The Munsters Family Comedy Series

Casts:

• Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster
• Yvonne DeCarlo as Lily Munster
• Butch Patrick as Edward "Eddie" Wolfgang Munster
• Al Lewis as Grandpa
• Beverley Owen & Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster

The Munsters family sitcom created by Allan Burns and Chris Hayward, comedy show about family of monsters based from horror movies like vampires, werewolves, frankensteins living in their happy life but humors as they interact and not knowing they scare normal people around the society.

The Munsters was headed by Frankensteins Herman Munsters working in a funeral parlor, his wife Lily the family matriarch who love to house cleaning, cooking, mediator on squabbling members and always manage keeping up her appearance, her maiden name was “Dracula”. Their son Edward “Eddie” Wolfgang Munsters was a typical werewolf boy attending elementary school and howls on full moon, while Lily's niece Marilyn who considered the ugly duck in the family was normal blonde attending college and Lily's father Sam “Grandpa” Dracula joined the family was, of course vampire and a mad scientist keeping his laboratory in the cellar of the house. They live and act in their own monster ways and thinking as a normal family but interacting with the society scream people and bring laughter to the viewers.

The Munster sitcom fun and laughter lasted for 2 seasons with 70 black & white episodes aired from September 1964 to September 1966 on CBS.

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Blossom Comedy Series

Blossom Teen Sitcom

The Blossom family comedy series created by Don Reo about bright sassy girl and her daily life around at school and at home with her charming musician father and two sweet elder brothers.

Blossom Russo starred by Mayim Bailik, a 13-year warm, intelligent, sweet sissy girl in her wild imaginations. When her mother left them to pursue her career, her father Nick working as session musician was left to raise and exemplary father to Blossom and her elder brothers, eldest Anthony recovering from drug & alcohol addiction and stereotypical jock naïve Joey. Blossom usually hang-out with her sweet, fast-talking best friend Six LeMuere as her partner in crime and trouble, but with Blossom's wild fantasy, she always get advices from scenes with famous celebrity in her mind. As Blossom grow up, she made her beautiful and fair person together with her growing family, her father remarries again to Carol with now step-sister Kennedy while Anthony married to Shelly and soon new baby joined their family.

Blossom teenage sitcom completed 5 seasons of 114 30-minute episodes aired from January 1991 to May 1995 on NBC.

Casts:

• Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo
• Ted Wass as Nick Russo
• Jenna Von Oy as Six LeMuere
• Joey Lawrence as Joey Russo
• Michael Stoyanov as Anthony Russo
• David Lascher as Vinnie Bonitardi
• Finola Hughes as Carol Russo
• Courtney Chase as Kennedy
• Samaria Graham as Shelly Russo
• Barnard Hughes as Buzz Richman

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Dinosaurs TV Series

The Dinosaurs Family

Casts:

• Kevin Clash as Baby Sinclair
• Jessica Walter as Fran Sinclair
• Sally Struthers as Charlene Sinclair
• Christopher Meloni as Spike
• Pons Maar as Roy Hess
• Jason Willinger as Robbie Sinclair
• Leif Tilden as Robbie Sinclair
• Stuart Pankin as Earl Sinclair
• Sam McMurray as the Voice of Roy Hess
• Suzie Plakson as Monica DiVertibrae
• Florence Stanley as Grandma Ethel
• Sherman Hemsley as B.P. Richfield
• Gary Owens as the Narrator

Dinosaurs children show created by muppet master Jim Henson was a sitcom-style series about talking dinosaurs living in modern world act like human – wear dress, go shopping, watching television, held down 8 hours job, etc.

Like mixed elements of families The Flinstones and The Simpsons living in average working-class life, Sinclair dinosaur family living in 60, 000, 003 BC headed by father Earl Snead Sinclair job to push over trees which are used for petroleum and other organic matter in WeSaySo Development Corporation with his co-worker and girl timid best friend Roy Hess. Earl was married to Fran and they trying hard to support and raise their three children 15-year old Robert “Robbie” Mark attending La Brea High School, very materialistic 12-year old daughter Charlene and house true master, Baby Sinclair. The family joined by cranky widowed grandma Ethel, they live in happy life with their friends, neighbors and Earl's Boss B.P. Richfield.

