Seinfeld.

[tridim]

18. Freaks and Geeks

was a great show, but it isn't a sitcom. I'd vote for it as best coming of age comedy/drama show.

[donotpassgo]

19. Well MASH was FAR from a Sit-Com, even WITH the laugh track.

Sure it's not the traditional, live before a Burbank studio audience, but its intent was to make you laugh.

[Parche]

20. Steinfeld was aweful

Steinfeld was the dumbest and most ignorant show on TV
it was NOT funny at all
And if I see kramer falling down or acting stupid one more time
I am going to hurl a cheney.

[Emboldened Chimp]

21. Cheers hands down

There is not one bad episode of that show. All were funny.

On the other hand Seinfeld lagged its last season, not to mention the finale sucked ass.

[beanball]

22. Great TV

for all of you too young to remember M.A.S.H.,Mobile Army Surgical Hospital,you missed the very best television offered at that time.

[gratuitous]

23. I'll take a NewsRadio

And a Sports Night, please.

[bleedingheart]

24. Simpsons...

[Catherine Vincent]

25. Definitely "All In The Family"

But there are others that are close. Too many to name. I liked "Barney Miller", "Night Court", "Benson", "I Love Lucy", "Roseanne", etc....not necessarily in that order.

[buff2]

26. Three's Company

RIP John Ritter. Also,Sanford and Son,Golden Girls,The Nanny,The Munsters and The Adams Family.

[DS1]

28. The Seinfeld buildup to the Costanza "Frogger" incident

is some of the all-time best sit-com writing, IMHO.

[stanwyck]

30. Northern Exposure

Such a well-written, well-acted show. Loved it. What a wonderful cast of characters.

[kathee]

34. LOVED that show

Ahh, the Running of the Bulls...

Also still love to watch Third Rock from the Sun...I just go by what makes me laugh out loud the most often.

[Mari333]

31. Roseanne

always makes me laugh.

[BattyDem]

32. If you're talking about a live action sitcom ...

then my vote is Seinfeld. No matter how many times I see an episode, I still LMAO!

I also have to give honorable mentions to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, WKRP and Soap.

If animated sitcoms are included, then I have to vote for The Simpsons. That show never gets old!



On edit: I just saw cat_girl25's post ... I completely forgot about Night Court. That show's a classic!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

36. I love your selections!

Mary Tyler Moore and Soap were awesome! I was a kid when they were on and my parents let me stay up to watch them. Soap was very controversial back in the '70s.

Seinfeld is still my fave, and now I'm addicted to Larry David's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'. The problem with Seinfeld is that everyone I know so often quotes from it and all the lingo that has entered the popular lexicon. And I still laugh my ass off at Seinfeld, though I know almost all the episodes by heart!

[newsguyatl]

33. ROSEANNE!!!!!!!!!

hands down, best sitcom ever...

[LSdemocrat]

35. Simpsons, of course

Far and away the best TV show of all time.

[VOX]

38. "The Honeymooners" -- the branch from which all others spring...

Original. Minimalist -- that set! Still the best.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

39. Favorite Seinfelds:

I'd have to say the all time classic is the episode that explores what happens when you illegally park in the handicap spot. The scene where they buy the lady a new wheelchair: Re: a certain model wheelchair, the salesman says "I just sold one to Stephen Hawking the other day- he's LOVING it!"

And you've gotta love George's elaborate and creative dodges: "Vandalay Industries! Vandalay Industries!" he shouts as he tries to perpetrate the scam of a previous (mythic) employer.

[Tyler Durden]

40. WHAT???? No "ABFAB" ("Absolutely Fabulous")

DAHLING you've COMPLETELY missed the point.

[underpants]

43. Uggh spare me

Not funny. IMHO of course

[catpower2000]

41. Where the hell is the Simpsons? nt

[NewYorkerfromMass]

42. The Simpsons IS funny but hey- it's a cartoon! nt

[catpower2000]

47. Yes, it's a cartoon...

It's also far and away the best-written show in the history of television.

Cat

[mac56]

49. "The Simpsons" gets away with stuff that a live-action show never could.

People are more willing to hear the truth coming out of the mouths of cartoon characters than they will from a person.

Just my .02 - -

[underpants]

44. I've never seen a whole Lucy show (boring)

Okay maybe it was interesting when it was competing with Pro Wrestling in the early days of TV but it doesn't stand the test of time.

[underpants]

45. Friends???? You have to be kidding

That should not be on the list.IMHO

[underpants]

46. Seingfeld with Dick a close second and you forgot Taxi

Just one man's opinion.

[mac56]

48. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

Great premise, great characters, great writing. Funny and poignant at times, in the right proportions. The "Chuckles The Clown" episode is a classic by anyone's standards. Kurt Vonnegut said he wishes he had written that one.

Add on edit: Second runner-up is "Newhart" (the one based in Vermont).

[Kolesar]

50. Frasier should be on that list

I think with the addition of Niles Crain, it actually surpassed its forebearer, Cheers.

[leftofthedial]

51. can't believe the Seinfeld vote

that show is the "mullet" of TV.

Lame.

[CO Liberal]

52. "The Honeymooners"

Baby - you're the greatest!!!!

[BritishHuman]

53. Off Centre

Brilliant show - only had one-and-a-half seasons. Others you didn't list include Coupling (the British Version of course) and Newsradio.