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Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Wed March 08, 2023 9:41 pm
by CopperTom
Seinfeld
Friends
The Wonder Years
Fresh Prince
Full House
Growing Pains
Family Matters
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 8:35 pm
by epilogue
tree_ wrote:How about these...
Full House
Growing Pains
The Wonder Years
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Family Matters
Seinfeld
Friends
Friends
The Wonder Years
Seinfeld (this is a compromise because I think culturally it should be higher but I also really hate it so I want to rank it last)
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Family Matters
Growing Pains
Full House
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 8:37 pm
by epilogue
doug rr wrote:like its been said the first 8 years of the Simpsons is gold
like its been said here before that many rm people hate family guy, I love it..you haters can fuck off
I really loved king of the hill back in the day but haven't watched in quite some time
I've never seen Futurama
I do like South Park but rarely watch it
I think the first 7 seasons of Family Guy are legit brilliant. And rival the best era of The Simpsons, frankly. I haven't watched a new episode of either show in a long, long time, though.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 8:52 pm
by wease
Why do you hate Seinfeld?
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 8:55 pm
by epilogue
wease wrote:Why do you hate Seinfeld?
It's a show full of shitty people doing shitty things and Jerry can't even be bothered to keep a straight face through most of it. It's just such a chore to watch.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:04 pm
by wease
Fair enough.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:09 pm
by wease
Seinfeld
Wonder Years
Friends
Fresh Prince
All the rest
I’ve only ever seen a handful of Fresh Prince. I remember watching Growing Pains for the sister and thinking it was neat that her real life sister was the kid on Benson. Full House has been watched by every female in my house at least 3-4 times so I’m aware of it and how terrible it is and I’ve never even seen an episode of Family Matters.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:13 pm
by Jorge
Seinfeld is a brilliant show. I could watch reruns of it forever. It's my number one for this group (and close to my number one TV comedy in general). Shitty people doing shitty things is right, and that was kind of the appeal and where much of the comedy comes from.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Used to watch this as a kid and really loved it. Saw some episodes recently and was surprised at how well the comedy held up.
The Wonder Years. Putting it here by default but it does not belong in this list as it's not a multi-camera sitcom. Used to watch it with my dad, have fond memories of it.
I think Friends just sucks I hate that it spawned so much bland, toothless comedy (How I Met Your Mother and the like). When I was growing up they would play it SO MUCH on Colombian TV, so I've watched the entire show top to bottom. For some time I felt alone in hating it but I am glad the tide is turning as people seem to realize it does not stand the test of time.
Full House is probably the worst of these. Just very stupid and very unfunny.
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I remember Family Matters being pretty bad but I can barely remember any of it. It would be unfair to rank it. I never watched Growing Pains.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:20 pm
by epilogue
Family Matters got straight bonkers at a certain point. And I respect that, tremendously. Now having said that, some of it's bonkers shit was some straight misogyny tropes.
I watched a lot more of Growing Pains than Family Matters. But I feel like it's all contextual sense memory and not substance. But I could be wrong. It's very possible that GP is better than FM. I'd need to revisit both.
Full House is the worst of these though, by a large stretch.
Friends is still one of the best (the best?) sitcoms of all time.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:25 pm
by Jorge
epilogue wrote:Friends is still one of the best (the best?) sitcoms of all time.
This is why we are enemies
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:26 pm
by epilogue
Jorge wrote:epilogue wrote:Friends is still one of the best (the best?) sitcoms of all time.
This is why we are enemies
At least now I finally know the reason!
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:26 pm
by tree_
Samesies. And I’m glad I can agree with you Jorge about at least two shows that are pure garbage, yet popular.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:28 pm
by doug rr
Seinfeld is an all time favorite..lived on the upper west side for 10 years..I know those people
loved the wonder years
I think I watched all the friends episodes but I could care less about it
never watched fresh prince or full house
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:35 pm
by epilogue
It feels good to be culturally superior to so many faceless people on the internet. Wait, am I Burt?
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:36 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:37 pm
by epilogue
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:38 pm
by wease
Urkle better than Chandler? No way
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:39 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:47 pm
by tree_
They are all so smug and righteous and they’re never funny. Seinfeld is funny and that’s all that matters in a comedy.
Re: Rank the following shows
Posted: Thu March 09, 2023 9:50 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:wease wrote:Urkle better than Chandler? No way
Chandler is the worst one
I wish that four of them died in the pilot and then we just had a series of Joe and Phoebe. Now that would be a good show.
You're wrong about almost everything concerning the show. But you're right that Joey and Phoebe are awesome.
