Hastur
Footballguy
I didn't think of it. If I remembered, it probably would have made top 20 for me.
To this day, if something weird or unexplained happens, I quote Neil: "It's a polterghost"!
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The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (29 Viewers)
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To this day, if something weird or unexplained happens, I quote Neil: "It's a polterghost"!
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
My #32 and the first of the 48 on my list in the countdown.
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
another batch without any of mine. i can't tell if all of mine or popular or lots missed the list entirely 
steelerfan1
Footballguy
i'd say with you having only 7 single list shows, yours are going to be more popular.another batch without any of mine. i can't tell if all of mine or popular or lots missed the list entirely
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
My 2nd entry to make the cut - I think!
As mentioned earlier when I thought it didn't make it, #58 for me
titusbramble
Footballguy
I probably should have included Top Gear, but anything pre/post Clarkson/Hammond/May was hot garbage
This show was even referenced in the funniest line Chandler Bing ever said:
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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whoknew
Footballguy
I try to work in, "Open up. It's the pigs," as often as possible.
steelerfan1
Footballguy
you've got quite a few single list shows too, so i'll be interested in seeing them at the end.
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
Shark Tank only being on 2 lists is the first real surprise to me. I don't know if I thought it would make the top 300 but assumed it would be on more lists than mine and one other.
I have never seen an episode. I really have never had a desire to do so. I have seen some YT clips here or there and it really wasn't of much interest.
Keith R
The Don
It did. It would have made my Top 50 had the quality maintained. Due to the dropoff near the end, I had it on my list as #69
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
It's WAY better than Dragon's Den imo (the British show it's based on).
Couple of surprises for me. Did any of you considered how a show aged in your rankings? While I liked Get Smart in the day, I couldn't imagine watching it now.
Surprised there aren't more Shark Tank fans around here. Difficult to rank shows like this, Chopped, and some of the classic game shows.
Curious if anyone ranked this or Hee Haw.
The Gator
Footballguy
Never seen a minute of it. Think I had zero reality tv on my list
zamboni
Footballguy
I expect a few Hee Haw rankings. Just my
steelerfan1
Footballguy
I didn't. I tried to remember how much i looked forward to a show when i was in that time period, although i struggled staying consistent at times. I think I could rank this 100x and have 100 different results. the only show for me that was my slam dunk rank is #1.
Chaos34
Footballguy
No to Hee Haw. Yup to Soul Train. #56 for me.
zamboni
Footballguy
Those Soul Train line dances were just amazing.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Footballguy
Oh for Cliff’s sake
Thank You.
But first of all Get Smart - My #19 show.
My mother recalls that this was the first show that i would lose my shiite laughing to when i was young.
The slapstick, the silliness and the impeccably performed Maxwell Smart by Don Adams.
Now My #1 - The Young Ones
The Premise
The programme focuses on the lives of four undergraduate students who share a house in squalid condition (with the fictitious address of 15 Credibility Street), while attending their studies at the fictional Scumbag College, London.
The students were Vyvyan a Punk, Rik an anarchist, Neil a Hippy and Mike the cool person.
“To help make it stand out, the group opted to combine traditional sitcom style with violent slapstick, non-sequitur plot turns, and surrealism. These older styles were mixed with the working and lower-middle class attitudes of the growing 1980s alternative comedy boom, in which all the principal performers except Ryan had been involved. In addition, it was also decided that every episode, with the exception of one, would feature a live performance by a band, including Madness, Motörhead, and The Damned. This was a device used to qualify the series for a larger budget, as variety shows attracted higher fees than comedy at the time. “
Now, why is it my #1 show? Like Fawlty Towers only 12 episodes were made. 6 in each series.
The quality of the writing and performances are great, but it’s the feel of the show. The anger and confusion of youth.
The frustration at the Thatcher government by the young was reflected in the writing and performances. The eminently quotable lines which mean nothing without the context of watching and understanding the show.
Some great lines have already been quoted.
Whenever we moved to a new house, I always said to one of my kids….”xxxxx your bedrooms on fire”. They thought me crazy.
Whenever We told people about one of our pregnancies I put on my best Vyvyan voice to say “(we’re) going to have a baby”
If I want to quote useless facts, I would say “Most marshmallows stuffed up one nostril, Toxteth O’Grady, USA 604. Worlds stickiest bogey? Ha! Tried to fool me. That's Toxteth again!
You might think this is a solo effort. Think again, fortunately a group of my friends ALL have the same opinion of the show and to this day we still find random situations to quote lines, in public, making for fun times. Its even better when a random stranger gets the refernce and joins in. Those are happening far less often.
