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SNL would definitely make my '80s list, partly because I'm not sure I could even come up with 25 '80s shows ... because I was a child and I refuse to include the stuff I actually watched then, like Alf and Family Matters and the like.

And Get A Life is another show that suffers from not having received a proper DVD release. I was one of the twelve people who watched it when it was on, and I've since tracked down the complete series torrents. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't know much of anything about it.

that seems like an odd thing to say given that a) surely the show would do better in a '70s poll and b) most of the cast members that defined the show in the mid and late '80s were on it well into the '90s. xpost

Yeah, I honestly wonder how much mileage we'd get out of an '80s poll. It would surely be even more infantile than this one. Ha ha ha. I can think of a few more mature shows I'd vote for, though, for sure.

A 70s poll would be good. Dr Who and Fawlty Towers ftw.

that seems like an odd thing to say given that a) surely the show would do better in a '70s poll and b) most of the cast members that defined the show in the mid and late '80s were on it well into the '90s.

a) Althought I like it fine, I'm not personally the biggest fan of the '70s cast of SNL, and b) after the first couple of years, the first half of the '90s was a slow decline for SNL.

yeah but late 90s SNL >>>>> early 80s SNL

I feel like a 70s poll wd drive the transAtlantic wedge in even further as I feel like less shows crossed from the UK to the US back then. Are You Being Served and Benny Hill iirc.

Also wd vote Rockford Files over the mummified corpse of Fawlty Towers.

yeah but late 90s SNL >>>>> early 80s SNL

Interestingly enough, I've been watching Doumanian-era (1980) SNL lately, and it's actually not all that bad so far! History is written by the victors...

This poll has a lot of adolescenty stuff in it, imagine what a '70s poll would be like. All Mary, Mungo & Midge at #18 and so on. Bagpuss ftw etc.

TiSWAS!

do they rerun doumanian SNL in the states? have never seen any, want to see the one where bill murray guest-hosted...

To my knowledge they don't rerun it. They'll rerun the Piscopo-era stuff sometimes but not often.

I'm not aware of them rerunning it anytime recently, no. I acquire most of my obscure TV stuff via not entirely legitimate means...

*coughioffer.comcough*

cough!appreciated!cough!

Mysterious Cities of Gold would probably take my no. 1 spot in a hypothetical 80s poll. I was so deep into that.

is kids in the hall a total lock or are we forgetting something?

I'd say that The Cosby Show has about as much chance of winding up in the top ten as Silk Stalkings does.

i think Cosby Show is thought of enough as an '80s show, and its '90s seasons are thought of enough as "the Raven Symone era," that it could totally miss this poll.

this is an abomination

BTW, stevie, the sets I've bought from the dude who sells complete SNL seasons on the afore(un)mentioned site are of shockingly high quality. I was expecting them to all be barely watchable transfers from rapidly-degrading VHS, but such has not been the case as of yet.

tyrna find language strong enough to accurately register my disgust but im not sure it exists... p much suffice to say none of u deserve to own a tv or breathe oxygen ever again

Thank you, Lamp. I'd been waiting for someone to audit my taste and/or worth.

P.S. Am I allowed to still watch stuff on my computer?

Here's my rough draft of my '80s ballot:

Blackadder
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Cosmos
The Day the Universe Changed
The Garry Shandling Show
Golden Girls
The Greatest American Hero
Hill Street Blues
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Family Ties
Knight Rider
Late Night with David Letterman
Magnum, P.I.
Married…With Children
M*A*S*H
Miami Vice
Moonlighting
Newhart
Night Court
Roseanne
Tanner '88
V
The Wonder Years
The Young Ones

Lamp post a list of shit u would've voted for or shut the fucking fuck up

Not holding out much hope for People Like Us, which was in my top 5 as it was gently brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtRUrEaRA0

Okay wait - still no Letterman on this list? If Conan's in the list, surely Letterman's gotta be one of the remaining few...?

i dunno about that, in terms of quality Conan's best decade was the '90s and Dave's was the '80s, or at least that was my rationale for voting for the former and not the latter.

Lamp post a list of shit u would've voted for or shut the fucking fuck up

lol i only know like 1 british show

me too, what's your point?

so my point is theres not much here i wouldve voted for: batman tas, frasier, larry sanders and mscl maybe koth the rest is stuff i didnt watch or dont like v. much

anyone nom marc wootton's 'my new best friend'?

That's from this decade, and no.

yeah, and i was asking what you did watch that isn't on the list

weird list, was just checking My So-Called Life was actually on here so I didn't have to execute every motherfucking last one of you... expecting Dawson's T4 shite to be ten places above but you can't have everything. Great call on "How Do You Want Me?" Noodle, but insanely optimistic about anyone else remembering it!!

Deep Space Nine >>> TNG mind you...

if only they'd stopped right there for another decade or two >:(

lol didnt even realise this was 90s only explains why it is so shit I guess

Here's the ballot I forgot to send in:

1. MST3K
2. X-Files
3. Cracker
4. Twin Peaks
5. Millennium
6. The Simpsons
7. The State
8. Melrose Place
9. Homicide: Life on the Streets
10. The Kids in the Hall
11. Quantum Leap
12. Star Trek: TNG
13. Prime Suspect
14. Mr. Show
15. Roseanne
16. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
17. The Larry Sanders Show
18. Late Night With Conan O'Brien
19. South Park
20. Get a Life
21. Yo! MTV Raps
22. A Touch of Frost
23. Upright Citizen's Brigade
24. King of the Hill
25. Oz

Other than the Simpsons I have no idea what's in the top 10. All the shows I figured would be there (Homicide, X-Files, Larry Sanders) have already placed.

You dont think Seinfeld or Twin Peaks will get a look in?

i'm a bit confused about how many americans actually voted in this, but i assume if they turned out then twin peaks has won.

dude i have outlined exactly what will constitute the top 10

1 simspons
2 freaky trigger
3 twink peas
4 signveldt
5 thedaytodaytoday
6 bouffe
7 ahm alan paahtradge
8 soft pack
9 saved by the bell uh i mean kids by the hall
10 arse eye

thank you

slightly baffled by NV's violent reaction to the fast show, given he was find with red dwarf

As I said, Red Dwarf was flawed but when on song it brought the lolz, Fast Show was a lot more flaw than lol, plus I really dislike the sentimentalizing of sketch comedy, plus it placed stupidly high on here against vastly superior shows, so I didn't feel like breaking out the measured responses to it.

i should have voted for larry sanders

the sentimentalizing of sketch comedy

who does this?

Paul Whitehouse, mostly.

I really don't need cyphers in a 2-minute sketch to have rich inner lives.