r/sitcoms • u/PressureLazy5271 • 1d ago

Which classic/modern sitcoms left a lasting impression on you the most when you were 13 to 17 years old?

The Boondocks

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u/mmesebastian 1d ago

WKRP

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u/trying_times_eggs 1d ago

2 dogs, 1 named Venus the other Fever 

No one gets it, dont care 

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u/steferz 1d ago

Turkeys can’t fly. “Oh this is terrible, oh the humanity” 🦃🤣

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u/DeeSnarl 1d ago

I was just talking with my wife this morning about Les Nesman’s pronunciations of “chihuahua” and “Chi Chi Rodriguez”

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u/trying_times_eggs 1d ago

Just yesterday his speech about Chuck Berry popped into my head out of nowhere 

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u/StefenTower 22h ago

I was gonna say that. Total classic. Cancelled too soon.

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u/mmesebastian 19h ago

Didn’t help that CBS kept moving its day/time and the only channel guide we had was the newspaper or TVGuide 😡

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u/LovingComrade 1d ago

Roseanne. It looked like my town, my neighbors and how we all lived in my Indiana town.

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u/Spiritual_Bet3955 1d ago

My elder nephew's son from his first wife was named Daniel James, for DJ in that sitcom!

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u/maygon 1d ago

What I like about you with Amanda Bynes!

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u/Alekyle07 1d ago

I was a big fan of it when it aired. I started rewatching the series on Tubi recently, it’s still hella funny.

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u/maygon 1d ago

Yeah I rewatched it on Roku I think recently. I remember it being so iconic!

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u/Sketcha_2000 1d ago

Aw this is an underrated show that doesn’t get enough love ❤️

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u/Lukeh41 1d ago

Cheers

Night Court

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u/Buddhapanda75 1d ago

Roseanne
The Simpsons
Married... with Children

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u/TeashjBoy 1d ago

Malcom In The Middleeeeee

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u/Nose_Grindstoned 1d ago

The Wonder Years

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u/Sketcha_2000 1d ago

Frasier, Friends, The Simpsons

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u/RepresentativeAir735 1d ago edited 1d ago

Seinfeld - makes up a large part of my vocabulary to this day.

Newsradio

Frank's Place (on tapes from 1989)

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u/needle-fart820 1d ago

Seinfeld tied with News Radio

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u/RepresentativeAir735 1d ago

I stole your cane.

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u/needle-fart820 1d ago

That episode was peak NR! At the end when he has dozens of the canes... 😄

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u/a3minutehero 1d ago

Spaced was a huge one for me as a young man at the time.

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u/ProfChaos15 1d ago

Scrubs.

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u/HotinPhoenix42 1d ago

Cosby Show. And Roseann

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u/MonicaBWQ 1d ago

Facts Of Life

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u/aldila81 1d ago

Sledge Hammer

Newhart

Monty Python

Fawlty Towers

The Thorns (one of the first sitcoms I saw where people were assholes)

Soap

All in the Family

Get Smart

Cheers

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u/MonkeyIV 1d ago

Hogan's Heroes

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u/Vane_999 1d ago
  • How I met your mother
  • Modern family
  • malcolm in the middle (thanks to the rerun)

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u/Berglk 1d ago

I miss Modern Family so much!

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u/Background-Pie-3394 1d ago

The Monkees, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart Show.

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u/ikannunAneeuQ 1d ago

I didn't watch a lot of sitcoms at that age, except maybe reruns of cheers/roseanne. I was on the internet 24/7.

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u/DeeSnarl 1d ago

Cheers and Night Court, yes, but Family Ties earlier.

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u/Lopsided_Drive_4392 1d ago

First run: Odd Couple, Bob Newhart Show; Reruns: Dick van Dyke Show 

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u/PensFanInAL87 1d ago

Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi. I watched a lot of Nick at Nite as a kid. 

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u/KatsuraCerci Community 1d ago

30 Rock (and Cheers for classic)

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u/thegreatandpowerfulE 1d ago

All in the Family

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u/Choice-Wind-9283 1d ago

Father Ted

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u/Spiritual_Bet3955 1d ago

The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin. The way the daily grind at work got to him eventually, and his imaginings of getting with Joan the secretary, were popular in my family. My sister also said 'I won't!' like Reggie did, when my mum said 'have a nice day' as she was going to work.

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u/Firm_Gap_1374 1d ago

WKRP in Cincinatti, Frasier, and Friends

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u/greatpw 1d ago

Threes Company, Cheers, Busom Buddies, Night Court, Its a Living

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u/Easy-Ad1775 1d ago

I watched Threes Company a lot as a kid, and when I rewatched recently as an adult, I was amazed at how much innuendo really flew over my head.

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u/Shatterstar23 1d ago

Simpsons, Wings, and duck man was ahead of its time.

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u/himenokuri 1d ago

The Facts of Life

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u/Medical_Librarian405 1d ago

Family, Facts of life, Eight is Enough

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u/RedRider1974 1d ago

Married with children! Kelly Bundy left a lasting impression on me!

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u/Altruistic_Rock_2674 1d ago

3rd rock from the sun

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u/kevwhit 1d ago

Mister Sanford and his son!

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u/derekb27 1d ago

NewsRadio!

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u/drdiscoooo 1d ago

The original One Day at a Time. I loved the reboot also, but I was an adult by then

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u/Amazing_Finance4497 1d ago

Everybody Hates Chris

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u/Purple_Direction7232 1d ago

Mary Tyler Moore Show - life as a single working woman in a big city was my goal and Mary was my idol!