As we say goodbye to the Big Bang Theory

[YmoBeThere]

Folks keep telling me it’s great and sooooo funny. I just don’t see it. But granted, I’m not sure I ever made it through even half an episode.

Sort of like how I feel about Seinfeld. Rarely watched it and rarely thought it was funny. LGD GTHc!

Ummm, I'm fairly certain both shows were aimed at younger demographics though maybe Seinfeld was more on level at the time it aired.

[JNort]

I think it is quite possibly the single most overrated show in the history of television, and the world will be a better place when no more episodes are being produced.

I would not want to sully the good name of Duke basketball by stooping to that level.

That is all.

Nothing can be more overrated than The Office. How people find humor on that show is beyond me.

[JNort]

Ummm, I'm fairly certain both shows were aimed at younger demographics though maybe Seinfeld was more on level at the time it aired.

Oof. Seinfeld is another I've never seen the humor in, also Parks and Rec...

[BD80]

Sort of like how I feel about Seinfeld. Rarely watched it and rarely thought it was funny. LGD GTHc!

On Star Wars Day it is proper to pay tribute to TBBT. I can watch rerun after rerun and quote the dialog as I do so. Still some of the most clever dialog since MASH. Comedic timing up there with MTM shows.

But I would SO like the laugh track to disappear.

Seinfeld always gave me the feeling that the characters and writers felt superior.

[OldPhiKap]

On Star Wars Day it is proper to pay tribute to TBBT. I can watch rerun after rerun and quote the dialog as I do so. Still some of the most clever dialog since MASH. Comedic timing up there with MTM shows.

But I would SO like the laugh track to disappear.

Seinfeld always gave me the feeling that the characters and writers felt superior.

I thought you were going to say that on Star Wars Day, it is proper to pay tribute to Patton Oswald’s opus ad lib in Parks and Rec:

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

I thought you were going to say that on Star Wars Day, it is proper to pay tribute to Patton Oswald’s opus ad lib in Parks and Rec:

I love all the strange things Patton Oswald shows up in.

[killerleft]

Bazinga

The Simpsons?

[duke74]

Sort of like how I feel about Seinfeld. Rarely watched it and rarely thought it was funny. LGD GTHc!

Same...and I may be the Jewish boy from Queens (i.e., like Seinfeld) who has never seen more than a minute or two of it.

[rsvman]

Nothing can be more overrated than The Office. How people find humor on that show is beyond me.

Not really a fan of The Office, either, although I did at least once make it through an entire episode. Can't say the same for Big Bang Theory.


For my money, The Middle was one of the funniest sitcoms of the last 15-20 years. It doesn't seem to get its due. It had no laugh track at all, either. Didn't need one, because it would actually (gasp!) make the audience at home laugh! What a concept.

[OldPhiKap]

Not really a fan of The Office, either, although I did at least once make it through an entire episode. Can't say the same for Big Bang Theory.


For my money, The Middle was one of the funniest sitcoms of the last 15-20 years. It doesn't seem to get its due. It had no laugh track at all, either. Didn't need one, because it would actually (gasp!) make the audience at home laugh! What a concept.

Wasn’t The Middle basically a reboot-ish copy of Malcom in the Middle? (Which I enjoyed). That’s probably the last sitcom I watched with regularity, and I really enjoyed the lack of laugh track.

[JasonEvans]

Oof. Seinfeld is another I've never seen the humor in, also Parks and Rec...

Nothing can be more overrated than The Office. How people find humor on that show is beyond me.

See. It takes all types. I find Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Rec (except the last season or two), and TBBT to be some of the most endearing and funny shows of my adult life. I have seen every single episode of them at least once (most twice or more).

I am also pleased to report that a lot lot lot of people agree with me about this as these are 4 of the most successful and iconic TV comedies with near universal praise from audiences and critics.

-Jason "19 best comedy Emmy nominations among Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Rec, and TBBT... not too shabby" Evans

[OldPhiKap]

See. It takes all types. I find Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Rec (except the last season or two), and TBBT to be some of the most endearing and funny shows of my adult life. I have seen every single episode of them at least once (most twice or more).

I am also pleased to report that a lot lot lot of people agree with me about this as these are 4 of the most successful and iconic TV comedies with near universal praise from audiences and critics.

-Jason "19 best comedy Emmy nominations among Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Rec, and TBBT... not too shabby" Evans

Hello Larry doesn’t get the respect it deserves.

[camion]

I will never understand why My Mother the Car wasn't a bigger hit. It is vastly underrated.*






*No, not really. Just checking for reading comprehension.

[DU82]

I love all the strange things Patton Oswald shows up in.

Patton OSWALT.

[JNort]

See. It takes all types. I find Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Rec (except the last season or two), and TBBT to be some of the most endearing and funny shows of my adult life. I have seen every single episode of them at least once (most twice or more).

I am also pleased to report that a lot lot lot of people agree with me about this as these are 4 of the most successful and iconic TV comedies with near universal praise from audiences and critics.

-Jason "19 best comedy Emmy nominations among Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Rec, and TBBT... not too shabby" Evans

Yeah I just don't get into comedy shows in general though. TBBT is ok but the others I mentioned combined to make me laugh once and it was the office episode where they pkayed basketball.

I also seem to be only person who can't stand Friends and thought Breaking Bad was... Well bad and I saw it from start to finish. Still haven't gotten over the fly episode, might be the worst episode in my history of watching tv.


Regarding comedies though, I just don't like them in general. There are a few that I love like This is 40, The Hangover, Major Payne, and Role Models and another few I found just ok. If I want comedy I prefer it in cartoon and anime form.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Patton OSWALT.

Sorry, I should have corrected my autocorrect. I know better.

[dalmatians98]

The Simpsons?

F Troop

[killerleft]

F Troop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8qjxT1iIAM

[cspan37421]

Curious if anyone else found the IT Crowd to be an equally unfunny, poorly-laughtracked show.

From what little I've seen, it's actually worse than TBBT.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Curious if anyone else found the IT Crowd to be an equally unfunny, poorly-laughtracked show.

From what little I've seen, it's actually worse than TBBT.

I loved the IT Crowd, and can't make it through one episode of Big Bang.