How to rate this show?

Why not? I found comparing the my childhood memory of The Monkeys with my current view of the show fun. You don't have to.

And there are I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners - two shows that, regardless of my age, have always and will always make me laugh.

I agree that it has moments when it is good. The problem with watching it as an adult is it isn't fresh and new for me anymore. As a child I found it hilariously silly and just a wee bit naughty. I watched two episodes today and kept exclaiming to myself, "They needed WRITERS for this?!" I can see why grown men would think it was stupid to be a star for this stuff. But the music redeems it for me, and in the end, perhaps it redeemed it for the Monkees. So my early self gives it a ten and my current self gives it a five. Or less, on some episodes. It wasn't great art meant to last the ages. It was frothy fun, bubblegum tv.

The borderline anarchy reminds me of Laugh In, which I wish I could see in its entirety rather than in pieces now. Laugh In reminds me of the Ernie Kovaks Show which apparently only survives in a few episodes of surrealistic comedy. I would also include in that category Burns and Allen, which broke the "fourth wall" all the time, sometimes with George even stepping over one of the house walls, and had very funny commercials plotted into the story lines. Jack Benny Show was another one that made its own rules, including a Christmas episode that ended with a harassed store clerk being driven by Benny into shooting himself off camera in the back room in what has to be a unique sketch finale in a holiday tv show. Nothing says hilarity like suicide at Christmas time. Oh my goodness! Growing up when I did, I have an appreciation for comedy that tries something different. Seinfeld did, too, but I got bored with that one. I wish Pushing Daisies had lasted longer. There is still a lot of creativity out there and occasionally it gets onto tv.