Do you kiss him goodnight before you fall asleep each night?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
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Do you kiss him goodnight before you fall asleep each night?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Haha, I don't want to make the glass all grubby, but it makes my day better when his is the first face that I see in the morning.
Only Fools and Horses
Steptoe and Son
Mash
Poridge
The Good Life
I love the Office, that show has had the best writers in television for a while now. The characters are amazing and it is so hilarious, pure genius.
"Buffy"
"Profit"
"X-Files"
"Twin Peaks"
Gosh yes! We should all watch Degrassi. If those aren't life lessons, I don't know what is. Don't forget about Kids of Degrassi Street (and the first 5-6 seasons of TNG).Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
For my favourites:
Gilmore Girls (speed talking and references to everything)
Veronica Mars (Twin Peaks meets Nancy Drew; "Veronica Mars is smarter than you")
Alias (the first of many J.J. Abrams show addictions: LOST, Felicity)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (love vampires and Joss is a genius)
Smallville (love Superman)
I wouldn't argue that they would be on the best list of everyone, but they're my favourites.
SEINFELD
*end of thread*
Arrested Development! I can't believe that I've been missing this all these years! Hands-down, the BEST sitcom of the 2000's and I am willing to fight to the death for that. Never have I laughed as much within 22 minutes of an American television show (I exclude England for reasons being Fawlty Towers and Monty Python). This is television at its finest, cleverest and smartest. The inside-jokes and self-reflexitivity are comparable to that of The Simpsons and its narcissistic characters comparable to that of Seinfeild. And jeez is this show infinitley quotable and endless in its brilliant moments of insanity. (WMD's turn out to be balls, Michael's fiancée is actually a MRF, GOB's pitiful magic tricks) And I must not forget the spot-on narration by Ron Howard which is consistently self-referential.
Sadly, the genius of this show lasted only three seasons after a cancellation due to a lack of ratings, despite vivid and almost unaminously positive critical praise. The very fact that a show like Two and a Half Men, which started its run around the same time, is still on-air is a mark of shame on the television industry.
Must-see episodes: Top Banana ("Oh my God! It's a fire sale!"), Pier Pressure ("And that’s why you always leave a note."), Good Grief! ("Here he comes. Here comes John Wayne. “I’m not going to cry about my Pa. I’m going to build an airport— put my name on it.”"), Mr. F (Tobias is a "mole").
For me, it'd be:
The Black Adder
Only Fools and Horses
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Lol, I can't believe someone agreed with me 2 months ago and I didn't notice. Degrassi is classic moralizing melo-drama and I love every last second of it. Even the dreadful last 2-3 seasons of TNG.Quote:
Originally Posted by carleymarie
PBS recently put up the first season of Degrassi Jr. High on youtube. Anyone with an interest in bad teen acting must watch! Apparently, no one working for public television has the sense to number the episodes or organize them in a playlist though. (Oops, apparently someone did have the sense all 26 episodes in order in a playlist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI9RNOGHqYY
Edit: As an aside, only the CBC in Canada agreed to run this episode, PBS in the US and the BBC refused to run that episode during the shows original run.
For me:
Gilmore Girls,
Sex and the City,
Battlestar Galactica,
Stargate SG1 & Atlantis,
Moonlight,
Raumpatrouille Orion,
Glory Days
=)
How about the Carol Burnett show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqzclCLrP0
I laughed more at their attempts to hold back laughter than the actual skit.
i suspect this is slightly off-topic, but I will sorely miss "Bill Moyers' Journal," which he has left.
As for some of the others mentioned, I did love "Degrassi St", first season, when my daughter starred in one of the episodes.
Of others that have been mentioned, Black Adder, Mad About You, an Australian sit-com called (I think) Mother and Son; of course Fawlty Towers and one that was called, I think Good Neighbours.
I loved Homicide; Prime Suspect and tonight, largely for the innovative music, I'll be watching Lost, the final episode.
Family Guy
Scrubs
South Park
Simpsons
How I met your mother
Twin Peaks. Truly, the most messed-up thing that's ever been on television. I watch the whole series yearly.
I've recently become addicted to Dr.Who. Other than that, I don't have TV, but I can often be found watching How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock and The Simpsons online. ;)
Oh God, thanks to OrphanPip, I've now been reintroduced to that masterpiece of awful camp, the original 1966 series Batman. Never has any show been so unintentionally funny.
This stuff is just classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLZQ3OLEJWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp_9FEWgmFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgP2l...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGl6OlSczdU
Ohhh I loved the old batman!Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
Californication
Dexter
Arrested Development
For the sheer suspense, the sense of Right and Wrong, the glamour, the graphics, the ever-thickening plot, the costumes, the technological prowess, the sheer grandeur of the English Language in full flow and the flamboyant if ironic use of hyperbole, The Weather Forecast.
I am shocked that The Wire hasn't appeared on the list. One of the greatest TV shows ever.
See posts 40 and 63.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
Ahh, you're a good man, Stan ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sixsmith
It may seem like critical sensationalism when people say that The Wire is the greatest TV show of all time, but it truly is, or at least amongst the greatest. I've only seen the first season so far and it has already obtained a level of depth and realism that is stunning. It is so well-written (by an ex-journalist) that it penetrates 'the system' as magnificently as it penetrates the human souls both on and off the streets. It is contemporary Greek tragedy at its finest with a novelistic narrative structure unrivaled even amongst some of the greatest television shows such as the Sorpranos.
