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psfanboy96 t1_ja6ck1k wrote

I Love Lucy, Taxi, Family Matters, Joey

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Garrysin t1_ja6cvtr wrote

Friends, Coupling, HIMYM, the inbetweeneers

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DevilsMasseuse t1_ja6cyzm wrote

Happy Days, Married with Children, The Simpsons, All in the Family

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Reading_Rainboner t1_ja6cz1k wrote

I love Lucy, all in the Family, Cheers, and Seinfeld. In my mind a Mount Rushmore would take a long time to build so I started mine in 2001 in my head

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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_ja6dc75 wrote

American sitcoms only: I Love Lucy, All in the Family, The Cosby Show, Seinfeld. Beverly Hillbillies would be fifth.

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deadbandit19 t1_ja6dj5b wrote

Good question! In no order, Seinfeld, I Love Lucy, Cosby Show, MASH. They all changed tv forever. The bad part, it only has 4 because there's some really good TV shows that are some GOAT shows but just didn't have the inpact of these 4

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Gr00z t1_ja6dzof wrote

MASH All In The Family Scrubs The Honeymooners

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Halbrium t1_ja6evrq wrote

Cheers, Fraiser, Seinfeld, The Office

Honorable mention: 30 Rock

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cosi_bloggs t1_ja6foqn wrote

Cheers

Northern Exposure

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Red Dwarf

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RealBoomBap t1_ja6g46d wrote

Seinfeld, Friends, The King of Queens, The Office

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jmsturm t1_ja6gvpd wrote

Cheers, Wings, Fraiser & Night Court

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cbbuntz t1_ja6h4fe wrote

Replying to reverendjb (#2,046,060)

Reno 911 is underrated. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. That and Curb Your Enthusiasm are both half-scripted, half-improv, and they're both among the funniest shows on TV

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mr_scorpion_sir t1_ja6h5hw wrote

Veep, the office, always sunny and arrested development

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thepoustaki t1_ja6hf12 wrote

Veep, Arrested Development, Community, Happy Endings

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grimmglow t1_ja6hfqj wrote

Shows that I will always and forever stop on while scrolling channels: Seinfeld Roseanne The Simpsons Family Guy

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kingchessking t1_ja6hmh1 wrote

Community, Always Sunny, That 70s show, IT crowd

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pishposhpoppycock t1_ja6hzjx wrote

30 Rock, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny, and I Love Lucy.

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gochugang78 t1_ja6i0v2 wrote

Fresh Prince - The Office - Scrubs - Seinfeld

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RemarkableLie6804 t1_ja6i3w3 wrote

I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, Friends and the Cosby Show.
*edited because I changed my mind.
Note: Not a Cosby fan but if we're talking about groundbreaking sitcoms, The Cosby Show can't be ignored.

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gochugang78 t1_ja6ie7r wrote

Fresh Prince

Scrubs

The Office

Simpsons (does this count?)

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doublebr13 t1_ja6iwyf wrote

Cheers, Barney Miller, MASH, All in the Family, The Young Ones

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UmpShow t1_ja6jmh6 wrote

Seinfeld, the office, 30 rock, arrested development.

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TheCavis t1_ja6jms1 wrote

  • I Love Lucy. Iconic comedy that popularized the multi-camera approach with a live studio audience and the approach to syndication.

  • All in the Family. Incorporated discussion of current events, becoming a cultural touchstone during a time of substantial social change.

  • Seinfeld. Perfected the approach of separate disconnected plots, each individually funny, coming together for a larger punchline at the end.

  • The Simpsons. A massive stack of instantly recognizable plots and characters and gags that spans literal generations.

Just off the list: Cheers, Cosby Show (due to the... unpleasantness), Arrested Development.

As my personal Mount Rushmore: Parks and Rec, Simpsons, Police Squad, Scrubs.

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Sks44 t1_ja6jynk wrote

Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, South Park

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Sufficient_Creme6961 t1_ja6kbt4 wrote

I love Lucy, always Sunny, curb, not sure on the last Seinfeld? Parks? Office? Hmmmm

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Mp32pingi25 t1_ja6kz63 wrote

Schitts Creek, Cheers, Modren Family, Friends.

