The Bore Decides: What was the whitest sitcom of the 90s? (VICTOIRE)

[larrydavid]

The PJ's.

good one. I was gonna go with the Parkers but I forgot about the token white from All That.

[benjipwns]

[Van Cruncheon]

black excellence:

[Van Cruncheon]

Meh, I like Frasier. I've been known for my Cac tendencies.

just call you a cacaroon

[Kara]

Fuck, I'm going to have to comb through 4 pages of posts tomorrow night and ascertain who actually suggested shows that fit the parameters of the competition and who didn't. (Probably more than 4 pages, at this rate. -Ed.) Then actually seed them.

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, like my man Fred Durst said.

[Himu]

bebe's kids was a hit with white people apparently. white girl was singing,"we don't die, we multiply" with me the other week. when the movie came out, white friend told me he's going to see bebe's kids.

[Himu]

loved this show but i was a kid

Also, My Brother and Me.

But naw, the PJ's.

[Shaka Khan]

Do you still laugh like that when watching it now, Shaka?

I don't think it's funny anymore. Though I'm not sure whether it's badly written or 'cause I've been overexposed to non-sequitur humor as a teenager. I'm guessing it's a mix of the two.

[tiesto]

also don't forget, zack is 1/16th native or something

that was such a good episode

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is actually Indonesian on his mom's side...

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!!!

My former neighbor was on Ghostwriter, white guy of course...

[Steve Contra]

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!!!

Early 90's PBS: Ghostwriter, Reading Rainbow, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Magic School Bus Diversity

[TEEEPO]

Ross was playing modern plunderphonics before Oneohtrix Point Never touched a synth



that show was on some next level shit

[Kara]

Since this thread kinda dead with noms, I'm going to have to do the work tonight.  :'(

[Joe Molotov]

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!!!

Early 90's PBS: Ghostwriter, Reading Rainbow, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Magic School Bus Diversity

Bitch, do you even Neuromancer?

[larrydavid]

Bitch, do you even Neuromancer?

i have this episode on VHS, no lie

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Writer-Who-Max-Mouse/dp/B0012TLYNA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Frasier was ahead of its time.  If you replaced the snobby attitude with autism and their love of wine with computer hardware and craft beer, the show would perfectly represent the pasty autists that are currently running amok in the Pacific Northwest.

Lager, you didn't explain the appeal of that smelly cat video you asshole. Why can't anyone explain why Friends was popular?!

Friends was for white chicks who couldn't afford to watch Sex and the City instead.

[Kara]

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.

[Positive Touch]

you started this; you must end it

[Mandark]

Since this thread kinda dead with noms, I'm going to have to do the work tonight.  :'(

Major Dad
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
King of Queens

[Joe Molotov]

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.

[Kara]

you started this; you must end it

There is nothing you can do to me that I have not already done to myself.

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[Damian79]

So why isnt Seinfeld not included in any of your lists?  Sure it is funny at times but all the shows are a train wreck of some kind.  As the conclusion of the shows proved.

[Kara]

You people are monsters.

I could do a Tears in Rain monologue about the Wikis I've read tonight.

[Kara]

Here are the final nominees:

3rd Rock From The Sun
ALF
Almost Perfect
Blossom
Boston Common
Boy Meets World
Caroline in the City
Charles in Charge
Clarissa Explains It All
Coach
Cybill
Designing Women
Dharma & Greg
Ellen
Empty Nest
Everybody Loves Raymond
Fired Up
Frasier
Friends
Full House
Full House
Golden Girls
Grace Under Fire
Growing Pains
Home Improvement
Just Shoot Me!
King of Queens
Mad About You
Major Dad
Mama's Family
Married... with Children
Mr. Belvedere
Murphy Brown
murphy brown
Ned & Stacey
Newhart
NewsRadio
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Perfect Strangers
Roseanne
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Saved by the Bell
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Spin City
Step by Step
Suddenly Susan
The Drew Carey Show
The Hogan Family
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
The Naked Truth
The Nanny
The Single Guy
Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place
Unhappily Ever After
Veronica's Closet
who's the boss
Will and Grace
Wings
Working

And this is their seeding.

