In this episode of Rush to Reason, Andy Peth, along with co-hosts Luke Cashman and Tanner Coleman, engages in a captivating discussion about their favorite sitcoms. While reminiscing about the golden age of sitcoms, the hosts explore how these shows have evolved, from The Honeymooners’ timeless humor to today’s sharp wit from South Park. With a mix of nostalgia and analysis, this episode is perfect for anyone who loves to laugh and appreciates the art of sitcom storytelling.
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SPEAKER 12 :
Actually, it’s Andy Pate.
SPEAKER 14 :
Party of choice. And welcome to our number two here on Rush to Reason. I’m Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. That was very manly. You know what? Usually you can’t keep up with Luke. But, I mean, none of us can.
SPEAKER 18 :
You know, you’re pulling your weight now.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, you’re doing all right.
SPEAKER 18 :
I’m so proud of you.
SPEAKER 14 :
We raised him well, didn’t we?
SPEAKER 18 :
I think so.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I think so. Okay, this hour we are going to be doing favorite sitcoms. Do you watch a lot of sitcoms? I do.
SPEAKER 18 :
I don’t. I don’t. I watched them when I was younger, so I got a lot of cartoon sitcoms or Nickelodeon sitcoms from when I was 10.
SPEAKER 14 :
Nickelodeon sitcoms?
SPEAKER 18 :
Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, they had some sitcoms, yeah.
SPEAKER 19 :
That’s kind of all it was for young teens and teenagers.
SPEAKER 14 :
See, all I know is all the Nickelodeon and Disney girls are all messed up. well yeah i mean they’re on crack they are you know protesting with their heads shaved all i did was watch the show and i turned out all right it’s not my fault yeah then you did okay after that okay well let’s jump right in and the most long running what’s the longest running sitcom ever
SPEAKER 18 :
Are live action or including cartoons? It’d have to be like The Simpsons.
SPEAKER 14 :
It is The Simpsons. I do believe. Isn’t it, Charlie? Yeah. And I’m going to go to The Simpsons right now. And I’ve played this before, but I’ve got to play it because Luke is here.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, thank you.
SPEAKER 14 :
Homer buys a gun. Here we go.
SPEAKER 21 :
I’d like to buy your deadliest gun, please. Aisle 6, next to the sympathy cards.
SPEAKER 14 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 21 :
Whoa, careful there, Annie Oakley. I don’t have to be careful. I got a gun. Well, you’ll probably want the accessory kit, holster, bandolier, silencer, loudener, speed cocker. Ooh, I’d like the sound of that. And this is for shooting down police helicopters. Oh, I don’t need anything like that. Yet. Just give me my gun. Sorry, the law requires a five-day waiting period. We’ve got to run a background check. Five days? But I’m mad now! I’d kill you if I had my gun. Yeah, well, you don’t. There’s… It’s so good.
SPEAKER 14 :
It’s so good. I tell you. Oh, my gosh. That show, when it first came out, it was just shocking. It was on Fox. And it kind of, that was a show that almost made the Fox network. It just launched it. What do you think?
SPEAKER 18 :
I believe it. Luke, you’re up. Speaking of believing it, would you believe if I told you I’ve never seen a single episode of The Simpsons? Are you serious? I’ve seen clips in parts and pieces, but never a single episode start to finish. Why? I’m close to that.
SPEAKER 19 :
I’ve seen a million clips.
SPEAKER 14 :
Look, guys, I understand. It’s old stuff. It’s before your time, but there’s a… Okay, I’m just going to clue you in. There’s this thing called reruns. reruns yeah you disgusting want something old yes never old stuff is classic okay tell me the new stuff so basically every show you guys mention i will never have heard no well probably like 50 all right i got some classics on here well just some of the good ones i just want to know some of the shaved head protester um you know meth meth freak uh nickelodeon kids okay well i’ll go to nickelodeon first and this one’s for you tanner
SPEAKER 18 :
This one goes out to you. Big Time Rush. Oh, dang it. I wanted that one.
SPEAKER 14 :
I knew you wanted it. You got to explain it to the old guy.
