# What's the Least Funny TV Show Ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292 "2005-11-29T23:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/1 "2005-11-29T23:25:45Z")
In homage to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347018), of course. My nominees: _The Tom Green Show_- I could never understand what made him a star. [Con](http://imdb.com/title/tt0443361/)- I think it’s cancelled, but in addition to being unfunny the show was downright cruel, making people look like idiots for having compassion as the star robbed them of products and services with sob stories. The MILLER BOYETT wing- _Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, Full House, Meego, Two of a Kind_ and _Step by Step_. I’ve seen ads for adult undergarments funnier than all of them combined, and cumulatively they ran for about 799 years. _Growing Pains_- the most paint by the numbers hit of the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/2 "2005-11-29T23:32:01Z")
Working Stiffs - A young Jim Belushi & Michael Keaton work in their uncle’s office building as janitors. It lasted 6 episodes. That was 7 too many. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/3 "2005-11-29T23:33:27Z")
**Full House** by a mile. For current shows, there’s **According to Jim**. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/4 "2005-11-30T00:46:47Z")
_Aliens in the Family_ - a dumb but expensive idea, with no jokes in it. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/5 "2005-11-30T01:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] **Full House** by a mile. …QUOTE] I gotta go with this one, too. I have a tape of several hours of the show…just in case I ingest something poisonous and the poison control center directs me to vomit everything out of my stomach. If anyone else has this “emergency kit” I would just add some serious advice…if you feel something round and hairy coming up through your throat, swallow it back down! Because it’s your asshole coming up. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/6 "2005-11-30T02:53:16Z")
I’ve never found Law and Order: SVU funny. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/7 "2005-11-30T03:13:35Z")
Too many to mention. **King of Queens** springs readily to mind. Also, **8 Simple Rule for Dating My Teenage Daughter** is pathetic. Or **Major Dad**. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/8 "2005-11-30T03:15:02Z")
**Rules** , dammit! ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/9 "2005-11-30T03:18:44Z")
Look, I know everyone has ignored the real answer because it is blocked out in your minds, but the correct answer to the OP is **Small Wonder**. Worst now and worst ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/10 "2005-11-30T03:19:23Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I’ve never found Law and Order: SVU funny. In all seriousness, I’ve laughed at _SVU_ far more times than I’ve laughed at, say, _Yes Dear_. Richard Belzer usually has a few good lines per show. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/11 "2005-11-30T03:46:35Z")
That show after The Simpsons before Family Guy. I think it’s called “The War At Home” or something like that. So bad, so very bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/12 "2005-11-30T03:53:42Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > That show after The Simpsons before Family Guy. I think it’s called “The War At Home” or something like that. So bad, so very bad. [shudder] Michael Rapaport has all the charm of a sulfuric acid enema. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/13 "2005-11-30T04:36:37Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > That show after The Simpsons before Family Guy. I think it’s called “The War At Home” or something like that. So bad, so very bad. Oh god! I acidently saw that the other night. (As they do put it right after the Simpsons as one puts the bear trap right near the berry tree). My lord. tlak about getting every note wrong. This is really the best bear trap they could come up with?? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/14 "2005-11-30T04:38:56Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Look, I know everyone has ignored the real answer because it is blocked out in your minds, but the correct answer to the OP is **Small Wonder**. Worst now and worst ever. No, you just didn’t get it, man. It’s a metaphor for man’s every changing place in the universe, and begs questions like ‘what is intelligence really’ and ‘who the hell did they turn _down_ when they cast that kid?’. (The kids I used to babysit in the 80s were mortally terrified of that show- I think it was something about seeing Daddy dismember his little girl.) ---
**Author:** ![Whifton\_Polekitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@Whifton\_Polekitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whifton_Polekitty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/15 "2005-11-30T04:38:59Z")
Generally the answer I’d give would be “almost all of them”, but I have slightly odd tastes. If I had to name a specific show or three, “Married With Children” (which may or may not still be on), “Hee-Haw”, and “Sha-Na-Na” (both of which I’m sure aren’t on any more). This should give you an idea of how much television I watch outside of news and PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/16 "2005-11-30T04:43:31Z")
Are you guys serious? The answer is _clearly_ **Saturday Night Live**. Sure it’s had its moments, but what other comedy show has been routinely unfunny for the past 20 YEARS?!? It’s the king of unfunny, baby. … And if you disagree with me: [John Belushi] “Eat a bowl of fuck!”\* [/John Belushi] - line not from SNL ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/17 "2005-11-30T05:31:46Z")
> [@Whifton\_Polekitty](#): > > “Sha-Na-Na” [AlecGuinness-as-ObiWan-white-beard-stroking-pensive-look] Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…[/AlecGuinness-as-ObiWan-white-beard-stroking-pensive-look]. I watched the show every Saturday afternoon as a kid- I was maybe 10 or 11. Even then I could see the jokes coming from 3 miles away. I wonder what they paid the guys who wrote that stuff. Or if anybody wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/18 "2005-11-30T05:56:28Z")
Remember “That 80’s Show”? Well, that says it all. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/19 "2005-11-30T08:04:14Z")
Becker. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/20 "2005-11-30T08:51:25Z")
Among the TV shows I have watched, I nominate **Reno 911**. For me, it’s the least funny show that’s intended to be funny. > [@](#): > > Posted by **Revtim** > _That show after The Simpsons before Family Guy. I think it’s called “The War At Home” or something like that. So bad, so very bad._ This one definitely needed to be mentioned in this thread. I only a caught a couple minutes of this show so perhaps I shouldn’t judge it yet, but at a glance it looked awful and did not intice me to watch further. The studio ‘audience’ certainly thought it was funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292.md?page=2)