What were your favorite situation comedies as a child or adult? Bewitched, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler

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Moore, Andy Griffin, Seinfeld. know you have more, as I do, But please limit it to the top five,or less

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. As a kid ...

Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Different Strokes, The Facts of Life, One Day At A Time, Three's Company.

There I go, breaking the rules in the first post. Call the last two 'Honorary Mention'

[debm55]

3. Hugh, good choices.

[Bayard]

2. Andy Griffith for sure

Still watch the reruns. Then Dick Van Dyke.

Hey--this is my 19,000th post! Unbelievable.

[debm55]

4. Bayard, congratulations on your 19000 post Like your choices too

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Same Here!

I still watch the Andy episodes on TVLand & MeTV.

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Seinfeld is all-time favorite. Aspiring comedians should step up to the plate.

As a child, I liked My Favorite Martian. Shortly afterward, the airwaves got saturated by war- or military-themed sitcoms, among other offerings from the networks. That fact wasn’t lost on me, having the war in Vietnam come spilling into our living room with the evening news. It wasn’t until M*A*S*H that I watched a sitcom with war or the military as the backdrop.

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7. I know, Could never figure out as a child why Hogans Heroes was supposed to be funny. It wasn't and

never will be funny. JMO

[EYESORE 9001]

9. My opinion too

Perhaps they wanted to bask in the reflected glory of Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. I did read years later that most of the actors playing German officers were Jewish. I think the actor who portrayed LeBeau as well. I don’t get it, but it takes all kinds to make a world, I suppose.

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12. I liked the Great Escape. But it was drama. I have watched it numerous times as my late uncle was a

pilot, shot down, and placed in POW camp. I don't think the camp he was in was anything like Hogans Heroes. JMO

[EYESORE 9001]

13. So true

The producers could have done so much better. Instead, we have a non-animated Road Runner & Coyote cartoon.

[MichMan]

52. I find Hogan's Heroes fascinating for a couple reasons

First off, the war had only been over for 20 years when it first aired. That means that most of the military veterans that returned from WWII were still in their 40's after surviving fighting a brutal enemy regime.

I can't imagine a television executive in these days even suggesting a TV comedy about a Nazi prison camp. They would be fired and perhaps never be able to work in the industry again. Not to mention protests etc. Yet, back then, not only was it aired, it was quite popular with the public.

What I find most interesting is that those Americans who actually fought the Nazi regime in the last big world war and lived through those times, did not take great offense, and understood that it was not to be taken seriously. Of course it made the Germans look like idiots.

Now days, there would be a huge ground swell of people, none of whom were alive back then, or had first hand life experiences with the war, that would take it very seriously, with demands it be taken off the air and those responsible should be held to task. Just shows how much things have changed in the last 55 years or so.

[Mad_Dem_X]

6. As a kid:

Laverne & Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter, Mork & Mindy

As an adult: Seinfeld, The Office, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

[debm55]

8. Very good choice. Loved Robin Williams--watched it as an adult.

[EYESORE 9001]

11. I think the addition of Jonathan Winters rescued M&M from obscurity

I witnessed Robin Williams entering a comedy ‘box canyon’ from which he may not have escaped. His antics were still hilarious, but they were becoming a bit trite. Jonathan Winters provided a comedic backstop who could add to Williams’ character. If not for that, M&M could have been lost in obscurity - and Robin Williams along with it.

[debm55]

14. Didn't Robin say that Jonathan Winters was sort of a mentor to him?

[EYESORE 9001]

15. I believe so

I remember that from a story about JW joining the cast.

[a kennedy]

41. Yes..... (Robin Williams will remember his friend and mentor Jonathan Winters)

https://parade.com/156903/erinhill/robin-williams-to-honor-jonathan-winters-at-emmys-in-memoriam-tribute/

[rurallib]

10. The old married couple sit-coms bored me

Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore and Newhart were about all the sitcoms I watched much.
Smothers Brothers and Carol Burnett were my favorite comedy themed shows.

[debm55]

16. I liked the old Newhart--not the one in Vermont. Carol Burnett best variety/comedy show of all time.

skits were so funny.

[Effete Snob]

17. Hands down winner...

[LakeArenal]

18. Beverly Hillbillies. Perfect Strangers. Freaks and Geeks Big Bang Theory.

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19. I really liked the Big Bang Theory. My husband watches Young Sheldon but I don't like it.

