This will show peoples ages. I dont wanna say the best ever, but I enjoy the black/white Andy Griffith's.

Sanford and Son
Gunsmoke
South Park
Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire

Hogan's Heroes and Dukes of hazzard.

Seinfeld

Al Bundy didnt even put Married with Children in his post?

Seinfeld
Cheers
The Office (seasons 1-3)

In that order.

The problem with sitcoms is that the successful ones outlast their normal lifespans because the networks force a cash-cow to keep producing. All shows "jump the shark" eventually, Seinfeld came as close as possible to stop at its peak, but still the last season was pretty rough, and the last episode was godawful.

Black & white Andy Griffith, Mayberry, is the greatest show ever ... of all time .... for all time.

Black and white Andy Griffiths ARE the best ever, a somewhat distant second, All in the Family....in it's prime. My dark horse, a sitcom that I think is very underrated, but I laugh my butt off everytime I watch an episode (even if I've seen it a hundred times), is The King of Queens.

Trueblue23;692058 wrote:Sanford and Son
Gunsmoke
South Park
Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire

I honestly love gunsmoke, (Festus is the bestus), but I don't think it qualifies as a situation comedy.

Seinfeld
The Office
Friends
Prison Break

Arrested Development
Family Guy
Seinfeld

...In no particular order, my 5 favorites

Cheers
Soap---(way ahead of it's time.)
Taxi
M.A.S.H.
Married w/Children

Does it have to be a comedy to qualify?

Trueblue23;692109 wrote:Does it have to be a comedy to qualify?

Yes. It's the com in sitcom.

Seinfeld
Arrested Development

brutus161;692124 wrote:Yes. It's the com in sitcom.

Lol I never knew that. Cool.

Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Yes Dear
My Name is Earl

Trueblue23;692127 wrote:Lol I never knew that. Cool.

Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Yes Dear
My Name is Earl

Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared are so awesome. The star power in those shows was incredible.

I love Coach. Can't wait for the 4th and 5th seasons to come out on DVD

Mork and Mindy

Happy Days

MASH

Cosby

Shows that I watched as re-runs (due to my age)
Happy Days
I Love Lucy
All in the Family

Shows that I actually remember watching "New"
Roseanne
Friends
That 70s Show

Modern Family has the very good possibility to be an elite sit-com.

Those 6 came to mind real quick.

FWIW

Sit-com= Situational Comedy (So glad I took all of those Pop Culture Classes while at BGSU)

A new comedy that I like is Rules of engagement, with David Spade and the guy that played David Putty on Seinfeld. I also have liked the new one perfect couples. good casts.

Trueblue23;692127 wrote:Lol I never knew that. Cool.

Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Yes Dear
My Name is Earl

Awesome that someone other than me likes the show Yes, Dear.

wes_mantooth;692129 wrote:Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared are so awesome. The star power in those shows was incredible.

Do you get IFC? They show re-runs a lot on there of both shows. I used to love F&G. Only saw a few episodes of Undeclared and thought it was ok.

Well, some of these I might not argue as best ever, but my favorites in order....Was going to make a top-5 or top-10 but just couldn't put anything with these 3:

1. Seinfeld
2. Married With Children
3. Cheers


Well, there's not really much else I can put up with those. Men Behaving Badly and Friends (up until about when Ross/Rachel became a couple) are almost worthy. And I think the Big Bang Theory is the smartest comedy I've seen since Seinfeld. I'd put it on my list of top-5 but too soon for that.

I could rattle off a ton of "classic" sitcoms, as well. Different Strokes and Three's Company are a few that haven't been mentioned yet...Good Times....And, of course, Sanford and Son.....Tool Time (or whatever it was called) and Night Court.

IMO, the main reason the classic sitcoms just don't stack-up to the Big 3 is because those were different times when the politically incorrect and taboo were rarely touched. Just less bullets in the gun, if you willl.