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Kreton said:
I don't think so. I remember going to Salida for something years ago but I don't recall what.

We went to quite a few and Steamboat Springs repeatedly.
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I used to co-own that one bar way back when in Salida ( mid 80's/ "The Stumble Inn").It's grown a lot since then....Steamboat is about as good as it gets for sure.
 
1. Seinfeld
2. Drake & Josh
3. iCarly (yes I know I am a dude who likes this)

Don't really watch that many sitcoms so.
 
Logician Man said:
What are your three all time favorite sitcoms,and why are they your favorites? For me: 1) All in the Family.It was the first sitcom to address the social issues that previous sitcoms didn't want to touch. 2) M.A.S.H. It addressed the horrors of war,how war affects the military,the civilians,and how it can bring out the best in people even under the worst scenarios imaginable. 3) Seinfeld..A show 'about nothing' with self deprivating humor and possibly the best writers and ensemble acting ever.Also was the best at revisiting lines/scenes from previous shows,including the classic two part finale in which Seinfeld brings up the shirt button which was in the very first episode.
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In no particular order:

Mash
Big Bang Theory
Frasier


Closely followed by Friends/Cheers/Arrested Development/All in the Family/Modern Family/oppassen (Dutch sitcom)/How I met your Mother/Golden Girls/Fresh prince of Bell Air/Roseanne (old ones)/Married With Children/Newsradio/Malcom in the Middle/the Young Ones/Will and Grace/Black-ish/
Everybody loves Raymond/Blackadder/Keeping up appearances

Sorry, does my age and television addiction show a bit?
 
Not sure I can limit it to three... here are my top ones with the favorites towards the top.

Seinfeld
Friends
Frasier
Cheers
Happy Days
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Not a Sitcom but Entourage
 
M*A*S*H*

This is a situational comedy that managed to perfectly meld drama and comedy while offering a very biting critique on war.

Father Mulcahy is easily my favorite character. He is exceedingly necessary for the moral of the unit, and he's a truly altruistic man to boot.

I even like the character-switches. Potter turned out to be a stern, yet compassionate man, and a good addition without actually replacing Henry Blake. Winchester, on the other hand, was in every way a more complex and superior character to that of Frank Burns. Frank was a narcissistic sociopath and never became anything else other than a tired running gag that needed to be retired. Winchester was an arrogant, elitist ass, but he was also quick-witted, with just as big a heart as Hawkeye.

The Simpsons

When written at it's best, it was brilliant satire of pop-culture and current events, but also a surprisingly warm-hearted look at a slightly dysfunctional family. While I didn't hate Family Guy, I feel like that and most other of this show's successors lack the soul that The Simpsons brings to the table.

The Halloween episodes were always a special treat.

Home Improvement

This is probably the most hokey entry on this list. The real reason why this is even going here is because I used to watch it with my great-grandmother.


Working!

Out of all the anime that I'm familiar with, only one perfectly fits the bill as a 'sitcom'. The story follows the employees of a family-restaurant called, Wagnaria. Basically it's about a bunch of misfit employees.

I'm having a very, very, very hard time describing this farce. Everyone has weird, outlandish quirks, and the series is quick to establish running-gags, but I found myself loving most of the cast throughout the ridiculous antics.
 
WKRP in Cincinnati - used to love Dr Johnny Fever.
Big Bang
Goldberg’s

Sitcoms, I find, do not age well. I can’t sit through a ‘Happy Days or Mork and Mindy,’ episode.
 
can2man said:
WKRP in Cincinnati - used to love Dr Johnny Fever.
Big Bang
Goldberg’s

Sitcoms, I find, do not age well. I can’t sit through a ‘Happy Days or Mork and Mindy,’ episode.
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I know this is hard to believe,but the wife and I have never watched a full episode of Big Bang,but it really must be very good.Saving that one for when we are feeding each other oatmeal as we enter the final chapters of our 53 years together. :)
 
Logician Man said:
I know this is hard to believe,but the wife and I have never watched a full episode of Big Bang,but it really must be very good.Saving that one for when we are feeding each other oatmeal as we enter the final chapters of our 53 years together. :)
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It is good - over ten seasons too. Wow 53 years together - that is truly amazing.
 
Logician Man said:
I know this is hard to believe,but the wife and I have never watched a full episode of Big Bang,but it really must be very good.Saving that one for when we are feeding each other oatmeal as we enter the final chapters of our 53 years together. :)
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I don't intend on watching a single episode. I've seen parts of episodes, but I can't stand the virginal, man-child, genius archetypes turned up to eleven.
 
can2man said:
WKRP in Cincinnati - used to love Dr Johnny Fever.
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OMG that brings back memories! It was shown when I was growing up in the UK on a small regional channel (ATV/Midlands). Loved it!

Around the same time they were showing Soap and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.


Big Bang absolutely
The Golden Girls.

For those in Europe or with classic British TV Golden Oldie access:

Gimme Gimme Gimme
2 point 4 Children
Miranda
Keeping Up Appearances
Jane Hall's Big Bus Ride
Beautiful People
Gavin & Stacey
The Liver Birds

And not so old,
BENIDORM
 
Urethra Franklin said:
OMG that brings back memories! It was shown when I was growing up in the UK on a small regional channel (ATV/Midlands). Loved it!

Around the same time they were showing Soap and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.


Big Bang absolutely
The Golden Girls.

For those in Europe or with classic British TV Golden Oldie access:

Gimme Gimme Gimme
2 point 4 Children
Miranda
Keeping Up Appearances
Jane Hall's Big Bus Ride
Beautiful People
Gavin & Stacey
The Liver Birds

And not so old,
BENIDORM
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Holy crap - Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - I completely forgot about that show!
 
I forgot about I LOVE LUCY for Criminey's sake!!!!
 
There's a new comedy out that I dig. It's a knee slapping, hoot and a half. "Cool Kids".

It's with Martin Mull, Vicki Lawrence from Carol Burnett Show, David Alan Grier and Leslie Jordan. It's set in a retirement home.

There's too many favorite comedies that I've had over the years, but a number of them have already been posted.
 
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