SPEAKER 19 :
It was not that great, but it was kind of funny. And being like 12, 13, I think, when it came out, it’s just this group of four guys in a band, and they’re kind of all idiots. But they run around in this stupid lifestyle kind of… Yeah, it’s very like…
SPEAKER 18 :
They’re starting a boy band, and if any 13-year-old kid has ever had the fantasy of, like, I want to be, like, a music star. Yeah. It was that, and it was just all them getting up to wacky hijinks. You know what? Believe it or not, saw Big Time Rush live, Del Mar Fair. Yeah. like like 2012 or something like that they had a big hit they were i can’t remember what it was first of all i’m just adjusting to luke saying the words boy band okay i just that doesn’t seem you no it wasn’t it was my brother jake’s thing at the time and was it really if he thought boy bands were girls things No, if you wanted to be a rock star, if you wanted to drive fancy cars and have cool clothes and do all that fun stuff, same. That makes sense.
SPEAKER 19 :
It was actually pretty funny, if I remember right.
SPEAKER 18 :
They had some pretty highbrow jokes about the industry snuck in there every now and then.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, you’ve changed my mind. I think maybe me, John, and Charlie, we could try this. I don’t think you should.
SPEAKER 18 :
You don’t think so? No, no, I think we’re good.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, we won’t go down that road. Okay, what was it again?
SPEAKER 17 :
Big Time Rush. Big Time Rush. Big Time Rush. Nickelodeon, shout out.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, now that he’s taken that, Tanner, do you have any left? Or will you be silent for the rest of the hour?
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, I got a million, but I’m going to go with one of my more favorites as a teenager. Parks and Recreation.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, that was a fun one.
SPEAKER 19 :
So funny. Chris Pratt was great in it. The Indian actor as well was hilarious.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, you actually, is that Kamal Nanjiani? I think so.
SPEAKER 19 :
He got canceled, I believe, is the one who got in trouble. But he was so funny in the show.
SPEAKER 14 :
I love Kamal Nanjiani. He kills me. He really does. Did you ever see Stuber, the movie?
SPEAKER 19 :
Almost. You’ve told me I watch it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, he’s in it with Dave Bautista.
SPEAKER 19 :
That sounds funny.
SPEAKER 14 :
Folks, if you’ve not seen Stuber, I’m going to tell you right now, not a great movie, but I had fun. It’s stupid fun. Very much stupid fun. It’s worth watching.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, it was Aziz Ansari. Sorry.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, Aziz Ansari. I like him.
SPEAKER 19 :
He’s so funny.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, he’s funny. Okay, up next is John and Cheyenne. John, do you have any sitcoms?
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, I got two favorites, Andy.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
I could watch them. To this day, I’ll watch them if I can find them on. And the first one is, of course, the legendary Jackie Gleason in The Honeymoons. Him and Art Carney just, you know, the jokes never got old.
SPEAKER 14 :
They didn’t. And, I mean, they were so classic that you had shows copying them for decades afterward.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, the Flintstones, they were going to get sued. Because they said the Flintstones copied the Honeymooners.
SPEAKER 14 :
Did you ever see the episode on Moonlighting where they did the Honeymooners?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes. Yes. It was pretty funny in itself.
SPEAKER 14 :
What blew my mind is because on the Honeymooners, Bruce Willis was the funny one always, right? And what’s her name? I forget the name of the actress on the Honeymooners. Sybil Shepard. Sybil Shepard. Okay. But Sybil Shepard… was deadpan perfect in her delivery of The Honeymooners. She was perfect. She was right on. It blew my mind.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, Audrey Meadows had the comedic timing against Gleason down to a sign.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, she was a straight man. Ultimate straight man. Ultimate straight man. She set him up and he laid it down. It was perfect.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, and, you know, do you ever see that meme?
SPEAKER 14 :
Which one?
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s out there. There’s a meme of two astronauts, and they’re looking down at a dead woman in 50s clothes, and they go, oh, my God, it’s Alice Cramden.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, I’m afraid I missed that meme. Sorry, John. Okay, well, what’s another sitcom?
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, my other favorite is The Odd Couple.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yes. Jack Klugman, Tony Randall.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh. And what’s funny is if you go back and watch the movie version of it, because it was a Neil Simon play. Yeah, it was. And the movie version of it is very funny.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Yeah, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon.
SPEAKER 16 :
But here’s the funniest thing. I read this in a book. In the original Broadway version of that, it was Art Carney and Walter Matthau. Really? In the Broadway version. Art Carney? And Art Carney played the Oscar role.