Dinosaurs children tv series originally ran from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994 completed four seasons with 65 episodes.

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8 Simple Rules Dramedy

8 Simple Rules TV Series

8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter was a drama sitcom created by Tracy Gamble, a series about couple living in Detroit Michigan raising their three children with the rules:

1. Use your hands on my daughter and you'll lose them after.

2. You make her cry, I make you cry.

3. Safe sex is a myth. Anything you try will be hazardous to your health.

4. Bring her home late, there's no next date.

5. Only delivery men honk. Dates ring the doorbell. Once.

6. No complaining while you're waiting for her. If you're bored, change my oil.

7. If your pants hang off your hips, I'll gladly secure them with my staple gun.

8. Dates must be in crowded public place. You want romance? Read a book.

Paul Hennessy with his wife Cate and their two daughters Bridget and Kerry and son Rory simple living a simple family life implementing 8 simple rules, not only good for dating but also for family relationship. One morning Paul went to grocery store to get milk, he suffered a massive heart attack. Cate now find herself in precarious position raising their three teenagers while holding her full time nurse job in nearby hospital. Her father Jim separated from his wife was there spending days for home improvement and giving little relief, guidance and comfort for his grandchildren while Cate's wayward nephew C.J. moves in sharing trouble humors and questionable advice to the kids.

8 Simple Rules completed 76 with 22-minute running time episodes in total of 3 seasons aired from September 2002 to April 2005 on ABC.

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Casts:

• John Ritter as Paul Hennessy
• Katey Sagal as Cate Hennessy
• Kaley Cuoco as Bridget Hennessy
• Amy Davidson as Kerry Hennessy
• Martin Spanjers as Rory Hennessy
• Billy Aaron Brown as Kyle
• James Garner as Jim Egan
• David Spade as C.J. Barnes
  

NewsRadio Comedy Series

NewsRadio TV Series

NewsRadio comedy tv series created by Paul Simms was a sitcom within a fictional workplace of the Number 2 news radio station in New York City, the WNYX NewsRadio. The series explores the politics, crises and relationships between hilarious co-workers and turn their office as comedy workplace humors, laughs and gags, headed by the haggled, sarcastic wit and coffee addicted new news director Mr. Dave Nelson.

Dave's staff were his anchormen; egocentric insubordinate Bill McNeal and beautiful Catherine Duke, Dave's secretary and office confidante Beth in her ridiculous outfits; a news reporter and office weird guy Mr. Matthew Brock, an aspiring supervising producer Lisa Miller and the all-around technician and fix guy Joe Garelli, together they surprise each other with their back-and-fort banter. WNYX was owned by eccentric extrovert billionaire, Mr. Jimmy James who desperately looking for a wife but he is a kind man knows some of his employees' secrets and showing a father-loving figure to his employees.

The NewsRadio comedy series completed 5 seasons with 97 episodes aired from March 1995 to May 1999.

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The NewsRadio Casts:

• Dave Foley as Dave Nelson
• Stephen Root as Jimmy James
• Andy Dick as Matthew Brock
• Maura Tierney as Lisa Miller
• Joe Rogan as Joe Garrelli
• Vicki Lewis as Beth
• Phil Hartman as Bill McNeal
• Khandi Alexander as Catherine Duke

I Dream of Jeannie Comedy Show

I Dream of Jeannie TV Series

I Dream of Jeannie was created and produced by late Sidney Sheldon way back 1965, a new idea of beautiful female genie with all her possessed magical powers trying to to integrate with the mortal world to please the man she loved. Fun, humors and romance came out from the show as her 'master' attempts to keep her existence secret, and also she often needed to use her powers to solve the situations and mistakes she initially created behind the eyes of public.

