Does anyone else love cheesy or "bad" sitcoms?

[Paul]

I like a lot of sitcoms but I have a special fondness for cheesy, "bad" sitcoms. Think "Small Wonder", "ALF", or "Out Of This World". They're basically junk food for the brain. Anyone else have any favorites? ?)

[agent817]

Like or love would REALLY be pushing it for these, but I remember watching Mr. Box Office and The First Family a while back and while I was able to see how terrible those shows were, I still tuned in for some odd reason.

[BorneAgain]

I have a thing for sitcoms with inherently absurd premises:



A situation comedy about the last group of survivors from a nuclear war (that has casual happy music while the main character is driving through the destroyed landscape) is so blatantly stupid and tonally deaf... that I can't help but watch.

[ERON]

They're a guilty pleasure of mine, especially older ones like Dobie Gillis or The Brady Bunch.

[arrogantmodel]

Like 95% of Fox's tv shows. Especially the garbage they put out in the early 2000s. Skins, Life on a Stick, The Pitts, Keen Eddie, etc.

[MiLB Fan]

Full House.

I never watched the show during its original run, but I became curious about it after reading the (mostly) negative comments on Jump the Shark. I wanted to see if it was as bad as everyone said. And for some reason, the show just grew on me. Throwing in some references to pro wrestling may have helped!

I was thrilled to hear that Hallmark Channel would add Full House starting at the beginning of this year. It’s the perfect antidote for a long day at work, when I can just collapse on the couch and shut off my brain for a few hours. I’m surprised they didn’t add it sooner considering that Candace Cameron Bure is in so many of their holiday movies.

[wildojinx]

Some of the Disney Channel sitcoms (Jessie, Suite Life).

[Deleted]

I still like Boy Meets World. It wasn't bad at all, but it sure could be cheesy.

[karl100589]

In the UK we have a show called 'Not Going Out'. It's pretty run-of-the-mill and relies a lot on cheap one-liners, but's it's harmless fun to pass a half-hour.

Citizen Khan tries to do the same thing, but that's beyond repair.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I do like 2 Broke Girls.

[blackmegaman]

I wouldn't be able to tell you one single funny line from it ,but for some reason everytime Reba is on I always stay on the channel and watch... there is just something comforting about it.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Mar 26, 2018 0:01:17 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

I do like 2 Broke Girls.

I avoided that show for so long. Mostly cause the ads I saw for it made it look like a LCD sitcom. But my lady and some friends of our love the show. So over the past 2 years I have seen pretty much every episode with them. It is a bit better than I thought. But still not a great sitcom. To often it would go for the easy joke. And I hated Sophie.

I love some cheesy 50s thru 70s sitcoms. Bewitched,What's Happening,Partridge Family,ETC. They are great turn your brain off background noise for me. If I got a bunch of wrestling footage to edit I will throw on some old sitcoms and listen to them while editing.

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Parker Lewis Can't Lose was one of my favorite shows during its run, but damn does it look outdated...

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Way better than crap like Friends

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 26, 2018 0:28:14 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Mar 26, 2018 0:01:17 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

I do like 2 Broke Girls.

I avoided that show for so long. Mostly cause the ads I saw for it made it look like a LCD sitcom. But my lady and some friends of our love the show. So over the past 2 years I have seen pretty much every episode with them. It is a bit better than I thought. But still not a great sitcom. To often it would go for the easy joke. And I hated Sophie.

I love some cheesy 50s thru 70s sitcoms. Bewitched,What's Happening,Partridge Family,ETC. They are great turn your brain off background noise for me. If I got a bunch of wrestling footage to edit I will throw on some old sitcoms and listen to them while editing.

I thought Sophie was one of best parts. I do wonder why every male character except the main 3 are cartoonishly homosexual.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Mar 26, 2018 1:27:12 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Mar 26, 2018 0:28:14 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

I avoided that show for so long. Mostly cause the ads I saw for it made it look like a LCD sitcom. But my lady and some friends of our love the show. So over the past 2 years I have seen pretty much every episode with them. It is a bit better than I thought. But still not a great sitcom. To often it would go for the easy joke. And I hated Sophie.

I love some cheesy 50s thru 70s sitcoms. Bewitched,What's Happening,Partridge Family,ETC. They are great turn your brain off background noise for me. If I got a bunch of wrestling footage to edit I will throw on some old sitcoms and listen to them while editing.

I thought Sophie was one of best parts. I do wonder why every male character except the main 3 are cartoonishly homosexual.

See I never found Sophie funny. Just annoying as hell. Add in her need to scream most of her lines. But I have long ago accepted that what I find funny in a sitcom and what most people find funny is very different.Like how it seems most people loved Seinfeld and Friends,and I watched both many times and never laughed. Just like I kept being told how funny the Hangover movies were. Watched the first 2 and never even cracked a smile.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 26, 2018 2:33:34 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Mar 26, 2018 1:27:12 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

I thought Sophie was one of best parts. I do wonder why every male character except the main 3 are cartoonishly homosexual.

See I never found Sophie funny. Just annoying as hell. Add in her need to scream most of her lines. But I have long ago accepted that what I find funny in a sitcom and what most people find funny is very different.Like how it seems most people loved Seinfeld and Friends,and I watched both many times and never laughed. Just like I kept being told how funny the Hangover movies were. Watched the first 2 and never even cracked a smile.

I agree on Friends, must destroy you for your Seinfeld opinions though.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Mar 26, 2018 2:37:30 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Mar 26, 2018 2:33:34 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

See I never found Sophie funny. Just annoying as hell. Add in her need to scream most of her lines. But I have long ago accepted that what I find funny in a sitcom and what most people find funny is very different.Like how it seems most people loved Seinfeld and Friends,and I watched both many times and never laughed. Just like I kept being told how funny the Hangover movies were. Watched the first 2 and never even cracked a smile.

I agree on Friends, must destroy you for your Seinfeld opinions though.

Thought of another sitcom that is loved and I never found funny,Fresh Prince. That show was huge when I was in high school. Tried watching it many times and never made me laugh. But I find Will Smith to be a very crappy actor.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 26, 2018 2:40:46 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Mar 26, 2018 2:37:30 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

I agree on Friends, must destroy you for your Seinfeld opinions though.

Thought of another sitcom that is loved and I never found funny,Fresh Prince. That show was huge when I was in high school. Tried watching it many times and never made me laugh. But I find Will Smith to be a very crappy actor.

Ah, Fresh Prince is harmless fun.

[Ultimo Gallos]

It is harmless,but for me all I want out of a sitcom is 2 good laughs per episode. Fresh Prince never managed to make me laugh.