SPEAKER 14 :
Really? Walter Matthau played the neat freak? Yes. You’ve got to be kidding me.
SPEAKER 16 :
On the Broadway version of it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 16 :
And that was late 50s, early 60s. But here’s the thing. If you watch a sitcom today, they make their jokes off of a lot of sexual innuendo. Sure. And a lot of the old sitcoms, they were funny without the innuendo. You know what I mean? Right. Because they were funny. Now they’re going for cheap laughs through sexual innuendo. So there’s not many good ones. The other one I always enjoyed, and I’m probably going to steal it from somebody newer, is Big Bang Theory.
SPEAKER 14 :
I think Big Bang Theory is pretty funny. What do you think, Luke?
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, it’s very funny. I’ve seen a couple clips, and I remember enjoying some time with it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I got a friend in Kansas City. His name is Andrew. We used to manage movie theaters together, and that was his show. I mean, oh, yeah, he had to see Big Bang Theory. He talked about it all the time. There were two things in the world that mattered to Andrew Armstrong. One, Star Trek. And I still know him today. I know him online. He builds little models of the Enterprise. And all the phasers and everything. Oh, yeah, but he just loves it. It’s really cool. He gets into it. But also, he loved the Bing Bang Theory. He just loved it.
SPEAKER 18 :
People were obsessed with it for a long time.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, it’s funny.
SPEAKER 18 :
And if you look at the…
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. Well, I won’t steal anymore. There’s probably other people going to call in. So you guys have a great weekend. Enjoy your Independence Day, Andy, guys.
SPEAKER 14 :
Happy Independence Day, John. You take care. Nah, he used them all. I’m out. What do you think? Do you got any?
SPEAKER 19 :
Never seen the Big Bang Theory because I’m not a nerd.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, it was pretty funny. Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
I think maybe you are.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’m going to go next. Now, this one is my favorite sitcom probably of all time, and it is The Family Guy. Okay. And here he is. He’s got a salesman at the door.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hello, sir. Enough with the foreplay, sailor.
SPEAKER 10 :
What are you selling? Well, I was going to try to sell you some handsome cream, but I can see you already bought out the store. Go on. So perhaps you’d be interested in something every homeowner cannot be without. Volcano insurance. Go on. According to my uncle, who’s a real whiz with volcanoes, a volcano is coming this way. Hmm.
SPEAKER 11 :
I, too, have an uncle. Come in. How much is this volcano insurance? I don’t know. Let’s say $200.
SPEAKER 1 :
$200?
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s more than I spent on all that handsome cream. I don’t have that kind of money. What about that jar of money? No way, that’s Lois’ rainy day fund. Ah, come on. It never rains in Rhode Island? Well, yeah, but I’m pretty sure we’ve never had a volcano either.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, don’t you think we’re overdue for one? Touché, salesman.
SPEAKER 14 :
Peter Griffin. I don’t know if there’s ever been a dumber character. Also… And that’s what sitcoms are about. You always have to have an idiot. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 18 :
I was just going to say, also, that is a very accurate representation of insurance sales.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yes, it is.
SPEAKER 18 :
Believe it or not.
SPEAKER 14 :
Only it’s volcano sales.
SPEAKER 18 :
Only volcano insurance.
SPEAKER 14 :
Volcano Insurance. Okay. You are up, sir.
SPEAKER 18 :
I’ll piggyback off of that with another one based right here in Colorado. South Park.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yes. South Park was great. I wonder, do I have anything on that?
SPEAKER 18 :
It’s probably hard to find some clips from South Park. It’s usually pretty raunchy.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. It is. But, you know, I do have – and they never even try to impersonate the voice. No. Okay. Okay. And so this one is recent, and it’s just Donald Trump going in to be president, and they’re walking him through.
SPEAKER 29 :
Yes, sir. Here are all our military secrets and all classified information. Okay, good. This is the drone program. In there, you can kill anyone on Earth remotely. Here’s the keys. Thanks. In here is satellite surveillance where you can monitor anyone’s conversation live. Oh, that’ll come in handy. Extreme interrogation room in case you ever find interrogation necessary. Oh, hell yeah, it’s necessary. Let’s do it. And here, of course, is the famous football, where you can order a nuclear attack in four minutes. Love me some football. And finally, in here, is the diplomatic strategy and negotiating room.
