The worst part of Big Bang Theory is how bad it makes you feel when people you know recommend it to you.

"What kind of person do you think I am, exactly? And who do you think this show is for?"

You don't like watching nerdface performances played for derisive laughter?!

friends, big bang theory, two and a half men then you switch the channel to find reskin 3737267 of the same old boring ass police show

stuff like this running all the time is why i stopped watching tv ages ago

I refuse to watch that shit and know the spin off is garbage because my Maga loving dad loves that show.

Yeah that show sucks too. I never got thru an episode...

ugh I really like that show, it's one of my comfort shows, and I really like the extended Big Bang Universe. It's sad the show gets such a bad rap but it's also not entirely unwarranted. The characters do feel really fleshed out, like they're actual people who are the result of their life experiences. But if you can't stand the way that Sheldon is, or the laugh track, or any combination thereof, the show really is impenetrable.
And annoyingly Young Sheldon goes on to be a really amazing prequel, but you need to watch and enjoy BBT first to get the most out of YS.
Honestly I hated BBT for the longest time too. Only a few years ago could I actually get into it.

I didn't watch The Big Bang Theory but I'll recommend Young Sheldon, funny and good story.

My Name is Earl is one of my favorites. It just has so much feel-good to it.

Yeah exactly this. A lot of the humour feels very dated today, even occasionally crossing the line into offensive, but at the time it was essential viewing. There's a reason they were the most highly paid actors in TV comedy for a while (or TV in general?), later to be pipped by the cast of Frasier IIRC.

Speaking of Frasier, unlike its star, that has aged pretty well IMO, and I would still recommend it.

Anything with a laugh track in it is poison to my mind.

I don't know about others, but I can tell you the main reason why I like it.
I've had to work with not one, but two guys who were exactly like Sheldon Cooper from the show, in terms of intelligence and character. They also quite looked like him. That was in different cities and different jobs. Both were absolutely self-righteous and 100% full of themselves. One of them seemed to think of himself as second only to God himself. It was brutal.
So, watching the series provided me with a lot of comic relief.

What, you don’t think it’s peak comedy when the joke is “this guy isn’t white”?

... Bazinga! Ridiculously loud laughing ensues

I thought it was okay. A lot of the humor relies on awkward social situations being funny which is a hit or miss.

Actually, like most sitcoms of that era, it was filmed in front of a live studio audience, it's not a canned laugh track. The reason it lasts just long enough to overlap audio is because the actors wait for the laughter to die down before continuing. The whole point of the laughter isn't to make it funnier to the viewer, it's so the actors can see how the jokes land and tweak their performance, it's constant feedback. It's done for the same reason comedy has an audience even when it is a filmed special.

I have never seen that gif before but god do I hate it

Makes me wonder what commonly accepted tropes from today will be laughed at in 10 years.

Same, but funnily enough I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. Jerry Seinfeld just doesn't land with me while Larry David does.

Seinfeld has that absurdist edge that other sitcoms lack, it has aged particularly well apart from Jerry Seinfeld being a nonce.

Seinfeld and Friends was just the worst era. Fucking dumb ass work associates wanting to talk about vapid bullshit shows. So awful.

I don't like any of the US talk show comedy things, they're all just really weird. I don't understand this tendency to go off on a random tangent that has nothing to do with the main talking point, and then to just slam back to the main talking point once they've made their unfunny joke.

John Oliver does it all the time.

If I can't comment on, upvote, downvote, report, share, like and subscribe to and article or piece of art, then what's the point of me experiencing it at all?

Very interesting take I never thought about that at all. What about just what you consider “good” or “bad”? You think it’s better to watch whatever is in front of you/ available and have no criticism for it ? I’m most critical of media I enjoy most but not in a judgement social media way you are picturing

People today really do lack basic critical thinking to the point where it's not just concerning, but could outright explain the decline of our society. I think it should be common sense to consume media while being mindful of its era and audience as well as being able separate the art from the artists. I think it's ridiculous that there are people who are attacking actors for playing an outdated joke on a show 30 years ago. Like how fragile and miserable do you have to be to get that riled up while trying to watch entertainment to relax.

