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#299990 - Tue Nov 07 2006 04:57 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
Mozziebabe Offline
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Well...in no particular order, mine are:

Scrubs
Thank God You're Here
Friends
MASH
Hogans Heroes
Sienfeld
Porridge
Monty Python
Frasier
Yes Minister
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#299991 - Tue Nov 07 2006 09:43 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
robbieh Offline
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Registered: Mon Jun 27 2005
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Loc: Coachella California USA

Seinfeld
Friends
MASH
Family Guy
Simpsons
Cheers
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mary Tyler Moore
Taxi
King of the Hill

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#299992 - Wed Nov 08 2006 12:18 AM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
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I wish to redress an oversight as there appears to be no mention, as yet, of the King of TV comedy.

BILKO.
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#299993 - Wed Nov 08 2006 02:03 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
lady1 Offline
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My top 10 list in no particular order

1. Thin Blue Line
2. Fawlty Towers
3. MASH
4. Scrubs
5. Third Rock from the Sun
6. Dharma and Greg
7. Home Improvements
8. Saturday Night Live
9. That 70's Show
10. Blackadder (which I resently discovered on BBC Prime)

OOps did one twice.


Edited by lady1 (Wed Nov 08 2006 02:04 PM)
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#299994 - Fri Nov 10 2006 08:59 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
draculanut31 Offline
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Loc: Waterford New Jersey USA    
I Love Lucy
The Red Skelton Show
The Honeymooners
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Jeffersons
The Cosby Show
Home Improvement
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Nanny (the modern I Love Lucy)

Honorable Mention:
The Jack Benny Show
Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour
MOnty Python's Flying Circus
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#299995 - Fri Nov 10 2006 09:34 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
Sallyo Offline
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Posts: 29
Loc: Tasmania Australia
Blackadder
Allo Allo
My Name is Earl
The Goodies
Always Greener
Round the Twist
New Tricks
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Dead Like Me
The Royle Family

Mind you... some of these are comedy/drama. I don't like many "pure" comedies.

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#299996 - Sat Nov 11 2006 09:22 AM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
gretas Offline
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Registered: Thu Jan 05 2006
Posts: 293
Loc: Northern Maine, USA
No particular order for mine, either:

Father Ted
Keeping Up Appearances
Friends
Cheers
Frasier
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1970s-early 190s Saturday Night Live
The Office (Brit version)
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Seinfeld
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#299997 - Sat Nov 11 2006 09:49 AM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
maggss Offline
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Registered: Sat Aug 05 2006
Posts: 12
Loc: Nottinghamshire UK
Fawlty Towers
dads army
Porridge
Steptoe & Son
vicar of dibly
Blackadder
the good life
mr bean
open all hours
m.a.s.h.

no particular order i can watch and watch and stil laugh at all these

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#299998 - Sat Nov 11 2006 11:25 AM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
NamHari Offline
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Registered: Sat Nov 11 2006
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Loc: California
Lots of very funny comedies shows; here are ten of my favourites:

Absolutely Fabulous
The Jeffersons
Will and Grace
Are You Being Served?
Father Ted
Cheers
Malcolm in the Middle
My Family
The Nanny
Seinfeld

I had trouble thinking of 10, and these aren't in order. Just 10 shows I've enjoyed over time.
Cheers

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#299999 - Sat Nov 11 2006 12:15 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
dino335 Offline
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Registered: Mon Oct 17 2005
Posts: 64
Loc: Manhattan New York USA        

1. Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. All in the Family
4. MASH
5. Taxi
6. Barney Miller
7. The Honeymooners
8. Dick Van Dyke Show
9. I love Lucy
10. The Odd Couple

Sort of in Order
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#300000 - Sat Nov 11 2006 01:35 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
jarsma63 Offline
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Registered: Sat Jun 24 2006
Posts: 2017
Loc: Michigan USA  
My top ten:
1. MASH
2. All in the Family
3. Cheers(especially the later ones)
4. That 70's Show
5. The Honeymooners
6. The Golden Girls
7. Are You Being Served?
8. Monty Pythons Flying Circus
9. Laugh-IN
10. Dean Martin Roasts
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#300001 - Mon Nov 13 2006 08:37 PM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
red_rainbird Offline
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Registered: Mon Nov 13 2006
Posts: 28
Loc: Portland Oregon
The Simpsons
Monty Python
SCTV
Blackadder
The original SNL
Green Acres
The Flintstones
Frasier
M*A*S*H
The Office

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#300002 - Sat Jan 06 2007 03:43 AM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
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Registered: Sat Jan 06 2007
Posts: 4
Loc: Cali
1. Two and a Half Men
2. Friends
3. That 70's Show
4. Saved By The Bell
5. 8 Simple Rules
6. Las Vegas (considered a drama but it is hilarious)
7. According to Jim
8. The Class
9. Boy Meets World
10. Full House

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#300003 - Sat Jan 06 2007 03:53 AM Re: Top Ten Best Comedies of All Time
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Registered: Sat Aug 26 2006
Posts: 196
Loc: St Louis Missouri USA
One of my all-time favorites that I don't see listed was the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati" -- Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, Les Nesman ... hysterical.
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