I don't think this has been done before. Mine's Frasier and Everybody Loves Raymond, I don't really watch the others.
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Your favourite sitcom(s)?
- Thread starter Airsick Pilot
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since I've not had TV in my home for coming on 8 years and prior to that it was only briefly & not by my choice...
The "Sit Calm" seems a silly concept.
Anyway, back in my hazy youth...Taxi & the Simpsons kicked butt
The "Sit Calm" seems a silly concept.
Anyway, back in my hazy youth...Taxi & the Simpsons kicked butt
Originally posted by Airsick Pilot
How could I have left out The Simpsons, please don't forgive me
not many people associate cartoons with sitcoms, common mistake I won't hold it against you.
Originally posted by Dave Castelo
ur so metal
Like a 747, baby.
I consider so many to just be flat out comedy, I fail to see the "situation" in them. Just useless setups for bad gags. I consider Simpsons and Friends to be just comedy, not a situational comedy.
Maybe that's why I liked Sportsnight so much. That was one of my favorite shows, and to me, the very definition of a sitcom.
I dig:
Sportsnight
Newsradio
A few others that aren't coming to me at the moment...
See my sig
As far as situations, most all these shows have 1) the home 2) the hang out 3) the job
those are the primary situations, it's like a formula, insert X,Y,Z type characters in different situations and viola! sitcom.
haven't you ever found it weird that all the friends always bogart the couch at the coffee joint?....and that the couch would be facing a wall like that.
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
As far as situations, most all these shows have 1) the home 2) the hang out 3) the job
those are the primary situations, it's like a formula, insert X,Y,Z type characters in different situations and viola! sitcom.
haven't you ever found it weird that all the friends always bogart the couch at the coffee joint?....and that the couch would be facing a wall like that.
See, that's what I mean. So many are built on the formula...I think of them more as premise comedies, dependant that we buy into the fact that all those guys would bogart the couch EVERY time the went to the coffee shop, and had killer appartments, or were roomates forced to live with each other.
It's supposed to be funny because the premise would lead us to believe it.
Now, Sportsnight, that had honest situations, of which were occasionally made comedic (it was closer to a funny drama than a comdey with poignent moments). That's comedy.
Not Everybody Loves Raymond.
Formerly on the air:
Family Guy
In Living Color (does that count?)
Newsradio
Currently on the air:
The Simpsons
Coupling (but the jokes will run thin over time)
Scrubs
The Daily Show (if that counts?)
Family Guy
In Living Color (does that count?)
Newsradio
Currently on the air:
The Simpsons
Coupling (but the jokes will run thin over time)
Scrubs
The Daily Show (if that counts?)
