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The list calls them the "best" and the "funniest"...

1. The Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. All In The Family
4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
5. Cheers
6. MASH
7. The Cosby Show
8. Roseanne
9. I Love Lucy
10. Friends

Here is a link to the rest of the list (They actually rank the top 50)

http://television.aol.com/insidetv/2008 ... 1200791613


John from Boston

I never thought "Friends" was all that great.

I agree with most of those. I never watched MASH all that much but you can't argue the numbers, it was certainly a huge show. My top one on that list is All In The Family (random trivia: AITF had the most spinoffs of any TV show... who can name them all? )

I Love Lucy should be a LOT higher than #9 though.
Friends should to, again, looking at the numbers/popularity and how long it lasted.

My Top 10:

1) Sanford and Son
2) The Honeymooners
3) All In The Family
4) Three's Company
5) Curb Yor Enthusiasm
6) The Jeffersons
7) I Love Lucy
8.) Taxi
9) Welcome Back Kotter
10) The Golden Girls

Dan, are you being serious about #10?
(that's awesome if you are.... ... just an interesting choice for a dude, is all)

Would you try and challenge me, please...?

Jeffersons
Maude
Gloria
Checking In
704 Hauser
Archie's Place
Good Times

bluejeangirl76 wrote: (random trivia: AITF had the most spinoffs of any TV show... who can name them all? )

Archie Bunker's Place
The Jeffersons
Maude
Good Times
Gloria
And I think the Jefferson's maid got her own show, which resulted in a spinoff of a spinoff!


As far as I'm concerned, All In The Family should be number one on the list. The show was HILARIOUS and pissed EVERYONE off!


John from Boston

1) Seinfeld - NO SHOW can touch it.
2) All in the Family - nuff said!
3) Family Guy - ingenius
4) 70s show - just cos Donna is hot
5) Are you Being Served? - Hella-funny!
that's all I got.

StocktontoMalone wrote:Would you try and challenge me, please...?

Jeffersons
Maude
Gloria
Checking In
704 Hauser
Archie's Place
Good Times

704 Hauser was not a spinoff.
I've never heard of Checking In

The answer (as I read it) is 5 and you named them all.

Enigma869 wrote:And I think the Jefferson's maid got her own show, which resulted in a spinoff of a spinoff!

No... that was 227, which was indeed her own show, but not a spinoff of anything.

MTM is probably second in line for most spinoffs (3, I believe).

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

StocktontoMalone wrote:Would you try and challenge me, please...?

Jeffersons
Maude
Gloria
Checking In
704 Hauser
Archie's Place
Good Times

704 Hauser was not a spinoff.
I've never heard of Checking In

The answer (as I read it) is 5 and you named them all.

Checking in featured Florence, the maid...

and 704 Hauser WAS a spinoff. It was about a different family in the Bunker's house....

conversationpc wrote:I never thought "Friends" was all that great.

Friends started weak. but after the 3rd season it took off.
Also, its a sitcom where each episode builts on the previous one, unlike Seinfeld, Cosby Show, The Simpsons etc.
One sitcom that is always a joy to watch is Everybody Loves Raymond.
My list in no particular order:

Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Simpsons
MASH
Dream On
Fawlty Towers
Friends
The Cosby Show
King Of Queens
Married With Children (This show was the shit back when it first came out, but watching the old episodes now, one wonders what was so good about it lol)

StocktontoMalone wrote:and 704 Hauser WAS a spinoff. It was about a different family in the Bunker's house....

Nope. A spinoff is a show that takes characters from one show, and the idea is ausually nchored within the original show, as in, the first episode where the Jeffersons moved on up was actually an episode of All In The Family.

704 Hauser was a lame piece of crap that used no characters from the original and a replica of the set design.

The more you know.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

StocktontoMalone wrote:and 704 Hauser WAS a spinoff. It was about a different family in the Bunker's house....

Nope. A spinoff is a show that takes characters from one show, and the idea is ausually nchored within the original show, as in, the first episode where the Jeffersons moved on up was actually an episode of All In The Family.

704 Hauser was a lame piece of crap that used no characters from the original and a replica of the set design.

The more you know.

Hey, BJG, stick that in your pipe, and smoke it!

http://www.poobala.com/alland704.html


The more *I* know...

StocktontoMalone wrote:
Hey, BJG, stick that in your pipe, and smoke it!

http://www.poobala.com/alland704.html


The more *I* know...

Bite me. Not a spinoff by *my* standards and I don't care what poobala.com says. They're clearly ignoramuses.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

StocktontoMalone wrote:
Hey, BJG, stick that in your pipe, and smoke it!

http://www.poobala.com/alland704.html


The more *I* know...

Bite me. Not a spinoff by *my* standards and I don't care what poobala.com says. They're clearly ignoramuses.

