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Happy Lendervedder
03-27-2006, 09:00 PM
Down to four. You know the drill. Here are links to Round 1 (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364223), Round 2 (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364380), Round 3 (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364489), and Round 4 (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364597).


The matchups:

I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio


Voting is open until Tuesday 3/28 8pm EST.
Happy Lendervedder
03-27-2006, 09:01 PM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio
RachelChristine
03-27-2006, 09:14 PM
Simpsons and Cheers.

I'm a little shocked at some of the finalists. I think some excellent shows got knocked out early by being pitted against other excellent shows.
silenus
03-27-2006, 09:16 PM
Ugly choices.

I. This is hard. Both ahve had a profound effect on ppular culture. My vote goes to...The Dick Van Dyke Show, for starting it all.

II. This is a slam-dunk, no-contest massacre. Cheers by a gazillion points.
Little Nemo
03-27-2006, 09:17 PM
The Simpsons
Cheers
Rodgers01
03-27-2006, 09:22 PM
The matchups:

I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio
Mr. Goob
03-27-2006, 09:22 PM
Cheers is a no brainer over the never-should-be here I can't bring myself to name unworthy other choice.

Dick Van Dyke is a worthy choice, but the Simpsons wins the popular vote.
Governor Quinn
03-27-2006, 09:24 PM
The matchups:

I. The Dick Van Dyke Show

II. Cheers
Rachael Rage
03-27-2006, 09:27 PM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio

Mainly because I have never actually seen Cheers, except a few clips here and there. Nothing I've seen or heard of it compels me to believe that it was substantially superior to News Radio. More, popular, sure. But funnier? Eh.
anyrose
03-27-2006, 09:32 PM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio
kunilou
03-27-2006, 09:43 PM
Happy set up the original brackets, so Happy is not my favorite person right now.

That said

The Simpsons
Cheers
Snooooopy
03-27-2006, 09:50 PM
The Simpsons
NewsRadio
Happy Lendervedder
03-27-2006, 10:00 PM
The selection committee stands by its decisions. Yes there have been some surprises and upsets, but just think how happy Dave Foley and Andy Dick are right now.
Shagnasty
03-27-2006, 10:09 PM
I will have to go with:

The Simpsons & News Radio
LIT123
03-27-2006, 10:13 PM
DVD
NewsRadio
Hal Briston
03-27-2006, 11:17 PM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio
What Exit?
03-27-2006, 11:28 PM
The Simpsons

Cheers
ZipperJJ
03-27-2006, 11:33 PM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio

Holy crap. I feel like a kid who grew up in Podunk Town, population 500, and Podunk U's b-ball team is in the final 4.

Go News Radio!!!!
Dr. Rieux
03-27-2006, 11:35 PM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio
Kolak of Twilo
03-27-2006, 11:46 PM
The Dick Van Dyke Show

and

News Radio.

I have to admit I'm rather fond of all four of the finalists.
Kyla
03-27-2006, 11:55 PM
The Simpsons.
News Radio.

Dick Van Dyke was great, but imo, Cheers was overrated.
amarinth
03-28-2006, 12:48 AM
I'm a little shocked at some of the finalists. I think some excellent shows got knocked out early by being pitted against other excellent shows.Isn't it usually seeded #1 v. #64 & #2 v. #63 and put in such a way so that if the higher ranked team always wins wins, all the way down, #1 will go up against #2 at the end? Perhaps for a reason.

Anyway since the criteria were "what would I watch"

Dick Van Dyke
News Radio
Monkey Chews
03-28-2006, 01:01 AM
The Simpsons
Cheers (not a huge fan of either it or News Radio, but at least Cheers had that great theme song)

Making your way in the world today takes everything ya got...
zuma
03-28-2006, 03:00 AM
The Simpsons and Newsradio.

Tough choice between The Simpsons and Dick Van Dyke, as The Simpsons has been merely average for years now, but it enjoyed a run of many years as one of the funniest and subversive sitcoms ever.
DMark
03-28-2006, 04:28 AM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio


Although I am surprised these are the final four...seriously people, you never watched All In The Family? And Dick Van Dyke's schtick over Mary Tyler Moore Show's writing? Geez...thankgod Hee Haw didn't fit into the category.
Julius Henry
03-28-2006, 06:01 AM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show


IV. News Radio
Zakalwe
03-28-2006, 06:08 AM
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
Only Mostly Dead
03-28-2006, 06:29 AM
I. The Dick Van Dyke Show
vs.
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
vs.
IV. News Radio
RancidYakButterTeaParty
03-28-2006, 07:07 AM
Simpsons and Cheers
TommyTutone
03-28-2006, 08:34 AM
The Simpsons
News Radio - it went out on top, albeit almost forcibly. Wait, why did I vote Simpsons again then?
scotandrsn
03-28-2006, 08:47 AM
Gotta go with the ones that that knew it was time to quit while they were at the top of their game:

Dick Van Dyke and NewsRadio

True, one could argue that NR was "forced" into that position by the death of Phil Hartman, but it's not a given that a show ends before dismality sets in after a key cast member dies. *cough*8SimpleRules*cough*
RickJay
03-28-2006, 09:31 AM
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers


How on earth did News Radio make it this far? It wasn't even the best sitcom about a radio station.
jsgoddess
03-28-2006, 12:12 PM
Dick Van Dyke
Cheers
Gadarene
03-28-2006, 12:20 PM
Dick Van Dyke Show

News Radio
MentalGuy
03-28-2006, 12:34 PM
DVD

Cheers
want2know
03-28-2006, 12:36 PM
Dick Van Dyke

NewsRadio
D_Odds
03-28-2006, 12:41 PM
DVD

Cheers
What he said.
Enderw24
03-28-2006, 01:00 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and answer differently from everyone else:

II. Cheers

III. The Simpsons
Casey1505
03-28-2006, 01:09 PM
Ugly choices.

I. This is hard. Both ahve had a profound effect on ppular culture. My vote goes to...The Dick Van Dyke Show, for starting it all.

II. This is a slam-dunk, no-contest massacre. Cheers by a gazillion points.
QFT, poor spelling and all.
Fear the Turtle
03-28-2006, 01:15 PM
The Simpsons
Cheers
Thudlow Boink
03-28-2006, 01:26 PM
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers


DVD
NewsRadio
(Heh, I must be slow today. For a minute there, I thought you were saying that, if the first two shows were the only things on TV, you'd watch a DVD instead of either one of them.)
middleman
03-28-2006, 01:35 PM
Simpsons and Cheers. Two great shows.
RealityChuck
03-28-2006, 02:26 PM
III. The Simpsons

II. Cheers
cbawlmer
03-28-2006, 02:46 PM
The Simpsons and Newsradio
Happy Lendervedder
03-28-2006, 07:15 PM
That's it, that's all she wrote, the semi-finals are over.


What we have left are the final two teams-- er, shows.


I. Dick Van Dyke drops to III. Simpsons, 27-15

and

II. Cheers outlasts News Radio, 25-17


The championship starts at 10 tonight.
anyrose
03-28-2006, 07:19 PM
man - that's a tough choice!