Is The Fresh Price of Bel Air the greatest sitcom of all time?
 

I'm kinda thinking it is. I'm not prepared to make some elaborate, drawn out statement to back up my opinion, but I am prepared to discuss with you good people the finer points of it.

Phoenix Nights and The Royle Family are both better, but as far as long running sitcoms go yeah definitely up there.

FPoBA ( :shifty: ) was awesome. But far away from being the best ever. It was always good tea time telly imo, but nothing more. Carlton Banks is funny as fuck though:lol:

DAMN was Hillary fine:drool:

Great show even if you're not fuckdup in any way, IMO.

I don't count British shows, obviously.

I like how they dealt with some issues that had previously been untouched. Also, Will Smith really is a great actor, and when they had 'serious' scenes, they actually felt serious. Will and Carlton's chemistry was just PERFECT, and Jazz made me laugh almost every time. God, I love that show.

Seinfeld is the great sitcom of all time.

Awesome show but I can't watch it anymore because they've shown each episode about 20 times on tv.

I dunno, I think Fresh Prince reached a broader audience. For every person that loves Seinfeld (myself included), there seems to be a person who can't stand it. I never hear people say they don't like Fresh Prince.

I dunno man, it's good but Seinfeld is the greatest, Cheers is pretty damn close, Friends is up there, along with Home Improvement and yes even Rosanne (I hated that show but people loved it).

Fresh Prince was the best among "tier 2" sitcoms. IE Family Matters, Full House, Saved by the Bell.

I dunno, Fresh Prince might have a more "diverse" audience in terms of demographics, but Seinfeld drew much larger ratings. I think Fresh Prince was also kind of limited to our generation, as I don't think many people over the age of say... 40, watched it. Awesome show none the less.

Good, I was getting worried!!

But yeah, didn't realise it had run for quite as long as it did.:y:

Beats Kenan and Kel at least - are they still alive?

Unfortunately, they are still alive. Keenan is on Saturday Night Live, and I think Kel was in some Pepsi commercial with a fat chick.

Yet again I have to mention Hillary, by far the hottest girl on tv in like ever

Her and Ashley are both crazy hot.

Fresh Prince was really good. You could probably throw it in a top 10. They did touch on some really deep issues, and had some funny moments. But let's not forget some other good shows like Step by Step, Family Matters, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld, etc.

Ashley + Hillary + Me = Heaven....Crerial!

Tremendous show. Might go with Friends for best ever tho. Or maybe Boy Meets World.

Veronica's Closet!

Not counting the massive amount of incredibly fantastic British sitcoms...O B V I O U S L Y

I would probably say the UK Office as the best sitcom of all time, but I don't consider it a sitcom.

Prince and Seinfeld are my 2 favorite comedies. EVER

Friends sucks IMO

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Fresh Prince, Friends and Seinfeld are prob my three favourite of all-time. Just amazing.

Let's go get some barbeque and get busy.

Rapheal Del A Ghetto

Wonder Years

Friends was awesome. Full House wasn't bad, but Fresh Prince is probably my favorite ever

All in the Family :shifty:

tbh. I watch a lot of tv. And Arrested Development was by far the best comedy on TV.


Best show on TV period? 24. Sorry. Jack Bauer> everything no matter how bad season 6 was.

Nope

Riveting argument, Sickboy.

I'm sorry but Growing Pains does it for me. Not that I don't love Fresh Prince, but they don't have Alan Thicke

Fresh Prince was awesome. Will Smith is an amazing actor. The serious scenes they had were amazing.

Seinfeld was definitely better, but Fresh Prince is up there.

Fresh Prince is definitely up there, but I'd put Three's Company above it. Probably a few others if I really think about it.

Three's Company is definitely not 'up there'.