The Great 2020 All Time Television Draft: The Simpsons is judged the greatest show of all time (7 Viewers)

[AcerFC]

LITHIUM

31.xx:  BABES IN TOYLAND - HE'S MY THING

Link

um..... say what now

 

[KarmaPolice]

Trying to do too many things at once.  

 

[Yo Mama]

Trying to do too many things at once.  

It’s confusing because we’re on the same round there too. 

 

[Doug B]

31.14: McHale's Navy, 1950-1970 Comedy

Next is either @KarmaPolice or @Yo Mama, depending on skips.

 

[AcerFC]

31.14: McHale's Navy, 1950-1970 Comedy

Next is either @KarmaPolice or @Yo Mama, depending on skips.

Karma is trying to decide his next 90s alt/grunge tune

 

[Yo Mama]

@KarmaPolice is up (didn’t skip yet)

 

[KarmaPolice]

Karma is trying to decide his next 90s alt/grunge tune

<_<

 

[KarmaPolice]

Yep, he did those bad things, but I will still take this pick.  Wasn't it 3 Emmys in a row?

31.15:  ALEXANDER SCOTT  (lead male, drama - 50-70)

 

[KarmaPolice]

@Yo Mama is up for 2

 

[AcerFC]

@Yo Mama

 

[Yo Mama]

I have about 10 picks I want to make with this turn.  Decisions, decisions.  Yo Mama selects:

31.16 – Margaret Pynchon – 71-90 Supporting Woman

Pynchon is the epitome of a powerful supporting character that helps define the main characters.  She was the powerful, capricious, eccentric owner of the Los Angeles Tribune (the newspaper in Lou Grant).  Margaret and her evil dog Barney forced the editorial staff to cater to her every whim, including forcing them to cover her favorite sports lacrosse and hockey.

Nancy Marchand won 4 emmys (nominated for 5) for this classic supporting role.

32.01 – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town – Holiday

This was my favorite of the stop motion Christmas specials as a kid (sorry Rudolph).  This classic from 1970 starring the voices of Mickey Rooney and Fred Astaire is still in regular rotation today.

It’s got a younger Kris Kringle and his origin story of how he became Santa Claus – delivering toys to the kids of Sombertown despite the evil rulings of the Burgermeister Meisterburger, and escaping the seemingly menacing Winter Warlock.

This was the last of my list of top holiday shows, not sure what else I would have taken here so I need to take this now.

 

[Yo Mama]

@KarmaPolice

 

[KarmaPolice]

0 clue how he will do, but one that really stuck out from the childhood and just being on in the periphery.  

32.02:  DR. JOHNNY FEVER  (supporting male, 71-90)

 

[KarmaPolice]

@Doug B

 

[Gally]

31.10 - Joe Buck - Play by Play

I think he's better than his dad. He's the voice of the world series. 

I think you are contractually obligated to say this since he is your choice.  It is wrong but I understand your obligation.  

 

[Mr. Mojo]

31.16 – Margaret Pynchon – 71-90 Supporting Woman

Pynchon is the epitome of a powerful supporting character that helps define the main characters.  She was the powerful, capricious, eccentric owner of the Los Angeles Tribune (the newspaper in Lou Grant).  Margaret and her evil dog Barney forced the editorial staff to cater to her every whim, including forcing them to cover her favorite sports lacrosse and hockey.

Nancy Marchand won 4 emmys (nominated for 5) for this classic supporting role.

As great as Marchand was in the Sopranos, her defining moment for me is when she recognizes Drebin as Enrico Polazzo in the Naked Gun Film.        

 

[Doug B]

32.03: Alexis Colby, 1971-1990 Leading Woman - Drama

The "quintessential character you love to hate" wrote reviewer Vernon Scott of the Orlando Sun-Sentinel. I don't want to do a deep dive here due to spotlighting, but I do wonder: Did she essentially invent the catfight on network television?

 

[AcerFC]

@rickroll

 

[AcerFC]

@Zow

 

[Yo Mama]

@Zow

Thanks for running the show this morning acer. I’ve been swamped with meetings today. 

 

[Zow]

Nevermind, it's been taken. 

 

[Doug B]

I thought this was taken but I can't find her in the spreadsheet

32.04 Tolstoy selects Beatrice Taylor, portrayed by Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith Show

Supporting Woman, 1950-1970

She was taken as "Aunt Bee", I think.

@rickroll

31.07  1950- 1970 supporting woman mphtrilogy Aunt Bee

 

[AcerFC]

Nevermind, it's been taken. 

Was it The Wire?

 

[Zow]

Was it The Wire?

Haha not quite. 

 

[mphtrilogy]

She was taken as "Aunt Bee", I think.

@rickroll

31.07  1950- 1970 supporting woman mphtrilogy Aunt Bee

I thought this was taken but I can't find her in the spreadsheet

32.04 Tolstoy selects Beatrice Taylor, portrayed by Frances Bavier, Andy Griffith Show

Supporting Woman, 1950-1970

yep, great pick, I snagged her earlier today  

great minds and all...

 

[Zow]

32.5 1971-1990 comedy - The Love Boat

 

[AcerFC]

@Mrs. Rannous only left one pick. Lets give her 15 and move on if she is not here

 

[rickroll]

yep, great pick, I snagged her earlier today  

great minds and all...

ah, I wasn't crazy.  not in the spreadsheet yet.  my bad.

32.04 Tolstoy selects Chris Berman, Sports personality

 

[AcerFC]

ah, I wasn't crazy.  not in the spreadsheet yet.  my bad.

