# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/21 "2005-11-30T09:47:28Z")
I nominate the British show “Last Of The Summer Wine”. It’s been running about 20 years and every episode is the same. I have never met anyone who admits to enjoying this show. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/22 "2005-11-30T10:32:00Z")
Seinfeld. ducks and runs for cover ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/23 "2005-11-30T10:34:09Z")
> [@Promethea](#): > > I nominate the British show “Last Of The Summer Wine”. It’s been running about 20 years and every episode is the same. I have never met anyone who admits to enjoying this show. Oh come on. They’re old men! They’re going down a hill in a bath! That _never_ gets old. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sniperfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@sniperfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniperfang)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/24 "2005-11-30T10:34:19Z")
\*\*Seinfeld. \*\* Ive tried liking this show, I really have, but I really cant. Yes, I’m aware of the iconic status of the show. Yes, I’m aware that I’m probably going to be crucified on this board for suggesting this. Yes, I’m aware that TV Guide rated this drivel as #1 on their all-time list of the greatest TV shows. So what? These four assholes are on the top of my list of people I want to bitchslap. Why, you ask? I’m glad you did. Its. About. _Nothing._ As far as I’m concerned, thats a _flaw_, not a _feature_. I remember watching an episode where for 30 minutes, all that the four protagonists did was walk around a multi-level parking lot trying to find their car, accosting random people and demanding that they drive them around. For 30 minutes. This is supposed to be _funny_? WTF? Jason Alexander makes me want to throw up, Julia Dreyfus’ character is nothing but a whiny-assed crybaby, _nothing_ Michael Richards does is funny, least of all his exaggerated gestures and brief epileptic seizures, and Seinfeld? Ah, Seinfeld. Can you say bug-eyed-smarmy-self-important-sonofabitch, Jerry? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/25 "2005-11-30T10:45:57Z")
Arrested Development. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/26 "2005-11-30T10:47:43Z")
No series made me wish more for a itty bitty rifle than _Webster_. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/27 "2005-11-30T11:56:30Z")
FULL HOUSE and FAMILY MATTERS. Why can’t they have FAMILY GUY right after the SIMPSONS instead of what ever crap is on at 8:30pm Sundays? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/28 "2005-11-30T13:40:53Z")
Full House in a landslide. Even though I was a kid when it was on, I never understood why the audience was laughing when there was never anything funny. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/29 "2005-11-30T14:33:14Z")
Most 1970s variety show; there are too many to list. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/30 "2005-11-30T14:39:08Z")
> [@Promethea](#): > > I nominate the British show “Last Of The Summer Wine”. It’s been running about 20 years and every episode is the same. I have never met anyone who admits to enjoying this show. I’d rather watch a 24-hour Last of the Summer Wine marathon than a single episode of _Allo Allo_ (incredibly moronic sitcom set in WW2 France), _Hi-de-Hi_ (dreary 1950’s British holiday camp), or indeed anything written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft that isn’t called _Dad’s Army_. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/31 "2005-11-30T16:01:56Z")
The few episodes I’ve seen of _Everybody_ (or is it _Everyone_ ?) _Loves Raymond_ were atrociously unfunny. I know the show has its fans. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/32 "2005-11-30T16:03:56Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The MILLER BOYETT wing- … _Perfect Strangers_… Blasphemy!!! ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/33 "2005-11-30T16:16:47Z")
**Good Times**. The poverty saddens me, and the lame humor saddens me even more. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/34 "2005-11-30T16:54:05Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > **Good Times**. The poverty saddens me, and the lame humor saddens me even more. Jimmy “Dyn-O-mite!” Walker was particularly irksome and unfunny. Still, \*Full House \* is the biggest stinker that comes to mind. I realize it was supposed to be family fare, but it’s so bland it makes me feel like I’m eating plain oatmeal without milk or butter. Sigh. I actually remember when \*Saturday Night Live \* was actually funny. I feel so old … ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/35 "2005-11-30T17:45:05Z")
_Full House_ may be unfunny, but _Family Matters_ had Urkel. Urkel was not funny, and as his presence only increased over time, _Family Matters_ approached a complete lack of funny. And not only did it have Urkel, but it had, Stefan Urquelle, the UrkelBot, the Urkel (the dance), Urkel’s clone, and the inevitable Steve and Laura hookup at the series end. It is, thus, the least funny show ever. QED. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/36 "2005-11-30T17:50:45Z")
**King of the Hill**. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/37 "2005-11-30T18:38:00Z")
I have to say **Who’s the Boss?** gets my vote. I mean, you can’t even give it the Allysa Milano factor because she was just a kid at the time. Of course, there’s always the blessedly brief **Ferris Beuller** tv series. That was a piece of crap. ---
**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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/38 "2005-11-30T19:53:33Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the FrailAnd not only did it have Urkel, but it had, Stefan Urquelle, the UrkelBot, the Urkel (the dance), Urkel’s clone, and the inevitable Steve and Laura hookup at the series end.[/QUOTE] And you can’t forget Stevil, Urkel’s evil doll that came to life. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/39 "2005-11-30T20:08:11Z")
**Drawn Together**. Every episode is 22 minutes of teh suck. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292/40 "2005-11-30T20:14:42Z")
That 70’s Show. Look, I am the age they’re trying to show those idiots as being, and there’s nothing at all that reminds me of growing up in the 70’s, and it’s not funny. It’s stupid. SCHTOOOOPID. Also Everybody Loves Raymond. No they don’t, his family is really annoying and dysfunctional, which is not funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-funny-tv-show-ever/333292.md?page=3)