I know Friends doesn’t hold up. There really has been a sitcom that took the country by storm like Friends.

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cheap-thrills2022 t1_ja6li88 wrote

Cheers

The Thick of It/Veep (cheating, I know, but Veep was meant to be a US remake of Thick of It but evolved into its own thing - the first four seasons have practically the same writing team)

30 Rock

BoJack Horseman

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Close calls:

Community (if only it hadn’t come back weaker), Frasier, The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development (if only it didn’t come back), Seinfeld, Friends, MASH, Parks N Rec, The Office (both), Extras, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Action, The Comeback, Silicon Valley, The IT Crowd, Spaced, Coupling,

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Zookar t1_ja6lkxc wrote

Black Books, Scrubs, Frasier, Parks and Rec.

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w6750 t1_ja6lu5q wrote

My personal Rushmore would be Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Always Sunny, Veep

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Bcatfan08 t1_ja6m091 wrote

Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Brooklyn 99. If you told me these were the only shows I could watch for the rest of my life, I'd be totally fine with that.

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hypz t1_ja6o5ke wrote

The office

Iasip

The good place

Himym

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thatsconelover t1_ja6ox6g wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,045,763)

There's just too many good ones to choose from. If we can have both your and my Rushmore, then I choose -

Detectorists, Only fools and horses, Some mothers do 'ave 'em, and Keeping up appearances.

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STRamRod t1_ja6oxh2 wrote

I Love Lucy, All In the Family, Seinfeld, The Office. Reason: They all broke the mold and lead sitcoms into a new era.

My Personal 4: The Cosby Show, Martin, HIMYM, Community. Reason: Easy to rewatch and still make me laugh.

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avivagirl t1_ja6pmjj wrote

Office. Michael Scott.

Wings. Kinda clever and stylistic.

Twin Peaks. Loved David Lynch movies.

Abbot Elementary. I can’t get enough of Quinta.

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zdbdog06 t1_ja6pyz9 wrote

Simpsons

Seinfeld

Office

Curb

Next tier: Parks & Rec/South Park/BoJack/Community

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DeadFyre t1_ja6qmu0 wrote

MAS*H

Black Adder

The Simpsons

Fawlty Towers

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Calm_Memories t1_ja6r1pm wrote

I Love Lucy (classic I still laugh from)

The Cosby Show (Urgh I hate there's such a bad blemish on this show cause of him)

The Good Place (not my favorite and not perfect, I think it did many things well)

Home Improvement (I appreciate it's consistency)

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HotpieTargaryen t1_ja6r842 wrote

The Simpsons, Seinfeld, 30 Rock, and Mary Tyler Moore (The Bob Newhart Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and first three seasons of Arrested Development come close).

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reeeallycoolusername t1_ja6rgi6 wrote

My personal picks would be:

Nathan for You - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Office

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mynewemail22 t1_ja6rh2i wrote

Seinfeld, I love Lucy, the honeymooners, the office

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Sirnando138 t1_ja6s7so wrote

US version: Seinfeld. Simpsons. Sunny. 30 Rock

UK version: Black Adder. IT Crowd. Peep Show. Father Ted.

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jayz93j t1_ja6somk wrote

Arrested Development, Community, 30 Rock, Seinfeld

Shout out to Curb Your Enthusiasm too

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jon_goff t1_ja6w18a wrote

Seinfeld Frasier 30 Rock It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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gotele t1_ja6wnrx wrote

Peep Show

The IT Crowd

Curb

The thick of it

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captainhaddock t1_ja6yn7k wrote

US:

  • Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • Friends
  • Seinfeld
  • The Office

UK:

  • Fawlty Towers
  • Yes, Minister
  • Red Dwarf
  • Are You Being Served?

Personal:

  • Seinfeld
  • Yes, Minister
  • Community
  • Just Shoot Me!
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BlackSpinedPlinketto t1_ja6yrqz wrote

Simpsons, I Love Lucy, Friends and Seinfeld

I don’t actually like any of them other than the Simpsons, but they are the big hitters.

If I did my favourite ones; Simpsons, Red Dwarf, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, U.K. Ghosts

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DannyHewson t1_ja70kis wrote

Bottom. The Young Ones. Filthy, Rich and Catflap. The New Statesman.