32.04 Tolstoy selects Chris Berman, TV personality

sports personality?

 

[AcerFC]

@jwb is OTC

 

[jwb]

32.07 - A Year Without a Santa Claus - Holiday Show

This one was my favorite growing up. And it has the Snow Miser / Heat Miser songs!

 

[AcerFC]

@tuffnutt

 

[wikkidpissah]

Was it The Wire?

my 1.01 is still out there

 

[tuffnutt]

Rd 31- Louie De Palma- Supporting male 1971-1990

"Some men climb mountains, others date 'em!" 

"That dame is older than the Continental Shelf!"

Louie is the main antagonist of the sitcom Taxi. The vain head dispatcher of the Sunshine Cab Company, Louie spends his time holding court inside the caged-in dispatch office at the garage, arguing with and bullying the drivers. He not only lacks morals, he is openly proud of his misdemeanors and outright crimes. Louie will do anything to benefit himself. 

Taxi portrayed Louie De Palma as the worst person anyone could ever know—unapologetically conniving, greedy, and abusive. And yet there’s humanity underneath it all, which makes him one of the greatest sitcom characters of all time.  in fact, In 1999, TV Guide ranked De Palma first on its list of the 50 greatest TV characters of all time.

 

[timschochet]

32.5 1971-1990 comedy - The Love Boat

What? That’s a drama. 

 

[AcerFC]

@mphtrilogy

 

[Binky The Doormat]

What? That’s a drama. 

Jo Ann Worley - recurring lead drama role

 

[mphtrilogy]

Winner of 4 Emmy's for the Role

32.10 - Marie Barone (as played by Doris Roberts) - TV Mom

 

[mphtrilogy]

@AAABatteries @BobbyLayne

 

[Zow]

What? That’s a drama. 

Huh it's described as a sitcom on the online article I was reading about it. I have both categories open - is the consensus that it is a drama? 

I'm not old enough to have seen it.

 

[Yo Mama]

Rd 31- Louie De Palma- Supporting male 1971-1990

"Some men climb mountains, others date 'em!" 

"That dame is older than the Continental Shelf!"

Louie is the main antagonist of the sitcom Taxi. The vain head dispatcher of the Sunshine Cab Company, Louie spends his time holding court inside the caged-in dispatch office at the garage, arguing with and bullying the drivers. He not only lacks morals, he is openly proud of his misdemeanors and outright crimes. Louie will do anything to benefit himself. 

Taxi portrayed Louie De Palma as the worst person anyone could ever know—unapologetically conniving, greedy, and abusive. And yet there’s humanity underneath it all, which makes him one of the greatest sitcom characters of all time.  in fact, In 1999, TV Guide ranked De Palma first on its list of the 50 greatest TV characters of all time.

Nice. Almost took him with my last pick. 

 

[mphtrilogy]

Rd 31- Louie De Palma- Supporting male 1971-1990

"Some men climb mountains, others date 'em!" 

"That dame is older than the Continental Shelf!"

Louie is the main antagonist of the sitcom Taxi. The vain head dispatcher of the Sunshine Cab Company, Louie spends his time holding court inside the caged-in dispatch office at the garage, arguing with and bullying the drivers. He not only lacks morals, he is openly proud of his misdemeanors and outright crimes. Louie will do anything to benefit himself. 

Taxi portrayed Louie De Palma as the worst person anyone could ever know—unapologetically conniving, greedy, and abusive. And yet there’s humanity underneath it all, which makes him one of the greatest sitcom characters of all time.  in fact, In 1999, TV Guide ranked De Palma first on its list of the 50 greatest TV characters of all time.

nice grab, I thought he was snagged already...

 

[AcerFC]

32.13 Ari Gold, Supporting Man, 91-2020

@timschochet

 

[Yo Mama]

Huh it's described as a sitcom on the online article I was reading about it. I have both categories open - is the consensus that it is a drama? 

I'm not old enough to have seen it.

Comedy is fine

 

[wikkidpissah]

Huh it's described as a sitcom on the online article I was reading about it. I have both categories open - is the consensus that it is a drama? 

I'm not old enough to have seen it.

i'm cool widdit either way. it's an outgrowth of an anthology comedy, Love, American Style (i dont care if i'm spotlighting - if that''s your comedy pick u deserve what u get), so is proper in either cat

 

[Zow]

i'm cool widdit either way. it's an outgrowth of an anthology comedy, Love, American Style (i dont care if i'm spotlighting - if that''s your comedy pick u deserve what u get), so is proper in either cat

I'm happy to defer to wikkid here. So, for now, leave it in the comedy category. I'll specify if I switch to to drama. Everything I'm seeing online suggests it is both.  

 

[Doug B]

32.5 1971-1990 comedy - The Love Boat

What? That’s a drama. 

Am I remembering wrong that Love Boat had a laugh track, at least in some seasons?

EDIT: So it did. I remembered something from my yute correctly for once  

 

[Dr. Octopus]

What? That’s a drama. 

Was it?

 

[Doug B]

What? That’s a drama. 

Huh it's described as a sitcom on the online article I was reading about it. I have both categories open - is the consensus that it is a drama? 

I'm not old enough to have seen it.

I don't want to spotlight -- just want to point our that in the era that Love Boat came out, show categorizations were not always so pat. There was a category of programming (esp weekend television) that aimed to serve as pure escape. Some drama, but not too much. Some "everyday life" comedy and witty banter. A little something for everyone and all ages.

Post more later.

 

[krista4]

I read tim's post to be a tongue-in-cheek joke (comedy, you see) about how The Love Boat was serious business.