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TMC
11-08-2012, 03:13 AM
For me, its a toss up between Saved by the Bell and Full House. This is not of course saying that these shows weren't entertaining per se, it's just looking back, both of these shows have not aged well.

I think for SBTB you can sum it up it being officially, a '90s show (even though in fairness, it debuted in mid-late '89) always felt like it was several years behind style-wise. I an enjoy SBTB for its (sometimes unintentional, like whenever they tried to be "serious" like the episode involving Jesse taking diet pills) camp value and not so "grounded" depiction of high school life.

With Full House, it's easy to make fun off and look down upon because of it's frequent schmaltzy, "taste like diabetes" (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TastesLikeDiabetes) nature and pedestrian, predictable form of comedy.

jimpickens
11-15-2012, 03:23 AM
Married With Children the epitome of cheesy 90s sitcoms
Seinfeld successful but cheesy
Shasta McNasty
Hermans Head
Top Of The Heap
The Adventures Of Briscoe County JR
VIP
Baywatch
Family Matters
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
in fact the whole decade was nothing but one big cheese ball.

ThomasE
11-15-2012, 06:38 PM
Homeboys from outer space - OMG! This show almost offended me.
Unhappily Ever After

TVFactFan
11-15-2012, 09:20 PM
My all time cheesiest sitcom of the 90'a


"SISTER, SISTER"


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Buffyboy323
11-16-2012, 01:39 AM
in fact the whole decade was nothing but one big cheese ball.
:rofl:

You're absolutely right! It's funny, just the other night my roommates and I had another big discussion about how incredibly cheesy the '90s were. We just threw a party dedicated to the decade last Summer!

The '90s were over-the-top cheesy, but that's what made those years so special. It was a great time to be a TV fan.

Full House and Saved By The Bell are the definition of "cheesy" sitcoms, and they never pretended to be anything else. They may not have aged well to some, but it says something that both shows still air 2-4 times daily in 2012, twenty years after they've ended. Many people must still be eating that cheese up, lol.

TVFactFan
11-16-2012, 02:26 AM
I;m not going to be foolish and say the entire decade had cheesy shows because of the shows below

Married With Children
Family Matters
Martin
Living Single
Fresh Prince

Buffyboy323
11-16-2012, 05:01 AM
I;m not going to be foolish and say the entire decade had cheesy shows because of the shows below

Married With Children
Family Matters
Martin
Living Single
Fresh Prince
I do think there were cheesy shows on every single year of the decade (as well as the decades before it). But there were also some very fine, smart series during the '90s.

Family Matters was EXTREMELY cheesy, IMO. It was corny, like all the other Milller-Boyett sitcoms at the time. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air wasn't too far behind.

catlover79
11-16-2012, 01:06 PM
For me, its a toss up between Saved by the Bell and Full House. This is not of course saying that these shows weren't entertaining per se, it's just looking back, both of these shows have not aged well.

I think for SBTB you can sum it up it being officially, a '90s show (even though in fairness, it debuted in mid-late '89) always felt like it was several years behind style-wise. I an enjoy SBTB for its (sometimes unintentional, like whenever they tried to be "serious" like the episode involving Jesse taking diet pills) camp value and not so "grounded" depiction of high school life.

With Full House, it's easy to make fun off and look down upon because of it's frequent schmaltzy, "taste like diabetes" (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TastesLikeDiabetes) nature and pedestrian, predictable form of comedy.

I couldn't have said it better myself!!

TVFactFan
11-16-2012, 01:37 PM
I do think there were cheesy shows on every single year of the decade (as well as the decades before it). But there were also some very fine, smart series during the '90s.

Family Matters was EXTREMELY cheesy, IMO. It was corny, like all the other Milller-Boyett sitcoms at the time. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air wasn't too far behind.



I forgot to add Roseanne and Blossom to that List LOL Great shows

Buffyboy323
11-16-2012, 04:05 PM
I forgot to add Roseanne and Blossom to that List LOL Great shows
YES! :lol:

UMFaninMD
11-16-2012, 07:27 PM
Hell yes to Martin. The reruns still air and I happened to catch one a few nights ago. Sheneneh alone was a big block of cheese.

If animated shows are allowed, definitely Beavis and Butthead, although the scenes where they make fun of music videos can still be laugh out loud funny.

TVFactFan
11-16-2012, 07:30 PM
Hell yes to Martin. The reruns still air and I happened to catch one a few nights ago. Sheneneh alone was a big block of cheese.

If animated shows are allowed, definitely Beavis and Butthead, although the scenes where they make fun of music videos can still be laugh out loud funny.


