cpmaz
01-01-2005, 09:02 PM
and have no hope of rescue for a while, but *somehow* you have enough food and water and shelter, and have a working TV and DVD player.
The question is: what 10 TV series on DVD would you want to have with you? And to keep it interesting, it doesn't matter if the series is actually available on DVD, and sequels/spinoffs count as part of the original series for a single choice (i.e. - "Star Trek" would include Star Trek, Next Generation, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise).
Please include a brief reason (one or two sentences) about why you would pick a particular show.
My ten:
1. Star Trek - hundreds of eps (600+), including 22 or so from the animated series; also, I am a huge fan of ST, and think that even mediocre Trek (Enterprise, anyone?) is better than most TV.
2. Law and Order - I am not a huge fan of Criminal Intent, but the original series is solid, and SVU has really developed well. Also, it has *hundreds* of eps.
3. Saturday Night Live - Close to 30 years of laughs and music; close to 600 eps to keep the DVD player going.
4. The Simpsons - The best animated series ever, and arguably the best sitcom ever. Still going strong in its 15th? 16th? season. (Yup, this lots of episodes thing is definitely a pattern to most of my choices :) )
5. 60 Minutes - How many years? How many eps? The only thing I would like to edit out is Andy Rooney.
6. Married with Children - When the writers were *on*, hands down the funniest show on TV, for many years.
7. Gunsmoke - oodles of eps.
8. The Tonight Show - from Paar to Carson to Leno (with a few guest hosts sprinkled in), this show has to be included. Hell, the Carson years alone make it an easy choice.
9. M*A*S*H - a possibility for the best series ever, though not the best sitcom - it wasn't funny enough after Trapper, Frank Burns and Henry Blake were gone. Still a good show though.
10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (includes Angel) - for years the most intelligently written and acted series on TV; the first 3 seasons of BtVS make it one of the top 5 shows ever, imo.
Bubbling just outside of the top 10: Happy Days (almost made it because Mork and Mindy would be included. didn't make it because Laverne and Shirley would have been included too. :) ; Home Improvement, Friends, Cheers/Frasier, The X-Files (took itself way to seriously after a while) and Cops. Also note the absence of soaps, daytime or primetime. Never liked them, so I wouldn't want to be stuck with them on the island.
What are your choices??
The question is: what 10 TV series on DVD would you want to have with you? And to keep it interesting, it doesn't matter if the series is actually available on DVD, and sequels/spinoffs count as part of the original series for a single choice (i.e. - "Star Trek" would include Star Trek, Next Generation, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise).
Please include a brief reason (one or two sentences) about why you would pick a particular show.
My ten:
1. Star Trek - hundreds of eps (600+), including 22 or so from the animated series; also, I am a huge fan of ST, and think that even mediocre Trek (Enterprise, anyone?) is better than most TV.
2. Law and Order - I am not a huge fan of Criminal Intent, but the original series is solid, and SVU has really developed well. Also, it has *hundreds* of eps.
3. Saturday Night Live - Close to 30 years of laughs and music; close to 600 eps to keep the DVD player going.
4. The Simpsons - The best animated series ever, and arguably the best sitcom ever. Still going strong in its 15th? 16th? season. (Yup, this lots of episodes thing is definitely a pattern to most of my choices :) )
5. 60 Minutes - How many years? How many eps? The only thing I would like to edit out is Andy Rooney.
6. Married with Children - When the writers were *on*, hands down the funniest show on TV, for many years.
7. Gunsmoke - oodles of eps.
8. The Tonight Show - from Paar to Carson to Leno (with a few guest hosts sprinkled in), this show has to be included. Hell, the Carson years alone make it an easy choice.
9. M*A*S*H - a possibility for the best series ever, though not the best sitcom - it wasn't funny enough after Trapper, Frank Burns and Henry Blake were gone. Still a good show though.
10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (includes Angel) - for years the most intelligently written and acted series on TV; the first 3 seasons of BtVS make it one of the top 5 shows ever, imo.
Bubbling just outside of the top 10: Happy Days (almost made it because Mork and Mindy would be included. didn't make it because Laverne and Shirley would have been included too. :) ; Home Improvement, Friends, Cheers/Frasier, The X-Files (took itself way to seriously after a while) and Cops. Also note the absence of soaps, daytime or primetime. Never liked them, so I wouldn't want to be stuck with them on the island.
What are your choices??