What are Oppo's favourite sitcoms?

". ." (xllx) 03/25/2016 at 16:18 • Filed to: None

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Personally I’d like to nominate:

From the normal side of the Atlantic - ‘Allo ‘Allo!

From the fat side of the Atlantic - Married... with Children (especially the first 5 seasons or so, after that it gets almost unbearably stupid)

What are your opinions?

Also, last time I called the Americas ‘the fat side of the Atlantic’ some people got upset. Please know that to me it is a term of endearment ;)

not for canada - australian in disguise > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:21

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Corner Gas and Trailer Park Boys (If you could even call Trailer Park Boys a sitcom.)

Both VERY Canadian, which is extremely fitting, as I’m me.

jariten1781 > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:24

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Grounded For Life is the only sitcom I like enough to own so I suppose it’s my favorite. Still chuckle about it and make references that no one at work gets to this day years and years after it was canceled.

Should have been more successful...I blame all y'all.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:24

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Most definitely Married.. with Children

Reece-Current Stinger GT owner > not for canada - australian in disguise 03/25/2016 at 16:26

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Fucking Trailer Park Boys. It’s so stupid but I can’t stop watching it.

. . > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 03/25/2016 at 16:26

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It is a true masterpiece.

. . > not for canada - australian in disguise 03/25/2016 at 16:28

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Don’t say we were supposed to know you were Canadian, because we’re all shocked by that revelation. Shocked!

EL_ULY > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:33

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of all time? The Office (US) :]

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:34

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Seinfeld. As I’ve grown older and spent more time in NYC, its become even more funny to me. I’m sure I’ve seen every episode by now.

And shout out to the normal side of the Atlantic; y’all talk funny, but we still love you.

. . > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 03/25/2016 at 16:36

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I tried watching the first 2 episodes, but found them extremely hard to stomach. Does it get any better?

interstate366, now In The Industry > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 03/25/2016 at 16:37

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I never “got” Seinfeld.

interstate366, now In The Industry > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:38

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Home Improvement, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Simpsons (does that count?)...I know, I’m boring.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:40

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Seinfeld

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Office

Parks and Recreation

Curb Your Enthusiasm

. . > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/25/2016 at 16:40

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Never seen Home Improvement, I found Friends passable, but kinda meh, HIMYM was pretty great until the last 3 or so seasons though. Simpsons are pretty good, but I prefer Futurama. :D

phenotyp > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:40

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. . > phenotyp 03/25/2016 at 16:41

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I found Archer extremely agonising to watch, unfortunately. :(

. . > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 03/25/2016 at 16:42

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Also, we love you guys too. With your stupidly big engines and your guns. We may not always show it but you’re our favourites <3.

MultiplaOrgasms > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:42

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Svend > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:45

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Argh yes. “the fallen Madonna with the big boobies” and “listen very carefully, I shall say this only once”. Lol.

The one I remember from a kid was ‘Out Of This World’, from across the pond.

From my side. ‘As Time Goes By’.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:46

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Of all time, I love Northern Exposure. I loved seeing that and Seinfeld on in the same era. I also liked Star Trek TNG, DS9, Farscape, BSG reboot, Doctor Who, X Files, too many to list.. I recently found a little UK series called the Detectorists, it’s great but low volume like many UK series.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:47

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Sure. Like most shows, the writing and situations get better as it matured, so you might want to jump in around season 2 or 3. Although the “show about nothing” premise isn’t for everyone, and it plays on the neurotic NYC Jew trope pretty hard, I still think it is arguably the greatest American sitcom of the 90s.

My only gripe is the annoying laugh track....I hope the guy who made that decision rots in hell.

hike > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:48

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I found the first few tough to get through but I've since fallen in love with that show

. . > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 03/25/2016 at 16:49

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To be fair, I think the laugh track makes quite a few sitcoms a lot less awkward that they’d be otherwise, and I really hate awkward humour. It’s one of the reasons I wasn’t able to stomach Modern Family.

coelacanthist > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:49

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Yes, the first season is a bit rough. Seinfeld would have been cancelled if it came on today. Thank goodness networks had more patience then.

SVTyler > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/25/2016 at 16:49

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I think the thing that made Seinfeld funny was that all the characters were in some way shitty people so you were either laughing at the terrible things they did or the terrible things that happened to them.

. . > Svend 03/25/2016 at 16:50

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It is truly one of the all time greats. It made me appreciate the long lasting French tradition of fooling around with anything that moves as well.

