re: Fresh Prince

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They aired in the 90's. That was the criteria.

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Of course they did. My point was that the majority of the particular shows aired outside of the 90s.

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In order for this to work, you're going to have to be honest.

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I'd never not be honest on here. I disagree with most of your list that those shows are better than FPoBA. I even said that it was arguable that FP could be listed with shows like Simpsons or Seinfeld, and the whole point of all of this was that you said FP was "not that good at all," which is something I think most people (especially my age) would disagree with.

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If you think that FPoBA is should be considered before The Simpsons (amongst others that you listed), then we either had a misunderstanding, you're full of bullshite, or you are just plain wrong.

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I like The Simpsons. I think it's a good show. But I never got all into it or anything. It was never a "must watch" for me at any point in my life. Now, I've seen tons of Simpsons episodes, and I enjoy them, but if I had to list my favorite shows from the 90s I wouldn't list Simpsons. I don't think it's "better" than FP. Same with Seinfeld. I may be in the vast minority on that, but that's how I honestly feel.

shite, you even said that you could list ten shows from the 90s "that we would both agree should be considered great comedies," but that doesn't mean that it's a top ten list or anything. The 90s were just a good decade for sitcom television. And if I was making a list, a good bit of shows you listed wouldn't come anywhere near it.

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Coach and Newsradio were also both much better than FPoBA.

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Disagree on both, though I really liked Coach a lot. Didn't like NewsRadio at all.

Sure. Lots I'd imagine. Of the shows you listed (not all of which are 90s shows and not all of which are sitcoms, which would be the comparable thing to FPoBA), I could say I liked Cheers, Married With Children, South Park, Home Improvement more than FP at certain times. Maybe even Friends, Scrubs, or Roseanne at other times.

Freaks and Geeks may be the best show you listed (certainly one of), but it isn't comparable IMO.

The thing is, you just think FpoBA is a terrible show. And that's fine. But the general consensus is that it's not. Nobody is claiming it to be the greatest anything, but it was pretty hilarious and certainly belongs in the discussion of "good/great 90s shows/sitcoms." You just hated it apparently and refuse to acknowledge that it could even possibly be a good show to people for some reason. You obviously jumped in the thread to be the contrarion, and it's gotten to where you're basically trolling the thread at this point.

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I could say I liked Cheers, Married With Children, South Park, Home Improvement more than FP at certain times. Maybe even Friends, Scrubs, or Roseanne at other times.

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I guess we wouldn't be having this discussion if this were one of those times that you liked Cheers or Roseanne better.

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You just hated it

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Link?

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refuse to acknowledge that it could even possibly be a good show to people for some reason.

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That's a leap.

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You obviously jumped in the thread to be the contrarion

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Okay

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it's gotten to where you're basically trolling the thread at this point.

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Right...... It's not like I claimed that FP was better than The Simpsons or anything. Now, THAT would be a troll.

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Right...... It's not like I claimed that FP was better than The Simpsons or anything.

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I said it was better to me. Let me guess, now you disagree that I like FP better than The Simpsons?

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Let me guess, now you disagree that I like FP better than The Simpsons?

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Sometimes you like FP better, and sometimes it's The Simpsons.

Let's break down how horrible the opening rap is.....

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Now this is the story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-air

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Solid start

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In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys, they were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighbourhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
And said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-air"

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Still pretty damn good

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I whistled for a cab and when it came near the
License plate said "fresh" and had a dice in the mirror

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Wait, what? Thanks for the details about the cab.

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If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought nah, forget it, yo homes to Bel-air!

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More cab details? A "rare" cab? Now we're just rhyming, because we have to. frick making sense, or rapping about what this show is actually about.

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I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabby "Yo, homes smell you later!"

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More bullshite about this fricking cab ride?

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Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-air

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At least he finished strong.

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Let's break down how horrible the opening rap is.....

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So we get comments from you about it being "solid," "pretty damn good," and "strong," you just don't like cabs and that makes the whole thing horrible?

I bet you'd hate the whole song then.