[LakeArenal]

20. I sorta like YS. The character who plays is mom is amazingly like the older.

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23. I sort of like it when Sheldon was younger. Now that he is older and the boy playing him is older,

it lost it's appeal to me.

[LakeArenal]

26. Yes that I agree with.

I really don’t like the aunt or grandma character. Too much.

[Jrose]

21. Mary Tyler Moore show, That Girl, All in the Family, Everybody Hates Chris

Oh, and the TV version of The Odd Couple with Tony Randall.

[debm55]

24. Good choices.

[apcalc]

22. The Lucy Show. Anything with Lucille Ball. And Seinfeld, tho I was no longer a kid.

[debm55]

25. I really like Seinfeld and the group. Have been streaming it.

[CTyankee]

53. I was late to Seinfeld but I found it and JUST LOVE IT. I still watch reruns. It was SO clever and

funny.

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54. I have just finished Season 8 on Hulu. If you have Hulu you can watch all the seasons.

[CTyankee]

55. I find youtube a good place to get old reruns of stuff I like, plus scenes from movies I like to

see again. One of my faves is "The Bridges of Madison County." I get a little misty over that one. It gave me a new respect for Clint Eastwood, I must say!

[rsdsharp]

27. Well let's see. . .

My Mother the Car
It’s About Time
Car 54 Where Are You?
Good Morning World
My Little Margie

You know, the classics!

[debm55]

32. You liked My Mother the Car???? Wow

[rsdsharp]

36. Who didn't? That's why it ran so long.

[Mr.Bill]

46. I liked it. Jerry Van Dyke is a very funny guy,

He was great on Coach.

I like the Dick Van Dyke Show, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction and the Beverly Hillbillies.

MASH was good, but not nearly as good as the movie.

[debm55]

47. Those are the ones I watched too. Jerry died. He was on MTM for a couple of episodes as her

boyfriend.

[Jrose]

29. Just had to add 'The Honeymooners'!

Hilarious cast, especially Art Carney, and the 'Captain Video' episode.
Watched this on black and white tv with family as far back as when I was 10 years old.

[debm55]

35. I have watched clips of them, but was too young to watch them

[ProfessorGAC]

30. As A Little Kid...

...Hillbillies, Gilligan, Jeannie, Bewitched...
A little older (mid & late teens) All In The Family, Barney Miller, Happy Days,...
A lot of the others mentioned were out when I was an adult, so I don't count those.

[debm55]

33. Barney Miller was very funny

[ProfessorGAC]

38. My Fave Was Dietrich

That was a few years later. I believe the actor was introduced in season 2, but not as Dietrich. He didn't become a featured player until Gregory Sierra left the show.
Lots of really good ancillary characters like Levitt, Lugar, Scanlon and the like.
I found it very funny.

[Chakaconcarne]

31. Munsters, Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch, Three's Company, MASH, What's Happening

Dukes of Hazard, BJ and the Bear, Bewitched, I dream of Jeannie... All of these when I was a teen or younger...

All time favorite - Seinfeld. Can't be beat, IMO.

[debm55]

34. Seinfeld was the best

[Different Drummer]

37. Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, It's About Time, Mr. Terrific, The Ugliest Girl In Town. n/t

[captain queeg]

39. Mr Terrific? That's one I hadn't heard for awhile

Remember Capt Nice? Seemed like those shows came in pairs; Mr Terrific and Capt Nice, Munsters and Adams Family. Someone would come up with an idea and another network would follow suit; I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched, etc.

[Elessar Zappa]

40. I loved Full House as a child as well as Family Matters.

I’ll still watch them occasionally for nostalgic reasons. My favorite sitcoms when I got older were Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory. Also the Office but I don’t think that counts as a sitcom.

[Brother Buzz]

42. Forty posts, and no mention of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis?

What's up with that?

[debm55]

48. I was to young to remember the show, But I vaguely remember the beatnik character.

[Brother Buzz]

49. That beatnik character was Gilligan (Bob Denver)

Loads and loads of quirky, yet witty quotes from the program.

[debm55]

50. Oh wow, I didn't know. Thank you for that.

[Brother Buzz]

51. I bunch of us old farts always saw Maynard G. Krebs

Maynard's middle name is pronounced "Walter", named for his aunt. The "G" is silent, he would explain.

[Emile]

43. Dick Vandyke show, Beverly Hillbillies, Mr Ed, Andy Griffin and

I Dream of Jeannie.

[sakabatou]

44. One of them was Boy Meets World

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45. I liked Boy Meets World and the Wonder Years starring Fred Savage