Barring I Married Dora, Small Wonder, My Mother the Car, and Carter Country, what do you think was the dumbest television situation comedy series?
I nominate Aliens In the Family.
For me it was Full House.
You didn’t like Carter Country?!?!? 
Richard Paul (Mayor Teddy Burnside) alone was worth the price of admission. “Han’le it! Han’le it!” 
I nominate Aliens In the Family.
Well, sure. It has two more aliens than Alf.
Lots of shows that seemed reasonably funny at the time come across as naive and repetitive now. My wife has TVLand on all day, and I now realize how bad most of > Green Acres > really was. Even > I Love Lucy > is just more ornate in its tediousness.
Um…The Brady Brides?
Friends. Happy Days. Mr. Ed. The Monkees. I Love Lucy.
mike
Anyone remember that one from the late 80’s/early 90’s that was a bunch of talking dinosaurs or monsters or something plus a giant talking stone head? Fake jungle scenery?
and how can anyone not like happy days?
… upon further reflection, I have changed my mind. “Law and Order” is quite possibly the WORST sitcom on the boob-toob today.
Was Mr. Ed filmed in a different country? I noticed that his lips never matched up with the words.
… and here I thought I was alone in this opinion.
How can anyone not like Happy Days? I think I’m a pretty regular guy, I mean I don’t think I’m a tough guy or hip or anything but I thought the Happy Days crowd were a bunch of dweebs, especially the Fonz.
As is fairly well known, (unless it’s just not true) Mr. Ed’s mouth movements were caused by wires that had been placed between his lips and gums. They would hopefully not allow that today. -Did you think he was actually speaking German or something and the words didn’t match up. Uh, that would make sense!
mike
Darwin, I’m with you, I loved that show.
The Dukes of Hazzard.
Utter and absolute crap.
Mind ye,the girl was very pretty…
Slan,
D.
I have fond memories of Green Acres. I loved Mr. Haney and the county agent guy. The only character that annoyed me was the main guy because he couldn’t deal with all the wackos. What was his problem?
I thought Beverly Hillbillies was pretty good, too. Like when Jethro decided to become a doctor and Granny was giving him anatomy lessons. She has a chart of the body up and points to the neck: “And, this is the gizzard.” And Jethro saying at one point, “I can’t decide if I want to be a brain surgeon or a fry cook.” These shows were not predictable. Not to me, anyway.
Tony
Green Acres c 1970
Eb: Saturday night we have drag races
Oliver: Drag races?
Eb: Yeah, every Saturday night the guys get dressed in drag and race each other
As far as worst sit-coms. Anything with Lucille Ball after I Love Lucy
Loved Happy Days. For pure foolishness, you couldn’t beat Green Acres, Gilligan’s Island, and Beverly Hillbillies.
I detested the Bunkers. It was absolutely not funny.
And then, I, ah, mostly stopped watching TV.
The Brady Bunch/Partridge Family or any of that ilk.
Alf came immediately to mind when thinking of the worst. Oh yeah and that show that Gary Coleman was in and that other one with the wierd kid with glasses. Actually, any sitcom with odd kids, usually orphans or something,always very precocious(supposedly)… and I whole heartedly agree with whoever mentioned Full House. Awful.
I gotta say though that I loved the Bunkers, in the early years-not later when they got too preachy and self-important with their “message”. I still watch a re-run occasionally.
I can’t believe there has been more than a dozen posts in this topic with nary a mention of Three’s Company. This show only had two redeeming qualities, and Suzanne Somers had both of them.
I hated Green Acres back when it originally aired, but then, I was a high school student with way too much sophistication to stoop to such pedestrian humor. But now I get a kick out of its surrealism and absurdity.
And some honorable mentions – Joanie Loves Chachi, Diff’rent Strokes (those kids turned out well), Laverne and Shirley, Mama’s Family, and anything with an Olsen twin in it.
And as for Mr. Ed – How many people know he was really not a horse?
http://www.snopes.com/lost/mistered.asp
“Family Matters” deserves a mention for Steve Urkle and it’s general creepiness.
Most of these shows are mildly entertaining on first viewing, but after three or four episodes, the ick factor sets in. And when they’re in syndication after ripening up in a back room for 10 years or so, they transform themselves into a violent purge.
I happened to catch “The Smurfs” the other day and thought, “How was I so amused by such drivel at the tender age of eight?” Sure, it wasn’t too bad when all there was to watch on Saturdays was Scooby Doo . . . I couldn’t follow the plots then, and I can’t follow them now. I’m so confused.
Actually, I think Lucille Ball is one of the funniest people that ever lived!
Robin
Doesn’t Snopes also claim that Kentucky Fried Chicken started using just the initials because the commonwealth of Kentucky took out a trademark on the name Kentucky?