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The Great 2020 All Time Television Draft: The Simpsons is judged the greatest show of all time (3 Viewers)

This sort of stinks knowing who the judge is.  I feel like I can't take my actual favorites for documentary if I want to score more than 2pts.  ;)  

 
KarmaPolice said:
This is one category that I still have quite a few, but one still stands out.  It's recent, and I am not sure how many people watched it, but this show was nuts.   Mads was awesome in this and Mr. Claire Danes was damn good as well.  What pushed this near the top for me for the category was just how damn gory and horrifying it was.  I still have trouble believing this was a network show.  

27.15:  HANNIBAL (horror)

Looks like it's on Prime or Hulu, and I recommend people giving it a try if they like the SotL universe.   I was sad that it only lasted 3 seasons.  
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I'm re-watching it now (finished Season 2 last night)  - watched when it was on. It just may be the greatest Network television show ever made. The acting, visuals, audio effects and musical score were all perfect - and yes it was very gory for network TV. Hugh Darcy, Gillian Anderson,  Eddie Izzard and Laurence Fishbourne are all excellent as well.

Claire Danes, however, was not on this show - I think you're confusing her with Anna Chlumsky.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
I'm re-watching it now (finished Season 2 last night)  - watched when it was on. It just may be the greatest Network television show ever made. The acting, visuals, audio effects and musical score were all perfect - and yes it was very gory for network TV. Hugh Darcy, Gillian Anderson,  Eddie Izzard and Laurence Fishbourne are all excellent as well.

Claire Danes, however, was not on this show - I think you're confusing her with Anna Chlumsky.
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Mr Claire Danes = Hugh Dancy  (they are married)

poor attempt at humor (and also couldn't remember his name as I posted) 

ETA:  ..and now I hope you are volunteering for horror judge! 

 
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I didn't clear this one with @Gally, but I really want it and don't care how low it scores...

28.15: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour-1950-1970 Comedy

The show was birthed by The Jack Benny Program, as that show's finale introduced Tommy and Dickie to the country, so no wonder America didn't know what hit them; how could these two clean-cut squares who had Jack's seal of approval end up being so subversive? I don't want to appear to be doing revisionist history, but I believe the way they did protest and satire is the template for how those things should be done; instead we have ham-handed one-liners from an army of hacks who either can't come up with their own comedy or are too afraid of losing their path to fame and riches by crossing their show's sponsors.  Vietnam wasn't my war/era, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating how The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour fought the war. To me, this is the greatest TV show of all time, not only for the way it pushed the envelope but also for the murderer's row of contributors: Steve Martin, brothers Bob and Albert Einstein (known professionally as Super Dave Osborn and Albert Brooks), Don Novello (who went on to write for and appear on Saturday Night Live as Father Guido Sarducci), Lorenzo Music (the voice of Carlton the Doorman and Garfield), plus Rob "Meathead" Reiner, as well as the underrated and mostly forgotten Pat Paulsen, who ran for President in '68 and again in '96 (from which comes arguably the greatest campaign slogan of all time: .I've upped my standards, now up yours!)

 
This is definitely one of those picks where I can score more points taking a HUGE name still on the board, but I am going to go with a personal pick that will score lower

No character scared me more than this guy. Every second he was on the screen was frightening. It is crazy to think he was a guy working on the set and they saw him and cast him for the role. Brilliant, because he scared the #### out of me

29.04 Bob (From Twin Peaks), Villain 

@mphtrilogy

 
I hope the judge has seen this one, this is an incredible piece of work:

Pick 29.07 (I think) - Dekalog - Mini-Series 

Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔg], also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1988 Polish drama series of films

Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔg], also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1988 Polish drama series of films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski for television[2] and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner.[3] It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments.[4] Each short film explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they live in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland.

The series, which is Kieślowski's most acclaimed work,[5] was said in 2002 to be "the best dramatic work ever done specifically for television"[6] and has won numerous international awards, though it was not widely released outside Europe until the late 1990s.[7] It is one of fifteen films listed in the category "Values" on the Vatican film list. In 1991, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick wrote an admiring foreword to the published screenplay.[8]

for television[2] and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner.[3] It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments.[4] Each short film explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they live in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland.

The series, which is Kieślowski's most acclaimed work,[5] was said in 2002 to be "the best dramatic work ever done specifically for television"[6] and has won numerous international awards, though it was not widely released outside Europe until the late 1990s.
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29.08- Tami Taylor- TV Mom

"The big deal is, that it’s part of my job to make sure that you don’t grow up stupid. It’s bad for the world.”

Smart, funny, and stern when she needed to be Tami was a dedicated wife, mother, mentor, and friend, all while pursuing her own ambitions. As "Mrs. Coach" and the school guidance counselor, she is a maternal figure who is often sought out by the main characters (high school students) for advice. She can put together a team barbecue in two days, have a heartfelt talk about sexuality with her daughter and is always ready with the most poignant, thoughtful advice no matter the situation.

 
29. Superman- leading man, drama 1951-1970

Superman was portrayed by George Reeves who died under mysterious circumstances. One thing I loved about this show: the bad guy would fire bullets at Reeves and naturally they would bounce off his chest. Then in frustration the bad guy would throw his gun at Reeves and Reeves would always duck. 

 
29.10 - Milton Berle - Leading Man, Comedy, 50-70

I recall my mother telling me how this was appointment viewing for prettymuch everyone in the 50's.