Why?

Because Rik Mayall would have loved a Mount Rushmore that was just four of himself. A suitably tasteful monument to greatness.

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martinkem t1_ja71fsn wrote

Seinfeld, Friends, Boondocks & Two and a Half Men.

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Calcutec_1 t1_ja7412v wrote

Shows and who's face should represent them:

Simpsons - Homer

Seinfeld - George

Community - Jeff

Peep Show - Super Hans.

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Purple_Monkey34 t1_ja749wq wrote

I'll use someone else's idea of Multiple lists

US Sitcoms

Married With Children

Fraiser

Malcolm in The Middle

The Golden Girls

Animated Sitcoms

Simpsons

The Fintstones

King of the Hill

Futurama

Canadian Sitcoms

Corner Gas

Letterkenny

Trailer Park Boys

Kims Convenience

And may have to add a fifth for the Red Green Show

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amaluna t1_ja74iys wrote

Wait why Frasier what's the argument there?

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mbnat t1_ja75kbd wrote

Seinfeld, Sunny, Office, Only fools and horses

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Clueless_in_Florida t1_ja79tk6 wrote

Seinfeld, The Office, Mash and Cheers. It's Always Sunny, Happy Days and The Andy Griffith Show are right there, too. I also have a special place in my heart for Family Ties, The Jeffersons and The Facts of Life. I wish some of these shows had been more diverse.

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leebeau t1_ja7axll wrote

Office, Brooklyn 99, park’s and rec, modern family

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NYJetsGermany t1_ja7c8ji wrote

The Office, King of Queens, Friends, Modern Family Honorable mention Scrubs and for my fellow Germans: Stromberg

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-kOdAbAr- t1_ja7cmgd wrote

Always sunny, curb, office, seinfeld

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pwagm t1_ja7cq9b wrote

MASH, 30 Rock, Friends, Peep Show

Honorable mentions that deserve to be on the list but had some weak seasons: The Office Seinfeld (first couple seasons) Arrested Development IASIP

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Bowgal t1_ja7d6i2 wrote

Drew Carey Show, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, IASIP

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jfstompers t1_ja7d9pt wrote

My personal would be community, arrested development, 30 rock, IT Crowd

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CoolIceCreamCone t1_ja7eqto wrote

  • Simpsons
  • Larry Sanders Show
  • Seinfeld
  • Yes Minister

Honorary mention to I'm Alan Partridge and The Critic

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Everest_95 t1_ja7g25w wrote

Friends, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Scrubs and just a blank space

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rma50 t1_ja7ggx7 wrote

30 Rock: I love Liz! Community: I Identify with Abed IT Crowd: Moss Malcolm in the Middle: I wanted to be like Hal.

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andykwinnipeg t1_ja7h7z7 wrote

Replying to Purple_Monkey34 (#2,050,884)

Corner Gas has to be one of the best Canadian shows ever made. The way it captures the prairies and Canadian small town life is so real. The only thing it's missing is a house party where everyone stands around in the kitchen

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andykwinnipeg t1_ja7hmip wrote

The Simpsons

Frasier

Community

30 Rock

In the order when I first started watching them in earnest

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iamthedevill t1_ja7inr6 wrote

The big bang Theory, How I met your Mother, The Office, Modern Family

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eucr1d t1_ja7j9m3 wrote

Replying to Sirnando138 (#2,048,756)

Your UK Mt Rushmore is getting defaced on its opening day with 2 Graham Linehan shows in there.

I'd suggest replacing them with Falty Towers and Only Fools and Horses.

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anasui1 t1_ja7k9ya wrote

Frasier, The Jeffersons, Only fools and horses, Yes Minister. There are four heads right?

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[deleted] t1_ja7pb6d wrote

The Office, Friends , Modern Family ,Brooklyn nine nine Currently these are the four and may change in the future

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cosi_bloggs t1_ja7qd79 wrote

Replying to Rufus2fist (#2,055,222)

I'd agree with those people, but they're not mutually exclusive. I'd have a few questions for these folks. Is Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman a sitcom? Ostensibly, it's a soap opera. Is Red Dwarf sci-fi masquerading as comedy, or is it comedy masquerading as sci-fi?

