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On the list: THE NANNY I grew up watching that show.
Not on the list: 30 Rock
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Friends all the way. I think that's pretty much the only one of that list that I've watched regularly (all ten seasons four or five times). I've loved the Frasier episodes I've seen as well, but I haven't gotten my hands on any dvd boxes yet.
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Out of these, Seinfeld, with Taxi a close second, and Frasier third. I loathe Friends. Other honorable mentions that are not on the list are Just Shoot Me, Two and a Half Men.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Friends.

But also My Name Is Earl and Reaper

IO can't do a top 10. I only like 3 otr 4 of them, then it really taile offf.

i don't really consider Reaper to be a comedy. More like a very hilarious drama. Nevertheless, glad to the show getting some love.
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   I was going to mention WKRP in Cincinnati but someone beat me to it. Loni Anderson was hot (of course) but I always had a small crush on Jan Smithers, my kind of gal!
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I went for Seinfeld.  Me being an old fart would have suggested  The  Honeymooners and The Beverley HillbilliesWink ( funny that could be the music) as well but  Friends, Heres Lucy and Married with Chidren are a good laugh as well.
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Well, seeing as how I love Seinfield, I would have voted that, but it's already winning and Frasier has gotten no votes, which is simply unacceptable.

So Frasier gets my vote. One of the most intelligent American Television Sitcoms I have ever seen. Wink
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Seinfeld and Frasier are my favourites.
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Originally posted by MFP MFP wrote:

Seinfeld and Frasier are my favourites.



Vote for Frasier, 'cause Seinfeld is already going to win, an Dr. Crane has almost zero support here, it seems. He needs all the love he can get.
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Suddenly Susan and Here's Lucy?  You've gotta be kidding.  Best one on list is All in the Family followed by Taxi, MASH, Roseanne, Seinfeld..  missing is The Odd Couple, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, King of Queens, The Honeymooners

 
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I'm partial to That 70s Show, but Frasier's sophisticated, yet sometimes slapstick, wit grabs me the most from this list.
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Grounded for Life and the Nanny , those were some of the few that I enjoyed , I usually prefer British comedies over american ones
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

OK even after quite a few years....Seinfeld reigns supreme then Frasier!


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Of course if you're speaking strictly US TV comedy, Saturday Night Live was the best.  I grew up on Laugh Inn, Carol Burnett, etc.  Then I was co-opted by Monty Python.

US Situation Comedies With Live Actors would narrow things down a little better. Tongue 

Hogan's Heroes was big favorite with me when I was growing up.  I also see no Gilligan's Island, I Love Lucy, Barney Miller, Sanford and Son, (Redd Foxx was a really "dirty" stand up comic BTW), etc.  But hey, you only get so many slots...

Jeeze, how many sitcoms have we put out anyway? LOL

Lately though, my favorite US TV comedies are the cartoons you can see on Adult Swim...



Edited by Slartibartfast - June 26 2009 at 22:39
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Have to show some support for mankinds greatest hero:
 
Seinfield would be second on this list but The Simpsons was truely the greatest television show of all time during a remarkable stretch of flawless episodes from seasons 3 through 8
And where's Sanford & Son and Beverly Hillbillies on this list? classics


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Friends and Seinfeld
 
but It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the best TV show made by humans 
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Married ... with children, truly awful, but on purpose, and I liked who it offended.  M*A*S*H was pretty good, though it kind of got stuck in a rut.  I was just watching Malcolm In The Middle this morning, which wasn't included in poll.  It's pretty good.

Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Seinfeld. Most of these are truly awful. 

What's funny if for you to declare most of these as awful, you must have subjected yourself to them, and I do believe that makes you a masochist. Tongue


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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Suddenly Susan and Here's Lucy?  You've gotta be kidding.  
 
 
You don't like Brooke ??? What's the matter with you ? 
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Besides, as I already said: I wanted to include several decades and not every comedy on the list is my personal fav.
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Seinfeld!!! Giddy-up!
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MASH is the ONLY American TV comedy show that this bloke from Wales has ever remotely obsessed about. At turns funny, sad, bittersweet, tragic, and ridiculous.

A question for my American friends - was this, as I've always imagined, rather untypical of the usual TV fare you get over there? Or am I completely wrong?
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