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Where does "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" rank among the great sitcoms of all time?
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Mac & Charlie Die: Part 1 is my all time favorite episode.
I legit didn't even recognize him in Rob's new show.one of the best character arcs in history:
i forgot this is what cricket used to look like lol
LBsquared is asshole. Why Jodez99 hate? Because LBsquared is a bastard man.
Like, I consider The Dick Van Dyke show to be great, but that's about it.
Has to be up there for best intro
Bewitched or I Dream of Jeanie?
Oh god I'm dying all over again. The flatness of the warden is absolutely killer.
There were plenty of sitcoms from the 60's and 70's I thought were amusing watching on Nick at Night as a child. Looking back though... Sitcoms from that era were all like a loaf of white bread. Some with lots of potential, but still just a loaf of white bread.
Cheers was the first to really make me notice and then Seinfeld happened.
top 5 easily. possibly 2 or 3.
I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Dick van Dyke Show and Our Miss Brooks are my favorites. I'm not much of a TV person, so there are only around 10 shows I'm really into.
Bewitched does sound kind of interesting, though.
I think this is a pretty good list but I'd swap out New Girl for Curb Your Enthusiasm
Well, it's certainly better than Friends. But it doesn't touch Frasier or Arrested Development and things like that.
I don't think I'd recommend Hero or Hate Crime for a first time viewer. It's a fantastic episode, but the payoff of
Mac coming out
Hmm
I forgot about Curb
Only seen it once tho. My no life ass has seen the others at least twice lol.
You know what? Fair point. You're absolutely right. I was just mostly using Hero or Hate Crime and Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs as some of the best two ends of dialogue-driven comedy and situation-driven comedy that the series can do.
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How does one Like Curb but not get Seinfeld? Is that not a paradox?
fair enough, jerry is probably the weakest character in the show.
Just a raw on the spot top 10:
- Scrubs
- The Office
- Parks and Recreation
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Seinfeld
- Everybody Hates Chris
- The Wayans Brothers
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Arrested Development
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No disagreements, I just find Seinfeld ok as a sitcom. I can't stand Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards were amusing but I found it to be a middling sitcom. Curb takes everything that was funny about Seinfeld and delivers it in a way more consistent fashion.
It was good for the time compared to the other crap that was on television like Friends but it's never a show that I go back to rewatch. I could watch Curb or IASIP on repeat.
Yes, it is very much top ten and hosts the five star man.
SSS Tier
Simpsons (Classic)
S Tier
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock
Sunny
Curb
A Tier
VEEP
Seinfeld
Arrested
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Community
Happy Endings
Extras (as number 11)
Hon Mention: New Girl, Scrubs, Futurama, Peep Show
Left B99 and Good Place off because they're still running. Not including classics like Sanders.
SSS Tier
Simpsons (Classic)
S Tier
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock
Sunny
Curb
A Tier
VEEP
Seinfeld
Arrested
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Community
Happy Endings
Extras (as number 11)
Hon Mention: New Girl, Scrubs, Futurama, Peep Show
Left B99 and Good Place off because they're still running. Not including classics like Sanders.
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Easy top 5 for me. What's most impressive to me is that while it's not as consistent as it used to be it's still able to put out some all time classic episodes here and there.
Have you seen Happy Endings? I just found out about it a few weeks ago and I'm already rewatching my favourite episodes.