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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Jun 1, 2022 22:48:18 GMT
"The Cosby Show" is the worse probably because it was so popular and so overrated.
First, it was an unrealistic portrayal of black families when black folks were under represented on tv. It never tried to grapple with the socioeconomic issues, as sitcoms like "Good Times" or even "The Jefferson's" did. It would have been just as salient if it was a family of white folks in blackface.
But what's worse, I've tried watching it a few times, and it was smarmy, not funny.
Were the Huxtables in a higher percentile in economic status compared to the average black American household? Probably. But the Banks family in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were much better off financially speaking. Were socioeconomic issues not intertwined into any of the episodes? Not in obvious ways. Cosby Show didn't do the "Very Special Episode" most family sitcoms were known for. Real world issues aren't a requirement in sitcoms. The last sentence is enough of a criticism.
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Post by snsurone on Jun 9, 2022 14:42:32 GMT
According To JimThe classic white male buffoon as father, a witty and far too attractive wife and annoyingly clever kids. The total cliché of a white suburb family sitcom. Apparently a takeoff of THE LIFE OF RILEY from the '50's. BTW, the same sort of situation you described can also be found in comic strips. Check out "Blondie" and "Adam@Home".
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Post by novastar6 on Jun 10, 2022 6:07:19 GMT
I was going to say, for never having seen it, I feel safe nominating 2 Broke Girls.
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Post by Sarge on Jul 2, 2022 4:52:32 GMT
I don't watch many sitcoms but in recent memory,
The Ranch, dumb and unfunny
2 Broke Girls, I only watched 1 episode but it was bad.
Goldbergs, started okay but turned into generic crap really fast.
Truth Seekers, great cast but not fun or funny.
Dr Ken, ugh.
Big Mouth, tries way too hard.
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Post by snsurone on Jul 6, 2022 18:21:47 GMT
FYI, MOM is coming to MeTV starting Sunday at 7:00 PM, ET, replacing the overrated M*A*S*H, which already airs there five nights a week.
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Post by 博:Dr.BLΔD€:锯 on Jul 11, 2022 8:59:35 GMT
At the moment on Brit telly, there are two or three episodes of Frasier on every weekday in the morning.
I've got into this fairly recently and find it absolutely priceless and laugh out loud funny and a great way to start the day with a coffee before work.
But....
There is before it starts, episodes of either Everbody Loves Raymond or King 0f Queens.
I am a big and loud advocate and flag-waver for the premise that all art is subjective, each to their own, one man's meat etc etc
But
I must admit to being personally, completely baffled that these shows are in the bracket of 'sit-coms'.
I have tried to watch both , but for me they seem completely void of anything funny going on.
I cannot bother with them now and get on my exercise bike before Frasier.
I have also seen Two Broke Girls which I found was unwatchable, despite the eye candy of the leads.
Nobody likeable, crass and crude humour efforts....quite awful.
I have seen Kat Dennings and Jennifer Coolidge miles better in other stuff.
I also thought the U.S. version of The 0ffice lost it quite soon, a smug, less funny copy of the original.
But I guess genius is hard to replicate.
P.s.
I adore The Simpsons and quite like Futurama ...but SouthPark and Family Guy, have never made me laugh.
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Post by snsurone on Sept 12, 2022 19:07:37 GMT
There's another one I forgot to mention: that lousy sitcom THE PATTY DUKE SHOW!
An extremely gifted, Oscar-winning young actress was forced by her "managers" into a typical role of the time--an air-headed teenager who was always getting into scrapes and causing trouble with her bubble-brained ideas!
The only acting challenge for Ms. Duke was as the level-headed Scottish cousin--a role far too small.
The show went off the air after the FCC declared that starting with the 1966-67 season, all shows were to be filmed in color, and CBS refused to give Screen Gems (the producer of TPDS) the necessary $$$ to convert to color.
Patty was very happy when the show was cancelled; she hated doing it.