SPEAKER 14 :
Anyways. They had a lot of fun. That’s pretty good. That show obviously is incredibly disgusting. Yes. But it can be unbelievably funny. It’s just well written.
SPEAKER 18 :
Very well written. They are very funny guys.
SPEAKER 14 :
They are. Okay, Luke, you’re up. That was you. Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 19 :
Tanner, you’re up. I think this is the best sitcom of all time. The Office, the U.S. version.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s a funny show. The Office is a very good one. I love it.
SPEAKER 19 :
Especially Dwight and Steve Carell is amazing.
SPEAKER 14 :
I wanted to put together clips. I did not have time. There’s too many. Oh, The Office is crazy. Although I got to be honest, a lot of The Office, a lot of the humor on it is visual.
SPEAKER 19 :
you got great lines but they go so well with what they’re doing and their facial expressions make it even better Steve Carell just kills me I think my favorite episode is like season 2 right when they start getting really good and he just has like the international day and he’s just as racist as possible about every race and then he gets slapped at me it was so funny
SPEAKER 14 :
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SPEAKER 14 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush. KLC 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush. And Luke had to step out. He will be right back. And I’m joined, of course, by Tanner Cole.
SPEAKER 19 :
Man.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. Tanner, I’m going to go to, I believe… Quite possibly the best written sitcom ever made. And the reason I say that is because other sitcoms came off it. Two other sitcoms came off it that were also very popular with the same writers. These guys were on fire. And this is Cheers. Did you ever see Cheers?
SPEAKER 19 :
I’ve heard about it a bunch. Yeah, it’s before your time. Definitely.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, well, this is a scene really quick here with Coach, and this is an early season, and Coach is an old guy, and he’s got to answer the phone. Here we go.
SPEAKER 09 :
Cheers. Yeah. Coach, your friend Walt.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, Walt. Walt. Walt. Walt, Walt, my God, it’s so good to hear from you. Oh, I’m so glad the operation’s over, Walt. Listen, I didn’t want to say anything beforehand, Walt, but, you know, I didn’t think your chances of going in there were too good. Oh, it’s tomorrow?
SPEAKER 29 :
That’s the beauty about being a mailman now.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’ll just leave it there. They had, after him, because Coach is only on one or maybe two seasons, I think it was two seasons, and then they had Woody Harrelson take over for him, and he actually played a character called Woody. And he was just as dumb as Coach. And that’s where Woody Harrelson became a big star. Before then, you’d never heard of him. So that was on the show Cheers. If you ever want to get some laughs, watch reruns of Cheers. Wonderfully written. Very, very funny. Great stuff. Okay, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right. Well, let’s follow in the footsteps of watching some young people or younger people, you know, get their rise to stardom. Zendaya was in a sitcom show called Shake It Up. I think it was on – I think it was Disney Channel. Disney Channel’s Shake It Up is where Zendaya – I remember seeing her there back when I was but a young boy. With Bella Thorne. With Bella Thorne, yep.
SPEAKER 14 :
And Zendaya did not throw her life away. No. She actually went on to just be a star and keep being a star. Yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
Bella Thorne, however, I think fell on some harder times.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s so sad. You know, Disney and Nickelodeon just grind these young girls into nothing. And I don’t know what they put them through. I really don’t. But the number of them who have gone nuts…
SPEAKER 18 :
It happens enough that maybe there’s a pattern there worth looking at.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, yeah. No, I agree. I think there’s a pattern where you’ve got to look at Disney. I mean, obviously they’re sexualizing them because they’re attractive young girls, and yet they’re very young, right? And that alone can be kind of scary, right? But also, whatever they’re doing there, they are cooking them. I’ll never forget Lindsay Lohan.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, I mean.
SPEAKER 14 :
Or Britney Spears.
SPEAKER 19 :
We saw what Nickelodeon then came out of the whole documentary. So, I mean, Disney, it seems like they got triple the amount.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, just horrible.
SPEAKER 19 :
Okay, Tanner, you’re up. In my opinion, the best Nickelodeon one from back in the day, Drake and Josh.
SPEAKER 14 :
Drake and Josh. I’ve never seen this. That’s so funny. That was one of those good ones. What’s it about?
