Best 80s comedy?

[Paddy]

Cheers

yes indeed... Cheers had the magic

[techumseh]

Blackadder, especially the one where he was made the Lord Executioner by Queen Elizabeth I.

[our_man]

So many good ones mentioned already which I'm a huge fan of, so rather than repeat them again I'll dredge up fond memories of a quirky little cop show from the mid 1980's called Sledge Hammer.

Sledge was a detective that used to holiday in Beirut and was against the death penalty because he thought it was too lenient - there was always the possibility of reincarnation. He had to say at some point of every episode: "trust me, I know what I'm doing", which he inevitably didn't. The best example of this was when he attempted to defuse a nuclear weapon and ended up destroying the entire city.

[Peter Triggs]

I used to like Sledge, too. I don't remember that much about it because, as I recall, it was on really late at night in the UK. Wiki quotes:

Doreau: What, you think all women should be barefoot and pregnant?
Hammer: No, I have nothing against women wearing shoes.


But my favourite American comedy of the 80's is without a doubt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children

[Dis]

Cheers

[Dis]

And Sledge Hammer.

I'm surprised people remember that show. It never was on a network, only in syndication.

I also loved Married with Children (also a 90's show).

And Night Court .

And yes I did watch Family Ties . Only because of Michael J. Fox. He was my idol. . I blame him for my conservative economic ideas.

[Terra Nullius]

Nobody gonna mention The Simpsons - from back when it was funny?

Oh well, I'll go with Mother and Son

[Dis]

simpson's was funniest in the 90's. I think it premiered in 1989 or 1990.

[Pyrodrew]

Originally posted by Terra Nullius
Nobody gonna mention The Simpsons - from back when it was funny?

The 1st half-hour Simpsons episode aired 12/17/89, the 2nd episode aired in the 90s. Simpsons were the 90s+.

[Dinner]

SOAP

[Dinner]

I always thought Black Adder and Monty Python's fly circus were the 1970's.

[Provost Harrison]

Black Adder was 1980s - Monty Python started in 1969 but was mainly 70s, although IIRC The Meaning Of Life was early 80s...

[JohnT]

Was All in the Family back in the 70s? Mary Tyler Moore (1970s) show was great too, Ted Baxter kicks butt. I liked 3s Company when Don Knotts (1979) joined the cast. I liked the Jeffersons (1970s), but Good Times (1970s) got too preachy and lost the Dyno-Mite. Sherman Hemsley and the maid were a great combo to come out of that even greater combo of Archie and Meathead

80s that I can remember

WKRP in Cincinatti - 1970s

Barney Miller - 1970s

Taxi - 1970s

Cheers - 1980s!

Mash - 1970s

Seinfeld - 1990s

Well... 1 out of 11 ain't bad. Of the ones you listed, all except Cheers and Seinfeld were over by 1983.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Oerdin
SOAP

that was 70's.

[Dis]

Lilith: Whatever happens, I only hope I can realize my full potential. To acquire things the old Lilith never had.
Carla: Like a body temperature?
Lilith: That's very good, Carla. Incidentally, I've taken your little wisecracks for a few years now, you hideous gargoyle, and if you ever open that gateway to hell you call a mouth in my direction again, I'll snap off your extremities like dead branches and feed them to you at gunpoint.
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:LOL: OMG that is hilarious. the bad thing is I don't remember that episode. Time to watch some tvland and hope they play it.