NASA astronaut and Air Force Captain Tony Nelson was being stranded on a desert island beach caused by malfunctioned space capsule on one-manned NASA Project Mercury mission. Tony noticed a strange bottle rolling by itself on the beach, right after rubbing and removing the cork smokes shoot out coming out a beautiful female genie named Jeannie said locked in the bottle for 2,000 years. As a usual pattern, Tony was Jeannie's master easily granted a recovery helicopter on the place, gratefully he tells Jeannie she's free but she also easily fall in love with Tony, she moves her bottle on Tony's bag and reenters and accompany him back to Florida where in the end, they finally got married. It is revealed that Jeannie was originally human but turned into genie and locked in a bottle after refusing to marry evil genie Blue Djinn two thousand years back in ancient Babylon.

I Dream of Jeannie comedy series as aired from September 1965 until May 1970 for total of 5 seasons and 139 thirty minute episodes on NBC, now avialable on DVD.

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I Dream of Jeannie Casts:

• Barbara Eden as Jeannie, sister Jeannie II, and Jeannie's Mother
• Larry Hagman as Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson
• Roger Healey as Captain Bill Daily
• Barton MacLane as General Martin Peterson
• Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows
• Philip Ober as Gen. Wingard Stone
• Emmaline Henry as Amanda Bellows
• Vinton Haworth as Gen. Winfield Schaeffer

Roseanne Family Sitcom

Roseanne Comedy Series

Roseanne was one of the most successful high rating and award-winning sitcom series of the late '80s and the '90s. Won awards from Emmy, Golden Globe and American Comedy and enjoy top 5 from Nielsen ratings for most of it's seasons (first 6) by incredibly tackling poverty, alcoholism, narcotics, sex, obesity, feminism, domestic violence, homosexuality, etc. in a different honest way unlike other shows. Roseanne Barr's breakthrough performance as an overweight, dominant yet smart woman with her stand-up comedic and very encouraging persona make reference for women to speak their minds, while her working class family was considered the closest to reality, showing life don't have to be rich, blond, thin or whatever to be funny and make people laugh.

Despite of being bossy, loud and dominant, Roseanne Harris-Conner was a wise-cracking, loving and hardworking mother for their three kids and lovable wife to her tough husband Dan Conner and living in Lanford, Illinois. Raising the oldest rebellious boys lover but bright Rebecca, middle tomboy child in her sarcastic wit Darlene and the youngest adventurous David Jacob, Roseanne balanced enough her time for everything especially for her family and even dealing with hardships of poverty and troubles, they face it with humors. Roseanne's underachiever but warm intelligent sister Jackie join their family, the series ends Becky and Darlene married and having babies while Roseanne and Dan have their baby in their forties, named Jerry.

Roseanne Comedy Show original run from October 18, 1988 – May 20, 1997 for total of 222 episodes in it's 9 seasons, now available on DVD.

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Roseanne Comedy Series Casts:

• Lecy Goranson ....... as Rebecca "Becky" Conner-Healy
• Michael Fishman ....... as David Jacob "D.J." Conner
• Sarah Chalke ....... as Rebecca "Becky" Conner Healy
• Roseanne Barr ....... as Roseanne Harris-Conner
• Laurie Metcalf ....... as Jackie Harris
• John Goodman ....... as Dan Conner
• Sara Gilbert ....... as Darlene Conner Healy

Two of a Kind Comedy Series

Two of A Kind TV Series

ABC's Two of A Kind under Miller-Boyett Production was a another situational comedy series about relationships and misadventures of a father raising his twin daughters. Good, funny, romantic and often witty writings of the show plus perfect acting and dialogs of Olsen twins and other casts made the series even genuinely funnier and become crowd favorite.

The story line about a single father science professor Kevin Burke raising his 12-year old twin daughters Mary-Kate and Ashley. Kevin always taking things with scientific explanations except figuring out how to control his perfectly opposite twins. Tomboyish Mary Kate spends his time playing sports, hanging with guys and trying to perfect her curve ball while prim proper girlie girl Ashley is a straight-A and love dating with boys. College professor Kevin hires one of his student Carrie as part-time nanny for the twin, a 26-year old beautiful quick to speak her mind girl who late at college after exploring the world. As twin thinks Carrie was their dream-sitter, they join force and set aside their differences to make chemistry between their by-the-book father Kevin and beautiful Carrie.

