Andy Griffith Show.
Assuming we’d be allowed to pause the DVR for bathroom and snack breaks, I could watch a Mork & Mindy marathon. Even the second season when they had Fred and Grandma hit the road. They lost me during the original run when Robin Williams gave birth to Jonathon Winters. I regret having quit watching it, so I’ll watch just to see if I missed anything good.
Anyway, Pam Dawber was sure easy on the eyes in the late 70s.
The actually possible options:
The Office (UK)
Fawlty Towers
Firefly
The options that require a shitload of coffee:
Buffy
West Wing
Unless I was allowed nap times, I’d be an obnoxious cheat and only watch shorter series:
Spaced
Slings and Arrows
Firefly
Wonderfalls
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr
If I could take naps I’d expand the criteria to include:
Farscape
Due South
Tale Spin
Northern Exposure (Trivia: Ed from Northern Exposure is the son of John Bly from Brisco County Jr!)
Burn Notice
Flashpoint
Arrested Development
Doctor Who, but only the new era. I love what I’ve seen of 1-7 (can’t remember much of what 8’s TV movie was like), but I haven’t seen enough of it to say yes or no.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
West Wing
I think I’ve watched all of Spaced in one day before, but I took a break to eat food and might have napped. I watched most of Brisco County the day after Christmas a few years ago- “Santa” gave it to my whole family, and then I got really sick so I stayed in bed and watched it.
Good Og, man, get help! There must be a DSM diagnosis in here somewhere. There’s only so much Bea, Vinegar Tits and the Freak any sane human can bear! It’s just unwatchable. I cannot understand for the life of me why it is in the slightest bit entertaining. What on earth do you see in it?
Gummi Bears!!!
I wish they’d put out the rest on DVD. Waiting… waiting…
Lucy Daughter of the Devil.
They’ve run marathons on Adult Swim, but I never know when it’s going to happen.
Strangers with Candy.
Mr. Show with Bob & David.
I could probably do Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared in one sitting. 35 or so episodes all of them I love, my wife might have a thing or two to say about my loafing around for that long, but it would be worth it.
If I was single and had no life I could sit through a Farscape marathon.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus. I actually own all of them and am going to do to a marathon this weekend.
What?
Deadwood
Second this as well as The Band of Brothers
So You Think You Can Dance (minus auditions, thank you)
A complete marathon? Damn few shows would make me want to sit in place for that many hours in a row. I might be willing to sit through six consecutive hours of Fawlty Towers or Clone High but even that would be pushing it.
Soap would be good, but better would be the BBC versions of John LeCarre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trilogy, starring Alec Guiness as George Smiley. For some reason they have never been for sale in the US, and the only episode I saw was when I was in London.
Not only would I sit through a marathon of Ninja Warrior, I have. Lasted three days it did and I watched as many as I could stand.
Which was about four hours in a row, then a short computer break, then another four hours of NW. Sleep, repeat.
Freaks and Geeks
Taxi
The Office (British)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Kroft Supershow (Sigmund the Seamonster, Dr. Shrinker, Electra Woman and Dynagirl, etc…)
The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Space 1999
The Young Ones
Actually, there was a Ninja Warrior marathon this weekend. Because I’ve seen pretty much every episode several times over, I just waited until the two hours of new episodes were broadcast.
Homicide:Life on the Street
But I would need some breaks for the crying after a few episodes.