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1.The Drew Carey Show
2. Ellen
3. Friends
4. Home Improvement
5. Spin City
6. Cybill
7. Married... with Children
8. The Hogan Family
9. Frasier
10. Roseanne
11. Step by Step
12. Wings
13. Mr. Belvedere
14. The Jeff Foxworthy Show
15. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
16. Murphy Brown Boston Common
17. Full House
18. NewsRadio
19. Suddenly Susan
20. Seinfeld
21. Growing Pains
22. Perfect Strangers
23. Sex and the City
24. Blossom
25. Ned & Stacey
26. Mad About You
27. The Nanny
28. Working
29. The Single Guy
30. The Naked Truth
31. Grace Under Fire
32. Empty Nest
33. Unhappily Ever After
34. Coach
35. Major Dad
36. Dharma & Greg
37. Everybody Loves Raymond
38. Clarissa Explains It All
39. Charles in Charge
40. ALF
41. Parker Lewis Can't Lose
42. Newhart
43. Just Shoot Me!
44. Who's the Boss
45. Will and Grace
46. 3rd Rock From The Sun
47. Veronica's Closet
48. Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place
49. Designing Women
50. Caroline in the City
51. Full House Saved by the Bell
52. Murphy Brown
53. Almost Perfect
54. Fired Up
55. Boy Meets World
56. King of Queens
57. Mama's Family
58. Golden Girls

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[Mandark]

Didn't Norm MacDonald have a sitcom in the late 90's?  That had to be pretty white.

[larrydavid]

My former neighbor was on Ghostwriter, white guy of course...

wait wait wait, completely missed this, you are saying you actually knew rob?

did you ask him what it was like, or whether he called jamal "mr. turnipseed" or "sheldon"??

[pilonv1]

How come Full House is listed twice?

[Mandark]

Have you seen how white Full House is?

[Kara]

How come Full House is listed twice?

Because this is a 1 man operation, boy-o.

I think I booted something off that was otherwise qualified... Saved by the Bell? Good catch. #solidarity.

[pilonv1]

NewsRadio

Disgusted that this has made the list

If you want another 6 to make it a full field here's some shows everyone but me forgot about

Boston Common
Madman of the People
Hope & Gloria
Jesse
Stark Raving Mad
Dream On (has token black man)

[pilonv1]

Didn't Norm MacDonald have a sitcom in the late 90's?  That had to be pretty white.

Started in 99, so it could theoretically count.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Norm_Show

[Kara]

I am fucking pasting text on a blank bracket, the barn door's open and all the animals left.

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.

[nachobro]

Murphy Brown is on there twice but otherwise that list looks good. Newhart is a strong contender imo, so is Raymond. I'd forgotten about Major Dad too lol. 

[Kara]

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My accountant "don't trust your work product without peer review" skills are paying off. 

BTW Boston Common replaced Murphy Brown's duplicate at #16 because I've already put #52 Murphy Brown on my bracket. Capriciousness thy name is Karakand.

[Momo]

It has to be -> Home Improvement

[TVC15]

Full House.

[Tasty]

Clarissa Explains It All

[Kara]

[Kara]

Someone please end me.

[Tasty]

Should probably use Challonge for this, breh.

[etiolate]

Major Dad is my Cinderella pick

[Mandark]

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.

This thread is on the front page of google results for "whitest sitcom," so you can't act like this isn't a real accomplishment.

Plus I bet there's a ~10% chance the thread gets bumped in the next five years by a very disappointed Stormfront poster who was simply trying to find some white-positive entertainment for the family.

[Kara]

Have to figure out a way to organize voting in a manageable manner... maybe something will come to me as I dream of white 90s sitcoms I spent hours on Wikipedia researching tonight.

[Reb]

https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=make%20brackets%20online


This one seems to have brackets + voting.
http://challonge.com/

[octopushover]

holy shit 

[Kara]

BallotBin seems like it might be up to the task, it's just that my registration still hasn't gone through. 

How long should the polls for round 1 stay open? I honestly have no idea how frequently your average Borean surfs here. A week feels too long... lots of rounds... lots of weeks.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Week is too long

[Reb]

24 hours per bracket, keep it moving.

[tiesto]

Had such a huge crush on Clarissa back in the day. Local girl who programmed her own games... oh yeah 

[Squiddy]

My votes will go to Sex and the City

[Kara]

Round 1 ballots up.

http://www.VoteFair.org/cgi-bin/votefairgenballot.cgi/votingid=59457-65017-43892

[Reb]

I know about 40% of these. So basically right now I'm just choosing the sitcoms I heard of.

[Momo]

Round 1 ballots up.

http://www.VoteFair.org/cgi-bin/votefairgenballot.cgi/votingid=59457-65017-43892

[Momo]

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[DCharlieJP]

[Squiddy]

what a :karakand poll

[Human Snorenado]

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.

[CatsCatsCats]

Awesome, is there a way to check current results I missed?

[jakefromstatefarm]

Will and Grace had Taye Diggs as a legit love interest in the later seasons, along with a significant, fleshed out supporting character who was Salvadorian (even if they made her a maid). I'm voting Seinfeld.

Real talk though I watched This is Spinal Tap last week; 25 year old Fran Drescher 

[CatsCatsCats]

Liked because I'd still tap the nanny's fanny

[Joe Molotov]

Designing Women had Meshach Taylor (RIP) otherwise I would have thrown that caccom in the bushes.