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Favorite Sitcom
BigKen:
--- Quote from: -Doug- on June 28, 2017, 06:05:21 AM ---For me it would have to be Family Ties, Silver Spoons, Facts of Life, Cheers, Friends, and Seinfield.
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Ah "Silver Spoons", I've seen that show a few times. I only remember it because Carlton from "The Fresh Prince" was part of the cast, hahah.
BigKen:
Have any of you "Cheers" fans been to the actual Cheers restaurant in Boston, MA? I use to live and school in Boston, and know exactly where the diner is located. I unfortunately never got around to checking out the spot in all the time I was there, though.
Razor X:
--- Quote from: BigKen on July 02, 2017, 05:40:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Semi-Sly on June 26, 2017, 10:06:36 PM ---The Odd Couple, MASH, and All In The Family
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Wasn't there a remake of "The Odd Couple"?
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Yes. It only ran for a single season. Ron Glass and Desmond Wilson (Sanford and Son) were in it.
Rusty Shackleford:
--- Quote from: BigKen on June 25, 2017, 06:11:17 PM ---How’s it going fellas? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I really miss the golden age of TV as I call it. That was the time when sitcoms ruled the airwaves, and there wasn’t all this reality TV, brain-rotting crap like nowadays. The TV shows back in the day could brighten the worst of one’s day, or teach some lesson about life even if was done a little tastelessly. What sitcom(s) did you guys enjoy or still enjoy watching? I gotta know. ;D My favorites by decade are below.
70’s: All in the Family, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley
80’s: The Cosby Show, Growing Pains, Married with Children
90’s: Boy Meets World, Family Matters, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends
Early 2000’s: That 70’s Show
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I think today's TV is one of extremes. On the one hand you have vacuous airheads like Kim Cardassian on these pointless reality TV shows, and then on the other you have smart shows like Bates Motel and Better Call Saul. Sitcoms are the worst: it's generally a bunch of millennials or young Gen Xers finding ways to breed while reading out one-liner jokes to a laugh track.
I believe the 70s-80s was the Golden Age of sitcoms, but I believe the best shows are the ones that are on now *if* you look past the mountains of junk. Nothing bores me more with a TV series than one with nothing but stand-alone episodes where no matter what happens during the show you know it will end exactly like it started. This is why I believe Star Trek: TNG is overrated because storylines often had major developments but you knew that another plot twist would happen by the end of the hour to return the chess pieces back to their starting positions. You always knew the series would never take a chance unless forced to by an actor who wanted out of the show.
This is why shows like The Walking Dead are just better than the dramas of the past; episodes don't reset their chess pieces. You really don't know what is coming next, and you really do get hooked and need to see that next episode.
But sitcoms largely S-UUUUUCK. I saw that 2 Broke Girls one time and it hurt my brain. The only sitcoms I watch are The Middle (*gasp* no laugh track and the house does not look like a set sitting on a stage) and Big Bang Theory which is legitimately hilarious. It's even getting a prequel spinoff based around a young Sheldon.
BigKen:
--- Quote from: Razor X on July 03, 2017, 10:21:33 AM ---
--- Quote from: BigKen on July 02, 2017, 05:40:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Semi-Sly on June 26, 2017, 10:06:36 PM ---The Odd Couple, MASH, and All In The Family
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Wasn't there a remake of "The Odd Couple"?
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Yes. It only ran for a single season. Ron Glass and Desmond Wilson (Sanford and Son) were in it.
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I wasn't aware of that version. I was actually referring to a more modern reboot as within the last couple of years.
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