#61: Sitcom Bracket Challenge - Part 3
Added 2023-04-20 05:00:03 +0000 UTCHere comes the epic finale!!! This week the gang finally decides the greatest sitcom of all time…once and for all! How did we do?
Comments
I agree that Scrubs was hugely innovative and influential but I have to point out Saved by the Bell’s use of fantasy with the fuzzy pink bordered imagination sequences and Zack’s ability to “time out” while he talked to the audience/camera. Same energy, Scrubs just went further and, obviously, was about adults.
Andrea Taylor
2023-05-29 20:20:45 +0000 UTCWondering if The Boondocks would’ve gotten any love on this bracket.
Put da tiddy ona burgerbun,why my thing go up,HELP
2023-04-24 14:55:32 +0000 UTCMy problem with Scrubs, which I generally liked most of the way through, was the inconsistent writing for the characters and the wild vacillation in JD’s character between whimsy, competence, incompetence, and outright smugness. And it wasn’t a character arc or growth arc or an inherent part of his struggle. One episode he’s fully supportive of Elliott and the next he’s smugly condemning her for something trivial. I can’t give firm examples but that’s the taste left in my mouth after the last time I saw a bunch of episodes in a short time frame.
Adam Kronfeld
2023-04-21 13:17:58 +0000 UTCI think MASH was the first multi cam sitcom, not scrubs, but I don’t know how much that even counts as a sitcom. Also Scrubs is so deeply informed by MASH it feels relevant to mention.
Lily Sage
2023-04-21 12:14:01 +0000 UTCWhen I found out who won, I knew for sure this podcast is definitely the one for me.
2023-04-20 22:05:26 +0000 UTCSo happy that the one that won won. That was my pick from the start!
Jorel Hoffert
2023-04-20 17:35:47 +0000 UTCUm... Ben the laugh track was invented in the 50s. While they may have used a laugh track for those reasons on the Nanny, it was widely used before the live studio audience became a thing.
Briann Lohr
2023-04-20 14:24:09 +0000 UTCA perfect episode no notes
Leftovers do no wrong
2023-04-20 06:09:38 +0000 UTC
