Comedy Series --- Top-10 Of All-Time?

Just your personal favourite ten, if you like. Should be tough to wittle it down!

Would you like to see any made into films?

 

In no particular order and I'll stick to non-animated because the animated shows get plenty of coverage here already:

Cheers

Seinfeld

All In The Family

The Honeymooners

Community

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Chapelle Show

In Living Colour

Saturday Night Live - grudgingly. It's a disjointed, mostly unfunny slog to get through most shows, but it's impossible to deny it's influence and the talent it's pumped out through the years.


I'm sure I've overlooked or forgotten about many others that actually belong on this list...............and yes, it's completely US influenced.


...................and no, I don't want to see films of any of them.

 

01. Arrested Development
02. Seinfeld
03. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
04. Curb Your Enthusiasm
05. The Office
06. The Inbetweeners
07. Scrubs
08. Community
09. Extras
10. Modern Family


Ive probably forgotten something. Not too interested in seeing any made into movies, but would definitely watch them if they were.

 

Father Ted
Only Fools and Horses
Friends
The Inbetweeners
Simpsons
Misfits
Pheonix Nights
I'm Alan Partridge
Bottom
Peep Show

 

Um....

Fawlty Towers
Early Rab C Nesbitt
Shameless (not really a straight out comedy, more a light drama)
Classic Simpsons
Latter South Park
Brass Eye
That Mitchel and Webb look
Alan Partridge
Limmy's Show!

 

Oh, Game on also great back in the day.

 

South Park
30 Rock
The Office (US)
The Simpson
Married With Children
The Chapelle Show


that all i can think of at the moment...

 

1. Blackadder
2. Open All Hours
3. Only Fools and Horses
4. 3rd Rock From the Sun
5. One Foot in the Grave
6. Monty Python's Flying Circus
7. South Park
8. That 70's Show
9. Young Ones
10. Fawlty Towers

 

I rank Fresh Prince of Bel Air at the top.

I'd also like to mention

Yes, Prime Minister
Seinfeld

 

This was tough. I could probably do a top-50, with most coming from either Britain, or the US. Anyway...

1. Seinfeld
2. M*A*S*H*
3. Just Shoot Me!
4. The Simpsons
5. Spin City
6. Father Ted
7. Third Rock From The Sun
8. Arrested Development
9. That 70's Show
10. Black Books

The best going around now would be Modern Family, Rules Of Engagement, American Dad! & Family Guy, even if the latter has lost some form lately. There are just so many great shows who didn't miss my cut by much --- Fawlty TowersRed Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, Coupling, Yes, Prime Minister, & a host of others.

The great tragedy to me was Arrested Development. I place a emphasis on longevity (IMO, one of the principal markers of comedic greatness), otherwise, this show would easily be a lot higher on my list. It's the Salvador Sanchez of comedy. RIP.

 

Fresh prince definitely an all-time great.

 

The one reason i liked Seinfeld so much is that it was pure comedy. Never any "very special episodes" trying to pull heart strings or send out any kind of moral message.

It was only about the laughs.

 

True. I always respected it for that. Not a single "poignant" moment during the entire run of the show.............even when the situation called for it......ie. The Bubble Boy or George's fiance dying just before their marriage.

I think we can thank the Larry David influence for that.

I saw somewhere the creators of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" admitted to being a raunchier rip-off of Seinfeld, and thanked them for it.

 

What the fuck? How long has this forum been here?

 

Since March 8th.

 

In no particular order:

1.)Get a Life
2.)Curb Your Enthusiasm
3.)It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
4.)The Office(US)
5.)Night Court
6.)Seinfeld
7.)In Living Color
8.)Fresh Prince of Bel Aire
9.)Family Guy
10.)Married With Children