Comedy series Two of A Kind completed 22 episodes aired from September 25, 1998 till July 9, 1999 on ABC, now available on DVD.

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Two Of A Kind Casts:

• Christopher Sieber ........... as Kevin Burke
• Mary-Kate Olsen ........... as Mary-Kate Burke
• Ashley Olsen ........... as Ashley Burke
• Sally Wheeler ........... as Carrie Moore
• David Valcin ........... as Eddie Fairbanks
• Ernie Grunwald ........... as Paul
• Samantha Smith ........... as Nancy Carlson
• David Lascher ........... as Matt Burke

Two Guys and A Girl Comedy Series

Two Guys and A Girl TV Series

Originally titled “Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place” for first two seasons and changed to Two Guys and A Girl, a situational comedy TV series about exact what title says, follows the long friendships of two guys and a girl who met in college and live in the same building. These funny and entertaining show was being canceled after four seasons due to poor ratings, but the remarkable good writing plus great harmonic performances of the characters marked as one of the brilliant comedy series for many.

Three twenty-something friends who met in college share a Boston apartment and hang out. Roommates Michael “Berg” Leslie Bergen and Peter “Pete” Dunville both attended graduate school at Tuffs University and both working at Boston pizzeria parlor in Beacon St. owned by Bill while regular customer the old man Mr. Bauer always tells about great moments in his life, actually the famous scenes from movies. Upstairs live Sharon Carter who work as spokesperson for Immaculate Chemicals and always hanging out with aimless Berg who eventually decided to attend medical school and become a doctor while Pete choose to be firefighter leaving his architectural classes. They share comedy about life, love and friendship around the place and finally meet lasting relationships and success in the end.

Two Guys and A Girl comedy series completed 4 seasons with total of 81 episodes aired from March 1998 till May 2001, now available on DVD.

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Two Guys and A Girl Casts:

• Ryan Reynolds ........ as Michael Leslie "Berg" Bergen
• Richard Ruccolo ........ as Peter "Pete" Dunville
• Traylor Howard ........ as Sharon Carter-Donnelly
• Jennifer Westfeldt ........ as Melissa
• Jillian Bach ........ as Irene
• Nathan Fillion ........ as Johnny Donnelly
• Julius Carry ........ as Bill
• Suzanne Cryer ........ as Ashley Walker
• Giuseppe Andrews ........ as Germ
• David Ogden Stiers ........ as Mr. Bauer

Punky Brewster TV Series

Punky Brewster DVD

Punky Brewster was another great Family TV Sitcom in the 80's, featuring a bright, warm and funny 7-years old girl, even abandoned by her parents she makes a bright and cheerful day for the people around her. With her colorful clothings and imaginations, most children around her age at the time of the show loved the series, her characteristics give them wild ideas to discover and do things with fun and good meanings to cheer everybody.

The story of young 7-year old tomboy naming Penelope “Punky” Brewster, a girl who love colorful things, her best friend was her golden retriever dog named 'Brandon'. After her father just walked out on their family, her mother Susan Brewster took her to Chicago Supermarket, just abandon her and disappear. Punky discovered a vacant local apartment, she met young girl live upstairs Cherie Johnson with her nurse grandmother Betty (Cherie's parents died in car accident), they liked Punky quickly befriends with her. The apartment building manager and Chicago photographer Henry Warnimont, an old grouchy bachelor discovered Punky in apartment's adjacent. Punky didn't like to stay in an orphanage and when Henry learned about her story, he adopted him and promised to be a foster father and good parent to her. Punky's being funny, warm and cheerful, living in her colorful room, she bring a bright-lively days and turn the world around for the people around her.

