Whose gonna win?
I Love Lucy
Honeymooners
Father Knows Best
Andy Griffith
Dick Van Dyke
All In The Family
MASH
Mary Tyler Moore
Cheers
Roseanne
Simpsons
Seinfeld
Freinds
Whose gonna win?
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
Wow, tough call. It's really hard to compare eras with TV. I really like Leave It To Beaver though, which isn't on your list, for its depiction of a loving family with strong values. I still watch it today and think, man, that Ward sure does have a lot of good advice.
I'm gonna go with I Love Lucy. The humor is timeless.
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
Go Mash!
People today make fun of Leave It To Beaver for it's family life portrayal and that it was unrealistic. I can understand someone from the younger generation saying that. But being raised in the 50's/60's my life was alot closer to Beaver's family then Roseanne's.
Another one, which I forgot about, was Ozzie and Harriet.
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"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
Was M*A*S*H actually considered a sitcom? I suppose it fits because it was a half hour comedy.Originally Posted by Rychian
More great family shows emitted from the list.
Diff'rent Strokes-I believe was one of the first shows to portray interracial and class storylines.
Family Ties-Former hippies raising a family in the 80's. Helped significantly by the great acting of Michael J. Fox.
Growing Pains-Kinda like the Leave It To Beaver of the 80's.
Does anyone else miss those "Very special episodes for the whole family" where a serious subject like sexual abuse or drinking and driving was focused on?
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
I was raised in the Bunker residence. That show has aged unbelievably well for all of its topicality.
Mary Tyler Moore is an ever-so-close second.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Hey, I'm from the younger generation, and I wish my life was closer to Beaver's family than Roseanne's.Originally Posted by GAC
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
I wasn't allowed to watch this show growing up.Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
My parents took me to a drive-in movie of Bonnie and Clyde AND Bullitt.Originally Posted by savafan
I wore my jammies, ate pocorn and ate the violence up.
My family couldn't be defined by a sitcom, but I did have an "Uncle" like Uncle Norman on Courtship of Eddies Father.
That was one we could always watch in my family...along with Maude, The Jeffersons, and Sanford & Son.Originally Posted by savafan
I picked MTM but I almost picked I Love Lucy. I went for consistency (sp?). The other shows, including M*A*S*H*, had it ups and downs in quality and "watchability" [IMHO].
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Did anybody else watch the show called "SOAP" ??? The show had a great cast and yielded Benson as a fairly weakened spinoff. Watching SOAP was taboo in my house growing up--but I used to sneak into the upstairs den to watch it as a kid. Come to think of it, I would do the same thing with Monty Python and the first few seasons of SNL...Aahhh, the good ole days of television.
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Does Cosby get an honorable mention at least? I didn't grow up watching much tv, but I enjoyed that one when I was in high school.
I voted for Andy Griffith. Always my favorite even though I watched them after they went into syndication. MASH is a close second even though the last few seasons were not very good,IMO. WKRP would get my vote as the most underrated. One of the funniest shows ever made.
Reds Fan Since 1971
yep. Billy Crystal ws Jody.Originally Posted by Blimpie
School's out. What did you expect?
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