Some of my underrated faves are Rules of Engagement, Grounded for Life, and King of Queens.
Underrated TV sitcoms
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WKRP...great characters. Johhny Fever and Les Nessman were hilarious. Night Court was also great.
@ other episodes...WhenHerman went golfing and when he tried out for the baseball . Leo Durocher was on that episode.
60's and 70's! My kind of shows!
The early years of Happy Days were good. Then, it went downhill.
Laugh-In was HUGE in the late 60's!
Reno 911
My Name is Earl
My Name is Earl
Loved Sports night written by Aaron Sorkin. With Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina and Robert Guillaume. It was a send-up of ESPN's Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann. Well written and performed.
What We Do in the Shadows is currently running on FX and is quite funny. Which reminds me that Flight of the Conchords was also very funny.
You have to crack up at a vampire with a Brooklyn accent, ( Munsters) a guy who can put a light bulb in his mouth to light up ( Addams ) and a pig who watches tv ( Green Acres )
Last nights episode was very funny and Mark Hamill was excellent.
I think Leave it to Beaver reruns are underrated - not sure if it was acclaimed when it was on the air. Story lines still hold true - to a degree, and it's actually funny. Married With Children was great and underappreciated (until Marcie started directing, then it was unwatchable). I thought Wings was definitely underrated, as was Malcolm in the Middle, My Name is Earl, & Third Rock. Also, King of Queens is very watchable. 2 funny stars + Arthur and decent writing.
I totally agree. Did you see Everything Sucks on Netflix? Only one season but I thought it was good too.
I once thought about writing a book entitled "The Life Teachings of Larry Mondello".
Couple guys I grew up with lost a nail-biter to his team in the PIAA Western semis or finals. They long lament being sent to Erie for that game and some tough calls. Girard vs Bishop McCort. Girard blew out everybody else they played, so it was kind of the de facto championship. I always forget to rub it in a little bit that Blucas went on to do love scenes with hot actresses.
I was at that game sitting right behind Girard’s bench. I was really good buddies with a couple guys that played for them the year before and they got us some unbelievable seats. That was a hell of a game. Blucas took over at the end.
I also liked Wings, WKRP, and Nightcourt. Frazier was well known but still under appreciated IMO. It’s 25-30 years later and it’s episodes still hold up with some of the best sitcom writing ever.
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Herman's Head from the early years of Fox
Kate and Allie followed by Newhart on Monday nights was great. Network TV really sux compared to those daysI was a big Kate & Allie fan. The show was funny but oh, how I loved Susan St. James & Jane Curtin.
My Name is Earl is a good call. disappointed when that show went off the air.
Really cool story knowing where Blucas ended up. I was golfing with one of those guys the other day and just thinking "where the hell did 30 years go?". I was a wrestler and went to a different school, but I lived next door to the basketball court, and played a ton of ball with 4 or 5 of those BM guys. We'd shovel the courts of snow as soon as the temps were playable and keep playing until football season. Now the courts are mostly empty. Glad I'm from the 80s
.Clearly many of you have no idea what the word "underrated" means
Based on some of the responses in this thread, I guess I'd go Seinfeld and Friends...
“I don’t think someone with antlers has room to criticize”.
Lol
Antonio, while running his hand across a red Ferrari, “driving this care is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman”
Joe: “Oh really Antonio? How?”
Antonio: “I’ve never done either”.
Well--Al Lewis (Grandpa) would have been an expert on recruiting and possible violations. He was well known for his basketball fanaticism and ability to hook up kids and coaches. He may or may not have been clean but he certainly knew what was going on back in the day.
I saw a Blucas/Girard play multiple times back in those days. Very good player, went on to play at Wake Forest, I believe.
His dad, Wally, was the Girard Superintendent of Schools and president of District 10. Girard always got favorable playoff sites and officiating crews. Edinboro might as well have been the home floor for both the girls and boys at playoff time.
That was the exact same thing with me and the Girard guys....I went to a different school but played on the courts with those guys. Blucas had a great career at Wake Forest (he ended up being Tim Duncan’s best man at his wedding), played a year in Europe (not fast enough for the NBA) then got into acting. He’s had a very good acting career and is doing very well.Really cool story knowing where Blucas ended up. I was golfing with one of those guys the other day and just thinking "where the hell did 30 years go?". I was a wrestler and went to a different school, but I lived next door to the basketball court, and played a ton of ball with 4 or 5 of those BM guys. We'd shovel the courts of snow as soon as the temps were playable and keep playing until football season. Now the courts are mostly empty. Glad I'm from the 80s
So is Yvonne Strahovski.Chuck was a very fun series. Yvonne Stravinsky is hot too.
I want to mention a little known show called MASH.
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