best tv shows ever

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:42 am

Neo Rasa wrote:A Liquid Television fan! Awesome!

The only thing you can get are these shitty "best of" compilations. There's two volumes. I guess licensing issues prevent the whole thing from happening. Maybe look around the bit torrents, someone HAS to have these somewhere. Even the shorts where they would just take a clip from Iria or some other anime and put in their own made up dialogue is better than ninety percent of the crap that's on tv today. Stick Figure Theater >>>>>>>>>>>> any reality show.

Was The Head ever released on DVD? The series was atrocious but the mini-series from MTV Oddities was beyond awesome. Same with The Maxx.

i have the head MTV oddities version on VHS (yeah its that old), its awesome

i also have a bunch of home-recorded maxx VHSes

(sin city can just drop dead in comparison!)

and youre absoluteley right about LT, man i wish there were proper DVD collections for this stuff.
puppets for the win!!

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:31 pm

24
The X-Files
John Doe (why isn't this on DVD?)
MST3K
Duck Tales
Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers
TaleSpin (the best part of the DIsney Afternoon)
Darkwing Duck

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:01 pm

sven666 wrote:
Neo Rasa wrote:A Liquid Television fan! Awesome!

The only thing you can get are these shitty "best of" compilations. There's two volumes. I guess licensing issues prevent the whole thing from happening. Maybe look around the bit torrents, someone HAS to have these somewhere. Even the shorts where they would just take a clip from Iria or some other anime and put in their own made up dialogue is better than ninety percent of the crap that's on tv today. Stick Figure Theater >>>>>>>>>>>> any reality show.

Was The Head ever released on DVD? The series was atrocious but the mini-series from MTV Oddities was beyond awesome. Same with The Maxx.
i have the head MTV oddities version on VHS (yeah its that old), its awesome i also have a bunch of home-recorded maxx VHSes (sin city can just drop dead in comparison!)

and youre absoluteley right about LT, man i wish there were proper DVD collections for this stuff.
puppets for the win!!

I liked Liquid Television until it lost its variety and played only Aeon Flux, and maybe one or two other continuing series. Before that, you didn't know what to expect. I think Beavis & Butthead's "Frog Baseball" first appeared on L.T.

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:11 pm

Kiken wrote:24
The X-Files
John Doe (why isn't this on DVD?)
MST3K
Duck Tales
Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers
TaleSpin (the best part of the DIsney Afternoon)
Darkwing Duck

Duck Tales (WOO-ooo!), the greatest cartoon ever IMO. The DVD set of the first season just came out, and it's at the top of my Christmas wishlist.

I think Seinfeld, the X-Files, and Freaks and Geeks rank up there too.

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:16 pm

Simpsons
Lost
Red Dwarf
Robot Wars
Seinfeld
Spaced
Futurama
Tom and Jerry
Have I Got News For You (and other topical BBC comedy quiz shows)

Not ashamed to admit that I like Friends too.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:42 pm

Mr. Show, when it's good it's good

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:52 pm

thesuperkillerxxx wrote: I do my best to avoid Television. absolute waste of time.

Fair point. Apart from football and random cartoon viewing, there are very few shows I watch. In the past five years there are only four or five shows that I watched every episode of:

Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office
Sopranos
Six Feet Under

Has anyone actually bothered to watch Deadwood on HBO? I have avoided it, well, because it's a western, but people I trust have told me that the writing and acting are amazing. The few times I've caught it, it did seem really first-rate. But I had no idea what was going on.

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:37 pm

Nip/Tuck
Over There(hopefully it doesn't get cancelled)
Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Seinfeld
The Office(American version, I can't stand Rick Gervais)
My Name is Earl
The Boondocks
Family Guy

Yeah that's about it.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:33 pm

sffan wrote:
sven666 wrote:
Neo Rasa wrote:A Liquid Television fan! Awesome!

The only thing you can get are these shitty "best of" compilations. There's two volumes. I guess licensing issues prevent the whole thing from happening. Maybe look around the bit torrents, someone HAS to have these somewhere. Even the shorts where they would just take a clip from Iria or some other anime and put in their own made up dialogue is better than ninety percent of the crap that's on tv today. Stick Figure Theater >>>>>>>>>>>> any reality show.

Was The Head ever released on DVD? The series was atrocious but the mini-series from MTV Oddities was beyond awesome. Same with The Maxx.
i have the head MTV oddities version on VHS (yeah its that old), its awesome i also have a bunch of home-recorded maxx VHSes (sin city can just drop dead in comparison!)

and youre absoluteley right about LT, man i wish there were proper DVD collections for this stuff.
puppets for the win!!
I liked Liquid Television until it lost its variety and played only Aeon Flux, and maybe one or two other continuing series. Before that, you didn't know what to expect. I think Beavis & Butthead's "Frog Baseball" first appeared on L.T.

