# What shows have actually made you laugh out loud? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387 "2005-04-02T09:28:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/1 "2005-04-02T09:28:33Z")
Thanks to the wonders of Netflix, my husband and I were thoroughly enjoying some episodes of _Strangers With Candy_ tonight. I’m trying to remember when I’ve laughed so much at a TV show that my stomach hurt and I had tears running down my face. The only other shows I can think of would be… _Absolutely Fabulous_ _The Young Ones_ _The Simpsons_ If I were not so deathly tired I could possibly think of more…What about you Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/2 "2005-04-02T09:49:08Z")
The Simpsons does, for sure. Futurama, even in reruns. Arrested Development is A#1 right now. I can watch an episode a handful of times and still laugh at some of their jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/3 "2005-04-02T10:07:21Z")
The ones that come to mind right away are: The Simpsons (mostly the older ones, but once in a while a new one will get a laugh), Arrested Development, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is probably the funniest thing on right now. ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/4 "2005-04-02T11:56:33Z")
[ul]MST3K Whose Line is it Anyway? (Uk and US versions) M_A_S\*H (with Ferret Face) Buffy the Vampire Slayer [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/5 "2005-04-02T12:47:49Z")
_Scrubs_. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/6 "2005-04-02T13:20:34Z")
Recently my husband and I have been watching our old tapes of _Weird Science_ and _Duckman_, two shows that used to be on the USA Network. We laugh so much that we sometimes scare the cats off our bed. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/7 "2005-04-02T13:58:55Z")
Simpsons The Young Ones. Scrubs Arrested Development Red Dwarf French & Saunders Monty Python The Office (BBC not NBC) Andy Richter Controls the Universe ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/8 "2005-04-02T14:26:05Z")
**Whose Line…** would regularly make me laugh so hard I’d gasp for breath. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/9 "2005-04-02T14:37:17Z")
Frasier Cheers Everybody Loves Raymond Jay Leno and David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/10 "2005-04-02T15:38:22Z")
Frazier Becker Whose Line What Not to Wear ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/11 "2005-04-02T15:45:31Z")
There are so many! But I just wanted to pop in with the first one that came to my mind (and which has already been mentioned)… _ **The Young Ones** _ (The series, not the Cliff Richard movie.) The first time I saw Vyvyan lose his head on the train, I laughed and laughed and laughed. Then I rewound (since I had it on VHS bootlegged from MTV) and watched it again! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/12 "2005-04-02T15:49:05Z")
My laugh out loud shows are: Scrubs Family Guy Dave Chappelle ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/13 "2005-04-02T15:51:39Z")
**Will and Grace**. And truly, this has nothing to do with the so-very-obvious gay cliches. It’s about the utter self-involved cluelessness of each of the characters. I suppose mainly it’s Jack (“Show me hateful!”) but they all have these amusing quirks. I think the show has jumped the shark, but I still watch and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/14 "2005-04-02T15:58:35Z")
If I’m watching something by myself, it’s rare that I laugh out loud. It helps if I’m with a live laugh track, so to speak. That having been said: Most of the Adult Swim comedy lineup. Particularly Sealab, The Oblongs, Robot Chicken, and sometimes Home Movies. Family Guy and Futurama have moments that most always make me laugh. Anime: Excel Saga, Puni Puni Poemi, The Ping-Pong Club and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/15 "2005-04-02T16:09:55Z")
I used to laugh out loud during the first run of Tim Allen’s _Home Improvement_ show, particularly the \*Tool Time \* scenes. Sure it was just slapstick humor but it was really excellent slap stick humor. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/16 "2005-04-02T17:04:49Z")
Arrested Development Simpsons South Park Family Guy Scrubs The Office (BBC version) Seinfeld (before I saw them all dozens of times; now I hate it) And I’ll admit, Perfect Strangers had its hilarious moments. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/17 "2005-04-02T17:13:07Z")
“Sex and the City” - when the guy broke up with the girl during sex after getting a phone call from his ex (which he took while having sex). “Your breaking up with me and your still inside of me!” 😃 I not only laughed I rolled on the floor! ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/18 "2005-04-02T17:13:08Z")
Arrested Development, Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, The Office, Monty Python, Andy Richtor, and one that hasn’t been mentioned: Trigger Happy TV. Every once in awhile they do a hillarious bit. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/19 "2005-04-02T17:51:33Z")
**Coupling (UK) The Simpsons (earlier) Futurama Family Guy** ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387/20 "2005-04-02T17:58:34Z")
\*The Daily Show The Red Green Show The Kumars at 42\* What can I say, I’m weird. It is interesting to me, though, looking at these three, I noticed that they are all shows that are tongue-in-cheek pretending to be something they are not. _The Daily Show_ is pretending to be a news program, _The Red Green Show_ is pretending to be a community access program and _The Kumars_ is pretending to be a low budget chat show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-actually-made-you-laugh-out-loud/297387.md?page=2)