The Punky Brewster Children TV Series bring 4 seasons with charming 88 episodes, aired from September 16, 1984 and lasted until May 27, 1988, now all seasons 1-4 available on DVD.

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Punky Brewster Casts:

• Soleil Moon Frye ............. Penelope 'Punky' Brewster
• Brandon ............ Brandon the Wonder Dog
• George Gaynes ........... Henry Warnimont
• Cherie Johnson ........... Cherie Johnson
• Susie Garrett ........... Betty Johnson
• Ami Foster ........... Margeaux Kramer

"McHale's Navy" - 60's Navy Comedy TV Series

The Funny Crews of - McHale's Navy -

The McHales Navy was a hilarious military situational comedy TV show of the 60s, a group of lively light-hearted and resourceful men stranded in a South West Pacific Island controlled by Japanese Navy, they've found a paradise and their misadventures, leisure, humor and patriotic responsibilities began in this funny tv series, the viewers loved it for many decades.

At the start of World War II, experienced gentleman but naive Lieutenant Commander Quinton 'Skipper' McHale commissioned in US Navy Reserved stationed in the island of Taratupa but Japanese heavily bombed & destroyed the base with heavy patrols in the region, only 18 out of 150 Navy aviators and marines survived, including McHale and his six free-spirited, good-hearted swabbies, they've forced to survive, befriend & live leisurely with native tribes in the island of paradise; make moonshine(whisky), gambling, go surfing, dance with girls etc. McHale received a command to support a Marine battalion rescuer that will be attacked by enemy cruiser, McHale and his men managed to capture a Japanese PT-73 Boat (Torpedo Patrol #73) and use to sunk Japanese cruiser, and again live in fun and luxury. Taratupa Base commander Captain Wallace Burton “Old Leadbottom” Binghamton, aided by sycophantic Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter, they find ways to get rid and want to end the get-rich-quick happy living schemes of McHale's fun-loving, rule-bending “8 Balls”, but McHale and his 'pirates' always have ways to escape from their evil nemesis, and when duty calls they do their job very well.

The classic finest, funniest and outrageous crew assembled, the McHale's Navy, aired from September 1962 and lasted until April 1966 completed 4 seasons with 138 episodes of comic fun and misadventures. Now full 4 seasons of McHale's Navy available on DVD.

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Casts:

• Ernest Borgnine - Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale
• Billy Sands - Harrison "Tinker" Bell (Engineman)
• Gary Vinson - George "Christy" Christopher (Quartermaster)
• Edson Stroll - Virgil Edwards (Gunner's Mate)
• Carl Ballantine - Lester Gruber (Torpedoman 1st Class Lester Gruber)
• Gavin MacLeod - Joseph "Happy" Haynes (Torpedoman's Mate)
• John Wright - Willy Moss (Radioman)
• Yoshio Yoda - Takeo Fujiwara(Fuji) - Cook, Seaman 3C (Imperial Japanese Navy)
• Tim Conway - Ensign Charles Parker
• Bob Hastings - Lt. Elroy Carpenter
• Joe Flynn - Capt. Wallace Burton Binghamton
• Roy Roberts - Admiral Bruce Rogers
• Bill Quinn - Admiral Benson

"Hogan's Heroes" - 60's War Situational Comedy

60's War SitCom – Hogan's Heroes -

The Hogan's Heroes, which was inspired and lightly based on the 1953 film Stalag 17, was a 60's TV situational comedy focused on the exploits of brave Prisoners of War (POW) in World War II, the “under the cover” allies and war participants in sabotaging and espionage of German war effort, they turn and set the Nazi prison camp into comedy ground. As called upon to perform soldier duties, they accomplish missions to their utmost whatever it takes or any means necessary and they perform it with mix humors and laughters even in real war situation.