Yup, Beavis and Butthead as well as Aeon Flux started out as shorts on Liquid Television. Originally Beavis and Butthead consisted solely of them watching a video. Then as Liquid Television gained some popularity they used it as a testing ground for potential regular series, Beavis and Butthead and Aeon Flux being the ones that made the cut.

WPIX did something similar with the "Action Pack," They made four Tek World movies, Vanishing Son, Hercules, and Space Precinct. The most popular ones got regular series.

But man Liquid Television, you have no idea how much I love a good animated production from the western hemisphere. It's so rare though.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:13 pm

Neo Rasa wrote:
sffan wrote:
sven666 wrote: i have the head MTV oddities version on VHS (yeah its that old), its awesome i also have a bunch of home-recorded maxx VHSes (sin city can just drop dead in comparison!)

and youre absoluteley right about LT, man i wish there were proper DVD collections for this stuff.
puppets for the win!!
I liked Liquid Television until it lost its variety and played only Aeon Flux, and maybe one or two other continuing series. Before that, you didn't know what to expect. I think Beavis & Butthead's "Frog Baseball" first appeared on L.T.
Yup, Beavis and Butthead as well as Aeon Flux started out as shorts on Liquid Television. Originally Beavis and Butthead consisted solely of them watching a video. Then as Liquid Television gained some popularity they used it as a testing ground for potential regular series, Beavis and Butthead and Aeon Flux being the ones that made the cut.

WPIX did something similar with the "Action Pack," They made four Tek World movies, Vanishing Son, Hercules, and Space Precinct. The most popular ones got regular series.

But man Liquid Television, you have no idea how much I love a good animated production from the western hemisphere. It's so rare though.

i hear tom thumb actually got a DVD release, never seen it tho and i have no idea where in the world it was released..

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:24 pm

thesuperkillerxxx wrote:( I do my best to avoid Television. absolute waste of time. I would rather watch a bad movie then TV....)

My sentiments exactly. That's why every show I bothered to list was cancelled some time in the 80s. Except Twilight Zone which was cancelled in the 60s. One hugely noteworthy new show that I love enough to have the main characters tattooed on my flesh that I should have mentioned is Beavis and Butthead. Changed my life.

Pa

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:25 pm

professor ganson wrote:The Office

Damn, I forgot all about that one, it's a great show. Still have not seen Extras though...

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:10 pm

Sanford and Son
Beavis and Butthead
CSI
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Martin
The Howard Stern Show
Married... with Children
The Simpsons

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:30 pm

SteevTee wrote:
professor ganson wrote:The Office
Damn, I forgot all about that one, it's a great show. Still have not seen Extras though...

To my mind, Extras is a bit disappointing. The writing is not at the level of The Office and the supporting cast is a bit nowhere. Ricky Gervais was perfect for the role in the Office, but his versatility as a comic actor is questionable. So my own take is that you don't want to go way out of your way to see Extras.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:41 pm

circuitface wrote:Sanford and Son

I was so hooked on this show.

The Jeffersons was great as well.

It's such a shame that, while sitcoms were always stupid and have had their plots recycled since at least the late fifties, the acting talent nowadays is completely gone. The older sitcom actors had timing and body language to spare, great stuff.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:50 pm

Ex_Mosquito wrote: Everybody loves raymond = AGH!!!!!

Sensible Americans come to the same conclusion.

Ren and Stimpy
Yogi Bear
The State
Stella
Kids in the Hall
That 70's Show
The Sopranos
Seinfeld
Mama's Family
Wonder Showzen
Beavis and Butthead
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Married with Children
House M.D. or whatever it's called

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:54 pm

animation:
Family Guy
Rocko's Modern Life
2 Stupid Dogs
Tiny Toon Adventures, Pinky & The Brain, Animaniacs
Digimon: Season Three
Voltron
Liquid Television (anime Michael Jackson...HA!)
Danger Mouse

CSI
Law & Order: SVU
The Shield
Two and a Half Men

MTV AMP (this show actually got me into electronic music in general, and was the first time I'd heard Drum & Bass. I think the video was by Ed Rush & Optical?)
In Living Color
The Wayans Bros.
New York Undercover

for nostalgia's sake:
You Can't Do That On Television!
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (that show was just so friggin' cheesy sometimes)
The Honeymooners
American Gladiators (..shut up. XD)
The A-Team
Starcade
the old Match Game
Press Your Luck
Married...With Children (quite simply one of the best sitcoms ever)
80s era Soul Train
Remote Control (...hell old-school MTV as a whole)
21 Jump Street

I KNOW I'm missing a few.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:11 pm

In random order here's my top 5 ever tv series:

Bottom (biggest laughs I ever had).
The Simpsons (should be a "given" for everyone).
Monty Python's Flying Circus (THE Classic!)
Seinfeld (absolutely brilliant satire on the abnormalness of ordinary life!)
Southpark (yes some shows suck really hard, but the good ones more than make up for those!)

