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Posted: 2/7/2013 2:13 PM
RE: Five best TV series of all time
Lots of great shows!
my favorite for 40 years has been
The Honeymooners.
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Posted: 2/7/2013 2:23 PM
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What? Late night television doesn't count?!
Not a single mention of the longest running television show ever... The Tonight Show! Any version... Jack Paar, Steve Allen or Johnny Carson. I haven't watched it since Carson retired.
At least Carroll Burnett was mentioned a couple times.
Going way, way back; Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. The lineup of actors and writers on that show that became famous is staggering. Sort of like the early Twilight Zone and Outer Limits episodes.
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Posted: 2/7/2013 2:28 PM
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Spartacus
SOA
Entourage
Sopranos
Dexter or Breaking Bad
Others on the list but still to new
Game of Thrones
Walking Dead
Guilty pleasures that no one else really liked that I loved
Jericho
Prison Break
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Posted: 2/7/2013 2:38 PM
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I'm not sure I could name a top 5. Just completely off the cuff:
24
Game of Thrones
Band of Brothers
Early SNL
Star Trek
Other shows that are great:
The Outer Limits
The Wild Wild West
Seinfeld
Ed Sullivan (particularly when The Beatles were on)
And yes, YBD, Carol Burnett's show was awesome.
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Posted: 2/7/2013 2:45 PM
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I didn't see Nothern Exposure listed so I'll put that one out there as well.
Lots of good ones already.
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Posted: 2/7/2013 3:27 PM
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YankeeBigDog wrote: What? Late night television doesn't count?!
Not a single mention of the longest running television show ever... The Tonight Show! Any version... Jack Paar, Steve Allen or Johnny Carson. I haven't watched it since Carson retired.
At least Carroll Burnett was mentioned a couple times.
Going way, way back; Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. The lineup of actors and writers on that show that became famous is staggering. Sort of like the early Twilight Zone and Outer Limits episodes. Have already been a couple mentions of "The Tonight Show," including my own (page 1). I also included "The Carol Burnett Show." But your point about programs from The Golden Age of Television (1950s, early 1960s) is spot on. Was initially going to list a few but figured most on these forums were oblivious to them since they weren't alive or old enough to appreciate them! Granted, some of the shows from that era were outright bombs. Yet quite a few of the good ones became classics. Sid Caesar-Imogene Coca, Jack Paar, Steve Allen were pioneers and great performers. Allen in particular was highly intelligent. He created "The Tonight Show" and for a while had a popular Sunday night show opposite Ed Sullivan. Others: Milton Berle; Jack Benny; Jackie Gleason; Danny Thomas; Phil Silvers; Red Skelton; Grocho Marx ("You Bet Your Life"); George Burns-Gracie Allen; "Amos 'n' Andy;" "Playhouse 90" (the ambitious anthology series performed live); "Studio One" (live drama, received Emmy nominations every year 1950-1958);"The United States Steel Hour" (another dramatic anthology series performed live); "Alfred Hitchcock Presents;" "Gunsmoke"; "Have Gun-Will Travel;" "Rawhide;" "Dragnet;" "Perry Mason"; and "Omnibus" (a cultural series hosted by Alastair Cooke).
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Posted: 2/7/2013 3:38 PM
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1. The Andy Griffith Show
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Space Giants
5. Flight of the Conchords
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Posted: 2/7/2013 3:54 PM
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MASH
Land of the Lost
Simpsons
Fantasy Island
Home Improvement
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Posted: 2/7/2013 6:04 PM
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MHill wrote: MASH
Land of the Lost
Simpsons
Fantasy Island
Home Improvement  Now I understand that LOL is short form for Land Of the Lost!
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Posted: 2/7/2013 6:31 PM
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DixieDawg wrote: 1. The Andy Griffith Show
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Space Giants
5. Flight of the Conchords I don't think we'd fight over the remote if we were watching TV together as your top 3 are among my favorites. Add McHale's Navy, Hogan's Heroes, Mission Impossible and 24 to it and I'd have no reason to get off from the couch. |
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Posted: 2/7/2013 6:39 PM
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YankeeBigDog wrote:
MHill wrote: MASH
Land of the Lost
Simpsons
Fantasy Island
Home Improvement
Now I understand that LOL is short form for Land Of the Lost! Man, I was a toddler back then and couldn't get enough of it. My mom thought it was too violent but luckily my dad came to the rescue. Of course, I don't remember any of this. LINK
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Posted: 2/7/2013 6:56 PM
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TheShank wrote: Combat
Mission Impossible
Star Trek
Columbo
The Twilight Zone
Winner.
Honorable Mentions
Rockford Files
Bonanza
Dallas
Johnny Carson (The Tonight Show)
The Fugitive Add Mannix and Police Squad! to the honorable mention delete Dallas and this works for me. |
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Posted: 2/7/2013 7:19 PM
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If we're giving credit to the golden age of TV I have to give a shout out to Ernie Kovacs.
Ernie didn't have a "signature" show. He did do the late night "Ernie Kovacs Show" in the late 50's and was a frequent guest host of The Tonight Show.
Ernie was a pioneer of absurdist TV sketch comedy as well as video tricks/effects used for comedic impact.
He is cited as an influence by comedy greats for the last 50 years. From Rowan & Martin to Conan O'Brien.
I'm sure there's plenty of his stuff available on YouTube, albeit probably Black and White.
He was tragically killed in a car accident on his way home from a party at Milton Berle's home in 1962, ten days shy of his 43rd birthday.
