Best sitcom ever

[Garry Walker]

Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister I think are very intelligently written sitcoms. I think that it is probably technically more difficult to write a series that doesn't tend to involve being rude in order to get laughs, it is however very sharp at times.

Married With Children

These, with Married With Children being my all time favourite.

[Bob Riebe]

Cartoon shows shouldn't count as they are not sitcoms per se.


Red Green

Red Green is closer to the cartoon category, but I LOVE the characters of the explosive expert, and the Forrest Ranger, gotta love it.

[anthonyvop]

Forgot about Taxi....great show.

The Bob Newhart Show

News Radio

WKRP in Cincinnati.

[Mark]

I haven't seen enough episodes of the other imports (to us), but Red Dwarf wasn't bad.

I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Red Dwarf which is bringing it all back

The first few series were outstanding but then it went down hill and the final series wasn't much good at all. The recent mini-series shown on Dave was almost just about passable, but no more...

Karen has always said that the series should have ended properly, i.e. by them going back in time and actually causing the reactor failure which led to their situation in the first place - sadly that route was never chosen.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Well, it is live actors, so not a cartoon. Personnally, I like Red's various contraptions he builds from "stuff" and duct tape.

Red Green aka Steve Smith did that show for about the price of what the cater budget for one day is on most American sitcoms.....

Great characters though...Rothschild and his "sewage sucker" business, and Bill.....the "adventures with Bill" segment was always top drawer


I loved MASH, and still enjoy it.

WKRP was my favourite though....as a teen I watched it religiously.

I must say I enjoyed Blackadder, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and out of the current crop, I like Big Bang Theory and 2 and a half Men.

The Art of the Sitcom to me though, in a simpler time done with simple humour yet funny was still the Andy Griffith show....

It was clever, it was clean and a lot of the characters and jokes still stand up from an era that is long gone....you couldn't help but wish if you lived in the south, you could live in Mayberry...

[anderzon]

friends
2 1/2 men
will and grace

[Bezza]

My favourites are well documented. Over the years though I would put Alan Partridge at No. 1, The Office at No. 2 then a mix of Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers and Mongrels - currently on BBC Three

[MrJan]

friends
2 1/2 men
will and grace

You've got the wrong thread, the Worst Sitcom thread is somewhere else

This is one of my favourite sitcoms, can't believe that I forgot about it:
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[Garry Walker]

You've got the wrong thread, the Worst Sitcom thread is somewhere else

What do you have against two and a half men. Think before you answer.

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[Mark in Oshawa]

For those who don't like Two and a Half Men..well I guess I have no clue what makes you laugh...but while it isn't the all time best, out of the current crop, it is better than most. Make of that what you will.