Post a brief description of a sit-com, old or new, and see if anyone knows the name of it.

[red dog 1]

Television sit-com set in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The main character is a 30-year-old who has been working for most of his life as a paperboy for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

[Dream Girl]

1. The Chris Elliot show?

[red dog 1]

2. Do you remember the name of the show?

Chris Elliot starred in it and Bob Elliot played his dad.

[Dream Girl]

4. Yes. Wasn't he a paper boy? It was hilarious but short lived

[red dog 1]

18. He was a paper boy.

It was hilarious but short-lived, and I loved it

Do you have a favorite episode?

Mine would probably be the one where his mother talks his father into taking him and his buddy camping.
His father deliberately "loses" his son + friend, and, hungry & lost, they find some psychedelic berries and hallucinate.

[49jim]

34. Chris Elliott is in

Schitt's Creek on Netflix....funny series

[ArnoldLayne]

120. I do remember the shows opening theme song was "Stand" by REM

[eppur_se_muova]

121. Get A Life

Not you ... that was the name of the show.

[flying rabbit]

3. Roommates and/or their neighbors have some sort of misconception about some situation.

Hi jinks ensue. Figure it out in the end. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[First Speaker]

5. Hmmm...The Sopranos...?

[flying rabbit]

8. No

Sopranos=Not a sitcom.

[First Speaker]

11. Oh I dunno...you can interpret it as such...

...with Tony seen as a descendant, in a way, of Ralph Kramden. When he says, To the Moon, it has a whole new meaning. But I was actually making a not-very-successful attempt to be funny...

[flying rabbit]

12. Yes

there are a lot of things that could fit into my description. Think physical comedy and cheesy as hell.

[red dog 1]

16. Three's Company?

[flying rabbit]

54. Winnah!

[Mr.Bill]

22. Friends

[flying rabbit]

57. No

but your answer has merit

[PJMcK]

31. Three's Company (n/t)

[flying rabbit]

56. You are correct.

[First Speaker]

6. Chicago psychologist has a long, very bizarre dream...

[Tom Kitten]

14. The Larry Darryl and Darryl Show!

aka Newhart

[True Blue American]

79. Newhart?

[Ohiogal]

103. The Bob Newhart Show

[sarge43]

7. Base player gets a chair with the Boston Symphony

Makes friends, but has trouble navigating the sea of love.

[Tom Kitten]

13. that would be Friends and Lovers starring Paul Sand

I remember that show! Well I remember him and the orchestra, had to google the title. As I remember as a preteen watching it was pretty good! Carol Burnett liked him too, see him a lot on her show reruns.

[sarge43]

15. Wow. I thought I was the only one left who remembered it.

I enjoyed it. I wonder why it was cancelled so quickly.

[catrose]

51. I liked it too

Being a classical musical musician in training at the time

[Ohiogal]

104. Count me in, I was a fan, too!

Remember when Paul Sand guested on the Mary Tyler Moore show as her tax accountant?

[PJMcK]

37. That's Bass Player (n/t)

[912gdm]

10. A department store in Boston

An old patriarch has had a store for decades and needs to look to his younger heir to revitalize the business.

[red dog 1]

17. A sit-com?

[912gdm]

19. Yes.....

and it was based of a very popular overseas sitcom

[yellowdogintexas]

88. Based on "Open All Hours" which is a hysterical Britcom

There is a sequel out now which stars the nephew as the grumpus

However I can't recall the American version

[happybird]

101. Saw the new version a couple weeks ago

and was tickled to see the 'real' Granville playing the curmudgeon!

[leftieNanner]

60. Sounds like Are You Being Served

but that's a British show.

[912gdm]

90. Your half right.

It was an unfair submission... but fun... . Beane's of Boston only aired the pilot and it was so horrible it was never aired again. This was the American spinoff of Are You Being Served and they used the script for German Week.

Watch if you dare

[red dog 1]

20. Two young men with little money work at a small advertising agency

Unable to afford an apartment, they decide to dress up as women after work each day so they can share a room at a women's residence hotel.

[Kurt V.]

27. bosum buddies

[red dog 1]

85. You got it!

[Mr.Bill]

21. People in the Army during the Korean war

act more like it's the Vietnam war.

[red dog 1]

23. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

aka MASH

[Mr.Bill]

24. Yep.

[red dog 1]

25. I think I've seen every single episode of MASH

[Mr.Bill]

26. Me, too.

Seen the movie many times also.

[Clash City Rocker]

127. I've seen every episode at least 20 times

And I was delighted to see the show streaming on Hulu lately. I usually hate seeing a TV show repeatedly, but this is the best show ever.

