It's all based on eras/categories: Breaking Bad--all time SNL from the late 70's early 80s Miami Vice was great but looking back now? Batman when I was a kid Seinfeld/Cheers for comedy Magnum PI/The Rockford Files/Columbo for private investigators Archer for cartoons Hill Street Blues/NYPD Blue for cops Fargo Seasons 1 and 2
Besides others already mentioned (e.g. Redd Foxx, Gandolfini, et al) The Addams Family (their very lame rivals 'The Munsters' [with that whiny nag Lily] desperately wanted to be loved & accepted by society). The Addams on the other hand correctly viewed society as the ones who were fucked up. Bonus points for Tish's insoucient (yet very hot) vibe. Honorable mention: Batman: campy moral lessons and dialogue: "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb." The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Pat Paulsen for Prez., progressive for its time). It's Garry Shandling's Show / The Larry Sanders Show (even with his cheesy, 24-carat phony "just-ate-a-dead-baby grin" firmly in place, the guy's serious comedic chops always came through along with Rip Torn who was a top-shelf sidekick. Austin City Limits. Any show that has Allison Krauss on six times and Billy Joel not once is good in my book.
All my top 5 already mentioned Honorable Mentions Battlestar Galactica (Original) Chico and the Man Three’s Company Moonlighting
Fawlty Towers - 'Well might I suggest you move to a hotel closer to the sea. Or preferably in it'. Blackadder - 'I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant'. Game of Thrones - Anything said by Bron. His delivery of 'For fucks sake' when the sand snakes appear is superb. Curb Your Enthusiasm - 'Pretty, pretty good. Yes (Prime) Minister - 'Minister, no-one calls a Public Enquiry until you know what it's findings will be'. Edit: Sorry Yes (Prime) Minister I've changed my mind to Red Dwarf. Where would all the calculators go if I didn't.
Am I the only one who absolutely fcking HATED The Sopranos? What an overrated dogshit show. I couldn't stand staring at James Gandolfini's huge nostrils on top of it. I explained why I hated it in the past, I may have to again.
I doubt it. But I'll re-hash why I hated it. No-one denies the Guido/Guinea/Ginzo mob thing. There's some truth to stereotypes, and that's why they're stereotypes. That part doesn't insult me at all. What does insult me is that in this fckn PC bullshit world we live in where everyone is sensitive about every little fart and sees insults around every corner (especially when there aren't any) this is the ONLY way that Italian-Americans are EVER portrayed. Either fckn illiterate, in the Mafia, or both. I couldn't give two shits about my ethinicity, it's the hypocrisy of what's to follow. If anyone thinks for a millisecond that a show only depicting the Irish as falling down drunk alcoholic illegals who get away with being illegal because they're Catholic and not brown, Jews as money-grubbing cheapskates, Chinese-Americans no tickee no shirtee, young black able bodied men with 20 kids sitting on the stoop collecting unemployment, all Muslims are terrorists (anyone remember the blowback from 'True Lies'?), or Puerto Ricans constantly shoving pasteles in their mouths would EVER get past production, you're all delusional. I could give plenty of other examples, but I'm too lazy. The point is, either it's all fair game or none of it is. Well, it absolutely is NOT all fair game, but no-one carrying the PC dictatorship narrative banner of what's "allowed" and what isn't wants to hear that. Now I'll just wait until someone misreads this post and calls me a bigot, tick-tock. You can,of course, but you won't get out alive. So yeah, that's why I hated it. I hated it on principle, not because I necessarily gave a shit about the only portrayal there ever is but because NO-ONE will ever touch anything with a 100 foot pole when it comes to anyone else. But I did also think it sucked, haha.
You can make fun of/insult most white ethnicities. It’s perfectly fine. Pure white is the ultimate ethnicity to destroy. Not only accepted but encouraged by the media social media millenials every other ethnic group. Hell even self loathing white people hate whites. Doesn’t bother me as an Italian American.