After she turned 18, she was free of her guardian's rule, and was able to make her own decisions--some which, admittedly were not very wise.
But that was before she was diagnosed as bi-polar.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 14, 2022 0:00:01 GMT
Here are two awful Norwegian sitcoms, that unless you are Norwegian you have never seen or heard of them. I would be very surprised if anybody outside of Norway are familiar with these two sitcoms. Hos MartinHolms |
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Post by vrkalak on Sept 14, 2022 0:11:12 GMT
“The show went off the air after the FCC declared that starting with the 1966-67 season, all shows were to be filmed in color.”
Interesting, was this a prime time thing?
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Post by amyghost on Sept 14, 2022 0:55:50 GMT
Big Eddie (1975). Abysmal comedy from CBS with Sheldon Leonard as a retired gangster, now a sports entrepreneur and Sheree North as his young wife, a former showgirl. Big Eddie got through 10 episodes before being yanked. God, I'd forgotten totally about that one. From the little I can dredge out of the memory banks about it, yes, it was that awful and then some.
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Post by snsurone on Sept 14, 2022 17:12:53 GMT
“The show went off the air after the FCC declared that starting with the 1966-67 season, all shows were to be filmed in color.” Interesting, was this a prime time thing? I'm not certain. I learned this from reading Patty Duke's autobiography "Call Me Anna".
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Post by vrkalak on Sept 14, 2022 19:39:56 GMT
“The show went off the air after the FCC declared that starting with the 1966-67 season, all shows were to be filmed in color.” Interesting, was this a prime time thing? I'm not certain. I learned this from reading Patty Duke's autobiography "Call Me Anna". I know the daytime series Dark Shadows was black and white until August 1967.
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Post by snsurone on Oct 6, 2022 17:00:12 GMT
I also have very negative feelings about CBS' "rural" sitcoms.
PETTICOAT JUNCTION was fair, but I came to loathe THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, especially in its final seasons.
And I've hated GREEN ACRES from the start!
THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW is OK (I especially love Opie and Aunt Bee), but Barney can really get on my nerves!
And I don't like Otis--IMO, alcoholism is NOT funny--and I find Ernest T. Bass and those hillbillies execrable!
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Post by drystyx on Nov 5, 2022 5:21:45 GMT
I'm very surprised that some people hate Raymond, Gilligan, Beveryly Hillbillies, and King of Queens. Those were all very funny.
Got to agree with these being very horrible:
The Brady Bunch
It's About Time
My Mother the Car
Golden Girls
Two and a Half Men
and will add these for the worst sitcoms of all time"
Welcome Back Kotter
Head of the Class
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Mama's Family
The Carol Burnett Show
I Love Lucy (but the Lucy show where she worked at a bank was funny)
The new Mayberry show with all the straight men and the only comedy depending on George Lindsey
The Partridge Family
Family Affair
Alf
The Facts of Life
Full House
Growing Pains
How I Met Your Mother
The first season or two of "Rules of Engagement", in which it was nothing but David Spade being Dr. Smith, and the others were the Robinson family. After that, everyone else let down their hair and spread it out more, and it was actually funny.
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Mar 13, 2023 8:36:38 GMT
I remember those terrible shows like It's About Time, Lotsa Luck and the execrable Gilligan's Island (can't stand Bob Denver, to begin with). I stopped watching sitcoms some 40 years ago when someone decided that funny meant a stream of wink wink sexual innuendos and put downs, far more smutty than amusing. Reading all the comments here, and getting a lot of tips about shows I've avoided over the last couple of decades, convinces me I made the right decision. HEY! I LOVE "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" and have the series! Matter o'taste, m'friend~ |
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Post by brandomarlon2003 on Mar 20, 2023 17:47:36 GMT
Small Wonder
Perfect Strangers
Family Matters
Sanford Arms
Checking In
Call Me Kat
The Crazy Ones
Life with Lucy
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🍿 on Mar 24, 2023 20:29:10 GMT
Full House, 'nuff said. 🫤
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