[jpak]

28. Car 54 where aaaarrree you?

[red dog 1]

30. Nope

[True Blue American]

94. Car 54, Where Are You?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_54,_Where_Are_You%3F

[doc03]

29. They are best friends and neighbors that work as rivetors at

an airplane assembly line in California.

[procon]

44. The Life of Riley

My pop, who worked at Lockheed in Burbank, Ca in the same era, loved that show. It sure brings back nice memories of our family all sitting together in front of that tiny TV screen to watch all the evening shows. He was fond of the show's popular catchphrase, "What a revoltin' development this is!" that William Bendix used in every episode. Jim Gillis, played by Tom D'Andrea was Chester A. Riley's buddy and neighbor.

[doc03]

50. Just looked it up in Wikipedia. I remember the TV series well but didn't know

it was originally a radio program and a movie.

[PJMcK]

32. Mom is reincarnated in an unusual manner (n/t)

[doc03]

33. My mother the car? nt

[PJMcK]

38. You win!

[True Blue American]

93. Jerry Van Dyke

That was a short lived one.

[eppur_se_muova]

122. My Mother The Car. nt

[PJMcK]

35. Astronauts become friends with cavemen (n/t)

[consider_this]

47. It's about time.

It's about space, it's about the whole human race!

[PJMcK]

61. Bingo!

[PJMcK]

36. Precursor to Modern Family (n/t)

[Cousin Dupree]

39. An Ivy League professor inherits a restaurant in a city far away.

He travels to the other city in preparation for selling the restaurant. When he returns to the Ivy university, his life goes sideways and he ends up moving to the other city and keeping the restaurant. The vast differences in his previous town vs. his new town and it’s denizens make for lots of hilarity and thought-provoking plots.

[Leith]

70. Frank's Place

I remember that one - good show.

[Clash City Rocker]

128. Agreed. Very underrated show.

[PJMcK]

40. Rich girl. Poor boy.

Hilarity ensues.

Actress becomes a staple on cable.

[doc03]

42. Two friends one works as a bus driver and his

buddy works in the sewer.

[consider_this]

45. Honeymooners?

[doc03]

49. Yep!

[doc03]

43. He hits it big in the dry cleaning business and moves from the projects to

an upscale apartment building.

[consider_this]

46. the Jeffersons

[doc03]

48. Winner!

[doc03]

52. A grumpy old man and his young partner have a

run down garage in East LA.

[Sanity Claws]

53. Steptoe and Son?

[doc03]

63. Wow never heard of that one I thought you maybe meant Sanford and Son. I see Steotoe and

son were on BBC.

[Sanity Claws]

68. My mistake

The show was so long ago. The original was Steptoe and Son on the BBC; it was adapted for US television as Sanford and Son. I got them mixed up.

Either way, it sounds like I didn't get the right answer.

[True Blue American]

96. Close

Sanford and Son!

[leftieNanner]

62. Chico and The Man?

[doc03]

64. That's it nt

[Sneederbunk]

55. A married couple live in an apartment connected to a firehouse by a plank.

[NanceGreggs]

59. He & She?

Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss ...

[Sneederbunk]

65. Bingo! It had great writing.

[NanceGreggs]

67. Loved that show!

Great cast, too: Jack Cassidy, Hamilton Camp, Kenneth Mars.

[MuseRider]

58. Olive and pie. n/t

[aka-chmeee]

66. Grocery store stockboy and Janitor has TV connection with Jovian puppets. nt

[FM123]

69. A proud liberal in the '70s that was uncompromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizin'

[Leith]

71. Maude

I loved Maude. She had moxie.

[FM123]

75. Moxie, she sure did!

[mercuryblues]

72. What is

and then there's Maude?

[FM123]

76. Right on Maude!

[Leith]

73. Here's one...

A married couple who realize that they will never make the millions they dreamt of, quit the rat race to become domestic servants to a rich industrialist who rarely stays in the mansion they take care of.

[mercuryblues]

74. A happily married woman with 3 kids

has her celebrity sister move in with her after she literally torched her career in Hollywood.

[no_hypocrisy]

77. Mr. Angel, a middle-aged man, shows up to help individuals facing crises and challenges.

He snaps his fingers and people stop moving. He snaps his fingers again and they start moving and the crises resolve. (Sitcom didn't last a year.)

[True Blue American]

78. Mrs. Bucket

( Bouquet) who pretends to be a member of the Aristocracy!

[yellowdogintexas]

89. Keeping Up Appearances nt

[True Blue American]

91. :)

My favorite!

[lapfog_1]

80. Big shot movie producer in Hollywood

releases a box office clunker has one more chance to make a hit, hires his prostitute / girl friend to be an associate producer and lives with his uncle / chief of security.