So to the outsider, this show can seem dated in both look and style, but to me its full of nothing but happy memories and good times.
Hastur
Footballguy
Oh crap! $1.98 Beauty Show
Didn't think of this or The Gong Show. Not sure if either would make my list though...
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
It's a comedy show, not a news show.
Hastur
Footballguy
Woot! Who's my Cosmos buddy?
kupcho1
Footballguy
I knew I liked JML.
(I had it at #39)
The Young Ones also had great musical guests right in the middle of the action.
My Life is A Simulation part 2339, Madness - Our House was playing from today's theme playlist and I thought of
Madness - Our House (on the Young Ones).
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
that's the one with NDT right?
Hastur
Footballguy
It is. I had a hard time deciding between this one and the Carl Sagan one. Either making the list at all is a triumph in my eyes.
steelerfan1
Footballguy
Liked a lot of these shows, but only Shrinking was on my list, and fairly high.
Ren and stimpy would have been top 100 for me. WE’RE ONLY SELLING RUBBER NIPPLES!
Sullie
Footballguy
I stumbled upon Top Gear so long ago that I used to go to a dedicated Top Gear web forum and download the episodes each week so we're talking 15 or 20 years ago? I knew of them b/c they were super popular on just about every car related forum I belonged to and I would see advertisements for them on the BBC channels but it always surprised me that no-one had heard of them here in the US at that time.
I also discovered an Easter egg about Jeremy Clarkson some time ago. If Clarkson craps all over your country then you can assume he likes your country quite a bit.
McBokonon
Footballguy
Of the most recent 20, I only had Bob's Burgers (my #17.) It's just funny and wholesome and goofy in all the right ways.
Mythbusters was fun when I watched it, but I never "looked" for it. It's something I'd come across an while flipping around and would sometimes stay there. Shark Tank is similar but it annoyed me a lot, too. I don't watch it anymore.
I watched Remote Control a ton growing up and it almost made the cut. I didn't watch Young Ones but I know I'd like it if I tried.
My sisters and mom watched Little House religiously growing up. My dad would call it Little Shack on the Track just to rile them up. That show just isn't for me.
Ren and Stimpy just missed out on my list - classic and influential for sure. Fresh Prince just doesn't hold up but I watched it - even then it wasn't among my favorites, though.
True Blood, like someone else said, was fun for a couple of seasons and then went off the rails really, really fast and really, really hard. I think I made it until the fairies were introduced, but by then I was looking for a reason to leave, anyway.
The rest I never watched outside of an odd episode.
Back on the board with my 65th ranked show. It will probably end up higher as it gets more seasons and episodes. I debated even putting it on the final 70 because it is so new and has so few episodes but I really enjoyed every episode. The show kind of has a bit of everything and I really like Harrison Ford and Jason Segal. Ted McGinley is also super hilarious with such a bit role. Just fits perfect.
The only other show I even though about from this batch was Monk. It just got a bit repetitive to the point that it got a bit boring. I watched a few Little House and a handful of the Fresh Prince but didn't see a minute of any of the others.
titusbramble
Footballguy
First couple of picks I made just showed up.
Seeing the Young Ones pick, I should have selected Bottom in there somewhere
Seeing the Young Ones pick, I should have selected Bottom in there somewhere
Runkle
Footballguy
I’ll save my Shrinking bashing for the streaming thread
Had to quit after 3-4 episodes. Couldn't stand it.
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
My #4.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Funny, my little write up two or three weeks ago for this was "Don't think this needs a justification". Guess I was wrong.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The way Ren said Stimpy made me laugh every time.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Happy, happy. Joy, joy!
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Absolutely forgot about this show. The first cartoon I really watched as an adult. Was also during serious, er, mild smoking pot faze. Ha ha
The Gator
Footballguy
My wife enjoys it so it’s on a lot, but justI’ll save my Shrinking bashing for the streaming thread
Had to quit after 3-4 episodes. Couldn't stand it.
for me
BrutalPenguin
Footballguy
Only two other jackasses? In this crowd?!
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Yes which is why I said he’s funny - but he also spends a lot of time trying to expose scandals or injustices and/or reporting on major news stories. Some of it is played for laughs but he also tries to create a serious undertone as if he’s breaking a story.
Eephus
Footballguy
Winning
McBokonon
Footballguy
It's log! it's log! It's big, it's heavy, it's wood!
Hey kids! Start jumping up and down like idiots!
Hey kids! Start jumping up and down like idiots!
steelerfan1
Footballguy
Me too. HHHWREN
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