Taxi was a great show

[Leroy Lizard]

Sitcoms were better back in the old days.

Danny Devito beginning at the 0:25 mark.

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Christopher Lloyd has trouble answering a question at the 3:20 mark.

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[sooner ngintunr]

WKRP>Taxi.:pop:

[bigfatjerk]

2nd one is one of my all time favs. Citcoms just haven't been the same since Seinfeld.

[MR2-Sooner86]

"Mental illness or narcotic addiction?"
"That's a tuff choice."

[Curly Bill]

2nd one is one of my all time favs. Citcoms just haven't been the same since Seinfeld.

Word.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

2nd one is one of my all time favs. Citcoms just haven't been the same since Seinfeld.Malcolm in the Middle was freakin' HI-larious!...but, nothing killer since then. I do like The Office pretty well.

[yermom]

WKRP>Taxi.:pop:

this.

i never could get into Taxi when i was a kid

[Leroy Lizard]

Taxi > WKRP. I don't think anyone on WKRP could touch Christopher Lloyd or Danny Devito. (Richard Sanders was pretty good, I admit.)

[yermom]

i'll give you the cast.

Andy Kaufman too

[Leroy Lizard]

Andy was great when he wasn't pulling his split personality crap. I loved Latka, but that Vic Ferrari character bored the crap out of me.

Carol Kane was awesome too.

[yermom]

so many of them went on to do other stuff

who ever saw Bailey Quarters again?

i guess Mr. C tried to diddle Arnold while he wasn't working on washing machines though

[texaspokieokie]

i like office & 2.5 men.

i really did like krp.

seinfeld (jmho) was the all time best.

the 1st bob newhart show was very good.

[texaspokieokie]

Taxi > WKRP. I don't think anyone on WKRP could touch Christopher Lloyd or Danny Devito. (Richard Sanders was pretty good, I admit.)

the sales guy whose last name i think was bonner, was very funny.

[okie52]

WKRP>Taxi.:pop:

No way

[delhalew]

That sweet jazz number that opens up Taxi is ingrained in my mind for the rest of my life. I can call it up whenever I want and soothes me completely.

[delhalew]

BTW WKRP is awesome sa well.

[Flagstaffsooner]

so many of them went on to do other stuff

who ever saw Bailey Quarters again?

Me, in many wet dreams.;)

[Newbomb Turk]

Me, in many wet dreams.;)

:D

[okie52]

:D

Hollywood knights>American Graffiti

[texaspokieokie]

so many of them went on to do other stuff

who ever saw Bailey Quarters again?

i guess Mr. C tried to diddle Arnold while he wasn't working on washing machines though
Jan Smithers
did a little more acting.
married James Brolin & had one kid.. divorced.

moved out of us.

moved back to ojai,ca.

born in north hollywood in 1949.

was more attractive than loni anderson. JMHO

[yermom]

That sweet jazz number that opens up Taxi is ingrained in my mind for the rest of my life. I can call it up whenever I want and soothes me completely.

i think that was the problem. i was asleep before the show even started.

[MR2-Sooner86]

Seinfeld > all

[yermom]

i think i've seen Cheers and I Love Lucy listed higher

i'm not sure i agree though. Seinfeld was another level.

[MR2-Sooner86]

The only other show I'd put up there with cultural significance that has changed how we look at things and at times been revolutionary...

Saturday Night Live

[yermom]

The Simpsons probably needs a mention in there somewhere

i'm a little surprised it's still on, but it's kinda like an anchor on Sunday night at this point

[MR2-Sooner86]

This is true. The Simpsons is Fox and Fox is The Simpsons. That's how it'll always be to me.

I remember being little when Fox started out and it was the "bad" channel with The Simpsons, Married with Children, In Living Color, and was too 'edgy' to watch being five years old. I did anyway :D

[texaspokieokie]

i think i've seen Cheers and I Love Lucy listed higher

i'm not sure i agree though. Seinfeld was another level.

i love lucy was borderline slapstick.

it was good for tv when it was on, in the 50s.

never did care for it.

cheers was good.

