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Your top 3 all time fave shows.


Here’re mine.

In Living Color

SCTV

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Yes, I love comedy’s. I love a lot of dramas too but none as much as the above.

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MASH
Twilight Zone
Hill Street Blues

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Below post was in response to you, lol.

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Got responses confused.

I only ever saw HSB for the first time a few months ago. Same with Cagney and Lacey. Wasn’t watching much TV around then. Both seemed very compelling and cutting edge.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show
MASH
The Bob Newhart Show

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Wow, MASH made the first two responses. My older sister loved that show. I was too young to get most of it and I don’t see it in syndication.

I LOVED The Twilight Zone. Now, like Orwell novels it’s less like fiction and therefore too too scary.

LOVE Bob Newhart. Did you like his 80’s show set in the hotel?

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Not as much as I like Mr Newhart's original show. Larry, Daryl, and Daryl were pretty funny, though.

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Wasn’t Larry on the first one too? And also on a kids show, Captain Kangaroo maybe?

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But the series finale to the Vermont show is the best broadcast series finale ever, to date.

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Dick Van Dyke! I loved that show too. The middle American Mid Century decor is fabulous and that appeals to me.

Remember the spooky episode? The boss was in it looking through through the front door glass. It scared me so much as a kid, lol!

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That is my favorite episode! The Ghost of A. Chantz.

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Totally watching that later, thanks!

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Enjoy! I watched it again just last night.

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That’s awesome!

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Drama....
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Wire

Comedy...
Seinfeld
All in the Family
Keeping Up Appearances

ETA: sorry i couldnt narrow it down more...i went by genre

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I know, it’s hard!

I forgot about

The Kids in the Hall

The Young Ones

Strangers With Candy

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

All comedy for me!

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Good ones!
Its too hard to narrow down

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Surprised no one has mentioned I Love Lucy yet.

I can’t stand it’s 50’s sexist values but sometimes when it’s on I hear a joke that keeps me going for days.

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Oh Lucy is great!
Funny nobody mentioned it

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Is Keeping Up Appearances the one with Dame Judy?

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No, Patricia Routledge is the star
She is a social climbing, snobby woman who bullies her poor husband constantly and is a huge nuisance to everyone around her...'Hyacinth Bucket' is one heck of a TV character...what a funny show!

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Seinfeld came close for me but I no longer laugh. I just just mouth the dialogue along with them.

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I guess even great things can get played out
My wife and i still drop a Seinfeld quote on each other about once a week lol!

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Haha! Same goes for Led Zeppelin.

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This comment is especially hilarious to me because im listening to Zep in my garage right now and yes...they are amazing but ive probably played them out at this point...
Ive overplayed The Stones, Billy Joel, Zep...i really need new stuff!

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Haha! That's so funny! I picture you with an 80's boom box and some cassette tapes..
I could never get sick of the Stones. Hearing them on original vinyl is so much fun. Although they all seem like creeps. Don't look too hard at your heroes.

I met Robert Plant and he was rude to me.

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Got Def Leppard rocking my garage now...it is as amazing as it sounds

Ive heard that Plant is a bit of a jerk...sad!

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I recently saw a very young woman wearing a Def Leopard tee shirt. I asked: you’re a Def Leopard fan? I thought she was joking with her response: am I a fan of my shirt? No, haha, of the band? She said: I didn’t know they were a band. I just like the shirt.

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Its so silly but its true:)
A ton of the wee kids on my block are wearing rock tees now (Kiss, Maiden,ACDC, Ramones...)
They get them at Walmart...im pretty conflicted over this state of affairs!

Dammit, i earned my rock tees!!

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Hahaha! And ours were bootlegs with iron ons, not Walmart junk!

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Damn right!
My denim jacket with the gigantic Ozzy iron on patch on the back will always be a legend

I think i left it at some girls house...i think i got ripped off that time😆

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My brother was arrested for rioting at a Black Sabbath concert. Someone threw a shoe at Ozzy and it hit him in the head. He walked offstage and the kids started ripping the seats out.

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So true !!!!!LOLLOL😂

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I still like Seinfeld.

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Yes Minister - Yes Prime Minister (1980-87)
Dry English humour at its best.

Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
Morse. Brilliant analytical mind combined with feet of clay. Ably assisted by the perfect offsider in Lewis.

Game of Thrones (2011-19)
Yes I know that it's 80% trash but my God the other 20% is truly epic.



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Going to check those out! I love British humour.

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Amen on Inspector Morse.

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PS I know GoT’s isn’t comedy. My neighbor is in that show.

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I gave you my favorite comedies in an earlier comment.

My favorite dramas are:

Foyle's War
Lewis
Endeavour

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I like Foyle’s War.

Good binge watching suggestions here!

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Inspector Morse would be #4.

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Did you see Stella Street? I almost fell over just now remembering it!

I have it on VHS.

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No, I've never even heard of Stella Street. I looked it up. Sounds interesting, but I have no way to watch it.

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Oh man, it is so funny.

As you saw, the two guys together played everything. The brilliance to me was that their celebrityimpressions were oftentimes so over the top it added to the humour.

When I have time I’ll try to digitalise it and get it onto YouTube.

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Stella Street was fantastic. Mick and Keith's corner shop!
John Sessions and Phil Cornwell are such talented mimics.

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Mick, why are you dressed like a copper? I’m not dressed like a copper! I AM a copper! Well, all right..

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X Files
Seinfeld

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I only just started getting into X Files.

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Amazing, I hope you are watching the original X Files first, as it is fantastic. My favorite eps are the Alien Arc - I only listed two but now, I will add "Homicide- Life on the Street" as my third. The third choice was harder to pick, the first two,very easy.

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Deadwood
The Simpsons (3-9)
The Wire

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Didn’t the Simpsons evolve out of a comic strip? Or maybe Groenong just did both.

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It evolved in the form of shorts on a variety show called "The Tracy Ullman Show". After the shorts became popular, it received it's own show.

During the third season, IMO, the writing on the show went to a whole new level, and it continued to get better and better. So much so, that I think seasons (3-9) may very well be the best comedy writing in television history. Combine that with the fantastic voice talents, and you have pure gold.

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I remember Tracy Ullman’s show. She won a bunch of Emmys but it got cancelled anyway.

I loved the Simpsons ride at Universal.

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Ab Fab!

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