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I read this, and this is one of those FUN CATEGORIES one can spend hours recollecting all the sitcoms/comedy through the years one enjoyed. So I did. And in keeping with your approach to attempt to list one show per decade, and reviewing countless lists of the TOP 100+, I was surprised how many shows through time existed that I never heard of.
So here is my list:
The Radio Era
I also enjoyed Amos & Andy. Your other show was before my time, so clearly, you are a few years older than me. But my choice for this era, which you did not mention, hands down The Three Stooges. As a child, they were on every day Monday through Friday, week in and week out for all the years of my youth. My mother hated them. My father, he would sit there and laugh with me at almost everything they did. No question, The Three Stooges was a guy's show. Even my present wife, she doesn't get them, at all!
The 1950s
Hands down, a classic. I Love Lucy. No competition for me, and in a league all its own. Honorable mention for George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Burns was a hoot for me in just about everything he did.
The 1960s
While there were light hearted comedies in the 60s, I recall Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie. If I had to pick, I suppose Bewitched would get the slight edge. Honorable mention for Hogan's Heroes. I was never a fan of the shows you had listed for the 60s with the exception of The Dick Van Dyke Show, which had its moments.
The 1970s
I thought MTM was on the boring side. Happy Days was ok. At the top of my list were All in the Family. Honorable mentions would include MASH, WKRP, and Mork & Mindy.
The 1980s
Another true classic, The Golden Girls. Excellent show. Never cared for Bill Cosby, always thought there was something peculiar about him. And Cheers, it was ok.
The 1990s
No doubt the 90s had some HUGE comedies, but I did not care for a one of the ones you mentioned with the exception of Married with Children. And it had its yuks. But Friends, Seinfeld, etc, major yawn for me. I never considered Seinfeld funny. Crammer, sure. And Murphy Brown, double major yawn. It was super boring for me.
For me, something not on your list, but near and dear to me. Home Improvement, with Tim Allen, who had me on the floor laughing hard, and it was perhaps the one show I enjoyed with my wife and children sitting there laughing heartily too.
The 21st Century
Office was boring for me. Watched a few episodes and never saw the humor. This period would include two shows I enjoyed. Last Man Standing, once again with Tim Allen, and merely a reversal from a group of sons to a trio of daughters. Another I enjoyed was Two and a Half Men. I enjoyed both equally and it would be difficult for me to pick one over the other.
Top Candidates
The Three Stooges
I Love Lucy
Bewitched
All in the Family
The Golden Girls
Home Improvement
Last Man Standing
Two and a Half Men
My Mt Rushmore
All in the Family
The Golden Girls
Home Improvement
Two and a Half Men (since I selected Home Improvement as a finalist, I chose Two and a Half Men, but it could have easily been Last Man Standing. I think Tim Allen is one of the best comedians of my lifetime) And as luck would have it, he is conservative, and provided what I consider light political humor, and not the crap of an idiot like Bill Maher, whose humor is NOT humor any longer. That fool hasn't made me laugh in a decade!
MASH was really good, until it became the Alan Alda show in the 80's and became unwatchably leftist. Now I never watch reruns of MASH.
Don't hold your breath. Americans are not going to convene a damn thing. You end up in prison if you balk at election outcomes. That is what January 6th represents.
We are but a step away from the soviet style of governance, where you are lined up and shot. Or worked to death in a labor camp, and last but not least, the Chinese form of re-education camps. Just a step away.
Democommies are indeed the single greatest existential threat to the republic, which in reality no longer exists. We all live in denial and want to believe we still exist as a republic.
Not only is our republic gone, but now we are actively working to destroy nations that are our allies. What Wrecking Ball Joe is doing to Israel should trigger an immediate impeachment, without six months of twiddling thumbs. I mean, out right now!!! His cackling sidekick too.
OK, folks, I'm gonna ask it one more time.
If the presidential election is stolen (again) in 2024...
...and if most everyone KNOWS it has been stolen...