[delhalew]

I have a hard time comparing Seinfeld and other more recent shows with the shows of the seventies and eighties.

I understand Seinfeld and The Simpsons are old now, but I used to watch The Hulk, The Fall Guy, The Dukes, WKRP, Taxi, and all the others of that era, as the aired. So it's hard for me to compare to shows that aired when I was a teen and older. Those seventies and eighties shows are so special to me.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

This is true. The Simpsons is Fox and Fox is The Simpsons. That's how it'll always be to me.

I remember being little when Fox started out and it was the "bad" channel with The Simpsons, Married with Children, In Living Color, and was too 'edgy' to watch being five years old. I did anyway :DThe other two comedies I remember from FOX in the late '80's are Hermans Head, and the Tracy ullman Show. The Simpsons was a feature within the Tracy Ullman show, and it obviously caught on.

[yermom]

Herman's Head was later though. and Lisa was on it :D

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Herman's Head was later though. and Lisa was on it :DYou're right Herman's Head was early 90's. I sure didn't think it was that late. Yes, Lisa was the secretary.

[yermom]

then Heddy went on to be Ross's lesbian babymama

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

then Heddy went on to be Ross's lesbian babymamaRoss on Friends?

[yermom]

yeah

http://iamatvjunkie.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c17f69e2011278da27f428a4-800wi

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

yeah

http://iamatvjunkie.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c17f69e2011278da27f428a4-800wiSkanky yainch, huh?

[Leroy Lizard]

Jan Smithers
did a little more acting.
married James Brolin & had one kid.. divorced.

moved out of us.

moved back to ojai,ca.

born in north hollywood in 1949.

was more attractive than loni anderson. JMHO

If I had worked with Jan, I would have probably developed a crush on her and worried incessantly about whom she was dating.

I would not have been able to concentrate with Loni around.

[GKeeper316]

newsradio.. i swear to god phil hartman was on another level for that show

[Leroy Lizard]

Here are my all-time best sitcoms, in order.

1. The Honeymooners
2. Green Acres
3. Taxi
4. I Love Lucy
5. Get Smart

Seinfeld was funny, but I never got the belly laughs out of it that everyone else did and I never liked its "get a laugh at every utterance" strategy. WKRP is too dated for my blood.

Oh, I thought Marilu Henner on Taxi was pretty sweet lookin'. But I liked Carol Kane even more. Not sure why. I just did.

[texaspokieokie]

newsradio.. i swear to god phil hartman was on another level for that show

i liked newsradio, but they lost a lot when Khandi Alexander left.

and Andy (was a) dick.

[yermom]

that's another one i just couldn't get into

[Leroy Lizard]

Jim as a salesman:

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No one compares.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

1)Malcom in the Middle
2)Seinfeld
3)MASH. The first 3 or 4 years, before they got too preachy
4)Several tied, prolly, including Herman's Head, the Office, Tracy Ullman Show, Arrested Development, and likely others I can't think of now.

[texaspokieokie]

Mash was better before alan alda got control.

[Leroy Lizard]

It sucks when sitcoms take themselves too seriously. Even Taxi started diving into "issues" towards its end. All In the Family became unwatchable at one point.

Then there are those that got sillier and sillier, like Married with Children.

[texaspokieokie]

i liked MWC. al bundy is my hero.

i liked the one that came on about the time as "herman's head",with nikki cox.

[olevetonahill]

Some of you people are easily amused :pop:

[Leroy Lizard]

Some of you people are easily amused :pop:

Says he who gets his jollies watching the cute little deer prance and play in his back yard. :rolleyes:

[Leroy Lizard]

i liked MWC. al bundy is my hero.