SPEAKER 19 :
Two stepbrothers. One’s really hot, gets all the chicks and dumb. The other one’s fat and ugly and doesn’t get any chicks. And they’re the main characters. Their parents are hilarious. Their dad’s like a failed weatherman. It was great. The sister is like conniving and evil, their younger sister.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, I like it.
SPEAKER 19 :
It was great.
SPEAKER 18 :
It was a good like brothers show. Like watching two guys try and be brothers and get along. Anyone who had siblings is like, oh, this is very relatable. Right.
SPEAKER 14 :
Do you both have brothers?
SPEAKER 18 :
Yes. I got one. He’s got five. I have five younger brothers.
SPEAKER 14 :
You have five younger brothers? Yep. Oh, my gosh. So you had to raise them all.
SPEAKER 18 :
I did. All me, mom and dad. Were they like slave labor?
SPEAKER 14 :
I mean, did they mow the lawn for you? Did they clean your room? Did they take care of everything? I wish.
SPEAKER 18 :
We were all too close in age. So we were all just like fighting each other, just punching.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, that explains the violence.
SPEAKER 18 :
That’s all right. We’re all cool now. We’re all best friends now.
SPEAKER 14 :
I know you’re deeply into the violence culture. That’s true. Oh, yeah. Definitely. Very hyper-violent.
SPEAKER 18 :
Fight club at the Cashman household. Yeah, exactly. You get on the trampoline and you just beat on each other until someone bleeds enough.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s great. That’s good to know. It explains a lot. Hey, Tanner, what about your brother?
SPEAKER 19 :
I was five years older, so I couldn’t touch him, but he got mad at me quite a bit.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, did he?
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, yeah. I was called the teasing king around the house for years.
SPEAKER 14 :
You were horrible to your brother.
SPEAKER 19 :
I mean, that’s what they all say, but they just lost every time they played me.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, because you were taller and you always played basketball.
SPEAKER 19 :
Faster, stronger, built to last longer.
SPEAKER 14 :
Did you play dodgeball and just throw it at them as hard as you could?
SPEAKER 19 :
I mean, I only had two siblings, so it was pretty quick. Knock them off their feet. They’d throw a ball, I’d catch it. I’d throw it at the other one, the game’s over.
SPEAKER 14 :
Just heartless. Okay, that being said, let’s go to probably, I think most people would say this is their number one sitcom, Friends. Here we go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Anybody know a good tailor? You need some clothes altered? No, no. I’m just looking for a man to draw on me with chalk. Why don’t you go see Frankie? My family’s been going to him forever. He did my first suit when I was 15. No, wait.
SPEAKER 1 :
16.
SPEAKER 08 :
No. Excuse me.
SPEAKER 1 :
15.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, when was 1990? Okay, you have to stop the Q-tip when there’s resistance.
SPEAKER 14 :
That, by the way, may he rest in peace.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Brilliant comedian. The guy who played Joey was very funny.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, Joey was great. Matt LaBloc.
SPEAKER 14 :
Matt LeBlanc was very good. And who played the other guy? I’m spacing all their names.
SPEAKER 19 :
David Schwimmer.
SPEAKER 14 :
He played Ross. Yeah, he played Ross. I’m talking the other one.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, Chandler.
SPEAKER 14 :
Chandler.
SPEAKER 19 :
The one who passed.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 19 :
I’m blanking.
SPEAKER 14 :
I don’t know. Guys, I deal with so many actors. The names, they blend together. Everybody is that person and that person and that person. Matthew Perry. Yeah, Friends was a case of having six terrific young talents. I mean, really terrific young talents. And to put all that talent onto one show, I don’t know if it had actually been done before. Because usually you had a show where maybe two, maybe three were really funny and really good, but that was about it. But to have six talents like that was just incredible.
SPEAKER 19 :
It was a great show. And all the extra actors they brought in for however many episodes, like Paul Rudd, Bruce Willis. Oh, yeah. Monica’s boyfriend at one point. He’s a big actor. I’m blanking on his name. Oh, yeah, Tom Selleck was in it for quite a while. It was great. I mean, so many good actors.
SPEAKER 17 :
Very cool. Okay, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, let’s go with some Malcolm in the Middle.
SPEAKER 14 :
Malcolm in the Middle was funny.
SPEAKER 18 :
I have seen a couple episodes of that one. That’s one of the few older, in air quotes there, sitcoms that I’ve seen episodes of. It’s pretty good.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, that’s good.
