@Veloslave The point is, you posted on the forum your opinion that you don't belong in the thread. Who does that? There are plenty of forum threads wherein you could conceivably post relevant opinions, and not simply declare yourself ineligible to take part in the conversation you have just blundered into. I don't stop random people on the street to interject "I don't have anything to say!" It's not opinions on the internet that bother me... Okay, lots of opinions on the internet bother me. But the inexplicable need to tell everybody that you have no basis to form one, as if that somehow has value. Like people who answer product questions on Amazon with "I don't know." They read the question, had no effin' idea, then logged in and entered the text to prove their passionate need to profess ignorance. So you don't watch TV. Woopdefreakindoo. Avoid us. Or maybe I am a hipster god who is unaware of that which you call TV. You never know...
If you don't like people "discussing" things in a DISCUSSION forum... no matter what the subject or reason... learn some social skills, get a life or turn in your modem.
Gee wiz dude, don't be such an asshole
BTW dipshit... "D'oh! We left out your favorite. Go yadda, yadda, yadda about it in the forum."
Home improvement was probably the last sitcom I ever watched. I used to laugh so hard watching that. These days anything with a laugh track is an immediate switch off.
@Kyser_Soze I came here to say this, exactly. It was (until Phil Hartman died) one of the best shows that has ever been put together. The chemistry between the actors was phenomenal.
@jrwofuga Chris in the morning was great. Holling was great. Ed and Ruth-Ann were great. What was Holling's wife's name again . . . ? Edit: Shelly was great.
@jrwofuga - Oh yeah, Adam Arkin! Shoeless master chef. And his hypochondriac wife. Haha. Think I'll look up some old episodes. - I liked the first couple of seasons best.
@KDemo LOVED Northern Exposure, even when it went off the rails toward the end. Holling's wife's name was Shelley. She came up in conversation here at the Fortress because it was decided I needed to be using a light box to combat seasonal affective disorder just light she did.
@cinoclav Nice! I remember both of those. Although I think I first was smitten with Téa from Flirting with Disaster -- not sure that movie was before or after the sitcom.
Newsradio. Clearly you people didn't watch enough TV in the late 90's. "It's got that upstate prison flavor that will keep you ugly all night long. Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor, Damn!"
My favorite from the 1990's is FRASIER, a show I still watch today on Netflix. Its humor didn't rely on any one kind of type. The writers used everything from the most highbrow, no one in the audience will ever get this reference to lowbrow pratfalls. That being said, Its milieu was primarily character driven humor, something most comedy shows avoid today.
@TheTexasTwister My youngest discovered the joy of Fraiser by watching the episode where Niles, while ironing is pants, manages to set Martin's hideous chair on fire. The fact it was a mix of high brow/low brow hooked her so badly she binged watched on Netflix late at night. And then she tried describing a show she found about this ditzy blonde & a smart brunette who lived with this "chef sorta guy who was pretending to be gay so their landlord who did that B&W show you and dad always watch wouldn't kick him out. That landlord was really funny!"
My first marriage.
"I dreamed a dream...."
Sifl and Ollie was pretty good. Very short lived though.
@capguncowboy Precious Roy is better than meh.
Haven't had "TV" (cable, OTA etc) since 1990 so maybe I was not exactly the best target audience for the poll.
(Best thing I ever did BTW)
@Veloslave I never had TV so I'm even more superiorer than you. I don't even know what TV means, so that makes me a hipster god!!!!
@PocketBrain
I reread my post three times... I couldn't figure out what you must have read (or interpreted)??
Just because I say it was a good thing for me you think I am trying to say I am better than someone/everyone/anyone?
I hope you are not a counselor or psychologist.
@Veloslave The point is, you posted on the forum your opinion that you don't belong in the thread. Who does that? There are plenty of forum threads wherein you could conceivably post relevant opinions, and not simply declare yourself ineligible to take part in the conversation you have just blundered into. I don't stop random people on the street to interject "I don't have anything to say!" It's not opinions on the internet that bother me... Okay, lots of opinions on the internet bother me. But the inexplicable need to tell everybody that you have no basis to form one, as if that somehow has value. Like people who answer product questions on Amazon with "I don't know." They read the question, had no effin' idea, then logged in and entered the text to prove their passionate need to profess ignorance. So you don't watch TV. Woopdefreakindoo. Avoid us. Or maybe I am a hipster god who is unaware of that which you call TV. You never know...