Toward the end he become so unbelievably pathetic (and Kelly became mentally retarded) that it just got over the top. The show peaked around the fourth season (and so did Kelly's looks).

Best episode: Al creates a 1-900 number for shoe help. (The one where Peg shows up in a one-piece bathing suit is pretty alright too.)

[bigfatjerk]

Katey Sagal, Peg from MWC, won a Golden Globe earlier this year. I didn't even recognize her. I knew she did the voice of the one eyed chick on Futurama.

[olevetonahill]

Says he who gets his jollies watching the cute little deer prance and play in his back yard. :rolleyes:

Like i said , "You are one weird mother ****er"
If preferring to watch the Deer over watching TeeVee is wrong. Ill take being wrong :pop:

[Leroy Lizard]

Like i said , "You are one weird mother ****er"
If preferring to watch the Deer over watching TeeVee is wrong. Ill take being wrong :pop:

OMG, it's double deers! Two of them! My God! Two deers! Double deers!

[olevetonahill]

OMG, it's double deers! Two of them! My God! Two deers! Double deers!

You just get dumber with every post :rolleyes:

[Leroy Lizard]

Maybe this will help:

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[C&CDean]

Take a break Leroy. Deer are groovier than any TV show.

Also, M*A*S*H kinda trumps all the TV sitcoms when you look at longevity, changing characters and still keeping on. Yes, Alan Alda is a liberal fag, but the show is/was one/the best ever.

[C&CDean]

Leroy's ugly-assed yainch behind bars looks a hell of a lot better than the skank does without the bars.

[Flagstaffsooner]

The Bob Newhart Show

[olevetonahill]

Leroy's ugly-assed yainch behind bars looks a hell of a lot better than the skank does without the bars.

keep her there :D :cool:

[C&CDean]

BTW, I watched 3 does eating at the feeder myself tonight.

God it's good to be back in OK for a couple days.

[SoonerStormchaser]

Oh man...this was the best laugh I've had in awhile

[delhalew]

The Bob Newhart Show

As a person named Darell, I would like to say **** you...and **** Bob Newhart.:)

[texaspokieokie]

As a person named Darell, I would like to say **** you...and **** Bob Newhart.:)

i meant the 1st bob newhart show, where he was in chicago & suzanne pleshette was his wife.

"this is my brother darrell & my other brother darrell" got really old.

[C&CDean]

It might have gotten old, but my brother's name is Darrell, and every time I introduce him as "this is my brother Darrell" everybody goes "do you have another brother named Darrell too?" Lots of mileage outta that one.

[delhalew]

It might have gotten old, but my brother's name is Darrell, and every time I introduce him as "this is my brother Darrell" everybody goes "do you have another brother named Darrell too?" Lots of mileage outta that one.

Tell me about it. Every person who said that to after I reached the age of 12 or so, had the distinction of being the millionth and change person to make that clever connection.

[Breadburner]

Says he who gets his jollies watching the cute little deer prance and play in his back yard. :rolleyes:

What....I can't hear you.....:D

[OUthunder]

I'm just gonna go ahead and say it... Taxi sucked.

I'd rather watch an episode of Oprah mouth kiss Ellen.

[MR2-Sooner86]

I'd rather watch an episode of Oprah mouth kiss Ellen.

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[jkjsooner]

I think I was too young to really get Taxi. I do think there are some good sitcoms on today, but with the reality shows and crime dramas there isn't a lot of room for them. I keep thinking people will get sick of "reality" TV but it hasn't happened yet.

There were a lot of really crappy completely generic sitcoms back in the '80s. The good thing is that we have fewer copy-cat crappy ones now (at least on the major networks).

My favorites:

1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Two and a Half Men
5. Big Bang Theory

The Office goes in there somewhere but it's a little too hit or miss to be top 10. There are some really good episodes and some really mediocre ones.

[OULenexaman]

irony.....OP starts thread about taxi......Deans finds him a cab.