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wbueche t1_ja7s5a0 wrote

Community, Parks and Rec, The Office, Brooklyn 99

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PuzzyFussy t1_ja7uxpx wrote

The Golden Girls, Seinfeld, Fresh Prince, 30 Rock

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PaleFig t1_ja7ys0s wrote

F is for Family

The Flintstones

I Love Lucy

The Munsters

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44035 t1_ja7yt0a wrote

Seinfeld

News Radio

Mary Tyler Moore

Frasier

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There are a couple of comedies I think are even better (Monty Python's Flying Circus; Police Squad) but I don't think those count as sitcoms.

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slymm t1_ja7z58n wrote

Replying to TheCavis (#2,047,122)

What I love about this answer is that it properly accounts for all eras. Never heard of police squad and haven't watched scrubs but you clearly know sitcoms so I'll try and check them out.

I'll add some honorable mentions: Frasier, community, the office (overrated at this point, but still), the good place, taxi, and maybe fresh prince

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lostmonkey70 t1_ja7zlg7 wrote

Community, The Good Place, Parks and Rec and Scrubs. All are fantastic shows.

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FLOCKAh t1_ja7zozv wrote

Parks and Rec, Arrested Development, The Office, Friends

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blokedog t1_ja80ry1 wrote

George. Elaine, Kramer and Jerry. That's my Mt.Rushmore.

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rroberts3439 t1_ja81w64 wrote

It's crazy how the Simpsons has just had legs for decades. With everything that is coming out on Disney+, the Simpsons is still their most watch show by far!

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Tucana66 t1_ja85kpc wrote

M*A*S*H
Cheers
The Bob Newhart Show
Newhart

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jobanizer t1_ja87wzh wrote

I see so many shows mentioned here that aren’t sitcoms?

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totoropoko t1_ja88lyd wrote

I would say Scrubs, IASIP, Coupling (UK) and Arrested Development (og)

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Kootsiak t1_ja8esvg wrote

Replying to Sirnando138 (#2,048,756)

I wholeheartedly agree with the US and UK version of this list. IT Crowd i liked when it came out but only hits harder now as a burgeoning old man (i'm almost 40 but might as well be 70 based on my day to day life).

30 Rock is my overall favourite though. That show holds a special place in my heart.

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samspopguy t1_ja8et15 wrote

seinfeld, always sunny, parks and rec, and im not sure the last one

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timmyctc t1_ja8fmug wrote

Iasip, fraiser, arrested development, peep show

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cabernet7 t1_ja8g5qf wrote

  • Barney Miller
  • Cheers
  • NewsRadio
  • 30 Rock
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video-kid t1_ja8gr7a wrote

Community, It's Always Sunny, Parks and Rec, The Good Place

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eucr1d t1_ja8hpyb wrote

Replying to Baconcob (#2,060,192)

I much prefer Red Dwarf too but I think its hard to argue in terms of best representing British sitcoms and not have those 2 in there. Bottom was good but The Young Ones was better.

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ghotier t1_ja8j9zq wrote

Replying to slymm (#2,057,574)

Police Squad is the TV show that the Naked Gun movies are based off of. I think it's only 6 episodes, but it does some things that I haven't seen before or since.

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jscooper22 t1_ja8l1vj wrote

The Honeymooners
All in the Family
Seinfeld
Malcolm in the Middle
Scrubs

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D34THDE1TY t1_ja8lwww wrote

The Simpsons. Its fucking iconic at this point.

That 70's Show. A group of people that have almost effortless chemistry between them, and Red and Kitty are perfectly played parents.

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Another group of effortlessly charming people playing the WORST of humanity.

Community. Its streets ahead.

I think of a Mount Rushmore I think what shows could I watch anytime and be amused by something...simpsons gets the pass on that because with 700+ episodes there are bound to be some bad episodes.

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Great_Zarquon t1_ja8xlrg wrote

Replying to TheCavis (#2,047,122)

Have you seen Angie Tribeca? Very much a spiritual successor to Police Squad, not quite as dense or original with the jokes but it's closer to that style of comedy than pretty much anything else that's been on TV recently

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cheek_splitter t1_ja8y2ab wrote

IASIP, Married With Children, The Office, Malcolm In The Middle.

