If Seinfeld is the number 1 TV Comedy of all time. Please rate your next few.

Mine are (Im english by the way) 1. Seinfeld 2. Bilko (phil silvers show) 3. Rising Damp 4. Fawlty Towers 5. Red dwarf 6. Friends 7. Soap 8. Married with children 9. Simpsons 10. Terry and June (the british were the first with a comedy show about nothing).

'Terry and June' is on your list-I can't believe it-I remember my Mum used to watch it when I was a kid (I grew up in England). I remember an episode where Terry was stuck in an attic and I remember Junes really annoying voice, but I don't remember it ever being funny. My favourite British show was 'Have I got News for You' Paul Merton is so funny on that show.

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These were the best Michael. The Best. (after Seinfeld, of course) ============================================ I Love Lucy All In The Family M*A*S*H I Married Joan W.K.R.P. Bob Newhart (in chicago) The Dick Van Dyke Show Cheers The Many Loves of Dobbie Gillis

Maybe you guys will see them on the History Channel :-)

OK, let's try it (and these are shows produced and shown primarily in the US and Canada, so if your British or Australian favorite's missing it may well be because I haven't seen it):

1)Seinfeld (master of its domain) (1989-98) 2)Cheers(1982-93) 3)Simpsons (1989-) 4)Mary Tyler Moore (1970-77) 5)Dick Van Dyke (1960-66) 6)All In The Family (1971-82) 7)SCTV (1977-87) 8)I Love Lucy (1951-60) 9)Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-73) 10)Drew Carey (1995-)

Honorable mention: Murphy Brown (1988-98) Bob Newhart (1971-79) Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1966-70) Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (1968-74) Saturday Night Live (1975-); some great seasons, especially 1975-80 and then sporadically in the Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal and Chris Farley years, but mixed with some real stinkers...

I'll admit I'm short on the classic 1950s sitcoms (only I Love Lucy making my personal cut), partly because I couldn't have seen most of them first-run, and those I have seen in reruns, tend not to age well or compare well with later shows made post-1960.

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• Seinfeld
• Dream On (HBO)
• Three's Company
• The Simpsons
• Futurama
• Family Ties
• Friends
• SNL
• Happy Days
• The Jeffersons

Phil

• Seinfeld
• The Simpsons
• The Larry Sanders Show
• The Honeymooners
• Kids in the Hall
• Taxi
• NewsRadio
• Cheers
• Frasier
• Married With Children

Okay, this is a new list to me...I've formulated my list of the ten all around greatest shows of all time (or "10: The Ten Greatest Shows Of All Time As Seen By Me") and Seinfeld was number two on that list...M*A*S*H landed number one...but as I have explained (when I wrote that list) M*A*S*H is the greatest show of all time (IMHO of course) because of it's classic mix of comedy, drama, action, adventure...and everything else (that IS everything else.) But if I were to write a list of top sitcoms, Seinfeld would be number one...Now, to the list...

• Seinfeld
• I Love Lucy
• Sanford And Son
• The Simpsons
• Cheers
• Soap
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Frasier
• The Honeymooners
• M*A*S*H

A bit British, this...

• Seinfeld
• The Fast Show
• South Park
• Only Fools and Horses
• Father Ted
• The Simpsons
• Porridge
• Men Behaving Badly
• Cheers
• Friends

Jane

does anyone want to explain how three's company got on the lists? isn't it considered a pretty dumb show? i used to watch it when i was younger and grew out of it.

Does anyone want to explain how, unless I missed a post, The Odd Couple did not get on anyone's list? As Jerry or George would say, "That's a shame."

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It did not get on mine because I felt it was a single joke sit-com . It did not explore new ground or push the envelope - did not take creative risks like so many other more important series. Much of the humour came from Tony Randall's excellent stage presence and timing (much like David Hyde Pierce on another sit-com). But I still remember the income tax episode where the IRS people all come into the room to meet Felix because he had such neat tax returns. That scene still breaks me up.

Well, you've made precisely the observation that I've made of the show: I like both principles, but Jack Klugman really did play off Tony Randall--albeit doing so extremely well. But, as you say, the show really was Mr. Randall with his great timing and stage presence. (Bit of a classicist in real life, you know.)