I watched every episode of Martin Live on Fox during highschool and college and have no interest in seeing it on DVD or syndication lol

retrofan05
11-16-2012, 07:38 PM
Insert any sitcom that aired on ABC's TGIF

PrettyinPink55
11-16-2012, 10:27 PM
in fact the whole decade was nothing but one big cheese ball.

I know, but, honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

PrettyinPink55
11-16-2012, 10:28 PM
The '90s were over-the-top cheesy, but that's what made those years so special. It was a great time to be a TV fan.

Full House and Saved By The Bell are the definition of "cheesy" sitcoms, and they never pretended to be anything else. They may not have aged well to some, but it says something that both shows still air 2-4 times daily in 2012, twenty years after they've ended. Many people must still be eating that cheese up, lol.

Couldn't have said it better myself, Buffyboy!! :wave: :wave: :wave:

JamesG
11-16-2012, 11:11 PM
Unhappily Ever After

Only reason to watch that show... the hottest woman to ever appear on television:


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e10/JamesGrec/screenhunter25oct180009-1.jpg


I'm still hoping for a DVD release...

JamesG
11-16-2012, 11:14 PM
My all time cheesiest sitcom of the 90'a


"SISTER, SISTER"


:lol: :lol: :lol:


I never liked it. I watched many episodes and I didn't get into it.

However I did enjoy seeing Sherman Hemsley pop in as the grandfather.

TVFactFan
11-16-2012, 11:46 PM
I never liked it. I watched many episodes and I didn't get into it.

However I did enjoy seeing Sherman Hemsley pop in as the grandfather.



Now you just told me something I never knew, wonder if it's on youtube

PrettyinPink55
11-16-2012, 11:48 PM
Sister, Sister was awesome!!!
Lisa was HILARIOUS!!! :lol:

TVFactFan
11-16-2012, 11:49 PM
I never liked it. I watched many episodes and I didn't get into it.

However I did enjoy seeing Sherman Hemsley pop in as the grandfather.



It is on youtube, I will look at it tonight or tomorow

Buffyboy323
11-17-2012, 04:31 AM
I know, but, honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thanks Pretty! :cheers:


The entire TNBC lineup on NBC Saturday mornings. They were live action cartoons! Saved By The Bell, California Dreams, SBTB: The New Class, City Guys, Hang Time, One World. :lol:

Other Cheesy shows:
7th Heaven
The Brady Bunch
Cavemen
Charles In Charge
Charmed
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Mork & Mindy
Punky Brewster
Small Wonder
Smart Guy
Xena: Warrior Princess
What I Like About You

Buffyboy323
11-17-2012, 04:39 AM
Sister, Sister was awesome!!!
Lisa was HILARIOUS!!! :lol:
I agree!!

Sister, Sister was cheesy, but it wasn't as over the top corny as others during the time. Nick Freno was awful. Clueless. Smart Guy. Sabrina The Teenage Witch!

Yep, Sherman played Grandpa, and he was great! He was in four episodes.

TVFactFan
11-17-2012, 04:07 PM
I agree!!

Sister, Sister was cheesy, but it wasn't as over the top corny as others during the time. Nick Freno was awful. Clueless. Smart Guy. Sabrina The Teenage Witch!

Yep, Sherman played Grandpa, and he was great! He was in four episodes.


That first episode he was in his hair was a MESS-lol When he appeared again in the christmas episode he was more clean cut. In the episode Grandpa Campbell his hair looked like he was trying to grow a Afro again knowing he had no hair at all in the middle of his hair:lol:

catlover79
11-17-2012, 07:40 PM
Now you just told me something I never knew, wonder if it's on youtube
Yup, I saw some of those eps. Sherman was only 6 years older than his on-screen son, Tim Reid. :lol:

PrettyinPink55
11-18-2012, 01:51 AM
The Brady Bunch is quite possibly the cheesiest show ever, and I know that it's incredibly cheesy, BUT I LOVE IT!!! :lol: I love the cheese!!! :lol: I would say The Brady Bunch is even cheesier than Full House!! However, I can't get enough of reruns of The Brady Bunch or Full House for that matter!!! :lol:

Recently I've become re-addicted to 7th Heaven on GMC. I'll watch the show and become incredibly frustrated with how cheesy it all is. But I'm hooked...again!!! (I watched it in its original run, but stopped at season 11.) Anyway, watching it again makes me cringe, but at the same time, I can't look away!!! :lol:

TVFactFan
11-18-2012, 02:10 AM
Yup, I saw some of those eps. Sherman was only 6 years older than his on-screen son, Tim Reid. :lol:


That show reminded me a little of Moesha. Family of 4 with a "Nerdy Dad":lol:


I;m not a fan of Nerdy Dads

PrettyinPink55
11-18-2012, 02:24 AM
I;m not a fan of Nerdy Dads

Not a Danny Tanner fan? :lol:

TVFactFan
11-18-2012, 02:27 AM
Not a Danny Tanner fan? :lol:


Nope, my top 5 Family Dads

James Evans
Uncle Phil
Dan Conner
The Dad on Smart Guy.......don't remember his name
Carl Winslow

PrettyinPink55
11-18-2012, 02:28 AM
No Cliff Huxtable on that list?

TVFactFan
11-18-2012, 02:32 AM
No Cliff Huxtable on that list?


Nope, everyone I listed had a scene when they were about to FIGHT. Cliff had no scenes like that.


MANLY DADS.com:lol: :lol: :lol:

PrettyinPink55
11-18-2012, 02:36 AM
Nope, everyone I listed had a scene when they were about to FIGHT. Cliff had no scenes like that.


MANLY DADS.com:lol: :lol: :lol:

What do you mean fight? Like to literally throw down? :lol:

TVFactFan
11-18-2012, 03:05 AM
What do you mean fight? Like to literally throw down? :lol:


Yes they were in a situation where they had to protect their wives because another guy insulted her

catlover79
11-18-2012, 04:07 PM
Nope, my top 5 Family Dads

James Evans
Uncle Phil
Dan Conner
The Dad on Smart Guy.......don't remember his name
Carl Winslow
Floyd Henderson was the name of the dad on Smart Guy. :cool:

TVFactFan
11-18-2012, 08:39 PM
Floyd Henderson was the name of the dad on Smart Guy. :cool:


Yeah Floyd was cool.

TVFactFan
11-18-2012, 08:40 PM
Floyd Henderson was the name of the dad on Smart Guy. :cool:


He actually appeared in a episode of Roseanne as one of Dan's friends LOL

catlover79
11-19-2012, 03:53 AM
He actually appeared in a episode of Roseanne as one of Dan's friends LOL

I must have missed that ep. :lol:

TVFactFan
11-19-2012, 02:26 PM
I must have missed that ep. :lol:

It was the season 2 episode..."Five of a Kind"

MickeyMac
11-20-2012, 03:02 PM
Cheesiest Sitcome of the 1990's: All of them

Buffyboy323
11-20-2012, 08:24 PM
Cheesiest Sitcome of the 1990's: All of them
My exact feelings on most sitcoms from 1950-1990. ;)

Spark Of Spirit
11-20-2012, 11:32 PM
All sitcoms have cheese, just to different degrees. IMO, most current sitcoms have nowhere near enough.

PrettyinPink55
11-21-2012, 01:15 AM
All sitcoms have cheese, just to different degrees. IMO, most current sitcoms have nowhere near enough.

Good point!! They just don't make them like they used to!! ;)

TVFactFan
11-21-2012, 01:37 AM
The cheesiest sitcom since the TV was invented was

FULL HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Now that was some cheesy sh*T :lol:

PrettyinPink55
11-21-2012, 02:01 AM
The cheesiest sitcom since the TV was invented was

FULL HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Now that was some cheesy sh*T :lol:

I hardly think that Full House was the cheesiest. It was cheesy, but not the cheesiest. As mentioned above, I think The Brady Bunch is cheesier than Full House, but I love all the cheese of both shows!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

What made Full House even cheesier is that background music they would play in like EVERY episode at the end during a serious scene or during a character's "realization" and "lesson learned." :lol: :lol: :lol:
I wonder if there was an episode of Full House without that music!!!

Buffyboy323
11-21-2012, 02:54 AM
All sitcoms have cheese, just to different degrees. IMO, most current sitcoms have nowhere near enough.
I agree. Many sitcoms just take themselves way too seriously now. Too much time spent on being "clever." It's not meant as an insult to those shows (I myself watch several of them). But I do miss my CHEESE. :lol:

Spark Of Spirit
11-21-2012, 03:13 PM
Yeah, not everything needs to be coated in cheese, but I would love to see more of it! :D

catlover79
11-22-2012, 03:10 PM
It was the season 2 episode..."Five of a Kind"
Thanks!!!

Tubehead
11-27-2012, 04:41 AM
i agree on family matters it kind of gotten too stupid in the later seaons

don't forget
alf don't foget about alf
i dream of jennie
bewitched
the incdaible hulk
my favorie martian
mster ed i still watch it from time to time