SPEAKER 18 :
I enjoy it. One of my favorite pieces about Malcolm in the Middle is when they were doing the casting for Breaking Bad initially, and Bryan Cranston was cast in the role. There was this huge… sort of controversy up of like, you got the dad from Malcolm in the Middle to play this, you know, meth-dealing drug lord? It’ll never work. Only for it to work better than any casting choice I think you could have ever made.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, Cranston is pure talent.
SPEAKER 18 :
He is. One of the greatest actors.
SPEAKER 14 :
And the thing is, is that he played you know, a funny character on Malcolm in the Middle, but not a character where you thought that he could do much more. You didn’t think, oh, this guy’s got really broad acting chops and can do anything. And you just didn’t think about Bryan Cranston. And what’s he go on to do?
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, he does Breaking Bad, and it absolutely kills the role.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s so good.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I agree. Okay, Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 19 :
Another one of my favorites. I look like I could be cast in the show right now. That 70s show. Yes. So funny. And they’ve made two shows after it. That 90s show, and then I’ll just throw it in right now. Netflix made The Ranch, which also had Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Sam Elliott, a few others.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, they produced some stars on that show.
SPEAKER 19 :
Kutcher, Kunis, yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Kutcher is a very talented guy. He can do an action movie and turn around and do a comedy and do them equally well.
SPEAKER 19 :
Romantic as well, yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
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SPEAKER 25 :
You’re welcome.
SPEAKER 12 :
Live and local, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 14 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. We are doing favorite sitcoms. I got to do one that’s an all-time classic. Now, this sitcom really pioneered the hyper-liberal political sitcoms.
SPEAKER 19 :
Great.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, I know. But you got to keep in mind, I know while that’s offensive to Tanner and to me at times. And, you know, the fact is, though, it became the pioneer. And before long, every sitcom had a hard left slant, every single one. And it all started with All in the Family.
SPEAKER 23 :
Well, what would our leaving solve? I mean, with or without protests, this country would still have the same problems. What problems? Well, it’s the war, the racial problem, the economic problem, the pollution problem. Oh, come on. If you want a nitpick. Nitpick? Let me tell you something, Mr. Bunker. No, let me tell you something, Mr. Stivick. You are a meathead.
SPEAKER 15 :
What did you say?
SPEAKER 23 :
A meathead. Dead from the neck up. Meathead.
SPEAKER 14 :
What do you think? I like it. It’s way before your time, I know, but it was funny. And Carol O’Connor, I thought, created possibly the most memorable character ever in sitcom history. Certainly top five.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, because, and the problem is that the, no, top 10, because some are incredible, right? Homer Simpson.
SPEAKER 18 :
There’s some like cultural staples.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Well, he was too. But Homer Simpson, we were talking Jackie Gleason earlier on the Honeymooners. I’m going to throw one out really quick here. Alex on Family Ties.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 14 :
Did you ever see Family Ties? I don’t think so. Okay. I just did too. Sorry about that. Okay. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
You’re all right. Well, let’s jump to a more modern one. And there are not a whole lot of modern sitcoms, but I think one came out that did it all right. I thought it was pretty decent. Shane Gillis with Tires.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, new season, and they’re set for season three. What’s it on? Netflix. I just started season two. I’ve enjoyed the first three episodes. There’s 12 of this one.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’ve never seen it. I like Shane Gillis.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, and there’s a bunch of other comedians in it.
SPEAKER 14 :
He does good stand-up. Really?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, J.J. Watts in this season. That scene’s so funny. J.J. Watts? I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve seen clips. It’s hilarious.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, on Netflix. Go check it out. Okay. Very good.
SPEAKER 19 :
And they’re 20-minute episodes. You fly through them without even realizing.
SPEAKER 18 :
It’s great. Not a whole lot of decent modern sitcoms coming out. This is one of those. It’s like, I can see this kind of becoming more of a staple. I can feel it catching some solid footing.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, say it one more time.
SPEAKER 18 :
Tires on Netflix with Shane Gillis. That you put on your car.
