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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts 
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Hey, you're welcome, balducci.
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magicfish Inner circle 7016 Posts
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-Are You Being Served?-
-Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em- -On The Buses- -Fawlty Towers- -Boys From The Blackstuff- |
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Johnny Butterfield Veteran user 378 Posts
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-The Mary Tyler Moore show
-The Larry Sanders show -I Love Lucy -Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and Dandy Don Meredith. Especially if it was a blowout game, and they were drunk by the third quarter.
The current economic crisis is due to all the coins I've vanished.
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Josh Chaikin Inner circle Kansas City 1430 Posts
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After reading through the thread again, and considering the criteria Jeff laid out, I am going to rescind my posting of the test pattern and say it's a toss-up between The Twilight Zone and Blackadder. Since Blackadder had the same cast, with 100+ year differences in the seasons, the characters were more-or-less the same, and thus it is the greatest series of all time.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Firefly.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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Buffy The Vampire series was excellent. It wasn't really about Vampires ( It was about good vs. evil ). It was very funny and also serious at times. It was about love, family, friendship, betrayal, loyalty, redemption, etc. Just like life is.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Firefly was a very interesting series. I watched all of it in two days, and was fascinated.
But I would argue that it was a mixed bag, not a masterpiece. There was something experimental about it that I deeply respect ("Cowboys, Pirates, Spacemen, Geniuses. That show had everything."), but I don't think such an eclectic mix always worked. It did on the entertainment level, but not on the level of "art" (whatever that is....) Of course, if nothing else, it introduced me to Christina Hendricks, and that has been a double gift. It's been three years since I started the thread, but I can still recall that I was thinking in different terms than most of the other posters. I was really looking for something like, "What's the Citizen Kane of TV series?" If a TV series can be art, which series has achieved the highest quality by making maximum use of the medium? It also surprises me that (unless I somehow stupidly missed it) no one mentioned The Sopranos. I had not seen the Sopranos three years ago. But my parents gave me the whole series as a gift and I watched it non-stop (like I did Firefly; but it took me three weeks instead of two days) and was very impressed, to say the least. Yes, the last season stretched it too far. But so did Kung Fu. And the finale was exceedingly provocative as a self-reflecting statement regarding the nature of a television series (it just simply ends), yet also exceedingly disappointing. But the finale of Kung Fu is just plain stupid. Caine takes a bow and exits stage right. What genius thought that up? The Sopranos didn't have its own original score, but utmost attention was paid to the music--brilliantly so. The writing, production values, acting, and story-lines were top notch. I would say that the Sopranos is a contender for the best TV drama series of all time. What has not surprised me is the Café disease of "listing". If you go to the Worker's forum and ask a question like, "what ONE SINGLE BOOK would you want to have with you on a desert island?", people will write a list of 101 books. The same happened in this thread. Why are people so wishy-washy and indecisive? I say, "Kung Fu", Corona says, "The Prisoner", Laurie says "The Waltons", and Critter says, "Firefly". We are men. (Well, except for Laurie.) We are decisive. We may be wrong, but we have thought it through and staked our claims. I never saw Buffy. Should I buy the DVDs? |
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Doomo Inner circle 2364 Posts
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On 2007-12-07 06:16, ed rhodes wrote: WellKemo sahbee... I must admit that I am totally baffled... Perhaps I should ask my uncle... And that is that!
If you ever get to a point where words have no meaning, you're probably talking to a dog.
Remember! More Bang For LESS Bucks! It is the right way! www.rfaproductions.com |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On 2010-09-02 07:00, stoneunhinged wrote: Buffy is surprisingly smart television. You should definitely try a couple of episodes.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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I second Buffy. The spin-off, "Angel" plays in re-runs from start to finish over and over on TBS. I've lost track of how many times I've seen the series.
If anyone doesn't know, all of these shows are done by Joss Whedon, same guy who did "Firefly." He is also going to direct the superhero movie "The Avengers." Awesome. I thought Firefly was very artistic. One thing that stands out on this level is how River never wears shoes and touches the ship all the time to make sure it's real. That's frickin' genius! I can't think of any element of the show that didn't work for me on an artistic level. From Mal's gun, to the languages, to the ship itself. That's my case and I'm stickin' to it.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Regan.JPG "View Profile"){kind=avatar} Inner circle U.S.A. 5726 Posts
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The Andy Griffith Show
Mister Mystery
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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On 2010-09-02 10:38, Regan wrote: If we had to pick a most addictive theme song then this would be my vote. In fact...
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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On 2010-09-02 10:29, critter wrote: Joss Whedon is a cretaive genius. The first episode of Angel is over the to fantastic. From the opening bar scene ( which fooled me ) to the end.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts
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The Best?
By sheer franchising, not many can beat CSI... There's CSI, CSI Miami, CSI New York... 
And collaborations in between them...
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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Just finished watching the entire run of Twin Peaks with my daughter; it was her first time through and my first since the series first aired.
The final episode gets my vote for the most powerful series ending. It is still phenomenal television. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts
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You know the scene where there is a strobe going off in the last episode? When it was originally on the police came to my apartment door, the place was dark except for the strobe and the odd music from the show.... I answer the door and they are met by me and the show and those two cops were very confused. Seemed they were looking for a fellow in the same apartment number but in the complex next door and I didn't look at all like the suspect. That strobe further had 'em freaking when I jumped out.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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On 2010-09-02 13:09, Pakar Ilusi wrote: I've never been able to finish an episode of New York or Miami, but I loved the original when Grissom was still on it.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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dbolan Loyal user Carrollton, Georgia 274 Posts
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Wipeout.
"I didn't want him to feel that he could drive the lane with impunity."
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3661 Posts
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Star Trek. The Next Generation.
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts
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On 2007-12-07 06:16, ed rhodes wrote: The Lone Ranger, who was Britt's fathers uncle.
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
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