David Hyde Pierce is also terrific, and I'd add Matthew Perry from Friends as one imbued with excellent timing.

And of course, I'd include our own "Fab Four" in the timing department also.

• Seinfeld
• M*A*S*H
• Cheers
• The Simpsons
• Taxi
• Friends
• Newsradio
• Frazier
• WKRP
• Night Court

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• Seinfeld
• Threes Company
• The Simpsons
• All In The Family
• Family Ties

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• Fawlty Towers
• Seinfeld
• All in the family
• Cheers
• The Garry Shandling show
• The Young ones
• Friends
• Monty Pythons...........
• Married with children
• Taxi

After Seinfeld........

• Rab C. Nesbitt
• Only Fools & Horses
• Till Death Us Do Part (the original b&w episodes from the 60's)
• Faulty Towers
• The Larry Sanders Show
• Monty Python
• Cheers
• The Fast Show
• Steptoe & Son
• Bottom

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Arse biscuits!!!! How could I have forgotten...........

Tied at #1 - Father Ted!!!!!!!

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• Spin City (1996 - )
• Seinfeld (1989 - 1998)
• Friends (1994 - )
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969 - 1973)
• South Park (1997 - )
• The Simpsons (1989 - )
• The Critic (1994 - 1995)
• Faulty Towers (1975 - 1979)
• SNL (1974 - )
• Becker (1998 - )

Just a quick question...since so many British series are showing up on these lists, I was wondering how our British friends felt about the old series "Are You Being Served?," since we seem to have that series on so many of our PBS stations these days. I like it personally, but wondered how others felt about it...

Brits- What about Black Adder series?? I was able to see just a few of the shows over the different time periods on Public TV and thought it very funny. By the way, I naturally thought Roland Atckinson (sp) was brilliant in those shows but dislike him tremedously as Mr. Bean. Was Black Adder a weekly series?

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Black Adder had four series, each with six weekly episodes, and was certainly one of the better sitcoms of recent times. Each series was set in a different period - the first in a "missing" period of history in between the reign of Richard III and Henry Tudor; the second in the time of Queen Elizabeth I; the third in the time of a King George (I don't remember which); and the 4th in the 2nd World War. Blackadder and Baldrick (played by Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson) were the only characters that ran through all four - they were supposed to be descendants... although noticeably, in the first series Baldrick was actually quite smart and Blackadder was incredibly stupid; by series 4, Blackadder was the smart one and Baldrick was a moron. In each series, Blackadder's status had fallen further; from a Prince, to a nobleman, to the King's manservant, to a front-line soldier. There was also a Christmas episode called Blackadder's Christmas Carol, based on the Dickens story, and another one-off episode for Comic Relief, set in a different historical period which I forget.

The closing scene of the last series, where they finally came over the top of the trenches and then the picture cross-faded to a field of poppies, was featured recently in a programme of the 100 most memorable moments of television history.

Ollie

My vote is for The Honeymooners. We have to realize that this shoe was the inspiration for The Flintstones, and was more than a showcase for Gleason - as Seinfeld is more than a showcase for Seinfeld. Both shows have a wonderful ensemble quality, classic episodes (who will ever forget Norton addressing the golf ball..."Helloooooo Ball" ?)and the sense of "family" with viewers.

True, Seinfeld is in color...

:-)

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There were 2 other characters that ran through all of them, but i can't remember the character names off the top of my head.

There is talk that they are going to do a special one for the millenium.

Asha

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If you mean Blackadder, I don't think there were - Tim McInnerny was in all of them, but playing unrelated characters (at least in the 3rd and 4th series), and I can't think of anyone else who was in all four of them (except maybe as different one-off characters)

Ollie

• Only Fools and Horses -NOTHING beats this!!!!!
• Fawlty Towers
• Black Adder
• The Good Life
• Are you being served
• Friends
• Seinfeld
• Sorry
• Porrige
• Men Behaving Badly

vote like this and this time next year you'll be a millionaire!

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Are you being served oh please this was dire....

Does anyone vote for the Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin?

Cleo

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