From wiki:  As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1955), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both radio and TV.

Berle dominated Tuesday night television for the next several years, reaching the number one slot in the Nielsen ratings with as much as a 97% share of the viewing audience. Berle and the show each won Emmy Awards after the first season. Fewer movie tickets were sold on Tuesdays. Some theaters, restaurants, and other businesses shut down for the hour or closed for the evening so their customers would not miss Berle's antics. Berle's autobiography notes that in Detroit, "an investigation took place when the water levels took a drastic drop in the reservoirs on Tuesday nights between 9 and 9:05. It turned out that everyone waited until the end of the Texaco Star Theatre before going to the bathroom."

@Mrs. Rannous

 
jwb said:
29.10 - Milton Berle - Leading Man, Comedy, 50-70

I recall my mother telling me how this was appointment viewing for prettymuch everyone in the 50's.

From wiki:  As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1955), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both radio and TV.

Berle dominated Tuesday night television for the next several years, reaching the number one slot in the Nielsen ratings with as much as a 97% share of the viewing audience. Berle and the show each won Emmy Awards after the first season. Fewer movie tickets were sold on Tuesdays. Some theaters, restaurants, and other businesses shut down for the hour or closed for the evening so their customers would not miss Berle's antics. Berle's autobiography notes that in Detroit, "an investigation took place when the water levels took a drastic drop in the reservoirs on Tuesday nights between 9 and 9:05. It turned out that everyone waited until the end of the Texaco Star Theatre before going to the bathroom."

@Mrs. Rannous
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We said earlier it needs to be a character, not an actor. 

 
jwb said:
29.10 - Milton Berle - Leading Man, Comedy, 50-70

I recall my mother telling me how this was appointment viewing for prettymuch everyone in the 50's.

From wiki:  As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1955), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both radio and TV.

Berle dominated Tuesday night television for the next several years, reaching the number one slot in the Nielsen ratings with as much as a 97% share of the viewing audience. Berle and the show each won Emmy Awards after the first season. Fewer movie tickets were sold on Tuesdays. Some theaters, restaurants, and other businesses shut down for the hour or closed for the evening so their customers would not miss Berle's antics. Berle's autobiography notes that in Detroit, "an investigation took place when the water levels took a drastic drop in the reservoirs on Tuesday nights between 9 and 9:05. It turned out that everyone waited until the end of the Texaco Star Theatre before going to the bathroom."

@Mrs. Rannous
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This...won’t fly. 
The leading men are all fictional characters. You’re taking a real guy. Sorry. 

 
Make-up picks:

27.14: Herman Munster, 1950-1970 leading man comedy

One of the most iconic characters of 1960s television, Herman was known for his foreboding (menacing?) exterior, his child-like disappointments and reactions, and for representing an Everyman who anything but an "Everyman".

He was known less for fatherly pronouncements of wisdom, but he came through in one 1965 episode where he helped his son deal with getting teased at school:

“The lesson I want you to learn is: It doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin, or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or white. It doesn’t matter. But what does matter is the size of your heart and the strength of your character.”

That short speech is frequently memorialized today all over the Internet.

28.03: Ben Casey (series), 1950-1970 drama

The Emmy-winning medical drama featured innovative narrative storytelling, becoming one of the first television programs to introduce multi-episode plot arcs.

 
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Mrs. Rannous said:
29.11  -  Perry  Mason  -  Drama  -  1950-70

Raymond Burr is so young.

@Zow is up.
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Doug B said:
28.03: Perry Mason (series), 1950-1970 drama

Perry Mason was Hollywood's first weekly one-hour series filmed for television, and remains one of the longest-running and most successful legal-themed television series. During its first season, it received a 10th Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series, and it became one of the five most popular shows on television. Raymond Burr received two Emmy Awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ...

Perry Mason has aired in syndication in the United States and internationally ever since its cancellation, and the complete series has been released on Region 1 DVD. 
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oof, first time I've seen this happen. 

 
jwb said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
29.11  -  Perry  Mason  -  Drama  -  1950-70

Raymond Burr is so young.

@Zow is up.
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Doug B said:
28.03: Perry Mason (series), 1950-1970 drama

Perry Mason was Hollywood's first weekly one-hour series filmed for television, and remains one of the longest-running and most successful legal-themed television series. During its first season, it received a 10th Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series, and it became one of the five most popular shows on television. Raymond Burr received two Emmy Awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ...

Perry Mason has aired in syndication in the United States and internationally ever since its cancellation, and the complete series has been released on Region 1 DVD. 
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oof, first time I've seen this happen. 
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Nice write-up there.  That is just weird.

 
Doug B said:
Make-up picks:

27.14: Herman Munster, 1950-1970 leading man comedy

One of the most iconic characters of 1960s television, Herman was known for his foreboding (menacing?) exterior, his child-like disappointments and reactions, and for representing an Everyman who anything but an "Everyman".

He was known less for fatherly pronouncements of wisdom, but he came through in one 1965 episode where he helped his son deal with getting teased at school:

“The lesson I want you to learn is: It doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin, or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or white. It doesn’t matter. But what does matter is the size of your heart and the strength of your character.”

That short speech is frequently memorialized today all over the Internet.
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Darn, darn, darn!

 
Next time I do a makeup pick, I’ll just drop a quick pick and write it up later. Ms. R picked while I had the edit window open.

 
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