Post by Eugene Gurkin on Dec 2, 2006 0:23:56 GMT -5
I'm starting a tournament to settle once and for all just what is the greatest sitcom ever. The choices were selected at random. I swear to God. Now let's begin round 1.
Newhart
Air Dates: October 25, 1982 to September 8, 1990
Episodes: 184
Cast: Bob Newhart (Dick Loudon), Mary Frann (Joanna Loudon), Jennifer Holmes (Leslie), Julia Duffy (Stephanie Vanderkellen), Tom Poston (George Utley), Steven Kampmann (Kirk Devane), Peter Scolari (Michael Harris), William Sanderson (Larry), Tony Papenfuss (Darryl), John Voldstad (Darryl)
Premise: Dick Loudon, an author of do-it-yourself books. He and his wife Joanna, played by the late Mary Frann, move from New York City to a small, never-named town in Vermont to operate the Stratford Inn. Loudon is a sane, mild-mannered everyman surrounded by a community of oddballs in a town which exists in an illogical world that runs by rules that elude him.
vs.
The Beverly Hillbillies
Air Dates: September 26, 1962–May 23, 1971
Episodes: 274
Cast: Buddy Ebsen (Uncle Jed Clampett), Irene Ryan (Daisy "Granny" Moses), Donna Douglas (Ellie May Clampett), Max Baer Jr. (Jethro Bodine), Raymond Bailey (Milburn Drysdale), Nancy Kulp (Miss Jane Hathaway).
Premise: The patriarch strikes oil while hunting on his land near a fictionalized hamlet called Bugtussle in the Ozark Mountains. He then listens to the advice of friends, neighbors and extended family members, and moves with his family to Beverly Hills, California, with the resultant wealth.
Let the voting begin. Voting ends tomorrow.
Newhart
Air Dates: October 25, 1982 to September 8, 1990
Episodes: 184
Cast: Bob Newhart (Dick Loudon), Mary Frann (Joanna Loudon), Jennifer Holmes (Leslie), Julia Duffy (Stephanie Vanderkellen), Tom Poston (George Utley), Steven Kampmann (Kirk Devane), Peter Scolari (Michael Harris), William Sanderson (Larry), Tony Papenfuss (Darryl), John Voldstad (Darryl)
Premise: Dick Loudon, an author of do-it-yourself books. He and his wife Joanna, played by the late Mary Frann, move from New York City to a small, never-named town in Vermont to operate the Stratford Inn. Loudon is a sane, mild-mannered everyman surrounded by a community of oddballs in a town which exists in an illogical world that runs by rules that elude him.
vs.
The Beverly Hillbillies
Air Dates: September 26, 1962–May 23, 1971
Episodes: 274
Cast: Buddy Ebsen (Uncle Jed Clampett), Irene Ryan (Daisy "Granny" Moses), Donna Douglas (Ellie May Clampett), Max Baer Jr. (Jethro Bodine), Raymond Bailey (Milburn Drysdale), Nancy Kulp (Miss Jane Hathaway).
Premise: The patriarch strikes oil while hunting on his land near a fictionalized hamlet called Bugtussle in the Ozark Mountains. He then listens to the advice of friends, neighbors and extended family members, and moves with his family to Beverly Hills, California, with the resultant wealth.
Let the voting begin. Voting ends tomorrow.
