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Guaranteed

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:53 AM
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Poll question: Best TV show ever?

Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 11:58 AM by BullGooseLoony

My first poll since I got my star back. It's a classic. :)

Thanks again to whoever gave my star back to me...this one's for YOU!

Best TV show ever (fictional/scripted)?

Leaving a couple slots open for your suggestions...

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Lavender Brown

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:54 AM
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1. I Love Lucy!

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nashville_brook

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:54 AM
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2. twin peaks

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derby378

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:54 AM
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3. The Ernie Kovacs Show

You GOTTA stick it in there! Either that or Uncle Floyd.

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Guaranteed

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:55 AM
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4. LOL huh?

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mac56

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:03 PM
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12. One of my heroes.

Remember the Nairobi Trio?

Even though you knew exactly what was going to happen, you laughed yourself silly anyway.

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RaleighNCDUer

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:06 PM
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14. Ya beat me to it! My first thought -- even if I haven't seen it in 30+

years.

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derby378

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:27 PM
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16. I think someone released the whole series on DVD

Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 12:27 PM by derby378

But you may not find it on Amazon - they've got some "Greatest Hits" compilation instead.

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RaleighNCDUer

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:07 PM
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21. I may have to make a run by -- shudder -- Suncoast. n/t

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UdoKier

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:56 AM
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5. All in the Family

Followed by the old "Bob Newhart Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

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mac56

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:57 AM
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6. "The Prisoner"

Honorable mention: "Fawlty Towers".

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:26 PM
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You got that right!

I am not a number, I am a free man!

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catbert836

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:58 AM
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7. Los Simpsons

The best show of all time. 15 seasons and it's still funny!

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Ian David

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:01 PM
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10. The Daily show: Best Ever!

My favorites:

1) The Daily Show
2) Babylon 5
3) Drawn Together
4) Stargate SG-1
5) Star Trek Voyager
6) M*A*S*H
7) 24
8) Firefly
9) The Sopranos
10) Band of Brothers

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Guaranteed

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:02 PM
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11. Nah, gotta be scripted or fictional in some way...

Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 12:02 PM by BullGooseLoony

Monday Night RAW or, say, Bill O'Reilly would work...:)

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skypilot

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Fri Dec-10-04 11:58 AM
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8. "Freaks and Geeks"

Hands down.

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last_texas_dem

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:36 PM
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22. I agree

Great pick! If only Freaks and Geeks could have lasted more than a season... I think it would have stayed great for several years. It's definitely my favorite show ever.

Of the choices listed in the poll, I gave a nod to Seinfeld.

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skypilot

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:39 PM
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23. I only discovered the show last month.

It's on DVD and I go to the video store to rent a movie and everything I want is rented out. I rent "Freaks and Geeks" as a last resort and it turns out to be the best thing I'd seen in years.

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last_texas_dem

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Fri Dec-10-04 03:01 PM
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26. I discovered it late as well

I never watched it when it was new, but discovered it after I started watching it out of curiosity during the year after it had ended and was being shown on (of all places) the Fox Family Channel. I got into the habit of regularly watching and taping the reruns of it and bought the DVD set when it came out a few months ago.

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progmom

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Fri Dec-10-04 03:09 PM
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28. I am so with you.

Best. Show. Ever.

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skypilot

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Fri Dec-10-04 03:12 PM
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29. And yet it's gone. POOF!!!

Tragic and just plain wrong.

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progmom

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:24 PM
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31. Have you bought the boxed set?

Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 05:26 PM by progmom

We've been enjoying rewatching all the eps.

on edit - just read your previous post, which rendered this posst unnecessary.

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Aiptasia

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:00 PM
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9. None of the above

Right now, Six Feet Under and Carnivale are my top TV time wasters.

The best of all time would have to be....

Star trek!

Naah, psyche..

I'm going with Monday Night Football.

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lpbk2713

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:05 PM
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13. Hill Street Blues

Good cast, good continuing story lines, good theme song.

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China_cat

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Fri Dec-10-04 12:26 PM
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15. I agree that the Prisoner and Ernie Kovacs

were great shows but the greatest was "The Great American Dream Machine"

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Lone_Wolf_Moderate

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:03 PM
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17. Tie, between the Simpsons, and Babylon 5.

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arwalden

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:05 PM
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18. Bewitched

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the Princess

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:06 PM
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19. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Best show ever on TV!

