FArting
Lopes Up!
Prison Break
Carnivale and Deadwood
24--- I know it got stale, but still.....
The Killing
Absolutely loved Georgette from Mary Tyler Moore, funny lady.
From waaaay back in the day... Have Gun Will Travel, Sgt Bilko, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Carol Burnett Show, Don Rickles
I was never a fan of the Phil Silvers Show or Phil Silvers himself for that matter. Other than the pairing with Jonathan Winters in "It's a MMMMW", I never found him funny. But I liked all the other shows you mentioned although Gunsmoke ran several years beyond it's expiration date.
Steve
I always thought that about Milton Berle. Never really found him funny. Jackie Gleason, Martha Raye, Steve Allen, SId Caesar, Terry Thomas were people I liked to watch growing up. Red Skelton too.. Didnt see Laugh- In mentioned but it was a kick back in the day.
Yeah I miss the days of Red Skelton, Laugh-In, Smothers Brothers, Gary Moore, Dean Martin Show, Carol Burnett Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour, Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Steve Allen Show and all the other variety shows of the late 50's to mid 70's. Or the one night music/variety shows such as Moving with Nancy (Sinatra).
Steve
Carnival. It was the first show that HBO got me hooked on. It was stupid good.
Almost everyone said Firefly and it deserves its place.
24 is my favorite show of all time, so it gets one here too.
The fact that Veronica Mars was only said once (props to you Chaplin) is borderline criminal. Some of the best writing and character arcs in TV history.
I'm so upset with Arrested Development. I can see why they wrote the Netflix series the way that it did, but it almost spoiled it a bit coming back which is sad.
This might be blasphemy but I never finished the Veronica Mars series. Now my wife wants to finish it and watch the movie.
Movie? Not good. TV show? Very good. If you have fluffy Buffy feelings, you should like V Mars series. But even if you like the TV show at a Firefly level, don't expect the movie to match up to Serenity. It falls well short of that standard.
Steve
The movie is good, not Serenity good, but that's a tough act to follow.
Serenity you felt added to the Firefly story whereas VM movie just felt like an extended episode which isn't a bad thing. Especially for a Kickstarter funded movie.
Movie? Not good. TV show? Very good. If you have fluffy Buffy feelings, you should like V Mars series. But even if you like the TV show at a Firefly level, don't expect the movie to match up to Serenity. It falls well short of that standard.
Steve