[White sitcoms are] the pinnacle of rich white entertainment. Joyless, derivative, utterly without meaning or merit, yet somehow on the air for seven consecutive years.
Can't believe this went on for so many posts without
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The Single Guy
Suddenly Susan
Veronica's Closet
How much weight are we putting on like one token black guy who's either an endless source of the good snarky jokes or the wise learned hand? Veronica's Closet and Sports Night have those for example.
man, that 70s show had a brown dude nearly front and center, pilon.
He's unintentionally hilarious in from dusk till dawnman, that 70s show had a brown dude nearly front and center, pilon.
you have no idea how ashamed I am that I forgot about this :gloomy
Please add
Home Improvement
Roseanne
The Wonder Years (cheating but i believe this went on til the 90s)
Blossom
Like I said, that shit wasnt there when I posted (or so i will claim) :whewPlease add
Home Improvement
Roseanne
The Wonder Years (cheating but i believe this went on til the 90s)
Blossom
OP my friend. :ufup
man, that 70s show had a brown dude nearly front and center, pilon.
This has 1 million views.
Someone explain why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7jlGRq8xZ4
How can you not like Friends?
blossom was definitely there.You're making the mistake of thinking I read the OP
I seem to make a lot of mistakes involving giving you basic creditI read the OP, at about 10am, started writing a post, got busy and only submitted it at 12pm. Things got jumbled in the wait. That's the boring story. I have no idea why you take my reply seriously when my initial post was obviously humorous in tone. I didnt feel like typing that out while busy at work.
please can who's the boss be included
Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992.
I thought this was a democracy
‘The key thing about Friends is that it’s about people working out how they are going to live their lives – what kind of relationship are they going to have, what kind of job, the difficulties of settling down,’ says Brett Mills, senior lecturer in film and television studies at the University of East Anglia (who currently has a student doing a PhD on the representation of sexuality in Friends). ‘You’re engaged in all those questions about escaping from your family, becoming an adult and working out what you want to be.’
The other key aspect was, of course, the group dynamic. Before Friends, sitcoms tended to focus on family life, with parents being the central characters. The message that our friends count more than family when we’re young adults is still a powerful one.
‘There isn’t one magic ingredient with Friends – it’s a combination of all sorts of things,’ she adds. ‘It’s aspirational but not exclusive. It’s about friendship. The women were funny in it, and beautiful, and I don’t know how much we’d seen of that before then.’
Caroline in the Cityfuck
The Larry Sanders Show? WTF? :o Ban Momo STAT.Although really funny, it was pretty much white people in suits heaven #FWP
The Larry Sanders Show? WTF? :o Ban Momo STAT.Although really funny, it was pretty much white people in suits heaven #FWP
doesn't meet the qualification of "joyless, derivative, utterly without meaning or merit".We're never even going to get to 10 shows that legit meet these criteria. I mean you guys are seriously nominating friends.
ALF (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/manny.png)Only brown guy in here is an alien :fbm
I think judging from the delta between white viewership and black viewership I think the answer is indeed "Seinfeld"
and he eats cats and wears hawaiin shirtsVietnamese tourist?
figure that out for yourself
Designing Woman had a major black character on the cast.
Before coming to work at the Sugarbaker's, he had been raised by his grandmother, Dondi, after his mother, who was a drug addict, abandoned him. Anthony was unknowingly involved in a robbery of a local convenience store, which gets him sent to prison.
Wait, no one's said Sex and the City yet?
Also, no Perfect Strangers?
saved by the bell has mario lopez and Lark voorhies. dunno why you guys consider non-white to only be black
Lisa Turtle was also in it.
What are the odds Lopez doesn't tick "white hispanic" when he's filling out the census?
:yeshrug Boy Meets World is relatable. It's not like other shows featuring white characters. The characters grow through a lot of shit and aren't just upper class bohemians living in manhattanI was joking, I know the reason
also don't forget, zack is 1/16th native or something
that was such a good episode
Okay, a couple of serious suggestions here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1PuZFWdKYo
have every dipshit american reference him to youThat's no way to talk about our Vice President. :wag
God, thank goodness I'm black and I had shows to watch that had people that looked like me when I was growing up. Imagine being asian/arab/native american. Christ, it's depressing.
have your only cultural icon in america be Apu and have every dipshit american reference him to you from the day you were born to ~2006 brehs
:fbm
Captain Planet infected my generation with socialism and left leaning politics.It was Ted Turner's plot all along.
