Friday, January 4, 2008
All-Time Favorite Shows
Since David Letterman is back on the air with his writers, I've been thinking about some of my favorite shows through the years. Letterman certainly belongs in that category, however for this blog, I'm going to focus on sitcoms, because they in themselves, are my favorite.
This conversation has to begin with "Seinfeld" because it is, without a doubt, the best television show ever, as far as I'm concerned. I knew I'd love the show because Jerry Seinfeld was always my favorite comedian, but I had no idea how much I would love it and how much the country would as well. My 2nd favorite all time situation comedy is "The Odd Couple". How I loved that show when I was a kid. Jack Klugman and Tony Randall were terrific together and though I haven't seen an episode in quite some time, I often still think about scenes and laugh. "All in the Family" is another one that I loved as a child. My parents and grandparents loved that show and even though I didn't get a lot of the jokes as a kid, it was funny to me nonetheless. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was another great one. I remember the writing on that program was so clever, I even recognized that as a youngster.
As you can tell, I like many "old" shows...I can't describe all of them but I can list a bunch.......
"Barney Miller"
"Family Ties"
"The Dick Van Dyke Show"
"The Jeffersons"
"Welcome Back Kotter"
"Happy Days"
"Coach"
"Sanford and Son"
"Cheers"
"MASH"
"Taxi"
"Get Smart"
There are more but this blog is getting too long as it is.
My new favorite show is "Curb Your Enthusiasm". (What a shock....it's Larry David's program and he's the co-creator of "Seinfeld")......so it all comes full circle for me.........."not that there's anything wrong with that!!!"
This conversation has to begin with "Seinfeld" because it is, without a doubt, the best television show ever, as far as I'm concerned. I knew I'd love the show because Jerry Seinfeld was always my favorite comedian, but I had no idea how much I would love it and how much the country would as well. My 2nd favorite all time situation comedy is "The Odd Couple". How I loved that show when I was a kid. Jack Klugman and Tony Randall were terrific together and though I haven't seen an episode in quite some time, I often still think about scenes and laugh. "All in the Family" is another one that I loved as a child. My parents and grandparents loved that show and even though I didn't get a lot of the jokes as a kid, it was funny to me nonetheless. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was another great one. I remember the writing on that program was so clever, I even recognized that as a youngster.
As you can tell, I like many "old" shows...I can't describe all of them but I can list a bunch.......
"Barney Miller"
"Family Ties"
"The Dick Van Dyke Show"
"The Jeffersons"
"Welcome Back Kotter"
"Happy Days"
"Coach"
"Sanford and Son"
"Cheers"
"MASH"
"Taxi"
"Get Smart"
There are more but this blog is getting too long as it is.
My new favorite show is "Curb Your Enthusiasm". (What a shock....it's Larry David's program and he's the co-creator of "Seinfeld")......so it all comes full circle for me.........."not that there's anything wrong with that!!!"
Posted at 9:30 AM by Chris Coraggio

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