Clash of the Sitcoms: Round 1, Heat 25.
 

Here's the story
Of a TV polling
It had five shows of which you can pick just three
All of them are kind of old
Like your mother
Who I will call a whore

This one was actually tougher than I expected. My thoughts:

#1 - It's not haha funny, but Andy Griffith is gently humorous. It'll get my #1 vote even though I'm a long way from being addicted to it.

#2 - I'm going to go off the beaten path and pick Veronica's Closet at #2. It wasn't a world beater, but it was pretty good for a while. I'll admit that it's pretty forgettable now, though, since I can't think of a favorite scene or line.

#3 - Everybody Loves Raymond. I rebel against watching a lot of family comedy, but this show is actually pretty good.

Didn't make the cut.

#4 - The Brady Bunch. I feel kind of bad not voting for this iconic comedy, but honestly I'd watch the other three shows first if they were all on at the same time.

#5 - Chico and the Man. I barely remember this show and wasn't a big fan during its short run. I could take it or leave it.

Brady Bunch with a bullet.

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

Andy Griffith and then the rest. Some of the later seasons were hard to watch though.

Snore

Andy Griffith easily. That show transcends generations.

I don't even know what Veronica's Closet is.

I love the Andy Griffith show. Its takes me back to a time when the Moral fiber of this country was much different than today.

I never really figured out who Aunt Bea was, though. I always wondered if maybe she was Andy's live-in lover and I was missing the hints in the scripts.

How was she related to Andy and Opie? Whose aunt was she?

I think she was Andy's aunt & Opie's great aunt. Least thats the way I always figured it. Then again Andy's wife died. So she could be the older sister of the deceased wife. Good question I really have know idea

yeah, Andy's aunt. In one of the first ones she comes to stay with them because some other housekeeper/nanny had to move away. I think she got married. Opie doesn't like Aunt Bea at first because she can't play baseball or fish, and she's all set to move out. Then Opie comes running out, crying, and says something like, "Don't go! You gotta stay! Who's gonna show you how to catch a fish? You'll never survive!'

The show itself actually spun off from the Danny Thomas show, "Make Room For Daddy" Thomas was driving through Mayberry and was speeding or something, and refuses to pay a fine. Then he's rude to Andy so Andy locks him up. While he's in jail Opie comes in and talks to him about his dead turtle. It's a really great sitcom episode.

You really are a Rain Man, aren't you? I hope you can at least divide 12 figure numbers in your head.

Aunt Bea was Andy Taylor's maternal aunt. Andy's wife had died (I guess shortly after Opie was born) and he had a live-in housekeeper for a few years. She got married and moved out and that's when Aunt Bea moved to Mayberry and in with the Taylor's as a housekeeper and mother/guardian to Opie. All this is in the first episode of The Andy Griffith show.

Chico and the Man was the Hispanic Sanford and Son but not as funny!

Oh, and The Andy Griffith Show is the only one worth voting for in this round. It is one of the iconic American TV shows.

Best Andy Griffith Show reference, nsfw

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