Fridge Lords
1.4 Seinfeld - FL Writes: "With the fourth overall pick, I will claim the show I feel should never have been allowed to drop this far. Seinfeld. Episode for episode, there is no other show in history that gave pop culture as many catch phrases and classic moments. While it did not spawn any good spinoffs...(or any spinoffs?) Pound for Pound, Seinfeld rules over all."
2.5 The Cosby Show - Nuff said.
3.4 M*A*S*H - Lets see now...I have Seinfield and The Cosby Show in my fold, and despite the surge of britcoms getting yoinked...I will save my pick from across the pond for a later round (and hope it's still there) and pick my heart on this one.Instead of setting a sitcom in a busy city, or focusing on a disfunctional family, lets put our sitcom in the middle of the Korean War, and use a theme song titled "Suicide is Painless.
But we'll cast Alan Alda, so it'll be funny no matter what.
And I think this is the first sitcom in our draft that was a movie first. Love the movie on its own...but I didn't see it till college. I grew up on M*A*S*H, and that show, becaause of its setup, could really delve into not just the funny, but the touching and emotional moments that make a show jump from good to great.
4.5 The Beverly Hillbillies - This is another stud in the stable of "classic sitcoms" in my opinion with Beav, Lucy, ect., but it was also one of the most watched shows ever.
Despite being panned by some critics, the show shot to the top of the Nielsen Ratings shortly after its premiere and stayed there for several seasons. During its first two seasons, it was the number one program in the U.S. During its second season, it earned some of the highest ratings ever recorded for a half-hour sitcom. The season 2 episode The Giant Jackrabbit also became the most watched telecast up to the time of its airing, and still remains the most watched half-hour episode of a sitcom as well[1] It was ranked in the top ten most watched prime time programs for six of its nine seasons.
The series received two Emmy nominations for Best Comedy Series as well as nominations for cast members Irene Ryan and Nancy Kulp.
Let me put one point out there again...The Giant Jackrabbit....STILL remains the MOST WATCHED half-hour episode of a sitcom.
5.4 Night Court - It had range. It went from a mostly realistic show dealing with the daily routine of hookers and weirdos at court, to slapstick funny, most notably in my mind an episode where a "new young hotshot maverick judge" comes in that wants to mark his territory with Judge Stone, so they decided to have a prank contest to determine "who's the craziest," with the new guy wagering his new position against Harry's silk judge's robe. They go back and forth all show until towards the end, Harry dismisses the court, and bangs his gavel, at which point, his entire desk shatters....grief stricken...he turns to his nemesis...takes off his robe...and walks into the hall...Christine comes out to console him, trying to give him courage...and he seems inconsolable...until he pulls a small remote out of his pocket and presses a button. We hear a great commotion from the other room, and we enter to see that a huge balloon has inflated, pinning the hotshot judge to the roof! Harry proceeds to say, "You may be younger, and better looking than I am...but you will never....ever....be as CRAZY!
At which point he takes out an ice pick and stabs the balloon.
Freeze Frame
Roll Credits
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VIDEO CLIPS:
Seinfeld - From "man hands" to "bad naked" to "the contest" to the "we already have a George"... this sitcom had it all! Somebody on YouTube through together a pretty decent "Top 10 Moments" cross section. Wouldn't be my top 10, but man, that'd be tough to pick.
The Cosby Show - Rudy singing "Baby!" is pretty priceless.
M*A*S*H - This make you laugh? or cry?
The Beverly Hillbillies - Everybody knows this by heart.
Night Court - Oookay.
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