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Brian Damage · 03-27-2012, 11:45 PM

This of course is just personal opinions, but are there any specific tv shows that are deemed classics that you actually loath???

TVFactFan · 03-28-2012, 12:40 AM

I will chose one from each decade that are classics and didn't like

I Love Lucy...."50's

Andy Griffith......"60's"

Mash..............."70's

Cheers............."80's

Roseanne.........."90's

All are considered classics and I can watch any of them for more than 10 secs

Brian Damage · 03-28-2012, 12:48 AM

I am a little surprised about Cheers Sol

tiredmike59 · 03-28-2012, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I will chose one from each decade that are classics and didn't like

I Love Lucy...."50's

Andy Griffith......"60's"

Mash..............."70's

Cheers............."80's

Roseanne.........."90's

All are considered classics and I can watch any of them for more than 10 secs

I would have to agree with 4 of those, but I did like Andy Griffith.

Retro4Life · 03-28-2012, 12:50 AM

Never liked Cheers, the Cosby Show, Home Improvement Growing Pains, Who's the Boss, Murphy Brown, or Family Matters. And while I don't "loathe" it, I never really got many laughs out of I Love Lucy

EmoJoe · 03-28-2012, 01:02 AM

There's plenty of terrible, terrible shows from the "classic" era. I guess people look at past decades through rose-tinted glasses but there's crap in every decade. I'd say a fairly large portion of 80s sitcoms that weren't Cheers and The Cosby Show were crap (not *all*, but it wasn't a very good decade for sitcoms) and the 60s had a lot of overly silly fluff.

The hate for I Love Lucy on a forum that's supposed to celebrate classic TV is somewhat astonishing though...

duckie · 03-28-2012, 02:59 AM

MASH
The Bob Newhart Show
Golden Girls
Facts of Life
Welcome Back Kotter

Mr. Television · 03-28-2012, 06:46 AM

I never cared for Designing Women. I liked Murphy Brown until it got too political. Friends I hated. I liked most of the sitcoms from the 50's, 60's, and 70's and I can't think of any off the top of my head that I hated.

Brian Damage · 03-28-2012, 08:13 AM

Yeah I agree with you Sonny, the 70's had so many great sitcoms, I really can't say I hated any of them. The one sitcom I could never get into, that I tried really hard to like was Andy Griffith. I just never got it.

old grouch · 03-28-2012, 10:13 AM

'Hogan's Heroes'
'Gomer Pyle'
'The Flying Nun'
The color episodes of 'The Beverly Hillbillies'

Goldilocks · 03-28-2012, 12:58 PM

I couldn't get into Roseanne. I tried, but the whole "white trash" vibe was too forced.

Same thing with Friends. It was so POPULAR that I hated it because everyone acted like it was the best sitcom in the history of television. While it had it's great moments and could be funny, it wasn't nearly as well done as others.

Zoneboy · 03-28-2012, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by old grouch

'Hogan's Heroes'
'Gomer Pyle'
'The Flying Nun'
The color episodes of 'The Beverly Hillbillies'

Agreed on all except Gomer Pyle, that show is just too darn funny.

Zoneboy · 03-28-2012, 02:00 PM

1950's

I Love Lucy
The Real McCoys
Father Knows Best
Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show

1960's

The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Donna Reed Show
Family Affair
The Flying Nun
Hazel
Hogan's Heroes
I Dream of Jeannie
McHale's Navy
My Three Sons
The Patty Duke Show
That Girl

1970's

Alice
Chico and the Man
The Doris Day Show
Eight is Enough
Laverne and Shirley
The Love Boat
Mork and Mindy
One Day at a Time
The Partridge Family
Phyllis
Rhoda
Taxi

1980's

Alf
Bosom Buddies
Charles in Charge
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Designing Women
Diff'rent Strokes
The Facts of Life
Family Ties
Gimme a Break
Growing Pains
Head of the Class
Perfect Strangers
Silver Spoons
Too Close for Comfort
227
Webster
Who's the Boss?

1990's

Blossom
Coach
Dinosaurs
Doogie Howser M.D.
Dream On
Ellen
Family Matters
The Fresh Prince of Bel-air
Friends
Full House
Home Improvement
Mad About You
Martin
Murphy Brown
The Nanny
Roseanne
3rd Rock from the Sun

LUNCH · 03-28-2012, 02:31 PM

I'm curious as to why shows like Friends,and Roseanne etc. are even mentioned in this thread.They are not considered classics,and will never be.The same goes for most(not all) shows made during the 1990s-now.Even the 1980s while better was still a much weaker decade for TV shows when compared to the 1950s-70s.

LUNCH · 03-28-2012, 02:34 PM

Anyhow to answer the original question. Mork and Mindy is one that stands out.

03-27-2012, 11:45 PM	#1
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03-28-2012, 01:02 AM	#6
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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I never cared for Designing Women. I liked Murphy Brown until it got too political. Friends I hated. I liked most of the sitcoms from the 50's, 60's, and 70's and I can't think of any off the top of my head that I hated.
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03-28-2012, 12:40 AM	#2
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,065	I will chose one from each decade that are classics and didn't like I Love Lucy...."50's Andy Griffith......"60's" Mash..............."70's Cheers............."80's Roseanne.........."90's All are considered classics and I can watch any of them for more than 10 secs

03-28-2012, 12:48 AM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I am a little surprised about Cheers Sol

03-28-2012, 08:13 AM	#9
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Yeah I agree with you Sonny, the 70's had so many great sitcoms, I really can't say I hated any of them. The one sitcom I could never get into, that I tried really hard to like was Andy Griffith. I just never got it.

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Goldilocks Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 08, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 693	I couldn't get into Roseanne. I tried, but the whole "white trash" vibe was too forced. Same thing with Friends. It was so POPULAR that I hated it because everyone acted like it was the best sitcom in the history of television. While it had it's great moments and could be funny, it wasn't nearly as well done as others.
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03-28-2012, 02:31 PM	#14
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	I'm curious as to why shows like Friends,and Roseanne etc. are even mentioned in this thread.They are not considered classics,and will never be.The same goes for most(not all) shows made during the 1990s-now.Even the 1980s while better was still a much weaker decade for TV shows when compared to the 1950s-70s.
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03-28-2012, 02:34 PM	#15
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	Anyhow to answer the original question. Mork and Mindy is one that stands out.