What joke, in otherwise great sitcoms, do you hate?

SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 94 points –

I don’t mean that the joke just isn’t funny, I want to know a joke that almost makes you want to fast-forward through the scene.

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All tv shows named after the main character are better without that character (spin-offs excluded obvs).

Seinfeld

Dawsons creek

Rosanne

Ellen

Exception that proves the rule

Columbo

Another exception: Archer

Buffy the vampire slayer

Film spin-off

What ?

BTVS was a film first, so I'm claiming spin-off. But you are right, that show would be less without her.

Good lord the trailer is amazing.

https://m.imdb.com/video/vi21805593/?playlistId=tt0103893&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi

by which I mean, it's deliciously, ridiculously early 90s

Bond spin-off?

Homage maybe, but not a spinoff :-)

Yeah. I'm stretching my rule as much as possible. I'm basically trying to exclude all characters that have already been audience tested. Parody is sort of included in that.

Ha ha, fair enough, I admire your determination to make this rule stick!

Another counterpoint though - Quincy ME. Oh course you could argue that it's not all that good even with Jack Klugman's crime solving coroner.

Oh, another one - Father Ted!

Yeah. I may have to exclude medical/investigative.

House, Sherlock, Columbo, Reacher, Lucifer

Veronica Mars, Ironside, Chuck...

Arguably Fawlty Towers too?

Nah. Fatty Owls is named after the hotel.

Chuck is all about Charles Carmichael. (Streeeeeeeetch).

Ha ha, fair enough. I see I've met someone as stubborn as I am ;-)