. . > hike 03/25/2016 at 16:51

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I’ll give it another go, especially since I love Bob’s Burgers.

phenotyp > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:56

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If you watch from the beginning, the first few episodes are shaky and slowish, but they’re good background. If you’re not laughing by “Skytanic,” you might never like it. But seasons 2-4 are probably my favorite episodes of television, period.

hike > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:57

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I struggled getting into bobs burgers even more than Archer, but everyone said how good it was and now I see that. I also really enjoy the sound of H Jon Benjamin's voice.

phenotyp > . . 03/25/2016 at 16:57

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Bob’s Burgers is a really different pace, but I love that one, too. I want Jon Benjamin to like narrate my life.

Svend > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:00

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It’s also us British laughing at ourselves, laughing at the French and generally taking the total pi55 out of the Germans. The cousins across the pond had their own equivalent with ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ from 1965.

. . > hike 03/25/2016 at 17:02

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I hated Bob’s Burgers until season 2, then I went back to season 1 and actually managed to appreciate it.

KnowsAboutCars > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:05

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The original UK version of Coupling

Frasier

Seinfeld

From Finnish ones probably these:

Tankki täyteen

Reinikainen

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:05

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Doc Martin, Fawlty Towers, Taxi, WKRP in Cincinnati, Modern Family, Arrested Development, Archer. All very well written, something important to me.

Pistol Whipped Cream > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:08

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SEINFELD

El Rivinado > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:19

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If we’re sticking to live action. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, Spaced, Everybody Loves Raymond, Scrubs, Workaholics. That’s pretty much all I can think of off the top of my head.

Oh, Also the Office. At least the early seasons of the show. Yes, the U.S Version.

hike > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:20

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I’m trying that now with archer. Though I actually think the first episode kind of sucked still.

. . > El Rivinado 03/25/2016 at 17:24

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Scubs is great, I watched a lot of that actually. Haven’t seen any of the others, but one of my ex-girlfriends was really into Sunny in Philly and claimed it was almost straight up porn. Any truth to that?

Sam > El Rivinado 03/25/2016 at 17:30

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British Office is terrible unless you’re British. As is the way with most British comedy.

MUSASHI66 > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:32

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Wait - Allo Allo instead of Only Fools and Horses? I thought that was illegal on the island :)

interstate366, now In The Industry > . . 03/25/2016 at 17:36

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Yeah, Futurama too. Kind of embarrassed I forgot that. Everybody Loves Raymond and Frasier are two more of my 90s favorites.

. . > MUSASHI66 03/25/2016 at 17:38

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I’m not in the UK so fuck tha popo.

Future next gen S2000 owner > El Rivinado 03/25/2016 at 17:41

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Arrested Development is a gem.

user314 > . . 03/25/2016 at 18:16

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Ah, ‘Allo ‘Allo; now that takes me back the early ‘90s, watching Britcoms and sci-fi like Blake’s 7 and HHGTTG on one of the local PBS stations here in Pittsburgh (the former WQEX , home of the best sign-offs ever!).

pip bip - choose Corrour > . . 03/25/2016 at 18:18

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Scrubs (USA)

Drop the Dead Donkey (UK)

Frontline (Aust)

. . > pip bip - choose Corrour 03/25/2016 at 18:20

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Aren’t you people too busy barbecuing stuff to make sitcoms?

pip bip - choose Corrour > . . 03/25/2016 at 18:22

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true. LOL!

. . > pip bip - choose Corrour 03/25/2016 at 18:25

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Australia truly is the best country on Earth :D.

El Rivinado > . . 03/25/2016 at 19:45

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Not even close. Sure, there’s a lot of sexual humor in it, to claim its straight up porn is nowhere near the truth. The only thing in the show that comes close is in the Christmas special, where Danny DeVito’s character Frank births out of a couch at a party in only his socks. Sure, it leaves the scarring image of Danny DeVito’s bare ass on you, but that’s the only part of the show I can think of that would give credence to your ex girlfriends statement.

Unless of course I’m misunderstanding the statement altogether, in which case I'll answer the follow up questions you have.

fhrblig > . . 03/25/2016 at 22:42

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I can’t believe no one has nominated 30 Rock. I got into it really late in its run but burned through all of them on Netflix and got caught up. It’s crammed full of so many great one liners and absurdity.

As far as English shows go, probably Father Ted.

wafflesnfalafel > . . 03/25/2016 at 23:36

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Sanford and Son

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > . . 03/26/2016 at 21:08

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Obviously the IT Crowd (UK) and The InBetweeners (UK), although they are both over now, sadly :(

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > . . 03/27/2016 at 21:32

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