Married with Children = Greatest sitcom of all time?

[CyberCubed]

Al Bundy is a true American icon, Christina Applegate was hot when she was younger, and Peggy was a demure but feisty housewife whose voice is iconic as its also Leela's voice in Futurama.

I was too young to watch this show when it originally aired but I've been watching it online. This show saved the Fox network along with Simpsons in the 80's and 90's.

[Voltron]

Just because some characters are hot or experience success in later shows doesn't mean that it's the greatest show of all time. That's like saying Hitler was the best artist of all time because he's an iconic figure in politics.

I agree that it was a great show, though. I would think Seinfeld surpasses it, easily.

[LeoNerdo]

Married with Children = Greatest sitcom of all time?

No.

[gobo]

I've always gotten queasy when thinking about that trashy show. It's like half a step up from Jerry Springer though.

[Refractive Reflections]

Uh... CyberCubed,

You're going to need a much more persuasive argument to say its THE Greatest Sitcom of All Time. There are much more American influential sitcoms than Married With Children, such as I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, All In The Family, The Cosby Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and others.

Married With Children did signify the backlash against the polished family-friendly comedy shows of the 80s, as it lead to Roseanne and The Simpsons, but it falls short in comparison to legendary sitcoms in terms of cultural impact.

If you want to undertake in substantiating your position, you can read this Wikipedia link about those numerous influential American sitcoms and justify your reasoning in comparison to the other sitcoms in history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcoms#United_States

Good luck!

[CyberCubed]

From what I've seen online in official lists from high profile websites its considered one of the greatest sitcoms. The show ran for 11 seasons and is the longest running sitcom after The Simpsons.

[Shreddhead]

Definitely a NO....not even close.

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

From what I've seen online in official lists from high profile websites its considered one of the greatest sitcoms. The show ran for 11 seasons and is the longest running sitcom after The Simpsons.

Maybe "one" of the greats, but your thread didn't say that. It implied the greatest.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

This show saved the Fox network along with Simpsons in the 80's and 90's.

No....theses shows DEFINED the Fox Network. That's like saying South Park saved Comedy Central. It was the show that made the relatively new network.

Never watched Married...with Children. I might out to now that I'm...married with a child.

[CyberCubed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MStihipoe9E

^ One of the funniest scenes in the show.

[The Stryker]

You spelled 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' wrong.

[MikeandRaph87]

Um...no!
I Love Lucy is the greatest comedy of all time. It set the standard and probably can't be surpassed.

[Leo656]

OMG dude, how could anyone NEVER have seen Married... With Children?!?!

That's like someone saying "I'm vaguely familiar with this fellow you call 'Batman' but have no idea who he is." Or, "I know a sport exists called 'baseball' but have never seen it with my own two eyes."

I mean, not only did it define a generation, to this day it's ALWAYS ON! Like, every day, constantly. You never even saw an episode by accident?! Wow, dude. I mean, avoid the entire second half of the series like the plague, but yeah, man, everybody watched that show...

Oh, and it's definitely great but I'unno about the best ever. Although, actually, maybe. Sitcoms are generally bottom-feeding trash by definition, and this show not only embraced that but elevated it into an art form. Also, it's been imitated countless times and yet none of the rip-offs have ever come close to the original. Maybe it is the best ever; it DID redefine an entire genre by being not entirely shlock. Again, though, the later seasons were horrrrrrible.

One could maybe argue Roseanne as being the best ever, but that show was f*cking depressing at times and again, later seasons sucked.

[Navin Johnson]

Who's that riding into the sun.
Who's the man with the itchy gun.
Who's the man who kills for fun !
Psy-cho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad

[CyberCubed]

During most of the shows original run I was in Elementary school.

[Leo656]

"Where the beer gives ya gas, and the Bundys kick ass!
At the Nuuuuuuudiiiie Barrrrrrrrrr!"



Cubed: As was I. My parents gave not a sh*t what I watched on TV. My Dad often passed out on the couch with hardcore porn on the VCR. Damn right it warped me. And God Bless 'Em for it.

I firmly believe f*cking your kids up mentally at a young age more fully prepares them for the real world.

[CyberCubed]

I've actually never seen most popular sitcoms, probably because I was just a kid when they were all airing.

I've never seen:

Boy meets World
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Family Matters
Friends
How I met your Mother

I've only seen bits and pieces of:

Seinfeld
Two and a Half Men
New Girl
I Love Lucy
The Honey Mooners

etc.


I don't know, as a kid I almost only watched cartoons. And then when I became a teen/adult I just didn't have time or any interest to go back and watch those shows. I'm trying to rectify that now though, and I'm going back to watch most of the popular '80's and 90's shows for the first time.

Wish me luck.

[Slade]

I actually can't believe you said you've never seen Boy Meets World. Or hell even Fresh Prince. I get looked at funny when I say this, but I don't like that show and I've seen episodes of it. Friends I can understand because I saw episodes as a kid, but not many.

Isn't How I met your mother a newer show? Like late 2006 or around there?

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Raph_tha_Dude

Isn't How I met your mother a newer show? Like late 2006 or around there?

The show is in its 9th season currently I believe, so its almost a decade old.

[Leo656]

Sh*t. I got old, somehow.