As a follow-up to this poll about '60s sticoms, I thought we should explore the 1970s.
Select as many as you like, and use the “You forgot…” option liberally.
For the record, my holy trinity is All in the Family, Barney Miller, & The Odd Couple.
(Note: Some of these spanned two decades; I used my own judgement in determining which decade was the best fit for each show)
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Lotta good choices up above. Still … whither Alice?
As for me, my top three would be All in the Family, Fawlty Towers, and either The Mary Tyler Moore Show or WKRP in Cincinnati.
‘Alice’ ran from '76 to '85, it was one of them there judgement calls.
Thinking about it now, though, I see your point; it does seem like more of a 70s show than an 80s. I should have included it.
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How’d you forget All’s Fair? I thought it was the best!! Funny how it got cancelled so soon.
Or maybe I just had the hots for Bernadette Peters. No matter- Marilu Henner was on Taxi-
It’s funny how All in the Family was brilliant back then, but it sure doesn’t hold up well now.
Room 222 was really more of a drama than a comedy, wasn’t it?
I still consider All in the Family brilliant.
And Room 222 certainly had its share of drama, but it was a 30-minute show that fit in to the typical sitcom formula.
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ETA: There is a vote for Carter Country :eek:
I watched a lot of those religiously back in the day, but back in the day there weren’t that many options. So I only voted for shows that I’d watch now given the opportunity. That still came out to a lot of votes.
Good to see I’m not the only one who wondered why Alice wasn’t on the list. Even given its longevity, I would still consider it a 70’s sitcom.
It’s no surprise that MAS*H is leading, but I’m amazed that Barney Miller is such a close second. I don’t remember it being, well, rememberable, at all.
Just looking at the list, I’m amazed at how many really great sitcoms came from that decade. And yes, where’s “All’s Fair”?
So sorry; I don’t think I was ever aware of this show.
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I watched all of them at one time or another. Back in those days, my life was rather rusticated. We watched TV via a roof antenna with a rotor. There were four channels we got reliably. One each for the Big Three Networks and a PBS station out of State College PA. So, we watched what was on those 4 channels as there were no other options. Some of them I liked an awful lot more than the others, Barney Miller and WKRP are two examples. Others, I watched just ogle the jiggling breasts in those gloriously bra-less days. Three’s Company and One Day at a Time had the best bewbiage. But, I’ll tell you what…the road past our house was unpaved and got only sporadic winter maintenance. After you’ve been snowed in long enough, nothing is in season for hunting, and you’re so bored you even did your homework, even Carter Country becomes a pants-pissingly funny laugh festapalooza.
I ended up voting for 11 shows.
I didn’t check the box for forgotten shows, but the thread made me somehow remember two that aren’t there–Makin’ It, the 9-episode sitcom inspired by Saturday Night Fever and starring David Naughton, and Angie, with Robert Hays. If they’d been on the list, I probably wouldn’t have voted for them, but they were memorable for introducing me to these actors.
Hey. The theme song from Makin’ It was a #5 disco hit for Naughton, months after the short-lived show was cancelled.
ETA: Chronos, you should look at a few Barney Miller episodes on Hulu. It was really, really good.
For some reason, my eyes skipped right over Room 222 on the list, or I would have voted for it too, along with the ten others I checked.
I am cracking up that** Room 222** - a fine show for its time - is tied with Hello, Larry (and has just half the votes of C.P.O. Sharkey).
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I watched a lot of these back in the day, but I either don’t remember much about them now (The Odd Couple; I’d probably have more fond memories if it had stayed in regular syndication in my area) or actively dislike them now (Brady Bunch, Mork and Mindy).
My big three are Barney Miller, The Bob Newhart Show, and Taxi. I’d happily spend money on DVD boxsets of them if they weren’t available otherwise.
Barney Miller beats Arnie? no way.
The list misses out one of my favourites, The Good Life (known in the U.S. as Good Neighbors).
For the record, my holy trinity is All in the Family, Barney Miller, & The Odd Couple.
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Hey! That’s my holy trinity! Give it back! 
Just for the heck of it let’s try for a number 4 match. I’ll spoilerize mine; if yours matches - without peaking - we’re getting married*.
#4:
Taxi
*even if you’re a dude