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

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Wed Jun 28, 2023, 04:13 PM

Jun 2023

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

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What were your favorite situation comedies as a child or adult? Bewitched, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler [View all] debm55 Jun 2023 OP

As a kid ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #1

Hugh, good choices. debm55 Jun 2023 #3

Andy Griffith for sure Bayard Jun 2023 #2

Bayard, congratulations on your 19000 post Like your choices too debm55 Jun 2023 #4

Same Here! ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #28

Seinfeld is all-time favorite. Aspiring comedians should step up to the plate. EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #5

I know, Could never figure out as a child why Hogans Heroes was supposed to be funny. It wasn't and debm55 Jun 2023 #7

My opinion too EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #9

I liked the Great Escape. But it was drama. I have watched it numerous times as my late uncle was a debm55 Jun 2023 #12

So true EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #13

I find Hogan's Heroes fascinating for a couple reasons MichMan Jun 2023 #52

As a kid: Mad_Dem_X Jun 2023 #6

Very good choice. Loved Robin Williams--watched it as an adult. debm55 Jun 2023 #8

I think the addition of Jonathan Winters rescued M&M from obscurity EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #11

Didn't Robin say that Jonathan Winters was sort of a mentor to him? debm55 Jun 2023 #14

I believe so EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #15

Yes..... (Robin Williams will remember his friend and mentor Jonathan Winters) a kennedy Jun 2023 #41

The old married couple sit-coms bored me rurallib Jun 2023 #10

I liked the old Newhart--not the one in Vermont. Carol Burnett best variety/comedy show of all time. debm55 Jun 2023 #16

Hands down winner... Effete Snob Jun 2023 #17

Beverly Hillbillies. Perfect Strangers. Freaks and Geeks Big Bang Theory. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #18

I really liked the Big Bang Theory. My husband watches Young Sheldon but I don't like it. debm55 Jun 2023 #19

I sorta like YS. The character who plays is mom is amazingly like the older. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #20

I sort of like it when Sheldon was younger. Now that he is older and the boy playing him is older, debm55 Jun 2023 #23

Yes that I agree with. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #26

Mary Tyler Moore show, That Girl, All in the Family, Everybody Hates Chris Jrose Jun 2023 #21

Good choices. debm55 Jun 2023 #24

The Lucy Show. Anything with Lucille Ball. And Seinfeld, tho I was no longer a kid. apcalc Jun 2023 #22

I really like Seinfeld and the group. Have been streaming it. debm55 Jun 2023 #25

I was late to Seinfeld but I found it and JUST LOVE IT. I still watch reruns. It was SO clever and CTyankee Jun 2023 #53

I have just finished Season 8 on Hulu. If you have Hulu you can watch all the seasons. debm55 Jun 2023 #54

I find youtube a good place to get old reruns of stuff I like, plus scenes from movies I like to CTyankee Jun 2023 #55

Well let's see. . . rsdsharp Jun 2023 #27

You liked My Mother the Car???? Wow debm55 Jun 2023 #32

Who didn't? That's why it ran so long. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #36

I liked it. Jerry Van Dyke is a very funny guy, Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #46

Those are the ones I watched too. Jerry died. He was on MTM for a couple of episodes as her debm55 Jun 2023 #47

Just had to add 'The Honeymooners'! Jrose Jun 2023 #29

I have watched clips of them, but was too young to watch them debm55 Jun 2023 #35

As A Little Kid... ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #30

Barney Miller was very funny debm55 Jun 2023 #33

My Fave Was Dietrich ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #38

Munsters, Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch, Three's Company, MASH, What's Happening Chakaconcarne Jun 2023 #31

Seinfeld was the best debm55 Jun 2023 #34

Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, It's About Time, Mr. Terrific, The Ugliest Girl In Town. n/t Different Drummer Jun 2023 #37

Mr Terrific? That's one I hadn't heard for awhile captain queeg Jun 2023 #39

I loved Full House as a child as well as Family Matters. Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #40

Forty posts, and no mention of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis? Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #42

I was to young to remember the show, But I vaguely remember the beatnik character. debm55 Jun 2023 #48

That beatnik character was Gilligan (Bob Denver) Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #49

Oh wow, I didn't know. Thank you for that. debm55 Jun 2023 #50

I bunch of us old farts always saw Maynard G. Krebs Brother Buzz Jun 2023 #51

Dick Vandyke show, Beverly Hillbillies, Mr Ed, Andy Griffin and Emile Jun 2023 #43

One of them was Boy Meets World sakabatou Jun 2023 #44

I liked Boy Meets World and the Wonder Years starring Fred Savage debm55 Jun 2023 #45