POLL: What is your favorite 1960s sitcom?
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I went Beverly Hillbillies.
I thought the Munsters was better than the Addams Family.
I thought the Munsters was better than the Addams Family.
Andy Griffith, Beverly Hillbillies, and Green Acres were my favorite shows. But, good God, Dawn Wells was hot.
Also, Get Smart should be on the list.
Black and white TV growing up years.
I liked all of those but was also a fan of Mission Impossible and Twilight Zone…AND Star Trek.
I liked all of those but was also a fan of Mission Impossible and Twilight Zone…AND Star Trek.
Poll missed it - by that much?’
For me, no show has ever been funnier than the Beverly Hillbillies.
‘Who’s saying it’s not gonna rain today?’
‘Chief Meteorologist’ says miss Jane
‘Well them Indians are real good at reading weather signs but I’ll stick with Granny’s prediction.’
‘Who’s saying it’s not gonna rain today?’
‘Chief Meteorologist’ says miss Jane
‘Well them Indians are real good at reading weather signs but I’ll stick with Granny’s prediction.’
F Troop was hilarious too. 1960s had a lot of great, zany sitcoms.
Andy Griffith Show was not funny.
Dick Van Dyke was comedic genius.
Green Acres is under appreciated.
Dick Van Dyke was comedic genius.
Green Acres is under appreciated.
Not in in the sense Dick Van Dyke was, but Barnie was hilarious as was Otis and Earnest T. Bass.
I agree and I thought MTM was a smoke show back then.
I agree here to. I loved Eb and Mr. Haney.
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What? No I Dream of Jeannie??????????????
I don't think it is any coincidence that MTM starred in two of the best shows ever. When producer Danny Thomas remembered her name as a suggestion to Carl Riener for Laura Petrie she was a little known actress whose biggest role was as receptionist where you only heard her voice and saw her legs. But it took Carl Reiner only a few lines of dialogue to know he had found the right person after having dozens of actresses audition.
And yes, I too adore her.
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And yes, I too adore her.
'I Found Her': 'Dick Van Dyke Show' Creator on Casting Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie
Carl Reiner, creator of "The Dick Van Dyke Show, has paid tribute to Mary Tyler Moore--his longtime friend and colleague who starred in the comedic sitcom.
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You know my Dad would not allow that show on in his house. His first cousin was a POW in a German camp.
For sitcoms, the 60s was the best imo. No idea was too far out there to try. See my Mother the Car.
Andy Griffith wasn’t funny but Barney Fife was.
Phil Silvers was always hilarious, wish he’d done more.
Andy Griffith wasn’t funny but Barney Fife was.
Phil Silvers was always hilarious, wish he’d done more.
My grandpa was a POW in a German camp too and I know they starved him to near death but for whatever reason he liked the show and laughed along.
Nobody funnier than Tim Conway.
His best years IMO were on Carol Burnett.
The dentist skit with Harvey Korman is the all time funniest.
I met Dad’s cousin many years later in the 80’s. He had survived eating out of the garbage cans. Came home, GI Bill and found big time success on Wall Street.
Just a few words can conjure up laughs from those old shows.
Cement pond
Cone of silence
Double naught spy
I know nothing!
Agent 36 24 36
Cement pond
Cone of silence
Double naught spy
I know nothing!
Agent 36 24 36
The actors that played the Germans - Klink, Schultz, Bulkharter - were all Jewish immigrants and deliberately played their characters as buffoons. Klink (Werner Klemperer) was a German refugee and Schultz (John Banner) and Gen. Bulkharter (Leon Askin) were both Austrian refugees who all came here fleeing Nazis and took their roles as a way to skewer and ridicule them.
My gramps never gained any weight back and the only time he ever raised his voice at anyone was if they put food on their plate and didn’t eat it. He wasn’t a huge financial success but a very successful family man and small business owner.
The Germans hardly had any food so the prisoners had far less. He once saw a German shot for picking up a turnip that had fallen off a truck.
Ya, I messed up. It should have been in the poll, not an "also ran".What? No I Dream of Jeannie??????????????
I think the only one that I've actually seen many episodes of is Gilligan's Island.
That said I've heard that the Dick Van Dyke Show was incredibly progressive towards racial equality in it's time so I'm not sure if you can beat that.
That said I've heard that the Dick Van Dyke Show was incredibly progressive towards racial equality in it's time so I'm not sure if you can beat that.
