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TMC · 04-26-2013, 05:59 AM

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2...s-of-all-time/

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This Wednesday, NBC's brazenly unfunny sitcom Whitney returns, in all its anachronistic tired battle-of-the-sexes glory. Despite being one of the most critically panned series, let alone sitcoms, of the 2011-2012 TV season, star Whitney Cummings has inexplicably been given another chance to bore you to death with her and co-star Chris D'elia's oh-so-wacky couples' banter. If that sounds strange given the vitriol, don't be so impressed by the renewal.

TV has long awarded disgustingly large episode orders to some of the worst, most groan-worthy situational comedies. Complex has counted down the 25 Least Funny Sitcoms of All Time for your side-splitting pleasure.

Furienna · 04-26-2013, 10:45 AM

Hey, I like "8 simple rules" and "According to Jim". I haven't seen any of the rest.

yankeesrj12 · 04-27-2013, 08:45 PM

I thought 8 Simple Rules, According to Jim, Still Standing, and What I Like About You were pretty darn funny!

McGillicuddy · 04-27-2013, 11:30 PM

After all these years, I finally saw My Mother The Car! The whole single season is available on HULU. I think its worthy of a DVD release!

TMC · 04-28-2013, 01:22 AM

When I posted this article on IMDb, somebody suggested that Life with Lucy, Lucille Ball's final TV series should've been included:

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Life With Lucy (1986), starring Lucille Ball, who may have been inspired by the success of The Golden Girls into doing another sitcom featuring an elderly actress. But instead of sharp, witty repartee that appealed to all ages, as with The Golden Girls, Miss Ball thought she could get away with the same kind of wacky slapstick routines and broad mugging that made I Love Lucy such a hit, in order to attract the nostalgia-loving crowd
whom she figured would watch her just to see that she was still among the living. Her co-star was the equally geriatric Gale Gordon, who was reluctant
to leave retirement and do another series unless he was paid upfront for an
entire season, just in case the show flopped and was cancelled quickly (wise
man). Nobody wanted to see Lucy attempt to cavort, accompanied by the wild applause of the studio audience who were just grateful she could still move around, while the bland co-stars who played her children and grandchildren looked on bemusedly. Painful to watch.

James · 04-28-2013, 01:55 PM

Wow, they spelled the "S" word out for #13?

McGillicuddy · 04-28-2013, 05:43 PM

This list is supposed to be the worst sitcoms of ALL TIME? 18 of the shows are post 2000, 3 from the '90's 3 from the 80's and 1 from the 60's. So there were no bad sit-coms in the '70's, and only one from before 1980?

Furienna · 04-28-2013, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by McGillicuddy

This list is supposed to be the worst sitcoms of ALL TIME? 18 of the shows are post 2000, 3 from the '90's 3 from the 80's and 1 from the 60's. So there were no bad sit-coms in the '70's, and only one from before 1980?

I think whoever made that list hasn't watched that many older shows.

bmasters9 · 04-28-2013, 06:16 PM

Friends, Seinfeld and Raymond will always be on my short list of the worst comedies ever. I can't say it enough!

Ant-Lox · 04-28-2013, 09:06 PM

I like Sitcoms, but honestly I never really laugh along.

For instance, I loved M*A*S*H, but I can't ever recall laughing at anything that happened.

I'm not a curmudgeon, it just takes a lot to get me to laugh.

Mr. Television · 04-28-2013, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TMC

When I posted this article on IMDb, somebody suggested that Life with Lucy, Lucille Ball's final TV series should've been included:

I watched Life With Lucy and it was in no way one of the worse sitcoms of all times.

Mr. Drucker · 04-29-2013, 09:54 AM

I personally never delighted too much in the highly touted series "Will and Grace" and "Frasier".While the Kelsey Grammer character went from snob to regular guy on "Cheers" only to be relegated back to the former,"Grace" strived entirely too much on high school level bathroom humor.Also,not too far after inception,"Laverne and Shirley" began to rely far too heavily on the various physical "stunts" the single females would find necessary to purport in order to achieve various personal goals.

MrCleveland · 04-29-2013, 05:03 PM

"My Mother the Car" and "Small Wonder" to me will be the campiest shows out there.

I think "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a Half Men" should be on that list, it's nothing but humorless sex and annoyance by the characters!

shotzette · 04-29-2013, 05:49 PM

I like Whitney, but with the exception of "**** my Dad Says", most of the sitcoms featured were pretty unwatchable.

I think they could have added The George Lopez Show, The New Girl, Everyone Loves Raymond, and *anything* Tyler Perry related.

shotzette · 04-29-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by shotzette

I like Whitney, but with the exception of "**** my Dad Says", most of the sitcoms featured were pretty unwatchable.

I think they could have added The George Lopez Show, The New Girl, Everyone Loves Raymond, and *anything* Tyler Perry related.

And Perfect Strangers and Family Matters as well.

04-28-2013, 06:16 PM	#9
bmasters9 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 2,550	Friends, Seinfeld and Raymond will always be on my short list of the worst comedies ever. I can't say it enough!
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Ant-Lox Cloud Watcher Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,824	I like Sitcoms, but honestly I never really laugh along. For instance, I loved MAS*H, but I can't ever recall laughing at anything that happened. I'm not a curmudgeon, it just takes a lot to get me to laugh.
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04-26-2013, 10:45 AM	#2
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,277	Hey, I like "8 simple rules" and "According to Jim". I haven't seen any of the rest.

04-27-2013, 08:45 PM	#3
yankeesrj12 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 09, 2008 Posts: 4,335	I thought 8 Simple Rules, According to Jim, Still Standing, and What I Like About You were pretty darn funny!

04-27-2013, 11:30 PM	#4
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	After all these years, I finally saw My Mother The Car! The whole single season is available on HULU. I think its worthy of a DVD release!

04-28-2013, 01:55 PM	#6
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	Wow, they spelled the "S" word out for #13?

04-28-2013, 05:43 PM	#7
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	This list is supposed to be the worst sitcoms of ALL TIME? 18 of the shows are post 2000, 3 from the '90's 3 from the 80's and 1 from the 60's. So there were no bad sit-coms in the '70's, and only one from before 1980?

04-29-2013, 09:54 AM	#12
Mr. Drucker Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 28, 2013 Location: Lynn,MA Posts: 325	I personally never delighted too much in the highly touted series "Will and Grace" and "Frasier".While the Kelsey Grammer character went from snob to regular guy on "Cheers" only to be relegated back to the former,"Grace" strived entirely too much on high school level bathroom humor.Also,not too far after inception,"Laverne and Shirley" began to rely far too heavily on the various physical "stunts" the single females would find necessary to purport in order to achieve various personal goals.

04-29-2013, 05:03 PM	#13
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,222	"My Mother the Car" and "Small Wonder" to me will be the campiest shows out there. I think "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a Half Men" should be on that list, it's nothing but humorless sex and annoyance by the characters!
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04-29-2013, 05:49 PM	#14
shotzette Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2004 Posts: 1,782	I like Whitney, but with the exception of "**** my Dad Says", most of the sitcoms featured were pretty unwatchable. I think they could have added The George Lopez Show, The New Girl, Everyone Loves Raymond, and anything Tyler Perry related.