@PocketBrain
If you don't like people "discussing" things in a DISCUSSION forum... no matter what the subject or reason... learn some social skills, get a life or turn in your modem.
Gee wiz dude, don't be such an asshole
BTW dipshit... "D'oh! We left out your favorite. Go yadda, yadda, yadda about it in the forum."
@Veloslave LOL, Seinfeld reference... wait, didn't you sell your TV during Bush 1?
Home improvement was probably the last sitcom I ever watched. I used to laugh so hard watching that. These days anything with a laugh track is an immediate switch off.
@Knightp oh yeah, I forgot about that show. I used to really love it too.
The Jerry Springer a Show? Although I did like Sifl and Ollie...
NewsRadio was my favorite.
@Kyser_Soze I came here to say this, exactly. It was (until Phil Hartman died) one of the best shows that has ever been put together. The chemistry between the actors was phenomenal.
@Tygress
Hartman was one of the greats.
Mad About You also belongs on this list.
@Tygress Mad About You was great, until the baby. Then it just made me want to stab puppies.
@PocketBrain
Northern Exposure was a sitcom?
@saodell No, just a great show.
@ronnyd I Concur. Northern Exposure was great. The soundtrack to the show was great. KBHR was great. Maggie O'Connell was great. Fleischman was great.
got so tired of the show being described as "quirky"
@jrwofuga Chris in the morning was great. Holling was great. Ed and Ruth-Ann were great. What was Holling's wife's name again . . . ?
Edit: Shelly was great.
@KDemo true. And Maurice. And Marilyn. And. . .
One of the funniest occasional characters was Adam, the chef. And his wife. Eve.
Gah. Miss the show.
@jrwofuga - Oh yeah, Adam Arkin! Shoeless master chef. And his hypochondriac wife. Haha. Think I'll look up some old episodes. - I liked the first couple of seasons best.
@KDemo LOVED Northern Exposure, even when it went off the rails toward the end. Holling's wife's name was Shelley. She came up in conversation here at the Fortress because it was decided I needed to be using a light box to combat seasonal affective disorder just light she did.
OK, so it didn't start until 1999...
Honorable mention: MST3K.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Newsradio stomped the field. But does Married With Children count? It started in '87 but most of the run was in the '90s.
The Larry Sanders Show is severely underrated.
We loved Chris Elliott in 'Get a Life'. I can't say how many times we re-watched and re-quoted that show.
Married with Children was also up there.
I liked quirky. Herman's Head and Flying Blind come to mind. Not to mention, FB introduced me to Téa Leoni which is good reason to love the show.
@cinoclav Nice! I remember both of those. Although I think I first was smitten with Téa from Flirting with Disaster -- not sure that movie was before or after the sitcom.
@ACraigL It was a few years after the show. I'm envious of David Duchovny for getting to share a bed with her for all those years...
@cinoclav I always enjoy a show about a nerd dating a hot chick way above his station. Kinda like Big Bang Theory. Gave me lots of (false) hope.
Helllooooo. Festivus. No soup for you. And many other phrases that have made it into the general public - gets my vote. Newman.
@cegodsey It's always Festivus somewhere.
Also, it's not Newman. It's Newman!
@PocketBrain Closer... grit your teeth more.
@ACraigL NEWMAN!!
Too much?
Newsradio. Clearly you people didn't watch enough TV in the late 90's.
"It's got that upstate prison flavor that will keep you ugly all night long. Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor, Damn!"
Gazizza, y'all.
@lumpthar It's crizzappy!
Fox News nothing else even came close, well maybe the NY Post and The Washington Times.
3rd Rock from the Sun is the best. If you said Friends don't even talk to me.
My favorite from the 1990's is FRASIER, a show I still watch today on Netflix. Its humor didn't rely on any one kind of type. The writers used everything from the most highbrow, no one in the audience will ever get this reference to lowbrow pratfalls. That being said, Its milieu was primarily character driven humor, something most comedy shows avoid today.
@TheTexasTwister I loved the phone-in cameos.
@PocketBrain I agree. The phone in cameos were laugh out loud slices of pure madness.
@TheTexasTwister My youngest discovered the joy of Fraiser by watching the episode where Niles, while ironing is pants, manages to set Martin's hideous chair on fire. The fact it was a mix of high brow/low brow hooked her so badly she binged watched on Netflix late at night.
And then she tried describing a show she found about this ditzy blonde & a smart brunette who lived with this "chef sorta guy who was pretending to be gay so their landlord who did that B&W show you and dad always watch wouldn't kick him out. That landlord was really funny!"