The series was set in World War II in the fictional POW camp Stalag 13 in Hammelburg (although Stalag 13 really exists), where the captured senior American army Air Force Lt. Colonel Robert E. Hogan (played by charismatic Bob Crane) lead a humorous group as they provide intelligence for allies, help other prisoners escape, aid the underground opposition, disrupt German war effort and foil the easily fooled bumbling overweight camp Nazi leaders Sgt. Schultz and Commandant Klink (who were afraid to reassigned and set in front of war, they want to operate the camp smoothly). Hogan plan strategies (occasionally to got a girl), with his skilled crews; Sgt. Kinch (communication expert), Sgt. Carter (bomb expert), Cpl. LeBeau (photographer, disguiser and cook), and Cpl. Newkirk (pocket picker, marksman and impersonator), together they steal maps, kidnap scientists, bomb bridges, photograph strategic files, get information of tank & battalion movements and make fun out of their missions conducting espionage and sabotage right under warders' noses, they help allied soldiers to get back to England using their secret network tunnels.

The Hogan's Heroes, won Emmy Awards, was a 30-minute comedy shows aired by CBS from September 1965 and lasted until April 1971, completed 6 seasons with 168 episodes, now available on DVD.

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"The Petticoat Junction" - The 60's Wholesome TV Show

A 60's classic comedy of a family living in rural town Hooterville, trying to get rich quick, running the Shady Rest Hotel, living within rural lifestyle escaping from hectic urban life and although nothing much ever happens, the their living situation gives comic humors and a wholesome family life situation. The series happenings followed on The Shady Hotel, owned by a cook expert and hospitable but widow Kate Bradley with her three beautiful daughters Billie Jo(the eldest, blond and boy-crazy), Bobbie Jo (the brunette, astute and literate) and Betty Jo (the redheaded, a tomboy), with her Uncle Joe (a genial old gentleman but lazy, "General Manager" always finding any way of getting out of the hotel once the work is done).

The Shady Hotel, located directly between the farming valley of Hooterville and its only slightly more "evolved" neighbor of Pixley can only be reached by the Hooterville Cannonball, an ancient steam-driven train (town's chief public transportation) taking regular stops in order to go fishing or pick fruit for Kate Bradley's menu. The title "Petticoat Junction", the "petticoat" implied that Kate's three daughters swam nude in a water tower and their petticoats hung over in the side while the "junction" refers to the hotel situated on a train line. The shows "villain" was J, Homer Bedloe who attempted to shutdown the Cannonball, but never succeeding.

The Petticoat Junction, created by Paul Henning, shared success and considered as The Beverly Hillbillies "sister series". The show completed 7 seasons with total of 222 episodes and was aired from September 1963 lasted until April 1970., now available on DVD.

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"The Best of Muppet Show"

The Best of Muppet Show

Jim Henson first created the muppet characters in 1955, appears on numerous tv programs both local and national but only gained popularity when they showed on the tv series Sesame Street in 1969. Jim sought a program that will be enjoyed both by young and old until in 1976, The Muppet Show was premiered and they become a cultural phenomenon. The show was actually produced in England and syndicated around the world and garnered tremendous ratings and stores jammed with muppets in toy merchandises.

The show features the Muppet stock company doing variety show filled with music, dancing and silly comedy sketches, humors and slapsticks. Weekly, they have special guest star join them accompanied by Kermit the Frog who serves as the host and stage manager of the show. Popular characters of the show includes:

• Kermit the Frog: show manager and host
• Miss Piggy: a glamorous diva pig show also pursuit Kermit
• Fozzie Bear: a stand-up comic bear
• Scooter: the gofer
• Great Gonzo: a general all-around weirdo or whatever
• Rowlf the Dog George: the playing piano dog
• Doctor Bunsen Honeydew: the scientist
• Beeker Meep: a slow-witted janitor
• Droop: the Anteater
• Crazy Donald later named Crazy Harry
• Brewsters: the old timer
• Mildred: the goose
• Rufus later named Muppy
• and many other
  

One of the special featured actress Mia Farrow, taught the muppets about love, and that everyone loves something.

The Best of the Muppet Show includes seasons 1-5 with total of 120 episodes lasted for 5 years from 1976 to 1981 now released on DVD available at TVAddicts.tv