Guest EXPAT Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 It might be well written but I find it predictable and boring. Any sitcom with a laugh track gets a channel change from me. It's actually a live audience. I've been there. Quote
Guest zipperzone Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 It's actually a live audience. I've been there. Really? Did they hold up huge signs saying "LAUGH" ? Quote
Guest zipperzone Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 Another one has come to mind. How many remember "SILK STALKINGS" set in Miami and starring that hunk of hunks, ROB ESTES? Haven't seen as much of him lately but in Silk Stalkings there were many scenes where he appeared in his tighty whities. YUM... Quote
TotallyOz Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 Really? Did they hold up huge signs saying "LAUGH" ? I think it is very funny and witty. But, I do have my niece and nephew who love it as well and they were merchandise from the show all the time. Quote
Members BigK Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 TY's point about Improv is well taken. As is RA1's similar point that performance is as important as the writing. Here a slightly different slant -- a whack at the 50 most influential shows ever, courtesy the U.K. Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2311378/The-50-TV-shows-time-After-experts-named-influential-shows-guru-goggle-box-say-left-stonking-classics.html ... which list reminds that our lists above could also have included Fawlty Towers, Brideshead (swoon), arguably Python ... When including the English series, We must not forget Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister. wayout, AdamSmith and MsGuy 3 Quote
Members BigK Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 I agree about Bates Motel. It has a awesome start but needs a few seasons to be considered Ditto. It inspired me to watch Hitchcock's original this weekend. Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted June 6, 2013 Members Posted June 6, 2013 I had a comment to make about Bevis and Butthead but given that people have brought family into it i'll just sum it by one word: vile. AdamSmith and wayout 2 Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 I had a comment to make about Bevis and Butthead but given that people have brought family into it i'll just sum it by one word: vile. LOL Very polarizing, at least. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 Wow not sure how I missed this one ... but it would easily be added to my list... Hill Street Blues Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Frasier, of course, especially during the Joe Keenan years. I knew Frasier would be mentioned somewhere on this site. I realized that last Tuesday was the 10 year anniversary of the series finale. It was a great show that I discovered in 2003. I have since seen the show, in its entirety, in re-runs. Quote
AdamSmith Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 P.S. If I already said this earlier, forgive, but of course a good bit of tight-budget '60s shows were live-to-tape, with whatever happened. My beloved Dark Shadows top of that list. There is even an episode or two where Frid muffed his lines so badly (which is really to say something! ) that he called out "STOP TAPE" -- but they did not. So it was broadcast that way. Quote