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javeryh t1_ja90fey wrote

Seinfeld, Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm and 30 Rock

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paper_zoe t1_ja929s4 wrote

I think for the UK it'd probably be:

Dad's Army

Fawlty Towers

Only Fools and Horses

The Office

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The_Narz t1_ja92cw3 wrote

My personal Mount Rushmore is Dennis, Dee, Charlie, Mac & Frank.

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mtpgod t1_ja96966 wrote

Seinfeld, The Office, Scrubs, Schitts Creek.

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ArchDucky t1_ja9eoa6 wrote

Lucy, Michael Scott, Jake Peralta and Ron Swanson.

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theodo t1_ja9h72h wrote

Always Sunny, Parks and Rec, Community, and The Simpsons

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randomcanyon t1_ja9n9wf wrote

The Simpsons

Seinfeld

Cheers

30 Rock

With runner ups:

Family Guy/American Dad.

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Spocks-Nephew t1_ja9p8qk wrote

Mash , Cheers , Big Bang Theory and It’s Always Sunny.

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Imzadi76 t1_ja9ra18 wrote

Friends, That 70s show, Brooklyn Nine Nine and The Office. Honorable mention for Modern Family and Everybody hates Chris

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Brewmaster30 t1_ja9vs0d wrote

I would just put up Frank, Charlie, Dennis and Mac. A small bird statue for Dee

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Stimperonovitch t1_ja9y90j wrote

Soap, Hot l Baltimore, 3rd Rock from the Sun, I Love Lucy

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cgerst t1_ja9ynun wrote

30 rock, sunny, Seinfeld, frasier

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Acidraindancer t1_jaa43sl wrote

Seinfeld

The office

Community

Arrested development

These 4 have actually made my sides hurt by laughing at times.

If the Simpsons counts then it probably knocks the office down to honorable mention.

Edit: I totally forgot about malcolm in the middle. The office is now an honorable mention & malcolm in the middle is on my rushmore.

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KnotForNow t1_jaa44w7 wrote

Replying to 3256782166n8lvr (#2,077,841)

I posted about Newhart a few days ago in another thread. Someone replied that the original film elements had not been treated well. Some of the available episodes had been assembled from scraps. If true, no surprise that some episodes are missing.

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CunningWizard t1_jaa9pgq wrote

Replying to the_original_Retro (#2,065,524)

Agreed. While most shows I’ve seen listed in this thread I absolutely love, I think the #1 answer has gotta be MASH. Set the standard for decades.

Seinfeld and the Simpsons are right next to it in terms of genre altering/defining, but MASH takes the top spot.

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contrarian1970 t1_jaaciuh wrote

  1. Kath & Kim

  2. The Good Place

  3. The Andy Griffith Show

  4. Newhart

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OllieNKD t1_jaambah wrote

Taxi should be getting more love here!

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f0gax t1_jaas2cv wrote

Veep. Schitt’s Creek. 30 Rock. Raising Hope.

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POPAccount t1_jab16a3 wrote

Replying to TheCavis (#2,047,122)

Seinfeld also threw away the trope of having the characters learn some type of “lesson” in the episode or even show any type of sentimentality or seriousness. It constantly parodied those types of family sitcom tropes.

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treple13 t1_jabhdyz wrote

Assuming my own personal one:

Arrested Development, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Simpsons

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loudjewishgirl t1_jabke6p wrote

Personally, mine would be 30 rock, broad city, curb and HIMYM

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TheOtherUprising t1_jadftkr wrote

The Simpsons. Even though it fell off its peak long ago it is a culture defining show and still one of the most quotable off all time.

30 Rock. So consistently funny with a great cast and had the advantage of being a comedy about making comedy.

Seinfeld. All the same reasons as 30 Rock. Helped pave the way for shows like that.

Married with Children. I have so much nostalgia for this show. Was boundary pushing for its time. A personal favourite of mine.

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VAGolfer3 t1_jadms4b wrote

Cheers, Taxi, The Office, Fawlty Towers

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