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.
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.
"We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust
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
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
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.
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.
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge" -Stephen Hawking
Man, if your Mom made you wear that color when you were a baby, and you're still wearing it, it's time to grow up!
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.
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