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staylor26 02-28-2022 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 16168266)
Is it a sitcom tho?
Good question. I’m not sure if it’s technically a sitcom, but people often call it one.

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a television series that involves a continuing cast of characters in a succession of comedic circumstances
I would say it qualifies based on the definition.

Discuss Thrower 02-28-2022 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 16168278)
Good question. I’m not sure if it’s technically a sitcom, but people often call it one.



I would say it qualifies based on the definition.
Yeah by definition that's correct but it still feels wrong classing a genius show like Community with formulaic shows ike 'Caroline in the City' or 2 Guys and a Girl and a Pizza Place.. or Seinfeld for that matter.

So Community and Seinfeld are in classes of their own, but Frasier is GOAT among the typical multicam sitcom genre.

Pepe Silvia 02-28-2022 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 16168232)
Community is the GOAT.
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Discuss Thrower 02-28-2022 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 16168687)
I think people can differentiate just by the categorization of single and multi-camera.

A sitcom is a broader category, indicating that the format is comedy arising from the situation. It's not a designation of quality or an indication of formula.

As for 'formula' Community is every bit as 'formulaic' as any other, as it is a mixed group of traditional and non-traditional students at a Community College. That doesn't mean every episode is exactly the same, but it's more defined than, say something like Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone, where the entire tone, setting, and even cast changes from episode to episode.
What other sit com -or film or TV show for that matter- approached Community's use of meta storytelling?

Rausch 03-06-2022 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 16168716)
What other sit com -or film or TV show for that matter- approached Community's use of meta storytelling?
Perhaps Scrubs at times?

It's Always Sunny?

Pepe Silvia 05-25-2022 05:32 PM
Party Down was classic. I wish it lasted more than two seasons, they were supposed to bring it back but haven’t heard anything lately.

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displacedinMN 05-28-2022 07:43 PM
Rewind TV-OTA will run WKRP in a long block next weekend
First weekend of June 2022

scho63 06-23-2022 04:00 PM
I've been watching According to Jim, Home Improvement, Frasier.

All top notch.

According to Jim is really funny.

Rain Man 06-27-2022 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 2067864)
Favorite All Time or Favorite Current?

All-time, its:

(Note: edited list based on seeing other people's lists)

1. The Simpsons
2. Cheers
3. Seinfeld
4. News Radio
5. Barney Miller
6. Third Rock From the Sun
7. Malcolm in the Middle
8. The Drew Carey Show
9. Newhart
10. WKRP in Cincinnati

Honorable Mentions: The Bob Newhart Show, Frasier, Friends, Soap, Taxi.

The quoted post was my list in 2004, as reported in this thread. In 2022, I would add Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, My Name is Earl, and The Office. I would consider an Honorable Mention to The Good Place and The Big Bang Theory.

My 2022 rankings of the top ten would be:

1. Cheers
2. Seinfeld
3. The Office
4. Barney Miller
5. Arrested Development
6. The Drew Carey Show
7. My Name is Earl
8. Malcolm in the Middle
9. The Simpsons
10. Frasier

Honorable mentions: News Radio, Newhart, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Bob Newhart Show, Friends, Soap, Taxi, Third Rock From the Sun, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Good Place, and The Big Bang Theory

Easy 6 06-27-2022 08:18 PM
All in The Family, Sanford and Son, Seinfeld

Vladimir_Kyrilytch 06-30-2022 02:21 AM
I scrolled but I didnt see it. There was a sitcom about military life. Gomer Pyle came from that. Cant remember a ton about it cause I was thinking about Combat! A seperate sitcom entirely. Damn ye!

Frazod 06-30-2022 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Vladimir_Kyrilytch (Post 16353225)
I scrolled but I didnt see it. There was a sitcom about military life. Gomer Pyle came from that. Cant remember a ton about it cause I was thinking about Combat! A seperate sitcom entirely. Damn ye!
Gomer Pyle was a spinoff of the Andy Griffith Show.

Vladimir_Kyrilytch 06-30-2022 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 16353243)
Gomer Pyle was a spinoff of the Andy Griffith Show.
Thats interesting I was unaware.

ToxSocks 06-30-2022 09:15 AM
Married with Children
Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recs
Two and a Half Men.

displacedinMN 06-30-2022 07:55 PM
NBC did not treat My Name is Earl with respect.


It needed to have its cliff hangers tied up. I watched all of them during Covid. It is a great show.


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