KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 75 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 878 times:
Tanyaluvs2fly From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 351 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 869 times:
LHMARK From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 7255 posts, RR: 51 Reply 6, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 866 times:
Personally, I like Sewdish sitcoms, like "Sven Contemplates the Banality of his Existence" and "The Grey Space Between Birth and Death." Oh, and the "Volvo Comedy Hour"
"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them." - Bob Feller
YooYoo From Canada, joined Nov 2003, 6055 posts, RR: 53 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 835 times:
Quoting LHMARK (Reply 6): Personally, I like Sewdish sitcoms, like "Sven Contemplates the Banality of his Existence" and "The Grey Space Between Birth and Death." Oh, and the "Volvo Comedy Hour"
You forgot," Extreme Home Makeover-We give you the pieces, you put it together"
KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 75 Reply 8, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 824 times:
Quoting YooYoo (Reply 7): Umm...wouldn't you do the above and then find out if you need to complain??
Not Bofredrik...
"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"
Thomasphoto60 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3727 posts, RR: 25 Reply 9, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 815 times:
There is so little time for me to sit and actually watch TV. But some of my past favourites were,
'Drew Carey' Somehow I could relate to Drew.
'Seinfield' Whats not to like about this classic series?
'John Larroquette Show' A surprisingly intelligent sit-com (well for American TV anyways) that had an all too short 2 year stint on NBC
'WKRP IN Cincinatti' Who can ever forget the 'Turkey' epicode in the 1st season?
'Wings' As an aviation enthusiast how could miss over this series. A funny sit-com with a lot of likable characters.
"Get A Life" The annoying but funny Chris Elliot is a 40 something paper boy living with his parents (Bob Elliott and Elenor Donohughe). This ran on FOX for about 2 years.
'The Office' This is probably the only sit-com' that I will try to make time for. While not near as clever as it's older British brother, it has definitely hooked me as a viewer.
JBirdAV8r From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 4459 posts, RR: 22 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 808 times:
Quoting Thomasphoto60 (Reply 9):
'WKRP IN Cincinatti' Who can ever forget the 'Turkey' epicode in the 1st season?
"No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenberg tragedy has there been anything like this!"
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19813 posts, RR: 56 Reply 11, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 780 times:
UALPHLCS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 755 times:
That 70s SHow was a very good show the first few seasons. Well acted well written. Like many American sit-coms however, the network tied to milk the cow dry. However, there are a ton of pop culture references in That 70s show that more than likely simply won't translate to a European.
I respect shows that go out on top with thier creative integraty intact. Everybody Loves Raymond is an excellent example.
Too many shows continue long after they lose thier relevency. Being from Sweden you may not know this but there is a slang phrase for this called "Jumping the shark." It refers to the Happy Days episode where Fonzie jumps a shark on waterskis, which marked very dramatically the point where the show had lost all credibility.
That 70s Show jumped the shark about 3 years ago.
There are very few sit-coms out there that are both well acted and well written. My personal American favorite is Scrubs. A sit-com set in a hospital for those of you outside the US. I mention this first becasue it was developed in the US. Unlike my very favorite current sit-com The Office which is a British import. I love both the British version and the American one, however, I like the American version a bit better, simply becasue I was aware that there were jokes in the British version I just didn't get because I was American. Im sure the reverse is true for those outside the US.
Frankly, alot of British sit-coms are hysterical but baffling sometimes. I really had no idea what Lister was refering to when speaking of vindilu (sp?) in Red Dwarf, although I know what curry is.
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