*** Cyclone Fanatic Sitcom Tournament: Round of 64 ***
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Am surprised Gilligan is curb stomping The Larry Sanders Show this bad, Sanders was a great show.
I legit never heard of that show until this tourney. Asked a couple other people at work and no one else had any idea what I was talking about. Honestly have no idea how that one made it through with the seeding it got
Its one of those shows thats a huge critics favorite but didn't have a huge draw iirc
I think it was an HBO show, so it didn't have a wide audience.
I like his stuff, but I can only handle Gary Shandling's humor in small doses.
Regarding Orange is the New Black, I'm pretty sure it was up for awards in the comedy category, so it makes sense to include it in this. Probably the same thing with the Wonder Years. I'm actually surprised at how many of you don't think that one was a sitcom.
It killed me to vote Friends vs. Golden Girls. Both would probably make my personal top 4.
It killed me to vote Friends vs. Golden Girls. Both would probably make my personal top 4.
Honestly if scrubs goes out I’m probably done with this, 12 seed was bad enough for a top 10 sitcom all time, but to go out in the first round is just absurd.
I hadn't checked that in a while, previous time I looked F-and-G had a noticeable lead, "early in the first half."
I'm kind of with you. I thought a sitcom with a behind-the-scenes look at a late night talk show was smart and interesting, but yes Shandling himself could be a bit grating.
demoncore1031
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This tournament is pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Maybe the seed was right and your personal opinion was skewed. Seems possible for someone who had never HEARD of WKRP and the Larry Sanders Show. I'm sure everyone here is going to have a personal favorite go down earlier than we think it should because it isn't as popular with the people voting as we think it should be for whatever reason.
Yeah, there were a lot of great shows on HBO that a lot of people haven't heard of. Dream On was brilliant and really kind of ahead of its time. The way it used clips from old TV shows and movies the same way we use memes and gifs in social media was truly unique. But I get why it didn't make the cut because there just weren't a lot of people that saw it and it probably wouldn't have gotten many votes in this tournament.