Ok, well that just about clears that up....

1 - Everybody Loves Raymond
2 - Seinfeld
3 - The Cosby Show
4 - Night Court
5 - Cheers
6 - MASH

conversationpc wrote:4 - Night Court

An often forgotten gem. That was an awesome show.
I detect a Dan Fielding avatar in my future.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

conversationpc wrote:4 - Night Court

An often forgotten gem. That was an awesome show.
I detect a Dan Fielding avatar in my future.

I also forgot "Wings". Loved that show, too.

conversationpc wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

conversationpc wrote:4 - Night Court

An often forgotten gem. That was an awesome show.
I detect a Dan Fielding avatar in my future.

I also forgot "Wings". Loved that show, too.

me too ! Loved "Wings"....

Wings was great. Loved it in college. I just marvel that people find/found Seinfeld funny. That show, The Simpsons and Family Guy are 3 contemporary shows that can't hold 30 seconds of my interest. They're just not funny. Besides, it's the same shitty humor over and over again.

PS Yes, The Golden Girls was a serious answer, BJG. I still watch that show very often.

Saint John wrote:PS Yes, The Golden Girls was a serious answer, BJG. I still watch that show very often.

That's pretty cool. "Thank you for being a friend", bro.

Saint John wrote: I just marvel that people find/found Seinfeld funny. That show, The Simpsons and Family Guy are 3 contemporary shows that can't hold 30 seconds of my interest.

I agree with you here. I NEVER EVER got the whole Seinfeld thing. I wouldn't rank Seinfeld in my top 500, let alone top 10! I didn't find that show remotely funny. I never watched The Simpsons or Family Guy, so can't comment. I also agree with you that "Sanford and Son" was a hilarious show. In my opinion, "All In The Family" was a FAR superior show. You did rank it in your top three, so I won't kill you too much on the issue


John from Boston

in no particular order...

Red Dwarf
Blackadder
The Big Gig
Black Books
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Spaced
Kenny Everett's Video Show/Cassette/Whatever-that-year's-series-got-retitled
The Late Show
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
The Goodies

Married With Children needs to be on there, and it's still hilarious if you go back and watch today.

Behshad wrote:Married With Children (This show was the shit back when it first came out, but watching the old episodes now, one wonders what was so good about it lol)

I think it was Kelly Bundy.

Enigma869 wrote:

Saint John wrote: I just marvel that people find/found Seinfeld funny. That show, The Simpsons and Family Guy are 3 contemporary shows that can't hold 30 seconds of my interest.

I agree with you here. I NEVER EVER got the whole Seinfeld thing. I wouldn't rank Seinfeld in my top 500, let alone top 10! I didn't find that show remotely funny.

I couldn't agree more. I never once laughed at anything Seinfeld said or did. He came across to me as a spoiled, cocky, arrogant rich kid. I cannot for the life of me figure out why millions of people thought he was funny. His jokes were stupid, and were completely void of any humor whatsoever.

Saint John wrote:I just marvel that people find/found Seinfeld funny. That show, The Simpsons and Family Guy are 3 contemporary shows that can't hold 30 seconds of my interest. They're just not funny. Besides, it's the same shitty humor over and over again.

Yet you rate Curb Your Enthusiasm from the same writer? When all is said and done Curb is basically Seinfeld without Network restraints (and often better for it).

Both are amazing shows and definitely numbers one and two in my top ten.

Voyager wrote:

Enigma869 wrote:

Saint John wrote: I just marvel that people find/found Seinfeld funny. That show, The Simpsons and Family Guy are 3 contemporary shows that can't hold 30 seconds of my interest.

I agree with you here. I NEVER EVER got the whole Seinfeld thing. I wouldn't rank Seinfeld in my top 500, let alone top 10! I didn't find that show remotely funny.

I couldn't agree more. I never once laughed at anything Seinfeld said or did. He came across to me as a spoiled, cocky, arrogant rich kid. I cannot for the life of me figure out why millions of people thought he was funny. His jokes were stupid, and were completely void of any humor whatsoever.

You guys must not have enough brain cells to find it funny.

Seinfeld was hilarious!!!

My list in no particular order

Seinfeld
King of Queens
Everybody Loves Raymond
Al in the Family
I Love Lucy
Three's Company
Golden Girls ( yeah, me too)
The Office
Friends
The Jeffersons

1.) I Love Lucy
2.) MASH
3.) King of the Hill
4.) Married With Children
5.) Andy Griffith
6.) Roseanne
7.) Still Standing
8.) Cheers
9.) Coach
10.) Friends

Honorable Mention to: Golden Girls, Family Guy (become way too politically geared lately), Simpsons, The Nanny, Perfect Strangers, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Home Improvement, How I Met Your Mother, and Full House.