Top 3 comedy sitcoms of all time

[UberBeaver]

Seinfeld
Coupling
The Office (UK)

 

[Snowlock]

1. The Office (US)
2. Family Guy (does this count?)
3. Married With Children

Honorable Mentions: Titus, Friends, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Seinfeld (eh), Simpsons, MASH (the first few years), The Jeffersons.

 

[RUSTYNAIL]

Only Fools and Horses
Porridge
My Family

 

[larryslass]

Only Fools and Horses
My Family
Fawlty Towers/Rising Damp

 

[Lila64]

I don't think anyone mentioned I Love Lucy. Doesn't that count? It's classic!

Cheers
Seinfeld
I Love Lucy

 

[GibsonGirl]

I forgot about All In The Family.

EDITH!

 

[1stepcloser]

Ooh i forgot about The Office

my top 3 has now changed to

1. Blackadder (minus the first series, the others were just genius)
2. Fawlty Towers
3. The Office (Ricky Gervais )

 

[-macphisto-]

Comedy sitcom?

All sitcoms are comedies

That's why it's a sitcom instead of a sitdram

True!! My bad

 

[-macphisto-]

Ive never heard of
Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder? Are these UK shows?

 

[Doozer61]

Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond
Tie - Frasier / Friends

 

[1stepcloser]

Ive never heard of
Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder? Are these UK shows?

yep and they're the funniest shows i've ever seen.

about a 1000 times funnier than Friends too

 

[trevster2k]

Ive never heard of
Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder? Are these UK shows?

Yep, Fawlty Towers starred John Cleese of Monty Python fame

Blackadder starred Rowan Atkinson of Mr. Bean fame

WKRP in Cincinnati, All in the Family and Cheers were also great plus I loved Night Court, Dan Fielding, scummiest character ever.

 

[nbcrusader]

MASH
Bosom Buddies
Beavis & Butthead (does that count?)

 

[Eliv8]

Dam I forgot the office (UK) and Mr Bean.
Can we have a top 5?

 

[LMP]

Seinfeld
The Office
Friends

 

[the rockin edge]

Flowery Twats


MRS RICHARDS: And another thing I asked for a room with a view
BASIL: Deaf, mad and blind. This is the view as far as I can remember, madam. Yes, this is it.
MRS RICHARDS:When I pay for a room I expect somthing more interesting than that.
BASIL: That is Torquay, Madam.
MRS RICHARDS: Well, it not good enough.
BASIL: Well...may I ask what you were hoping to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeests sweeping majestically....
MRS RICHARDS: Don't be silly. I expect to see the sea.
BASIL: You can see the sea. It's over there between the land and the sky.
MRS RICHARDS: I'd need a telescope to see that.
BASIL: Well, may I suggest you consider moving to a hotel closer to the sea. Or preferably in it.

classic

 

[Lila64]

no one loves lucy but me?

maybe the demographic here is just skewed younger

 

[Harry Vest]

All In The Family (first couple of seasons only!!!)
Fawlty Towers
The Larry Sanders Show
Honorable Mentions to: Seinfeld, Monty Python, Arrested Development, Good Times (some episodes), Sanford And Son, Cheers, Curb Your Enthusiasm...

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

1. The Black Adder
2. The Simpsons
3. Fawlty Towers

I also like:

Bewitched
Friends
Only Fools and Horses
The Office (UK)
Family Guy

And even though it wasn't that great I did like Just Shoot Me a lot.

 

[jay canseco]

Taxi

 

[fah]

My favourites:

M*A*S*H
I Love Lucy
Monty Python

Fond memories of Happy Days, Get Smart and Gilligan's Island.

 

[Lila64]

My favourites:

M*A*S*H
I Love Lucy
Monty Python

Fond memories of Happy Days, Get Smart and Gilligan's Island.

ah, Get Smart & Gilligan's Island

 

[the rockin edge]

my mom goes on about how great those shows were.

*dodges rocks being thrown at him*

 

[fah]

^ Someone needs to go in the Cone of Silence

 

[thesuburbskill]

And even though it wasn't that great I did like Just Shoot Me a lot. [/B]

my top 3:
golden girls
strangers with candy
3rd: tie mama's family & steve harvey show
others: the parkers, martin, seinfeld, the office, abfab

 

[The OOTS]

Seinfeld
Cheers
Friends

 

[Tilli]

I forgot Father Ted on my list as well

 

[Lila64]

^ Someone needs to go in the Cone of Silence

or find some rocks to throw. Kids today

the old post a graphic image in a forum trick

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Friends (before it became The Ross & Rachel Show, so, the first three seasons ))

 

[TheQuiet1]

no one loves lucy but me?

I've never seen I Love Lucy but I think I'd like it if I did...if that makes sense!

Sanford And Son

Steptoe and Son (the British show Sanford&Son was based on) was brilliant! (When Harold moans about lack of food and how he had to fight Hercules for a carrot ). In fact, I love pretty much ALL of the British sitcoms named but I still say that Only Fools was the best, any sitcom that can have you in tears over something as awful as a character's miscarriage then have you laughing again IN THAT SAME SCENE without making you feel like you shouldn't be has to be genius. The episodes which followed that one also had some of the most heart-wretching stuff in them that I've ever watched but it still got that balance between respect for a very emotional issue and fulfiling its criteria as a sitcom spot-on.