Only lasted 1 season but it was the funniest damn thing I've ever seen (it is my sense of humor as it was not a ratings hit)

[dameatball]

81. loveable detectives deal with oddball perps in NYC

[lapfog_1]

82. Barney Miller - n/t

[dameatball]

83. Correctamundo!!

[consider_this]

84. A two person band

from New Zealand - trying to make it in NYC, with an ineffective manager and one fan.

[happybird]

106. Flight of the Conchords

I loved that show. The manager was so freakin' ridiculous and gloriously awkward. Can't remember his name. Barry, maybe?

[consider_this]

118. Correct.

I think the mgr guy's name was Reis, something like that. Loved their zany songs, especially 'Business Time'. Lol

[happybird]

123. OMG, I forgot about that

just watched on YouTube.

"And you know when I'm down to my socks what time it is"


Now I'm gonna have to see how many episodes are available online. That was such a funny show.

[red dog 1]

86. British sit-com....A married couple decide to become self-sufficient.

They even grow vegetables in their front yard, much to the chagrin of their next-door neighbors.

[yellowdogintexas]

87. The Good Neighbors (aka The Goode Life)

We own the DVD set.

It is a very funny show

[True Blue American]

92. Oh,yes, good one.

Remember this one?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(TV_series)

And ,” Waiting For God?” That one is back at 7:30.

[DFW]

95. Unmarried pair of erudite secret agents get called for oddball government missions

Definitely a comedy, although so tongue-in-cheek that it might not always have been recognized as such.

[red dog 1]

97. Get Smart?

[DFW]

98. Umm, not quite

I have heard the Don Adams character in Get Smart being described as a number of things, but "erudite" was never one of them!

Think: "we're needed."

[red dog 1]

99. Mission Impossible?

[red dog 1]

100. X-Files?

[jls4561]

109. Mrs. Peele, we're needed

I think I spent too much time trying to be Emma Peele on "The Avengers".

[DFW]

116. I KNOW I spent too much time thinking about how I wanted a week alone with Emma Peel!!

I had no idea what Diana Rigg was like in real life, but in those days, I didn't care!

[red dog 1]

114. The Avengers?

[DFW]

115. There you go! n/t

[A DAY IN THE LIFE]

105. Something and Mrs. Something

I can't remember their names. Kate Jackson (I think) was the Mrs. part.

[Angleae]

119. Scarecrow & Mrs King

[Ohiogal]

107. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?

[DFW]

117. No, although..........

Sometimes I wondered if that wasn't secretly meant as a comedy, too. I was talking about The Avengers, the British series.

[Ohiogal]

131. You're right and I agree.

Perhaps “farce” would be a better term for those two shows.

[A DAY IN THE LIFE]

102. Written by Buck Henry

Captain of an intergalactic garbage scow with a wacky crue: a plant (Ficus), a hermaphodite (Gene/Jean), twin beauties (one was a clone, the Betties), and a cowardly robot.

[red dog 1]

108. Buck Henry was ahead of his time.

Didn't he once write for "The Tonight Show"?

[Ohiogal]

110. He wrote for SNL, didn't he?

[red dog 1]

112. Oh yeah, I think you're right.

I don't think he was old enough to have written for the old "Tonight Show" anyway.

[eppur_se_muova]

124. I'm one of the few people who saw that, apparently, but I can't remember the name.

Quark, maybe ?


ETA: YESSSSSS!!! I Googled after posting. I sort-of-remembered it was a one-word title, something vaguely SF and vaguely oddball. Then 'Quark' popped into my head.

[happybird]

111. Hotel owner who hates guests, has tendency to overreact

[red dog 1]

113. Fawlty Towers

[happybird]

125. No matter how many times I see it

I still end up yodel-laughing like a freakin' hyena. Poor Manuel.

[red dog 1]

132. Poor Manuel is right!

The actor who played him was seriously injured twice on the set.

- Once, when the director insisted that John Cleese use a real iron frying pan, instead of a foam one, in the scene where Cleese hits Manuel with it....I think he suffered a serious concussion.

- The other time was in the "Fire Drill" episode, when Manuel comes running out of the kitchen with smoke coming off him yelling "Fire!"..[Cleese tells him, "No, Manuel, there's no fire"]
The actor was seriously burned by the chemical they used to make the smoke come off him.

[eppur_se_muova]

126. Forced out of job by ex, Pulitzer-Prize winning photojournalist goes to work for sleazy tabloid. nt

[Clash City Rocker]

129. A whiny teen grows up by dying, and helping others deal with their death

[Clash City Rocker]

130. Life and loves among the creators of the third-rated sports network in America