Comment by cheese_greater@lemmy.world on What joke, in otherwise great sitcoms, do you hate?

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.

I don’t find Jerry funny, like at all. I like Costanza but I adore Kramer

Yeah Jerry was such a whiney twat.

Jerry was a straight guy in the show, is funny because he is not funny. He’s just a normal guy with a few good observations

He’s there to anchor the show

Like Larry David is way funnier

Idk if you’ve seen the last seasons of curb but like, it does not really age well either

Idk, he just comes off as mean and a boomer

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

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

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!

I don’t think Frasier would work without Frasier

Cheers spin-off. Doesn’t count.

E.g. joey, young Sheldon, mork & mindy.

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