SPEAKER 19 :
tires it’s called tires yep it’s because it’s about him working in a tire shop yeah yeah okay i gotta watch it i will i think it’s the only one i have on my list that’s been created in the last eight years yeah or started in the last eight years okay all right um one that’s still going has had a really good track record one of my favorites it’s always sunny in philadelphia so good
SPEAKER 14 :
Is that Danny DeVito?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yes. I love him. Charlie Day. I believe that’s his name.
SPEAKER 14 :
Is Danny DeVito ever not good?
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
I don’t think so. I get to see him fail. I know. He is so good. Okay. I just got to play the song for this next one because everybody knows it. Here we go.
SPEAKER 05 :
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip that started from this topic port aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three-hour tour, a three-hour tour.
SPEAKER 14 :
Now, you guys probably never saw this. It was called Gilligan’s Island. I was going to guess that, yeah.
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah. I remember seeing it on my grandma’s TV after church in 2003, maybe. It was like a rerun.
SPEAKER 14 :
The funny thing about Gilligan’s Island, it was just stupid humor. These seven people who are shipwrecked for several years. And yet, it started this long, long-going… argument that still goes today about the two girls who are on the island and one is a movie star named ginger and the other one is a girl from the midwest named marianne and so everybody would all the guys would always ask ginger or marianne ginger or marianne who’s your favorite who’s the hottest And in real life, Marianne is played by Dawn Wells, who was also a, she had one, she was like Miss Something. I forget what, Miss Arkansas or whatever. And so she was a beautiful lady, too. And Tina Louise played Ginger. And so that’s what everybody would always talk about, all the guys, Ginger or Marianne. So there you go. A little bit of history for you. Go ahead, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, let’s go with… Ooh, I haven’t seen it, but it is iconic, and I feel like someone’s got to say it, so I’ll say it now. Golden Girls.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 18 :
Is Roseanne Barr in that?
SPEAKER 14 :
No.
SPEAKER 19 :
No, that’s a different show.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s a different show. Do you want to go with Roseanne? No, no.
SPEAKER 19 :
no no no no there’s enough from our times that uh i think it was like 2007 to 2014 was the hotbed at least for us um i’m gonna go with how i met your mother oh yeah people were upset about the ending of that one i could see that i didn’t see it why
SPEAKER 14 :
Apparently the – Everybody die in a blimp accident?
SPEAKER 18 :
That would have been very exciting.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 18 :
No, spoilers – not going to spoil How I Met Your Mother, but there’s – the whole show is a big lead up to finding out who the mother is, and I guess the mother ended up being someone that they really didn’t want it to be. Right. There was a fan favorite pick, and she didn’t get it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, well, there you go then. You know, I only saw a little part of a couple episodes. It was never my thing. It seemed pretty funny.
SPEAKER 18 :
It was. Yeah, it was all right. It was a good time.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Well, here’s another cartoon, and this is made by the people who did The Simpsons, and it’s in the future, and it’s… Futurama. Classic. Yes. And in these clips, it’s actually Zap Brannigan, who is my favorite idiot commander of a spaceship. And here we go talking Zap Brannigan.
SPEAKER 26 :
Just so we’ll know, who’s the enemy?
SPEAKER 20 :
A valid question. We know nothing about their language, their history, or what they look like. But we can assume this. They stand for everything we don’t stand for. Also, they told me you guys look like dorks.
SPEAKER 23 :
They look like dorks! Shall I fire on them now, sir?
SPEAKER 20 :
Not yet, Kif. In the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces. What? We made it through, Kif. How many men did we lose?
SPEAKER 15 :
All of them.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, at least they won’t have to mourn each other. Seal the airlocks.
SPEAKER 14 :
Seth Branigan. That’s good. Yeah, at one point he says the way he won this great battle was to keep sending waves and waves of his men at the enemy until his enemy finally ran out of ammunition.
SPEAKER 18 :
If it works, it works. He’s such an idiot.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 18 :
Luke, you’re up. Oh, we’ll go with another animated one. Definitely newer. Definitely very funny. Shockingly so. The Amazing World of Gumball. I have not seen this. It’s a more modern cartoon. A little wacky, a little zany. But one of those where it’s like, oh, this has good jokes. Like good highbrow humor.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. And what is it called again? The Amazing World of Gumball. The Amazing World of Gumball. I’m interested. Okay, Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 19 :
Let’s go with Workaholics.
