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Old 12-01-2008, 06:13 PM   #1
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I say One Day at a Time.
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Old 12-01-2008, 08:01 PM   #2
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8 Simple Rules was very realistic. Probably more than any other sitcom I know.
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:24 PM   #3
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Leave It To Beaver was Very Realistic. I identified very much with the Beaver
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:51 PM   #4
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Seinfeld for the most part...
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I thought The Wonder Years and Boy Meets World were pretty realistic.
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Family ties
the hooneymooners
the jerffersons
the wonderyears
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I would say Roseanne (until they won the lottery, then it got dumb).
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I would say Roseanne (until they won the lottery, then it got dumb).
It was more than dumb - it was downright painful!!
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Old 12-02-2008, 01:57 PM   #13
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I'd say The Brady Bunch, followed by The Wonder Years.
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Roseanne, All in the Family, Seinfeld (give or take a certain situation), and Everybody loves Raymond.
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Still Standing - well, some of it anyway
That 70's show - ditto
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That's why they were big hits, right? The really funny stuff can't be made up !
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