[delhalew]

Favorites currently airing.

Breaking Bad.

Sons of Anarchy.

Walking Dead.

Boardwalk Empire.

Shameless.

Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Chuck.

Dexter.

Supernatural.

[yermom]

i haven't gotten to Walking Dead yet, or Sons of Anarchy

i'll vouch for the rest except for Supernatural. is that the one with Pacey?

[delhalew]

i haven't gotten to Walking Dead yet, or Sons of Anarchy

i'll vouch for the rest except for Supernatural. is that the one with Pacey?

No Pacey is on Fringe, which is not awful. It's a Bad Robot show.

You have time to get caught up on Walking Dead. They did a six episode first season, and it will be a while before we get season two. The realism is unparalleled.

Sons is sweet because of the cast. Ron Perlman and Katy Segal in particular.

I recommend Shameless. I think it aires on Showtime. William Macy plays a perfect drunk ****head of a father, while his kids fend for themselves.

Also, I watch the Sparticus prequel.

[prrriiide]

I keep thinking people will get sick of "reality" TV but it hasn't happened yet.

For the most part they are. Thing is, you can make a "reality" show for pennies on the dollar compared to a weekly sitcom, even in an exotic location. Especially in an exotic location.

With the sitcom, it doesn't matter if you shoot it in the US or Khartoum, you still have to pay a lot of US dollars to really good actors. If you take a bunch of slackjaws out to the sticks of Papua New Guinea, 1) you don't pay SAG or AFTRA scale to anyone, 2) day laborers cost 50¢ a day, 3) you get an extremely favorable exchange rate for the food, goods and services you consume on the shoot.

The network execs will gladly spend some of the savings on PR buzz to convince the country that "everyone's watching" when really the only people that are watching never thought for themselves in the first place and couldn't follow the plot of an episode of Law & Order to save their lives.

[MR2-Sooner86]

My favorites:

1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Two and a Half Men
5. Big Bang Theory

The Office goes in there somewhere but it's a little too hit or miss to be top 10. There are some really good episodes and some really mediocre ones.

F*cking shoot yourself. The rest of the list is fine but...Friends OVER Seinfeld!? Jesus Christ!

[OULenexaman]

whoa.....Friends over Seinfeld.....I know how Dean knows..

[soonerloyal]

My two favorite Taxi moments:

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"She may be better than you - but I ain't." LMAO every time.

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Tom Hanks - Unparalleled GREATNESS.

[jkjsooner]

F*cking shoot yourself. The rest of the list is fine but...Friends OVER Seinfeld!? Jesus Christ!

Yeah, I knew that would be controversial. I almost put Seinfeld at #1 just because it is probably a better show but I had to be honest and admit that I looked forward to friends a little more. What can I say, I think Jennifer Anniston is hot.

[MrJimBeam]

I loved "Cheers" till Shelly Long left and I can watch any episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" as long as Don Knotts is staring. I was also a huge fan of "Ed" when in was on NBC a few years ago. Only ran for 4 years though.

[texaspokieokie]

Cheers was much better after Shelly Long left. of course, JMHO.
Andy Griffith was BORING without Don Knotts.

i liked "Friends" for a season or 2; but just got tired of David Schwimmer
& the girl that played phoebe.

comedy shows lose me when they get too serious.

[TFSooner]

Enjoyed the thread, but have been surprised that no one has used the term "jumped the shark" yet.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Enjoyed the thread, but have been surprised that no one has used the term "jumped the shark" yet.Using that term on this message board has, well, you know what.

[yermom]

Enjoyed the thread, but have been surprised that no one has used the term "jumped the shark" yet.

like Cheers jumped the shark when Sam and Diane finally hooked up :D

personally, i'm a big fan of the phrase...

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

like Cheers jumped the shark when Sam and Diane finally hooked up :D

personally, i'm a big fan of the phrase...You like Jim and Pam married on "the Office?