NEW & IMPROVED What's on TV, ILX? It's the American Sitcom Tournament Round 1/Group 2

Don't forget about this one too!

Arrested Development vs. Sanford & Son
Newhart vs. Barney Miller
I Dream of Jeannie vs. The Brady Bunch
Taxi vs. Coach

This is probably the place to say that I think Coach is a lousy show and that Craig T. Nelson is an all time dud human being.

lol after all of the boostering I did in the other thread establishing "Coach"'s cred, I'm voting "Taxi"

Arrested Development, Newhart, I Dream of Jeannie, Taxi

AD, Newhart, da Bunch, Taxi -- don't care that much about the first three but I wasn't going to miss the chance to vote for "Taxi."

;_; this is going to be like AD a bazillion, S&S 1, isn't it

I think Redd Foxx is funnier than any motherfucker on Arrested Development.

sanford and son is totally solid, but man arrested development is prob one of the top contenders, and rightfully so.

For the next lot can you do the summary of who is against who in the initial post again? Just makes it easier to make the decision and then look for the right entry rather than scanning up and down the entries in order to choose.

the thing about "Sanford and Son" is that Red Foxx ACTUALLY DIED because of it, which is pretty fucking hardcore

Yeah, WmC reminded me in the other thread that I forgot to do it. Won't forget in future groups. xp

Sanford, Newhart, Jeannie, Taxi. That second one was tough -- Barney Miller was so goddamned great, and boasted not one but two great deadpans in Abe Vigoda and Jack Soo, but as a comedian and as a foil Bob Newhart was just un-fuck-withable.

No way, he died when he was doing that show with Della Reese whatever it was called. xps

Instinctively voted against Sanford as an over-protective Brit. What's the full story re: the death, then?

xpost to Johnny, ah yes, just saw that myself. Sorry, didn't mean to hassle!

He died of a heart attack. When it hit him, everyone thought he was doing the "Elizabeth! I'm coming!" bit and laughed at him as he fell unconscious to the ground. He never regained consciousness.

Sanford, Barney, Jeannie, Taxi

I've never seen AD! Should probably correct this oversight.

I've never seen AD! Should probably correct this oversight.

At your leisure.

I'm currently watching AD on Netflix Instant Watch, and I'm about 6 episodes in. Not funny enough yet for me to vote for it over "Sanford," and I can't vote based on other people's opinion of it.

Thanks for putting the lions' share of things I haven't seen in one poll to lessen the ones I have to sit out. Saying that, I can see a couple of tough decisions coming, and would rather have been able to think "well, haven't seen it, so frasier evidently better" or whatevs.

my vote: Sanford & Son, Newhart, I Dream of Jeannie, Taxi

Sanford & Son, Newhart, I Dream of Jeannie, Taxi

To me, Barney Miller should win this whole thing but that is probably like saying Pavement is the greatest band of all time.

That said, I think Barney Miller is about my favorite sitcom ever.

Is Barney Miller on dvd? I'm not on Netflix, but maybe my library has it.

Sanford & Son, Barney Miller, I Dream of Jeannie, Taxi

Arrested Development, Newhart, I Dream of Jeannie, Taxi

Is Barney Miller on dvd? I'm not on Netflix, but maybe my library has it.

yes -- I was checking this last night on Netflix to see if streaming was available, and there are 3 seasons on dvd

Just for the sake of convenience (and to bump the thread), here are the matchups in easy-to-digest form:

Arrested Development vs. Sanford & Son
Newhart vs. Barney Miller
I Dream of Jeannie vs. The Brady Bunch
Taxi vs. Coach

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Where are the other six polls?

They're coming in packs of two at a time, unlike the completely overwhelming madness that was the food/is the drink polls.

I like to eat and I am crazy.

¯\(°_o)/¯

haha!

bump...last day!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

jesus - so many fucking polls all at once on top of new answers!

I'm sad for Barney Miller. I certainly voted for it. How many of you have even seen it? I MEAN REALLY SEEN IT?

I feel totally burritoed.

If Barney Miller hadn't been up against Newhart I would have voted for it. Alas, I could not.

RIP 12th Precinct.

Newhart was great, but nothing next to The Bob Newhart Show, which I spent about four hours watching on Hulu last night, actually. That's some great shit. I may stop and take a picture of the view of his building from the opening credits on the way over to my girlfriend's place. It's totally on the way.

Arrested Development - 51
Sanford & Son - 20

Newhart - 55
Barney Miller - 19

I Dream of Jeannie - 51
The Brady Bunch - 23

Taxi - 68
Coach - 6

I think this is right. I suppose AD and Jeannie both had 51 points while their challenger had different totals because not all the options received votes? Does that sound right?

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia--you will be missed.

nah like i said on the other thread all the pairs have to have an equal number of votes that is the same as the total votes (74) so theres something missing in there somewhere

yeah arrested dev has 54 by my count

oh okay...stupid Windows calculator!

Arrested Development, Newhart, Jeannie and Taxi advance!

I honestly thought Sanford & Son would put up a bigger fight.