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World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

All in the Family

24 votes

I Love Lucy

16 votes

Dick Van Dyke Show

17 votes

Monkees

8 votes

Happy Days

8 votes

Arrested Development

14 votes

Leave it to Beaver

1 votes

Newhart

12 votes

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2011 08:18 AM

The 2nd group of Round 1 suvivors Choose [u:3aogb0is]up to four (4)[/u:3aogb0is] of your favorites.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2011 08:20 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

All in the Family, Newhart, Dick Van Dyke, and Arrested Development.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2011 11:01 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Same. How, with all the careful deliberation and debate, did we end up with this? (A group including Happy Days and Beaver and Monkees -- okay, you liked the music, and it has some merit, but was CLOSE to one of the all-time best?-- I mean.)

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2011 11:05 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Probably should point out - just to avoid any confusion - that the Newhart in THIS poll is the Vermont Inn-keeper Newhart and the one in Group A is the Chicago Head-shrinker Newhart

metsmarathon Jan 31 2011 11:12 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

i'm not sure that i really liked any of these shows. i think i come closest to liking lucy.

Willets Point Jan 31 2011 12:02 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Young Tom Hanks fights the Fonz on Happy Days! [youtube]lA_hNoGDM4Y[/youtube]

Valadius Jan 31 2011 12:56 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Tom Hanks is everywhere.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2011 01:03 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

I LOVED All in the Family. If it comes down to me having to choose between Honeymooners and AITF, I'll have a tough decision. Otherwise, the Bunker family will beat all comers as far as I'm concerned.

metsmarathon Jan 31 2011 01:42 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Valadius wrote: Tom Hanks is everywhere. he's like the prototype for forrest gump

Vic Sage Jan 31 2011 01:43 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

interesting battle between ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (sandy koufax), with a short but brilliant peak, and ALL IN THE FAMILY (Willie Mays), an excellent, long run that sagged badly in later years.

Fman99 Jan 31 2011 06:45 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

All in the Family Happy Days Most of the rest never really resonated with me. Almost voted for the Monkees but they lose my vote for not accepting Charles Manson as a member.

Edgy DC Jan 31 2011 07:08 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

It's not like Willie Mays didn't have a brilliant peak also.

Vic Sage Feb 01 2011 08:29 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Edgy DC wrote: It's not like Willie Mays didn't have a brilliant peak also. well, yeah, of course. Its just that Mays was one of those guys who is known for having hung on too long and stumbled around toward the end. I'm talking more about the overall arc of the career, rather than how high the arc reached at its zenith.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2011 09:02 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

A better comp for Arrested Development vs. All in the Family might be Koufax vs. Feller or Spahn. Anyone care to make the case for Lucy, leaving aside historical import?

batmagadanleadoff Feb 01 2011 09:10 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Any show that can make clever use of Harpo Marx will get my vote. [youtube:zr9gwiqu]gHRzyOttJS0[/youtube:zr9gwiqu]

TheOldMole Feb 01 2011 09:25 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

I guess I went with the chalk. Archie and Rob.

Willets Point Feb 01 2011 10:31 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

All in the Family and Newhart are two of my all-time favorites. I also gave votes to I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show for their historic significance (although I haven't see much of the latter). I've never seen Arrested Development and the rest of this group is crap.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2011 10:40 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

You should see Arrested Development.

Willets Point Feb 01 2011 10:47 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: You should see Arrested Development. Ooh, it's on Netflix instant play. Maybe I will see it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 01 2011 10:53 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Yes, Arrested Development was very funny, lightning paced, well-acted and outrageous. What are you, chicken? [youtube:3uem35dc]8x-7v3PJ6Eg[/youtube:3uem35dc]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2011 11:05 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

"Has any one of you ever seen a chicken?" The joke sequence that first got me into the show ("I should be in this POOF!"): [youtube]JpEWmxjnGCU[/youtube]

Vic Sage Feb 01 2011 03:14 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Anyone care to make the case for Lucy, leaving aside historical import? off the top of my head: 1) Vitameatavegamin 2) the candy conveyor belt 3) stomping grapes at the winery 4) Lucy & Superman 5) Lucy's nose on fire / William Holden episode 6) Lucy & Harpo 7) Lucy tangos with eggs in her shirt 8) Fred Mertz

Kong76 Feb 01 2011 05:44 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

All in the Family I Love Lucy Monkees Happy Days

Edgy DC Feb 01 2011 08:23 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Anyone care to make the case for Lucy, leaving aside historical import? [list][*]"Babaloo"[/*:m] [*]Lucy's self-destroying zeal for stardom.[/*:m] [*]The upward mobility, going from a small apartment to a larger and better one to a suite in Hollywood, to a suite in Europe, to a house in the country.[/*:m] [*]The audacity of asking fifties America to empathize with a foreigner as if he's one of them, to take as matter-of-fact that he married a native-born American girl. And succeeding![/*:m] [*]Lucy making fun of Ricky's accent.[/*:m] [*]Ricky's ai-yai-yai's.[/*:m] [*]"Lucy, I'm home... with my special guest, Cesar Riomero!"[/*:m][/list:u]

batmagadanleadoff Feb 05 2011 08:57 PM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Antenna TV launched on January 1, 2011, not that I knew what Antenna TV was until today when I first noticed the station on my cable TV package while channel surfing. The lineup (selected shows): Hazel The Flying Nun All in the Family Good Times Maude The Benny Hill Show Dennis the Menace Married with Children The Partridge Family Two episodes of The Monkees air tonight at about 2:00 AM. I'll watch 'em if I'm up.

G-Fafif Feb 06 2011 04:19 AM Re: World Series of TV Sit-Coms -- Round 2, Group B

Antenna TV launched on January 1, 2011, not that I knew what Antenna TV was until today when I first noticed the station on my cable TV package while channel surfing. The lineup (selected shows): Hazel The Flying Nun All in the Family Good Times Maude The Benny Hill Show Dennis the Menace Married with Children The Partridge Family Two episodes of The Monkees air tonight at about 2:00 AM. I'll watch 'em if I'm up. Discovered it a little over a week ago. Getting mildly rehooked on All In The Family and Maude, the latter even though it's in the Mrs. Naugatuck phase of the series. Last night's AITF featured a guest spot from Barney Miller's Ron Glass, playing a refrigerator repairman's assistant whose conduct Archie and Mike remembered quite differently half an hour after he visited the Bunker home. Differing recollections of the same incident may be a hoary plot device, but this was one held up. [youtube]72kFB1VfN5E[/youtube]