I don't know how much I laughed at Frasier but I'm cac enough to like it and probably smirk a few times. Plus it had nice scenes like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UyxGZ_pgQ
frasier was about as funny as anal ebola. it's THE litmus test for cacs: ever laugh at an ep of frasier? you're pureblood cac.
no one is disputing the whiteness of Frasier because lord almighty was that show bleached bone white and my enjoyment of the show does indeed make me question my non-white status
we are arguing about the show's quality and hence its eligibility in this esteemed exercise
it's all good though because full house will win in a landslide and then we can hopefully move on to determining the least white shows of the 90s, shout out to ghostwriter!!!
it's all good though because full house will win in a landslide and then we can hopefully move on to determining the least white shows of the 90s, shout out to ghostwriter!!!
The PJ's.
Meh, I like Frasier. I've been known for my Cac tendencies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0wkHixS6iA
Do you still laugh like that when watching it now, Shaka?
also don't forget, zack is 1/16th native or something
that was such a good episode
no one is disputing the whiteness of Frasier because lord almighty was that show bleached bone white and my enjoyment of the show does indeed make me question my non-white status
we are arguing about the show's quality and hence its eligibility in this esteemed exercise
it's all good though because full house will win in a landslide and then we can hopefully move on to determining the least white shows of the 90s, shout out to ghostwriter!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLlj_GeKniA&feature=kpit's all good though because full house will win in a landslide and then we can hopefully move on to determining the least white shows of the 90s, shout out to ghostwriter!!!
Early 90's PBS: Ghostwriter, Reading Rainbow, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Magic School Bus :bow Diversity :bow2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLlj_GeKniA&feature=kpit's all good though because full house will win in a landslide and then we can hopefully move on to determining the least white shows of the 90s, shout out to ghostwriter!!!
Early 90's PBS: Ghostwriter, Reading Rainbow, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Magic School Bus :bow Diversity :bow2
Bitch, do you even Neuromancer? :lawd :lawd :lawd :lawd :lawd :lawd
Lager, you didn't explain the appeal of that smelly cat video you asshole. Why can't anyone explain why Friends was popular?!
Since this thread kinda dead with noms, I'm going to have to do the work tonight. :'(
Someone kill me so I don't have to do this.
I'll sign a note or something saying you didn't do anything wrong. Dying declarations hold up in court, truthfact.
you started this; you must end it
My former neighbor was on Ghostwriter, white guy of course...
How come Full House is listed twice?
NewsRadio
Didn't Norm MacDonald have a sitcom in the late 90's? That had to be pretty white.
BTW, I was feeling pretty blue today when I came home but doing this project has shown me that no matter how low I think I've dropped to in life, I can always drop a little lower. :jawalrus
Round 1 ballots up.:noah
http://www.VoteFair.org/cgi-bin/votefairgenballot.cgi/votingid=59457-65017-43892
Voted. Some tough match-ups there.
Voted. Some tough match-ups there.
Seinfeld vs. Will and Grace... man. I mean, Seinfeld should in theory just run away with this entire contest, but that's a good match-up right there.
Awesome, is there a way to check current results I missed?
Frasier AND Raymond knocked out round one?!
Mr. Belvedere OVER Murphy BrownThat could have gone either way. :-\
Will had a black boss at one point, Wanda Sykes showed up for an episode or two, why is it unfathomable that Seinfeld's whiter?
The turnout was pretty low (in aggregate), y'all could have voted early and often BUT YOU LET FRASIER DOWN. :tocry
How the fuck did Frasier lose to King of Queens? I quit.
Blossom and Grace Under Fire are whiter than y'all remember.
Blossom and Grace Under Fire are whiter than y'all remember.grace under fire wasn't idealistic enough to truly be white entertainment. I mean roseanne is probably the caciest of them all but that was too much real shit. us cacs need aspirational entertainment devoid of the daily struggle to survive.
But isn't focusing on white struggle the whitest thing you can do? #thedualitiesyeah, the struggle to find a date in lower manhattan when you have that big deal that needs to close by midnight to make your bonus. and oh man is it raining outside!
Seinfeld was so fucking white. Amost every minority that came on played a stereotype. Almost every one.
Seinfeld was so fucking white. Amost every minority that came on played a stereotype. Almost every one.
feel like jon lovitz counts as "ethnic" by hollywood standards
andy dick. dave foley. jon lovitz.