I guess some pretty "standard" choices, but hey: what's good is REALLY good imho!

Honorable mention for the Dutch tv series: Vrienden voor het leven (in english: Friends for Life)!

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:17 pm

I don't watch too much TV, but...

All-Time Faves:

Rocko's Modern Life
I Love Lucy
All in the Family
Fawlty Towers
Daria
Rocky and Bullwinkle

Honorable Mentions:

Spongebob Squarepants
Justice League Unlimited
Law and Order
The Simpsons
The Muppet Show

Skyline wrote:the old Match Game

Dear Lord, you and I have the same weakness for that show...it's so awful, but I can't stop watching...actually, you've got quite a few of my choices up there.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:20 pm

Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Young Ones
Dangermouse

All three should have made the list the first time as they were MEGAfaves.

Pa

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:37 pm

Some of my favorites:
What's Happening!!
Happy Days (not the later seasons)
Bonanza
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
The Cosby Show
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Dick Van Dyke Show
Mork and Mindy (earlier seasons)
Rocky and Bullwinkle
classic Looney Tunes
Batman the Animated Series
Justice League
Star Trek TOS
Night Court
Taxi
Cheers

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:47 pm

I dont watch TV too much. Even less sitcom or series or whatever, as I don't have cable TV, and most of them is aired only on cable TV. (Here in Brazil, soap operas are more popular).

Anyway, I used to enjoy The Simpsons a lot, but I havent wathced it for ages.

And I love South Park. Brilliant stuff.

ANd the 1st season of 24 was pure gold. I cant remember anything that was produced for TV being as good as that. I never before in my life rushed home to not miss a TV show.

Here at my home my sister seems to love OC. My mom likes it too, but I think she watches it more because after OC they air Smallville, and she loves Smallville.

D · Post by D » Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:43 am

last night I watched some old tapes.
My favs still

1 Martin (Martin Lawrence's sitcom)
2 Seinfeld

But there is an entry best english show.
Harry Enfield's television programme.
I'm surprised it hasn't gotten a mention yet.

NOW I do not believe you wanted to do that, now did you?
You want to do it like this.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:13 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Rocko's Modern Life
Daria.

Oh yes. How could I forget those two? I just love'em.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:19 am

Another shout for the A-Team here, and not from a nostalgia point of view either. They simply don't make brash, over-the-top kids TV like that anymore and it's a shame.

Erm... don't watch too much TV any more myself, but I'd go with:

Blackadder 2
Bottom (Especially 'Chess')
Ren & Stimpy

The League Of Gentlemen - so bizarre everyone should see at least one episode.

also eagerly awaiting the new series of Little Britain which starts tonight, can't wait as I thought the first two were the funniest things in years.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:09 am

Throughout my life watching tv...

Botsmaster
TMNT
Exosquad
GI Joe
Transformers
Ducktales
Talespin
Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Tiny Toons
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Godzilla the cartoon
X-Files
The Shield
Married With Children
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica - original
Star Trek Voyager
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
The Simpsons
Family Guy
American Dad
The Outer Limits
Beyond Belief Fact or Fiction
Batman the Animated Series
Spider-Man
King of the Hill
Iron Chef
40 Dollars a Day with Rachael Ray
...and I am sure I am forgetting a lot.

D · Post by D » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:52 pm

Marc wrote:Ren & Stimpy

I actually have an official black Ren & Stimpy t-shirt with the entire cast.

Ren
Stimpy
Muddy mud skipper
Powdered toast man
Mr. Horse: "No sir, I don't like it"
The Gilded Yak (that bull type character with the horns)

Will trade for a decent TATE pcb

I just checked ebay and on ended auctions nothing and on google nothing.
I guess it must be rare.
Not just that but it has the entire cast, well ok not the ENTIRE cast, but the best characters!

edit 2 pcb's

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:28 pm

I'm quite disappointed that Newsradio has yet to be mentioned. For the first 4 seasons this show was untouchable in quality.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:27 pm

steveovig wrote:I'm quite disappointed that Newsradio has yet to be mentioned. For the first 4 seasons this show was untouchable in quality.

indeed, i am a fool for forgetting to mention it.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:48 pm

I've never seen a whole episode of News Radio. I should change that. My little brother raves about it (when Hartman was on there anyway).

Pa