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On 2007-12-03 15:16, landmark wrote:
The Honeymooners, The Judy Garland Show, I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, My So-Called Life, The Defenders

Guilty pleasures: Perry Mason, Columbo


You freely admit to liking My-So-Called Life but call Perry Mason and Columbo "guilty pleasures"?

Hard to argue against the Simpsons and Fawlty Towers and the like, but I'd throw "The Bob Newhart Show" in the mix.
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On 2007-12-03 15:16, landmark wrote:
The Honeymooners, The Judy Garland Show, I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, My So-Called Life, The Defenders

Guilty pleasures: Perry Mason, Columbo



You freely admit to liking My-So-Called Life but call Perry Mason and Columbo "guilty pleasures"?

Hard to argue against the Simpsons and Fawlty Towers and the like, but I'd throw "The Bob Newhart Show" in the mix.



In Landmark's defense (re: My So-Called Life), Claire Daines is an outstanding actress, and as near as I can tell, always has been. Ditto on Newhard.
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In Landmark's defense (re: My So-Called Life), Claire Daines is an outstanding actress, and as near as I can tell, always has been. Ditto on Newhard.


I was just (half) kidding Landmark. We're really just naming some of our favorite shows. It would be difficult to include a show that only ran one season on a list of all time greats no matter the quality of the show. I always thought of My So Called Life as kind a punchline. I remember making remarks at the time about that "So Called TV Show". But I understand it had it's fans and recieved some critical acclaim.
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The Prisoner, for sure.
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Faulty Towers, HI-LA-RI-OUS... I also really enjoy the Simpsons.

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Barney Miller. Great cast, great writing.
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Benny Hill was very funny.
Don't forget Taxi.
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The characters on 'Taxi' were hilarious. Great show.
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I can't decide. Flights of the conchords sums up every satire show ever made recently. It's very very good. Lost is brilliant as is 24, Heroes, Prison Break and Supernatural is pretty good too. Cartoon Planet/Brak show, sponge bob squarepants are all amazing cartoons. Reno 911 is ace. TV has made some great great stuff recently. I watch lots of tv shows, all amazing in there own way. Can't choose.

We don't like taxi cause Kaufman hated it. Clifton more so.
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The Avengers with Patrick MacNee and Linda Thorson, and most of the LWT offerings.
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Dr. Who, Have Gun Will Travel. Ed Sullivan Show, WKRP in Cincinatti. Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Ernie Kovacks Show, just to name a few.
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Sorry to sound anal, but a few people mentioned there favorite as 'Monkey Magic', but the program was just called 'Monkey': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_%28TV_series%29

For me, Flight of the Conchords or Hustle.

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That did sound very anal.
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I can't believe no one has yet mentioned ...

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I'm partial to this one myself:
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"Rocky And His Friends" aka "The Bullwinkle Show" aka "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends". From 1959-1974, hands down the best TV fare ever.
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