Fuckin' WINGS is out?! :anhuld
this is the upset of the century right here
Never heard of Cybilhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywZsbM--0Jg
Fuckin' WINGS is out?! :anhuld
this is the upset of the century right here
just a reminder for those voting in the next round:
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not even in the background
and that's supposed to be new york
Mad About You isn't just white, it's obnoxiously Jewish. And not the funny, Larry David style of Jew comedy, it's that dumb awkward "nebbish" Woody Allen style Jewishness :yuck:israelcry
looking at that bracket again, King of Queens over Frasier is the dumbest upset ever
the former had a supporting black character in just about every episode
Frasier went whole seasons w/o any contact with minorities
Frasier: You know, I've never really won anything before. Although back in prep school, the Existentialist Club once named me "Most Likely To Be."If you're a writer, the only reason you put that in there is because you're an asshole.
Are we doing most urban sitcom of the 90s tournament next?I'm all about Martin in this case
I had no idea that Home Improvement took place in Detroit until this thread.
Full House is pretty white but how do you set a sitcom in Detroit and have no black people on it? :ufup
i have to say i've been very impressed by the encyclopedic sitcom knowledge on display from the many distinguished non-americans in this thread, i knew we export our movies to you guys but i didn't know you also got our d-tier television programmingAll I watched on TV was sitcoms and cartoons, it's not that tough since I didn't have a life.
The ass on Six though? It's the most black thing that's happened in all four of these shows.
I thought it was Ally McBeal with the dancing baby.
I'm sad to see Seinfeld go too, but let's be honest, a total lack of self-awareness re: your own privilege is a huge part of being The Ultimate Whitey. Seinfeld's ability to understand its characters are actually sociopathic assholes is what ultimately disqualifies it from taking the crown.spoiler (click to show/hide)#teamfriends[close]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0k9ZJC36w
John Stamos getting bailed out of jail and having his charges dropped just because it's his wedding
Voted. Riding Blossom's ass to the end like nut on a hooker :rejoice
amazing upset.as a white person, I have been taught from an early age that the bold is what losers say :ufup
but remember everyone, there are no losers here, we've had nothing but #1 contenders ever since the elite eight. i've seen airtight cases for each of the final four on the last few pages. the bore should be proud. #whiteexcellence
amazing upset.as a white person, I have been taught from an early age that the bold is what losers say :ufup
but remember everyone, there are no losers here, we've had nothing but #1 contenders ever since the elite eight. i've seen airtight cases for each of the final four on the last few pages. the bore should be proud. #whiteexcellence
Blossom OVER Friends :lawd the upsets y'all the upsets
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yk3PsMkUrwk/UeyGCTesslI/AAAAAAAAIVY/R8pabq4mnMo/s1600/tumblr_lvpwixli0c1r5emnro1_500.gif)amazing upset.as a white person, I have been taught from an early age that the bold is what losers say :ufup
but remember everyone, there are no losers here, we've had nothing but #1 contenders ever since the elite eight. i've seen airtight cases for each of the final four on the last few pages. the bore should be proud. #whiteexcellence
as a nonwhite person, i regret the use of lame platitudes and will now edit to say TANNERS BOUT TO TAKE THIS BITCHEZ, FRIENDS SUCKS SO HARD CAN'T EVEN WIN WHITEST SHOW
This isnt at all an upset. Most people are just chiming in Friends because a) they remember it and b)couldn't remember blossom clearly. The second you remember what Blossom was, you realize only Home Improvements comes close to being as cac.Blossom OVER Friends :lawd the upsets y'all the upsets
:whoo
Well I put my vote on Blossom. I don't see how a show can knock out Friends and not win the whole thing
if blossom won the vote, that means that more than 50% didn't sleep on it
you're not SO special wrath
Election rigging is some real cac behavior :hitlerif blossom won the vote, that means that more than 50% didn't sleep on it
you're not SO special wrath
...or it means I voted A LOT
:hitler
I actually heard the phrase, "Hey do you watch Friends?" today. I thought I traveled back in time.
The guy was wearing sunglasses on the back of his head. It somehow made more sense when I noticed that.
Blossom only had 114 episodes, Full House had 192. Just sayin'.
so every weekday morning while eating breakfast i watch mad about you because if i watch any more japanese morning variety tv i'm going to kill someone
the last three episodes guest-starred regis philbin, jerry lewis, and mistah sheffieeeeld from the nanny
this seemed like the right thread to mention that
I suggest "What was the whitest record album of the 90s?"next. The CD you'd most likely find in your friend's kinda milfy mom's Ford Explorer back when you were a preteen.
My pick of Blossom went all the way! :rejoiceSeconded.
Is it a good thing if I know what is truly cac?