What's the best 80's sitcom?

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Luke wrote:
Gamerforlife wrote: I also LOVE watching That 70s Show reruns. That show is hilarious.


That show is weird. Some episodes are really well written, but the majority of the jokes are "Foot in/up your ass", "Sick burn", "I said good day" and other tired catch phrases. Seems to be a trend with a lot of Fox sitcoms. King of the Hill was another show that was all over the place. Plus:

RIP: That 80's Show


The first 3 seasons of that 70s show were really good, and didn't rely that much on the repetitive catch phrases. Later on it fell into the same trap that most sitcoms do; good ratings but not any story ideas left.

The first 2 seasons especially were really innovative with the hallucination scenes, and trips into the characters heads.

My favorite 80s sitcom would have to be cheers, because it lived in the 80s more than most of the ones people mentioned, and was pretty consistently funny.
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Luke wrote:
Gamerforlife wrote: I also LOVE watching That 70s Show reruns. That show is hilarious.


That show is weird. Some episodes are really well written, but the majority of the jokes are "Foot in/up your ass", "Sick burn", "I said good day" and other tired catch phrases. Seems to be a trend with a lot of Fox sitcoms. King of the Hill was another show that was all over the place. Plus:

RIP: That 80's Show


That 70s Show is awesome. I still watch reruns of it. It so reminds me of me and my friends late high school and a few years after high school. Only thing is, that was the late 90s/early 2000s for me.
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BurningDoom wrote:
That 70s Show is awesome. I still watch reruns of it. .



Pretty sure reruns of That 70's Show is all you can watch chief.
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Luke wrote:
BurningDoom wrote:
That 70s Show is awesome. I still watch reruns of it. .



Pretty sure reruns of That 70's Show is all you can watch chief.


Did I say otherwise?
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silver spoons,
the wonder years
does taxi count?
family ties
growing pains
three's company? I remember re-runs
married with children
who's the boss
small wonder
night court
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BurningDoom wrote:
Did I say otherwise?


Nah. I just found the use of the word 'rerun' funny as it is implied as every episode of the show is a rerun.
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I have always been partial to Perfect Strangers. It always ends with one of those cheesey, hartwaming moments where Larry learns a valuable lesson.
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odie182 wrote:I have always been partial to Perfect Strangers. It always ends with one of those cheesey, hartwaming moments where Larry learns a valuable lesson.


Seeing Balki in real life kind of ruined the charm of the show for me.
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stickem wrote:
BurningDoom wrote:Married With Children is comedy gold. I like Cheers, too. Roseanne was good in the beginning, but then towards the end it got overly dramatic and ridiculous. Night Court is good, too.


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full house, really? lol even bob sagat hated it.


Nowhere did I say I like Full House. In fact, in another post I talked about how gag-inducing it was.


that part was actually meant for the post above yours.
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Thanks to watching reruns on TBS a few years ago, and owning all 8 seasons on DVD, I'm going with The Cosby Show.
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