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Posted: 2/7/2013 7:27 PM
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jmidd44 wrote:
TheShank wrote: Combat
Mission Impossible
Star Trek
Columbo
The Twilight Zone
Winner.
Honorable Mentions
Rockford Files
Bonanza
Dallas
Johnny Carson (The Tonight Show)
The Fugitive Add Mannix and Police Squad! to the honorable mention delete Dallas and this works for me. +1 more Police Squad. "Just one shot to my boyfriend's knee cap was all it took…"--AudieTheGreat
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Posted: 2/7/2013 7:58 PM
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Married with Children
Seinfeld
Knight Rider
Cheers
Arrested Development
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Posted: 2/7/2013 9:18 PM
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HarleyD wrote: If we're giving credit to the golden age of TV I have to give a shout out to Ernie Kovacs.
Ernie didn't have a "signature" show. He did do the late night "Ernie Kovacs Show" in the late 50's and was a frequent guest host of The Tonight Show.
Ernie was a pioneer of absurdist TV sketch comedy as well as video tricks/effects used for comedic impact.
He is cited as an influence by comedy greats for the last 50 years. From Rowan & Martin to Conan O'Brien.
I'm sure there's plenty of his stuff available on YouTube, albeit probably Black and White.
He was tragically killed in a car accident on his way home from a party at Milton Berle's home in 1962, ten days shy of his 43rd birthday. For you enjoyment (probably his most famous) Nairobi Trio. Lots more from the Golden Age here. Intro by Ernie as Percy Dovetonsils. About 80% of this stuff would piss someone off today so it probably would never make it onto the air.
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Posted: 2/7/2013 9:23 PM
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piddylolo wrote: My top 5 (in no particular order):
Arrested Development
The Wonder Years
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Curb Your Enthusiasm 2 more of my favorite television programs I forgot to mention: The Office BBC (the original w/ Ricky Gervais) Hard Knocks (What do you get when you combine NFL Films & HBO? Perfection.) |
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Posted: 2/7/2013 10:21 PM
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Main:
SOAP
Smith
The Muppet Show
Ren and Stimpy
Married...With Children.
Alt:
Oz
Deadwood
Wild Wild West
Battlestar Galactica - first couple seasons second series
Planet Earth
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Posted: 2/7/2013 10:44 PM
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"My mom thought it was too violent but luckily my dad came to the rescue."
That just reminded me of another show... Three Stooges. How about Ghoulardi... that was pretty bomb how he would put himself in the movie..
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Posted: 2/7/2013 11:16 PM
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DoggyII wrote:- There have been lots of good shows over the years but I think MASH stands out as head and shoulders above anything else...ever.
- Soap was fantastic...way ahead of its time...I have the whole series (4 seasons) on DVD. When Burt thought he could make himself invisible...classic!
- I also think the original Law & Order was awesome although SVU has had better staying power.
What's on my DVR schedule right now:
- Drama: Criminal Minds, CSI, CSI: NY and Law & Order: SVU
- Comedy: Big Bang, How I Met Your Mother and The Middle
Soap! Damn, I need to add that to my list too. I was like 13 years old when that was on, but that was a classic. The ventriliquist was hilarious in that as well. |
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Posted: 2/8/2013 7:24 AM
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Last edited 2/8/2013 7:26 AM by HarleyD
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Posted: 2/8/2013 7:35 AM
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Anybody remember "The Winky Dink and You" show? You had to buy a special vinyl sheet that went over the TV screen and in certain parts of the show you had to draw stuff on the screen with crayons to save Winky Dink, like a bridge or a parachute.
I got my first ass whooping because of that show. I didn't have the special sheet that covered the TV screen and just drew straight on the glass with crayons. My ass was sore for a week.
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Posted: 2/8/2013 7:37 AM
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Posted: 2/8/2013 8:03 AM
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What?????
No one liked or watched Ed Sullivan?
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Posted: 2/8/2013 8:33 AM
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AudieTheGreat wrote:
What?????
No one liked or watched Ed Sullivan? most people on this forum weren't born until 20 or so years after that show went off the air. so, no, they didn't watch a whole lot of it. . .  "Alls I knows is alls I knows, and what I knows is that there isn't no octopus punching in Hamlet." - Bot |
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Posted: 2/8/2013 8:43 AM
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HarleyD wrote: Here's is...in my opinion...three of the funniest minutes in TV history. Eyup! 
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Posted: 2/8/2013 9:09 AM
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YankeeBigDog wrote:
HarleyD wrote: Here's is...in my opinion...three of the funniest minutes in TV history.
Eyup! +1000. I just showed my 17 year old son that clip a couple of weeks ago. One of the best single episodes in sitcom history. |
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Posted: 2/8/2013 9:27 AM
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The REAL definitive list:
Cheers - multiple Emmys and it still holds up in re-runs today
Miami Vice - doesn't hold up well today (kinda cheesy), but very dark, edgy at the time
The Simpsons - another multiple Emmy winner and greatest animated series in tv history. Fact.
Battlestar Galactica (2nd series) - great acting with political issues that are still in the news today + sci fi
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - ok, this one was just a guilty pleasure of mine that I never missed.
"Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed." - Don Woods
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Posted: 2/8/2013 9:32 AM
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That's one of the all-time great tv lines:
"As God as my witness...I thought turkeys could fly."
"Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed." - Don Woods
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Posted: 2/8/2013 10:07 AM
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Has no one mentioned Da Ali G Show yet?
Glaring omission, if so. I know it's been a while, but I shouldn't have forgotten that one. Definitely Top 5, if, you know, I had a Top 5.
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