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icecream · 12-07-2010, 07:34 PM

What are some of your favorite shows that would never happen in real life?
Early Edition (my all time favorite)
Star Trek: the Next Generation
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
Mork & Mindy
Greatest American Hero
ALF
The Munsters
The Addams Family

Zoneboy · 12-07-2010, 07:37 PM

Mr. Ed
The Six Million Dollar Man
Batman
The Adventures of Superman
When Things Were Rotten

tv star collector · 12-07-2010, 08:03 PM

Adventures of Superman
Mister Ed
The Munsters
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
Star Trek
Wonder Woman
The Incredible Hulk
ALF
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The X-Files
Charmed
Roswell
Smallville
Supernatural
Vampire Diaries

James · 12-08-2010, 03:38 AM

I'd say just about everything on right now that's not a reality show. I'd make a list, but that would take too long.

Zoneboy · 12-08-2010, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

I'd say just about everything on right now that's not a reality show. I'd make a list, but that would take too long.

Just name a few and give others a chance, no need in hogging the thread.

jimpickens · 12-08-2010, 05:10 AM

Gilligan's Island in real life that joker would've been snuffed after he ****ed up the first three rescues.

Tubehead · 12-08-2010, 09:14 AM

erAly ediiton
Family matters
sanfrod andson
boy meets world
i love lucy
the jerfferons
amen
the incdaible hulk
the big bang theory
smalllville
alf
home inmprovment
Night court
the hooney mooners
my favorite martian
kight rider
the A-TEAM
mACGYVER
Magnum P.I.

cocytus · 12-08-2010, 10:11 AM

Good Times _ Laughs and joviality in an urban ghetto
Cheers - Everybody hangs out at a bar and nobody is an alcoholic
Grey's Anatomy - Numerous medical errors and poor decisions are made and nobody loses their job.
ER - See above
Criminal Minds - More than a hundred serial killers roam the country for years but are finally caught after the intervention of the BAU. Usually in the space of a few days.
Seinfeld, Friends, Sex in the City,etc - A New York City setting and yet almost no minorities to be seen.

MickeyMac · 12-08-2010, 10:53 AM

Gomer Pyle-He would have been kicked out the first week he got there. Also had he made it through basic training, more than likely he would have went to Vietnam.

old grouch · 12-08-2010, 12:57 PM

'Green Acres'

'The Beverly Hillbillies'

'Lost'

'My Favorite Martian'

James · 12-08-2010, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Just name a few and give others a chance, no need in hogging the thread.

OK, Charles, here's a start:

Bewitched
The Brady Bunch (listen to Robert Reed's complaints about items like cooking strawberries and Greg's orange hair)
Desperate Housewives
Married ... with Children
Modern Family
The Simpsons
Wife Swap (yeah, it's a reality show)

treky · 12-08-2010, 11:27 PM

TWO AND A HALF MEN-how can it be that Charlie hasn't caught a venurial disease or something after all these years???

Chain Gang Member · 12-14-2010, 12:50 PM

Reaper

treky · 12-14-2010, 10:23 PM

all the "STAR TREK" series.
"GET SMART"

DSfan · 12-23-2010, 07:53 PM

Let's turn this around for a second.

I want to say that probably the most REALISTIC show of all-time was the Wonder Years. Although many other sitcoms are realistic as well, Wonder Years never had any really outlandish or completely crazy stunts like you could see on Happy Days, Family Matters, and many others.

Even sitcoms or other shows that aren't totally UNREALISTIC tend to have unrealistic elements to them.

I find Wonder Years, more than any other show, is just completely realistic. That's the beauty of it. It's just completely relatable.

Agree? Disagree?

12-07-2010, 07:34 PM	#1
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12-07-2010, 07:37 PM	#2
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12-08-2010, 10:11 AM	#8
cocytus Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2010 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 781	Good Times _ Laughs and joviality in an urban ghetto Cheers - Everybody hangs out at a bar and nobody is an alcoholic Grey's Anatomy - Numerous medical errors and poor decisions are made and nobody loses their job. ER - See above Criminal Minds - More than a hundred serial killers roam the country for years but are finally caught after the intervention of the BAU. Usually in the space of a few days. Seinfeld, Friends, Sex in the City,etc - A New York City setting and yet almost no minorities to be seen.
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12-08-2010, 11:27 PM	#12
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	TWO AND A HALF MEN-how can it be that Charlie hasn't caught a venurial disease or something after all these years???
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12-08-2010, 03:38 AM	#4
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	I'd say just about everything on right now that's not a reality show. I'd make a list, but that would take too long.

12-08-2010, 05:10 AM	#6
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,389	Gilligan's Island in real life that joker would've been snuffed after he ****ed up the first three rescues.

12-08-2010, 09:14 AM	#7
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	erAly ediiton Family matters sanfrod andson boy meets world i love lucy the jerfferons amen the incdaible hulk the big bang theory smalllville alf home inmprovment Night court the hooney mooners my favorite martian kight rider the A-TEAM mACGYVER Magnum P.I.

12-08-2010, 10:53 AM	#9
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,004	Gomer Pyle-He would have been kicked out the first week he got there. Also had he made it through basic training, more than likely he would have went to Vietnam.

12-08-2010, 12:57 PM	#10
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12-14-2010, 10:23 PM	#14
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12-23-2010, 07:53 PM	#15
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	Let's turn this around for a second. I want to say that probably the most REALISTIC show of all-time was the Wonder Years. Although many other sitcoms are realistic as well, Wonder Years never had any really outlandish or completely crazy stunts like you could see on Happy Days, Family Matters, and many others. Even sitcoms or other shows that aren't totally UNREALISTIC tend to have unrealistic elements to them. I find Wonder Years, more than any other show, is just completely realistic. That's the beauty of it. It's just completely relatable. Agree? Disagree?