With the last episode of Friends, and for that matter Frasier, the topic of great TV shows has recently raised its head. I don’t think that either of those shows would make my top ten. Both are good. Both are funny. But top ten? Well maybe. I can’t say that I have one favorite show that I have to watch every time it is on. I do have a preference for a few shows. My favorites are probably the Simpson, The Andy Griffith Show, Cheers, WKRP in Cincinnati, MASH and All in the Family. All of those shows may have their problems, but I like them.
“A dog can't get struck by lightning. You know why? 'Cause he's too close to the ground. See, lightning strikes tall things. Now if they were giraffes out there in the field, now then we'd have trouble.” – Barney Fife
I have no need in life to know who or what is number one. There seems to be a need in our society to know who is the best. Every year after the College Football season there is controversy over who is the best. A team can win 12 games and only lose one and they are not the best. Some other team that went undefeated was the best. The problem is that the team that was 12 and 1 had to have been a very good team, but because they weren’t the BEST they are considered to be losers. I see this a great problem with our society. There is no reason to have to be the best. Why not just try to be really good?
“You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is ‘never try’.” – Homer Simpson
I do my best not to have favorites. I like the Andy Griffith Show as much as I like Cheers. I like the movie Animal House as much as I like Caddyshack. I like The Who as much as I like The Rolling Stones. I like my friend Kevin as much as I like my other friend Kevin. I don’t feel the need to choose who or what I like better. I’m content liking all of those things equally.
Now at this point I feel I am just rambling so I should probably look for a different direction. Let’s just throw out some quotes:
“As god as my witness I thought turkeys can fly” – Arthur Carlson
“I knew what you were up to Penguin so I gently coated my stomach with buttermilk” – Batman
“It’s a dog eat dog world and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear.” – Norm Peterson
“Hey! Just so you know: it’s not that common, it doesn’t happen to every guy, and it IS a big deal!” – Rachel to Ross
“People who work putting shoes on fat women who wear dresses should not have 20/20 vision” – Al Bundy
“I'm sick of hearing about the wounded. What about all the thousands of wonderful guys who are fighting this war without any of the credit or the glory that always goes to those lucky few who just happen to get shot?” – Frank Burns
“You don't need to hire a dog therapist. You just need to wake up at 7 am and open the fucking door!” – Ozzy Osbourne
“I always get the feeling that, when lesbians are looking at me, they’re thinking "That’s why I’m not a heterosexual". – George Castanza
“I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaaming.” – Homer Simpson
“The reason bad things happen to you is because you're a dumb ass.” – Red Foreman
I’ve had and idea for TV Land or Nick at Nite or any other TV programming executive that may actually read this. Put together the classic TV line-ups for an entire season. Give us the 1980’s Thursday night line-up for an entire season on every Thursday night. The 1970’s Saturday night shows would be great. Even the Friday night Incredible Hulk-Dukes of Hazard could be fun. These shows were good and a lot of fun. I would appreciate them the way that they aired originally.
From Hollywood Squares:
John Davidson: “What do you get if you cross a cow and a buffalo?”
Alf: “Utter Chaos. What do you get if you cross a donkey and a game show host?”
Davidson: “What?”
Alf: “A smarter game show host.”
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