Your favourite US sitcoms/comedies from yesteryear..

[GWW]

By yesteryear i mean pre 1990.

My 5 favourites would be:

1) Family Ties - my all time favourite tv show
2) Diff'rent Strokes - loved it as a kid, probably went for a season or 2 too long though
3) Growing Pains - similar, to Family Ties, although not quite as good
4) Get Smart - my favourite comedy from the 1960's
5) Happy Days - enjoyed watching it after getting home from school

[JAS]

Starting with one I have vague memories of loving as a very small child...

Green Acres (I think that was the title...starred Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa'a sister)
Adams Family
The Munsters
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
Batman

Probably loads more I've forgotten.

Regards
JAS

[GWW]

Ah yes, Batman, i think that would have been equally as entertaining behind the scenes as what appeared on screen

[JAS]

Ah yes, Batman, i think that would have been equally as entertaining behind the scenes as what appeared on screen

Ah but as I was only about 7yo when it was on I wouldn't have had any knowledge or much interest in what went on off-screen

A few more I just remembered...

M.A.S.H.
Can I count the original Lost In Space
Barney Miller
Benson

Regards
JAS

[Choccies]

I used to love Diff'rent Strokes and Mork and Mindy. Didn't mind The Greatest American Hero when that was on and Get Smart was always good to watch too. It's probably funnier now....

[JK]

As a youngster Mork and Mindy and Different Strokes were probably the main ones (that I can think of at the moment), but Cheers was and always will be a classic show IMHO.

[GWW]

In addition to the ones i already listed, The Dukes of Hazard was also another favourite of mine.

[woodublieve12]

The Wonder Years....

One of my favourites...

[Footy Chick]

Yep, same here. Wonder Years was excellent.

Saved By the Bell
Family Ties
Silver Spoons
Diffrent Strokes
Who's the Boss
Webster
You Cant do that on Television


Nanna loved Perfect Strangers and the Golden Girls so had to watch that if I was ever there at the time. Golden Girls was always good value - and still is

[The Yetti]

The yetti's top 3
Kingswood Country
Fawlty Towers
Mash

[CK]

Cheers
Frasier
The Wonder Years (not officially available on DVD)
Family Ties

[heater31]

Starting with one I have vague memories of loving as a very small child...

Green Acres (I think that was the title...starred Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa'a sister)

that is it JAS, currently showing re runs down under on Saturday/Sunday Arvo's double episodes I think....


its about the only American show my Dad will watch so it must be bloody good. He maintains that good TV went out with Black and White sets in 1975

[Media Park]

saved by the bell
mash


i'm not very old... clearly...

[JAS]

Starting with one I have vague memories of loving as a very small child...

Green Acres (I think that was the title...starred Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa'a sister)

that is it JAS, currently showing re runs down under on Saturday/Sunday Arvo's double episodes I think....


its about the only American show my Dad will watch so it must be bloody good. He maintains that good TV went out with Black and White sets in 1975

Just looked it up on YouTube...I can remember the opening credits and theme song even though I was very, very, very small lol. sounds like your dad and mine would get on well

I'll also add to the list with...

The Monkees...for some reason my dad tolerated my liking for them but not the Beatles
Alias Smith and Jones...my first serious crush...Pete Duel...was inconsolable as a 10yo when he killed himself

Regards
JAS

[Media Park]

forgot- married with children

[Pseudo]

Anyone remember The Ghost and Mrs Muir?

Remember being glued to that as a young tacker. Still remember the theme song...

[GWW]

forgot- married with children

Ah yeah, that was another favourite of mine too, good ol' Al

[GWW]

Anyone remember The Ghost and Mrs Muir?

I can remember that, used to be on the ABC from memory. I was too young really to understand what it was about though.

[JAS]

Anyone remember The Ghost and Mrs Muir?

I can remember that, used to be on the ABC from memory. I was too young really to understand what it was about though.

Is it the same story as the lovely old film with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney? I don't remember a tv series too.

On the subject of the supernatural...

Bewitched...how I wished I could do magic like Samantha as long as I didn't have to marry a drip like Darrin first aunt Clara was favourite cos her's all went wrong.

Regards
JAS

[GWW]

Bewitched was so popular in the US in the 60's, one of the opposition networks devised an opposition "supernatural" show, I Dream of Jeannie, which was I think written by Sherwood Schwartz.