It is a crime that while they allowed this show to stay for five glorious seasons, they allowed the shallow and oblivious Law and Order to stay on for more than a decade.
Speaking of crimes, the greatest sitcom of the decade, Arrested Development lasted only three seasons, while Two and a Half men (which started its run around the same time as AD) is still pushing on. What a dreadful shame. (And even if you like Two and a Half Men, it would be absurdity to call it anywhere as good as AD.)
I've watched lots of shows. I like how nobody here has mentioned 'two and a half men' yet, I think it's awful but I know so many people who love it..
Here are my top four:
1. The Big Bang Theory
Definitely my favorite show. It has got sophisticated humor, not something one sees often in popular tv shows.. It's so good I gotta advertize it with a 24 seconds excerpt from the pilot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59boLMnrbU
2. Boston Legal
It's a bit sexist, yet it too is 'intelligent' entertainment. Some cases are actually quite interesting philosophically, and Shore's closing arguments are brilliant.
3. South Park
Mocks literally everything.
4. How I Met Your Mother
Pretty funny, love the wordplays, yet not very deep altogether..
I think The Wire is my favourite of all time, i need to watch it for the 5th or so time again soon.
Lately i've enjoyed Modern Family, definitely owes alot to Arrested Development, very funny, sweet and smart.
Uh, that series was, actually, INTENTIONALLY funny. It says so here.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
The Simpons is in a league of it's own and I don't think it would be fair to any other tv show to have to compete with them so for the sake of my list we're just going to assume that the Simpsons don't exist.
1. LOST
2. The Sopranos
3. The Wire
These 3 shows are some of the best television ever. I think in a few years the show Breaking Bad is going to become 4th on that list.
Very true. The Simpsons has become such a cultural phenomenon that it's kinda hard to consider it with most television.Quote:
Originally Posted by spookymulder93
These days I am all for South Park! :) Impolite and crazy mockery of just about every other thing but definitely interesting! :p
Somebody recommended According to Jim to me as well. I wonder if anyone of you has got anything to say about it.
For me I have to begin at the witty, fast talking Gilmore Girls.
After that my list on tv shows goes like this (though it always changes):
2) How I Met Your Mother
3) 30 Rock
4) Friends
5) Veronica Mars (I don't care that it only got three seasons and the last season was not that great)
6) Big Bang Theory
7) The Office (both versions, they involve the same people anyway)
The new Sherlock is pretty good.
Eggheads anyone?
Judith - a class act.
Daphne - the blue rinse assasin
CJ - fighting his camp side
Chris - not quite of this world.
Kevin - Mr personality.
But only three episodes! :bawling: They must bring it back - please, Beeb, please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
What did you think of Moriarty? A bit too young? But I like the idea of a 'consulting criminal' like Sherlock's 'consulting detective'. And someone please kick LeStrade's nasty little sergeant, 'Freak', indeed.
Dr Watson needs a Good Woman - I'd volunteer but I'm too old for him.
I spend the last few months watching stargate sg1 and stargate atlantis. Well i am a sucker when it comes to sci-fi, but these two series are really good :thumbsup:
No, you're not. We are just alike, and we're not suckers at all. We both have a very exquisite taste :pQuote:
Originally Posted by manolia
A succinct appraisal.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Whenever I've watched it the eggheads always seemed to get an easy clincher.
Anyway, I'm sick to death of quiz shows. :sick:
I liked the running joke about worthwhile hobbies - stamp collecting etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by kasie
Moriarty was a bit young, but they're after a young demographic I suppose.
The only thing I didn't like was the class thing with Sherlock being an upper class fellah, Dr. Watson being Middle, and the grammar corrected pleb in the last episode representing the working class. even though Sherlock's clearly a borderline psycho.
I'm taken with BBC's new Sherlock as well. It has such a stunning youthful look and great music. The writers (Steven Moffan!) seem very familiar with their source material and I love all the sly allusions and liberties they take with the stories. After the first episode, I wasn't sure how much I liked the fact that Holmes was using a Blackberry and blogging, but now I've adjusted and it seems to be working. "The Great Game" was a fantastic episode.
They've announced a second, longer series!Quote:
Originally Posted by kasie
I was rather fond of it - it took me an episode to get sold on the character of Holmes himself ("But David, he IS you!" - my housemate Lola), but then I really found myself enjoying watching him. I thought Watson was excellent from the get go - they didn't do the usual thing of turning him into a bumbling imbecile.
I'm still not convinced by 'Jim', but I'm willing to have my mind changed. In many ways, it would have been better not to include Moriarty - he is far too over-exposed in Holmes media. I also rather liked Mark Gatiss' campy Mycroft - I'd half-hoped he would turn out to be Moriarty.
Still, good stuff!
Frasier
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The new Entertainment Weekly came today and it's all about the fall TV preview. I haven't read every word of it just yet, but so far the only new show that has me a little interested is that one with Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire" I think. Other than that, it will be nice to see some of my favorite shows come back: Mad Men, V, and Futurama (What? What d'ya mean Futuruama's not coming back till next summer? Why, God? Why?)
Edit: also note that Mad Men is many weeks into its new season already, and that I've watched most of the episodes -- I watched the latest one, in fact, just last Sunday. I dunno... I think may be going nutsy!