# Sitcoms You Hate But Everyone Else Seems To Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134 "2006-05-25T04:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/41 "2006-05-25T20:43:14Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] You mean, I’m not alone? :: sniff, sniff :: Excuse me, there’s something in my eye . . . sorry, I’m okay now. Everyone seems to just _love_ that show, and I never got it. I have probably only watched half a dozen times, but I was struck by how little I liked the characters and how sappy and saccharine the show seemed. I really didn’t like it one bit. I hate Family Guy too; does that count as a sitcom? That and “How you doin’?” Jesus, that was the lamest goddamn catchphrase I ever heard, and people still freaking go around repeating it. [/QUOTE] I never knew “how you doin?” was from Friends until now. I’ll do my best to expunge it from my system. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/42 "2006-05-25T20:58:23Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I never knew “how you doin?” was from Friends until now. I’ll do my best to expunge it from my system. [/QUOTE] Most people know it from the show, but if my friend who was born and raised in Brooklyn is correct, it is a commonly used phrase. At least when he would regale me with tales of his youth that’s how he portrayed the locals. - “so this big cucin comes up to me, says how you doin’, you doin’ a’ight?”\* Could just be theatrics, but it definitely predates Friends. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/43 "2006-05-25T21:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] Most people know it from the show, but if my friend who was born and raised in Brooklyn is correct, it is a commonly used phrase. At least when he would regale me with tales of his youth that’s how he portrayed the locals. - “so this big cucin comes up to me, says how you doin’, you doin’ a’ight?”\* Could just be theatrics, but it definitely predates Friends. [/QUOTE] I figured it was just that, Brooklynese. Meh, I can always play it off like that. right? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/44 "2006-05-25T21:35:07Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Will and Grace (uper stereotypical and wholly unfunny) 24 (what badly written, melodramatic drivel) Everybody Loves Raymond (you’re not alone, Khadaji Sex and the City (the later seasons) According to Jim King of Queens Friends (not HATE, but I certainly don’t hold it in as high esteem as others do) [/QUOTE] Although there are frequent ridiculous moments, I’m having a tough time envisioning **24** as a sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/45 "2006-05-25T22:42:47Z")
Not a true sitcom, but Homestar Runner really confuses me. It’s not off the wall, it’s just off - it’s not really starting from anywhere, and comes across as totally irrelevant. Fawlty Towers, mainly because I can’t stand John Cleese. Will & Grace - lord, if North Korea decided it needed a comedy show, it’d probably have more soul than Will & Grace. Humour has a short sell by date; Every single cult classic I’ve seen from the 70s was an embarrassment, while Victorian farce is this bizzare mish mash of elegant writing and preschool humour. Monty Python has faired better, but a lot of it is painful for somebody who’s grown up with the likes of the Simpsons. Moreover, in 30 years times, my kids will probably cringe when they switch to a rerun of Family Guy during the commercial break. I do like Friends though… While I hate the subject matter, I find the scripts are quite intricate. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/46 "2006-05-25T22:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] Most people know it from the show, but if my friend who was born and raised in Brooklyn is correct, it is a commonly used phrase. At least when he would regale me with tales of his youth that’s how he portrayed the locals. - “so this big cucin comes up to me, says how you doin’, you doin’ a’ight?”\* Could just be theatrics, but it definitely predates Friends. [/QUOTE] “How you doin’?” meaning “How are you?” is just Brooklynese. But I think “How you doin’?” with the specific meaning of “I’m hitting on you” was invented by Friends. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/47 "2006-05-25T22:54:59Z")
I can’t be in the same house as a T.V. turned to _I don’t understand why anybody Loves Raymond_. I don’t really like _any_ sitcoms that didn’t filter over here from the U.K., but that’s the only one I feel should have it’s own section in the Geneva Convention. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/48 "2006-05-25T23:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Although there are frequent ridiculous moments, I’m having a tough time envisioning **24** as a sitcom. [/QUOTE] I’ve been itching to find a thread to toss in my hatred for 24. This was close and convenient and I thought I’d hear a LOT more bitching about it. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/49 "2006-05-25T23:03:26Z")
Ok, I’ll admit it. I hate **Cheers**. I’ve tried to like, tried to understand why it’s considered a pantheon-level comedy, but to no avail. The characters aren’t half bad but they’ve never made me laugh. In reality, I find most sitcoms pretty hateful, but Cheers is the one that everyone else loves. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/50 "2006-05-25T23:37:10Z")
I used to like sitcoms. Then I became an adult. Haven’t much been able to watch one since. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/51 "2006-05-26T00:08:35Z")
Everyone Loves Raymond, Everyone Hates Chris, and Joanie Loves Chachi. It’s like some kind of horrible word problem from hell. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/52 "2006-05-26T01:00:14Z")
Ach. I hate nearly every modern sitcom on tv now, and the dramas and hour-long whatchamacallits too. Everybody loves Raymond! Malcom in the Middle! Seinfeld! Will and Grace! The Sopranos! 24! Lost! King of the Hill! I’ll die before I watch Sex in the City or the OC, or any shows like that (I’ve been forced into it a couple times, and loathed every moment). And I just can’t bring myself to like any Law and Order. Just too contrived (I liked Dragnet, though). The only sitcoms/dramas I liked were from when I was little - the simpsons, the wonder years, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Living Single, Clarissa Explains it All (if you can call that one), My So Called Life and Picket Fences. Six Feet Under, Family guy and Futurama are about the only exceptions I can think of. I’ll have to admit, though, to watching Friends constantly. But I don’t admire, love or respect the characters. I find speech flubs and ridiculous excuses to be hilarious, I guess that’s why. And I enjoyed Lisa Kudrow’s quirks. The later seasons fall in with all the other shows as horse crap, though. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134/53 "2006-05-26T02:36:28Z")
Cheers (I hate this show, but I love “Frasier”) Seinfeld Friends Everybody Loves Raymond The Honeymooners Anything with Lucy in it except I Love Lucy (which I can tolerate) Green Acres [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-you-hate-but-everyone-else-seems-to-love/358134.md?page=2)