I was gonna say, I'm not judging people who like Friends, because I like Seinfeld...

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Rewatching Malcolm in the middle right now and shit is hilarious

I think sitcoms that don't rely on laughing tracks (Scrubs, Malcolm, Better Off Ted, etc.) are genuinely funny. Else it's give lor take. I found HIMYM really funny but not Friends.

With background laugh

Maybe it's just nostalgia talking but I feel the Inbetweeners and Fresh Meat still hold up. The former one especially, if anyone wants to know what it was like growing up as a British teen in the '00s it's basically 100% accurate.

I was subjected to an endless barrage of Full House reruns.... My sister was obsessed. Oh god.... Oh... Just oh god.

I think sitcom hate has gone overboard. It became trendy and cool on sitcoms for some reason. I personally am okay with sitcoms if the characters are well written and the writers can write gags that naturally fit with their personalities.

Phoebe is without a doubt the best part of FRIENDS. And one of the few characters who didn't punch down at some point as I recall. I feel like Joey probably comes second there, he's just horny.

I feel like David Schwimmers physical comedy is under-appreciated. Not saying every part of the show is killer but the man is Mr Bean at various points.

I'm not a fantasy person, but I had a gf who was a HUGE GoT fan. She whined enough to the point I watched it with her.

I still don't like it.

I tried to watch it. Couldn't do it.

Ongo Gablogian knows you don't need a laugh track to make the viewer laugh.

Some episodes have aged excellently. That one where Phoebe dates a cop, who is definitely giving off white supremacist vibes, and Chandler is going around at every opportunity reminding everyone in absolute terror: "he has a gun!"

I disagree. I grew up watching reruns and I liked it. Recently I tried watching it, and the jokes did not hold up. I'd argue that Seinfeld and Fraiser held up better. But to each their own.

pointed humor

Nipples did augment the jokes.

My wife loves it but never watches it any more thankfully. Not a fan personally

I've noticed that with Family Guy in particular, the writers of that really have it in for women.

I mean if you understand that they're satire, then they can be funny.

That being said American dad past season 9 and Family Guy past season 7 have severely declined in quality to the point where they're not funny to me anymore.

Maybe try the OG British one, completely different flavour even if the settings are similar.

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Why wouldn't I want to come home from my gray cubicle job full of annoying people only to turn on a nice gray cubicle full of annoying people

Yep, I never got the appeal.

The UK version, the original, is great. The US version is like stale white bread.

See Game of thrones

I actually disagree. I've gone back to watch it and find it very cozy. It's like I'm flipping through cable in the 90s and, oh, a show I've not seen!

You mean when you are a child?

Rachel is the fucking worst.

IASIP is more like Seinfeld on meth.

Rewatched over the COVID period. Was still entertaining. The pacing is odd though when you binch watch, their relationships / life events last a few episodes (so it seems like only a few days have passed), whereas when it was a weekly event it seemed like they lasted months.

Not sure why you are singling the US out. Most TV world wide is like that.

Idk why you're being downvoted, you're right. The shows first few seasons were great because the humor felt original and the chemistry between the characters felt organic.

I felt like all of the characters declined. Chandler's sarcasm became more and more forced. Ross getting divorced again and again got repetitive, I also didn't like how they handled him having a kid. Joey's character was lobotomized and he went from being a funny womanizer to being a child in an adult's body. The girls stayed more consistent, but I felt like Phoebe's shtick kind of wore off and became annoying. I also hate the ending.

I think the first half of friends is one of the best sitcom products that American TV has produced, but the second half is just mediocre.

Is twin peaks intended to be a comedy?

Maybe humor is not your thing. /j
Have you tried 30 Rock?

Still funny.

The best Seinfeld was Curb Your Enthusiasm.