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Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:02 am
by GWW
By yesteryear i mean pre 1990.

My 5 favourites would be:

1) Family Ties - my all time favourite tv show
2) Diff'rent Strokes - loved it as a kid, probably went for a season or 2 too long though
3) Growing Pains - similar, to Family Ties, although not quite as good
4) Get Smart - my favourite comedy from the 1960's
5) Happy Days - enjoyed watching it after getting home from school

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:23 am
by JAS
Starting with one I have vague memories of loving as a very small child...

Green Acres (I think that was the title...starred Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa'a sister)
Adams Family
The Munsters
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
Batman

Probably loads more I've forgotten.

Regards
JAS

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:27 am
by GWW
Ah yes, Batman, i think that would have been equally as entertaining behind the scenes as what appeared on screen :)

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:00 am
by JAS
GWW wrote:Ah yes, Batman, i think that would have been equally as entertaining behind the scenes as what appeared on screen :)


Ah but as I was only about 7yo when it was on I wouldn't have had any knowledge or much interest in what went on off-screen ;)

A few more I just remembered...

M.A.S.H.
Can I count the original Lost In Space
Barney Miller
Benson

Regards
JAS

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:01 pm
by Choccies
I used to love Diff'rent Strokes and Mork and Mindy. Didn't mind The Greatest American Hero when that was on and Get Smart was always good to watch too. It's probably funnier now....

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:05 pm
by JK
As a youngster Mork and Mindy and Different Strokes were probably the main ones (that I can think of at the moment), but Cheers was and always will be a classic show IMHO.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:46 pm
by GWW
In addition to the ones i already listed, The Dukes of Hazard was also another favourite of mine.

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:18 pm
by woodublieve12
The Wonder Years....

One of my favourites...

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:06 pm
by Footy Chick
Yep, same here. Wonder Years was excellent.

Saved By the Bell
Family Ties
Silver Spoons
Diffrent Strokes
Who's the Boss
Webster
You Cant do that on Television


Nanna loved Perfect Strangers and the Golden Girls so had to watch that if I was ever there at the time. Golden Girls was always good value - and still is :D

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:25 pm
by The Yetti
The yetti's top 3
Kingswood Country
Fawlty Towers
Mash

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:21 pm
by CK
Cheers
Frasier
The Wonder Years (not officially available on DVD)
Family Ties

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:43 pm
by heater31
JAS wrote:Starting with one I have vague memories of loving as a very small child...

Green Acres (I think that was the title...starred Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa'a sister)


that is it JAS, currently showing re runs down under on Saturday/Sunday Arvo's double episodes I think....


its about the only American show my Dad will watch so it must be bloody good. He maintains that good TV went out with Black and White sets in 1975 :shock:

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:47 pm
by Media Park
saved by the bell
mash


i'm not very old... clearly...

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:58 pm
by JAS
heater31 wrote:
JAS wrote:Starting with one I have vague memories of loving as a very small child...

Green Acres (I think that was the title...starred Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa'a sister)


that is it JAS, currently showing re runs down under on Saturday/Sunday Arvo's double episodes I think....


its about the only American show my Dad will watch so it must be bloody good. He maintains that good TV went out with Black and White sets in 1975 :shock:


Just looked it up on YouTube...I can remember the opening credits and theme song even though I was very, very, very small lol. sounds like your dad and mine would get on well :roll:

I'll also add to the list with...

The Monkees...for some reason my dad tolerated my liking for them but not the Beatles :?
Alias Smith and Jones...my first serious crush...Pete Duel...was inconsolable as a 10yo when he killed himself :(

Regards
JAS

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:06 pm
by Media Park
forgot- married with children

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:24 pm
by Pseudo
Anyone remember The Ghost and Mrs Muir?

Remember being glued to that as a young tacker. Still remember the theme song...

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:39 pm
by GWW
Media Park wrote:forgot- married with children


Ah yeah, that was another favourite of mine too, good ol' Al :D

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:42 pm
by GWW
Pseudo wrote:Anyone remember The Ghost and Mrs Muir?



I can remember that, used to be on the ABC from memory. I was too young really to understand what it was about though.

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:58 pm
by JAS
GWW wrote:
Pseudo wrote:Anyone remember The Ghost and Mrs Muir?



I can remember that, used to be on the ABC from memory. I was too young really to understand what it was about though.


Is it the same story as the lovely old film with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney? I don't remember a tv series too.

On the subject of the supernatural...

Bewitched...how I wished I could do magic like Samantha as long as I didn't have to marry a drip like Darrin first :lol: aunt Clara was favourite cos her's all went wrong.

Regards
JAS

Re: Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:15 am
by GWW
Bewitched was so popular in the US in the 60's, one of the opposition networks devised an opposition "supernatural" show, I Dream of Jeannie, which was I think written by Sherwood Schwartz.