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:07 PM
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20. The West Wing

I would take Bartlett over Bush anyday. Every Wednesday it showed a Whitehouse with principles that could get things done and was my only refuge from the last four years of the Bush Administration.

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CO Liberal

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:41 PM
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24. "WKRP in Cincinatti"

Source: http://blogs.salon.com/

Especially the "Turkey Drop" episode.

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SCDem

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Fri Dec-10-04 02:44 PM
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25. Northern Exposure

certainly one of the best as well as a great soundtrack.

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enigmatic

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Fri Dec-10-04 03:04 PM
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27. "Twilight Zone"

No other series comes even very close.

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bobthedrummer

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:27 PM
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33. I concur, "Twilight Zone" was superb

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MissMarple

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:49 PM
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37. Yup, The Twilight Zone.

:bounce:

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DrWeird

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Fri Dec-10-04 07:52 PM
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47. Agreed.

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ernstbass

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Fri Dec-10-04 03:18 PM
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30. I'm hooked on King of the Hill

and the Daily Show

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Longgrain

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:26 PM
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32. All great shows

But I'm sticking with MASH.

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Liberal_Andy

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:27 PM
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34. The Andy Griffith Show, The Bob Newhart Show, MTM

Good Neighbors (British)

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:27 PM
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35. Other than the obvious one, there was

Homicide- Life On The Streets

Best frickin' cop show EVER.

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Patiod

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Fri Dec-10-04 06:23 PM
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38. "Homicide" gets my vote as well

A tough choice: Simpsons/Buffy/Homicide

But Homicide inspired many long discussions between SO and I about Life, Social Issues, Morality, etc., which is the highest thing art can aspire to -- it sometimes changed the way we viewed the world.

Apropos nothing: Homicide was one of TV's few "black shows" - what other highly rated drama, (even now) has had a mostly-black cast? Not tokens, but most of the key players?

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kodi

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Fri Dec-10-04 05:47 PM
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36. i'd stay home on a saturday night to watch: x files, west wing, miami vice

each in their first couple of years when the writing was best, the stories great, and the shows' pretentions were absent.

x-files for plain old good writing and spookiness (and scully ;) )

west wing to provoke thought :think:

miami vice......why of course, sex, drugs and rock n' roll. :smoke:

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UpsideDownFlag

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Fri Dec-10-04 06:25 PM
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39. Family Guy. nt

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Digit

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Fri Dec-10-04 08:13 PM
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51. Love Family Guy

Peter looks and sounds like my ex, so it throws me into fits of laughter.

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mtnsnake

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Fri Dec-10-04 06:42 PM
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40. Beavis and Butthead, then Nova, Twilight Zone, Faulty Towers, Andy Grif-

fith, Seinfeld, CYE

I love how Beavis and Butthead got the fundies all bent out of shape.

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Dying Eagle

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Fri Dec-10-04 06:46 PM
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41. M*A*S*H

It is still as funny as ever, even after seeing every episode 5 times its still hilarious. Plus it sends a good, sober tone about the evils of war!!

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Kenneth ken

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Fri Dec-10-04 06:59 PM
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42. Much too hard a question

of the shows in your list, I chose Law And Order.

But I think The Carol Burnett Show was the best comedy series. Other people have mentioned good choices too - The Twilight Zone was excellent. I only vaguely remember The Days And Nights Of Molly Dodd, though as soon as I read that, I thought, 'yeah, that was really good.'
(Blair Brown IIRC)

Congratulations on getting your star back. :party:

:hi:

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shawmut

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Fri Dec-10-04 07:04 PM
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43. All in the Family n/t

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donheld

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Fri Dec-10-04 07:08 PM
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44. OMFG how could you leave out Lucy

:spank:

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Fri Dec-10-04 07:10 PM
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45. Twin Peaks.

Runner-up: Max Headroom.

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Fri Dec-10-04 07:50 PM
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46. "The NaKed City" "Honeymooners"

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cruadin

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Fri Dec-10-04 07:55 PM
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48. The Drew Carey Show n/t

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baldguy

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Fri Dec-10-04 08:06 PM
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49. Star Trek

Had too, ya know

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Fri Dec-10-04 08:13 PM
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50. While I love "The Simpsons," "Seinfeld" is king in my book

Such incredibly intelligent writing and acting. There will never be another show as good.

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