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Ok now there are a few that are just gonna be posted by everyone so lets just say after the 10th time something is mentioned we get the point. try to include a short statement in parens after(or more if so inclined)

mainstream:

simpsons(obv)
family guy(obv)
seinfeld(kinda)
chappelle show(obv)

martin(best ever)
boondocks(amazing but not enough episodes)

ok have at it

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the office UK (funniest evar)

the office US (obv)

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I think you meant to call your post "funniest shows since 1990 on tv".

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MASH. I can watch and rewatch every episode and still laugh.

The office makes me laugh out loud more then anyting else.

I also was a huge fan of Mr. Bean.

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The Office (UK)
Seinfeld

Not sure which is funniest, but nothing compares to those two IMO.

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Nothing has made me laugh as hard as Family Guy. For the overall show, Seinfeld. There aren't too may weak ass Seinfeld episodes, but I can think of a bunch of Fam Guy eps where I haven't done more than a light giggle. Too much of Family Guy get's terribly predictable which just ruins the joke entirely. Also, Seinfeld doesn't have 5 minute gay ass singing tangents which totally suck. And a lot of Seinfeld's humor is so unique that it racks up extra points (Jerry cracking the water bottle on the phone for a reply to a question and hanging up, classic).

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Home Movies

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Cheers

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Mr. Show - Cool concept and hilarious actors.

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Arrested Development.

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Yeah I gotta go with this, although it's probably too old for 80+% of the posters here. The Shelley Long years were such awesome TV that has stood the test of time - the Kirstie Alley years were still pretty good TV, but those first few seasons they worked so brilliantly as an ensemble it's unreal. Maybe it's because I'm getting old but I haven't seen anything other than the Simpson's in their prime that has made me laugh as hard.

Also, early "All in the Family" and most of "Mary Tyler Moore" is exceptional. And both Newharts.

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south park(hit or miss)
jamie foxx
fresh prince

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Blackadder!

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Arrested Development

Trailer Park Boys

The Office

Peep Show

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I'll agree with Cheers as I watched it in its prime.

However, I have to say that Family Guy makes me laugh outloud like a retard at the circus. Pure genius most of the time.

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Taxi

Night Court

Cheers

Monty Python's Flying Circus

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The Office (UK)
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers

The 'slow down' episode of Taxi is probably the funniest single episode of TV comedy ever.

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I'm the first one to say Curb Your Enthusiasm.

That's [censored] up.

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There are some absolutely horrendous answers in this thread.

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Arrested Development

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Does this show get funnier after the first disc of season 1? I found it a bit amusing, but maybe laughed once or twice and some of the jokes were already getting stale a few episodes in. So I yanked disc 2 from the netflix queue.

Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office (US) (haven't seen the UK one)
mid years of The Simpsons
Cheers
Taxi

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Nobody mentioned Futurama yet?

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Yes Minister.

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The Office (UK)
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers

The 'slow down' episode of Taxi is probably the funniest single episode of TV comedy ever.

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Slow down was funny, but not as funny as the Health Inspector at Fawlty Towers! I laughed for the entire 30 minutes when I first saw that one!

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Kids in the Hall
Benny Hill

select episodes of SNL from the early to mid nineties

Daily Show w/ Craig Kilborn, and to a lesser extent Jon Stewart (although topical humor isn't really something that stands up over time)

Giligan's Island ain't bad

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Arrested Development

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Does this show get funnier after the first disc of season 1? I found it a bit amusing, but maybe laughed once or twice and some of the jokes were already getting stale a few episodes in. So I yanked disc 2 from the netflix queue.


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Yes definitely keep on watching. Its one of those shows that isn't funny the first 2 times you watch it, but the inside jokes and etc make it ridiculously hilarious once you watch a little more.

It was the same way with me; I wasn't a believer the first time I watched. Once I got a few episodes in, I watched the season in a day.

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TV Funhouse

Wondershowzen

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South Park
The Office (US, haven't seen UK version yet)
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage

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Entourage, wtf? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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scrubs (mostly 5th season)

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Boy there are some horrible answers.

A proper list:

Seinfeld
MASH
Cheers
Night Court
WKRP in Cincinnati
Barney Miller
Hogan's Heroes
The Bob Newhart Show

Edit: If we're including British shows then you have to add:

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Benny Hill
Fawlty Towers
Allo Allo

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I go along with Faulty Towers (maybe not the same effect as the first time you see it, but I love John Cleese)

I liked Cheers in its prime. Loved Seinfeld. Family Guy, obviously.

I also liked In Living Color for at least a couple seasons. Like anything, some skits didn't work, but the ones that did were brilliant.

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Ari Gold is one of the funniest characters on tv IMO. I just turned 22, so all of my shows are relatively recent if not still on the air. Thus, no love for the classics.

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Mork and Mindy when I was a kid, but I doubt I would find it that funny now.

I always found the shows that, at times, made me laugh the most had a dumb (or spaced out or something) guy.

Jim on Taxi

Woody or Coach on Cheers

Monty Python was sometimes hilarious.

SNL occassionally - and some of the funniest things I've ever seen have been on David Letterman.

Seinfeld had a lot of funny bits too.

I like The Simpsons better than any of those shows, but it's more than just funny.

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<u>From the Uk</u>
The Office
Peep show
Steptoe and son
Fawlty towers
Black Adder
I'm Alan Partridge
Da Ali G show
Monty Python's flying circus

<u>From Ireland</u>
Father Ted

<u>From the USA</u>
The Simpsons
South Park
Seinfeld
Curb your enthusiasm
Frasier
Roseanne

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best ever was the benny hill show. none can compare. too bad he died as he may have been the funniest person ever lived.

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Forgot
Hancocks half hour and the Pete and Dud sketches from "Not Only...But also"
Absolutely fabulous
Drop the dead donkey
The young ones
Bottom

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Mr. Show
Arrested Developement
Da Ali G Show
Curb

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Only Fools and Horses