Norm! Very sadly, George Wendt has died.

[hoosboot]

Also I noticed our lists are very similar. If I dropped Roseanne down to honorable mention, Newhart would be the most likely to move up, probably (MTM would really make a good argument, though).

We need a little intervention here. The preferred terminology is "multi-cam". And MASH really belongs on the single cam list.

I'm more of a The Bob Newhart Show guy than Newhart and would put that in my Top 5. Suzanne Pleshette over Mary Frann, but you can't quibble with more Tom Poston in the latter. I love Taxi, too. Two of the greatest characters of all time in Reverend Jim and Latka.

A stealth single cam favorite of mine is Flight of the Conchords.

 

[BradStevens]

Best norm entry

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Lillith was sneaky hot.

 

[BradStevens]

Because they're not getting enough play:

Police Squad (probably the funniest, although shortest run)

Scrubs

Modern Family

News Radio

The Larry Sanders Show

30 Rock

Night Court

 

[DrHoops]

That show was great TV. I didn’t watch it much until syndication, then watched it over and over for years.

I agree. It still holds up today...I think anyway.

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

I've tried, but just can't.

It’s so good. The gang declaring Jihad had me rolling.

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

Because they're not getting enough play:

Police Squad (probably the funniest, although shortest run)

Scrubs

Modern Family

News Radio

The Larry Sanders Show

30 Rock

Night Court

Schitt’s Creek should be up there

 

[Marvin the Martian]

I was hoping, due to Sedakis being related to Wendt, there would be a scene in Ted Lasso of Lasso and Coach Beard at the bar with the camera on them and blurred in the background. In the background Wendt walks in, again blurred but not enough you don't realize it is him. There is a "Norm" from the bar crowd. Lasso asks someone else, "Who is that?". The other patron says, "That's Norm, I thought everyone knew his name."

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Because they're not getting enough play:

Police Squad (probably the funniest, although shortest run)

Scrubs

Modern Family

News Radio

The Larry Sanders Show

30 Rock

Night Court

The New Night Court caused me to forget how good the original was.

Police Squad just didn't last long enough on TV. But it seems closest America has come to Monty Python level humor.

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

I was hoping, due to Sedakis being related to Wendt, there would be a scene in Ted Lasso of Lasso and Coach Beard at the bar with the camera on them and blurred in the background. In the background Wendt walks in, again blurred but not enough you don't realize it is him. There is a "Norm" from the bar crowd. Lasso asks someone else, "Who is that?". The other patron says, "That's Norm, I thought everyone knew his name."

Something like that might've fit into Ted Lasso's vibe. They did do a whole lot of pop culture references. But not a whole lot of 4th wall type Easter Eggs that I can recall.

I loved the references to Hoosiers they did in one episode. So fitting!

 

[Marvin the Martian]

Something like that might've fit into Ted Lasso's vibe. They did do a whole lot of pop culture references. But not a whole lot of 4th wall type Easter Eggs that I can recall.

I loved the references to Hoosiers they did in one episode. So fitting!

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I have always loved 4th wall humor, going all the way back to my youth and Green Acres. Oliver Douglass would deliver a speech, and the patriotic music would play; the other actors would look around to try and find the source of the music.

 

[hoosboot]

Because they're not getting enough play:

Police Squad (probably the funniest, although shortest run)

Scrubs

Modern Family

News Radio

The Larry Sanders Show

30 Rock

Night Court

Never was a Night Court guy, but loved News Radio.

And how about an honorable mention shout out to the precursor to The Larry Sanders Show - The Garry Shandling Show (with its epic theme song!)