Great post @jmyrlefuller
I loved Cheers. No Taxi, seriously? I loved the show. What about Laugh In?
Though it wasn't technically a sitcom Johnny Carson was pretty darn funny at times.
Those on the list I couldn't stand - I Love Lucy, Mash and The Simpsons.
Taxi was on the list at #17. I'm obviously not going to go through all 100 because 1) as much as lists themselves are not technically copyrightable, I don't want to push the envelope, and 2) I really don't feel like going through all 100 entries and entering them one-by-one.
I admittedly haven't seen all of the sitcoms in history, but I can say that
The Golden Girls (#32) remains one of my favorites (what's not to love about old ladies sniping at each other with some of the best comebacks ever written into a television show? Heck, maybe that's why I enjoy posting here!). I have tried to watch
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (#29) but have absolutely hated it; DeVito is the only halfway amusing part of that show. I never did get
Arrested Development (#15).
I liked MASH. But then again, I'm a guy. It was a well-written sitcom/comedy-drama, and as liberal as Alan Alda was/is, he and the staff eventually took that story, excised some of the more irritating characters (particularly that bumbling idiot Blake, as it proved when McLean Stevenson bombed on every show he tried after that—he even killed the
Match Game!) while keeping most of the good ones and adding new characters that created a well-rounded ensemble (authoritative Potter, pompous but well-intentioned Winchester) and was able to tell some really good stories.
Seinfeld was great because it was one of the best shows at finding humor in everyday life.
Laugh-In, I'm not sure that qualified because that was more sketch comedy—but I agree, it was pretty hilarious.
The ones that I am missing, and maybe I glossed over them... but no
Happy Days? No
Laverne & Shirley, arguably the funniest physical comedy show since Lucy? If we start getting into the 21st century, what about
That 70s Show? Then there are the family sitcoms:
The Brady Bunch (formulaic and shallow, but come on, it's been on TV for 50 years in reruns),
Full House (it made the filthy Bob Saget believable as a squeaky clean family man!),
Boy Meets World (and its sequel
Girl Meets World),
Family Matters...