SPEAKER 18 :
I’ve never heard of that one.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, it’s with Adam Devine. Oh, I like him. I can’t remember the other two, their actual names, but it was hilarious. All three of them worked in this office with a hot boss, and then they were just always causing havoc. I think it was three or four seasons. It’s a good one.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, I like Adam Devine. He’s always funny. Okay, here’s another theme song. It’s an easy one, but it’s an old show that’s way before your time. Here we go.
SPEAKER 28 :
Do you know this song?
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, happy days now. We were talking earlier about the most classic characters ever created. Another one of them would have to be the Fonz.
SPEAKER 19 :
Right.
SPEAKER 14 :
Played by Henry Winkler. Certainly one of the classic characters of all time in sitcom history. Okay. All right, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right, let’s run it back to young stars getting their start in sitcoms from mine and Tanner’s generation. Victorious. Yes. Was a show on – I think that one was Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon, yeah. And that one had Ariana Grande in it. Oh, really? Before she was a big movie star. Now, I know she was doing some music and some singing and stuff like that. Right. Yeah, that was – she was in that one – how many years ago was that? Forever ago. Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Are you guys looking forward to this winter or Christmas? I forget which. Wicked 2? No.
SPEAKER 19 :
No. Well, if they give her some eyebrows this time, maybe. Yeah.
SPEAKER 14 :
Honestly.
SPEAKER 19 :
Never saw the first one. Never will.
SPEAKER 14 :
It had moments. It had a couple great songs and a lot of really boring songs, and it dragged a lot. Honestly, it really did. The song at the end is tremendous. So there you go.
SPEAKER 18 :
There’s another one of those. If I want to watch something in that vein, I’ll just watch The Wizard of Oz.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Yeah. See the real story.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. You were up, Tanner.
SPEAKER 19 :
Happy Days, I assume Fonzie is part of the Fon family.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, no.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh. Never mind.
SPEAKER 14 :
He’s Arthur Fonzarelli, and he’s called Fonzie, or the Fonz. And he was a very classic character, and everybody was talking about him constantly. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 19 :
Entourage. Entourage. Can’t think of any of the actors’ names, but that was a big show. I can’t remember what was on, maybe HBO. Okay. Movie star and then all of his dumb friends and his older brother who wants to become a big actor and a bunch of famous actors and celebrities throughout the show. It was really good.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, let’s speed it up here a little bit and just do another couple rounds and take a break. I’m going to go with another Danny DeVito show that launched his career, Taxi. And trust me, he was great on it. Go ahead, Luke.
SPEAKER 18 :
Slightly newer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. That’s a funny show.
SPEAKER 19 :
Trailer Park Boys.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yeah. That’s funny, too.
SPEAKER 19 :
That was pretty good.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, here’s another one, a spinoff that came from Cheers, Frasier. And that won all kinds of awards. That was the top show on TV for quite a while. Okay, go ahead.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right. We haven’t had Seinfeld yet, have we?
SPEAKER 14 :
We have not had Seinfeld.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, let’s steal it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well done. Okay, Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 19 :
I have to say this one at some point, The Cosby Show. Oh, ooh.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, but still, it dominated. It dominated. I’m going to go The Bob Newhart Show. Okay. That was very popular in its day. Okay, go ahead.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right. This is newer. Tanner knows it. Hi, Carly.
SPEAKER 14 :
I actually know that one.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, you do? Tanner, go ahead. Let’s go with New Girl.
SPEAKER 14 :
New Girl. I actually know that one. I like that one. Two in a row. Have you guys ever heard of WKRP in Cincinnati? No. It was funny. It was a funny show.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up. A little controversial. Charlie Sheen represent two and a half men. Yes.
SPEAKER 14 :
Just a little.
SPEAKER 18 :
A little controversy.
SPEAKER 14 :
Still funny.
SPEAKER 19 :
Let’s go with Modern Family. That’s a big one.
SPEAKER 14 :
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SPEAKER 12 :
We don’t yell at you. We inform you. Now, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 14 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man. And Luke Cash. Man. Okay, let’s see what kind of men you are. We’re going to go rapid fire. We’ve got six minutes. Are you ready? Are you up to it? Ready. Tanner’s sweating. We’ll survive. Okay, here we go. One of the greatest of all time, M.A.S.H.,
SPEAKER 17 :
Top of my list. Okay. Go, Luke. Arrested Development. Oh, you took it off my list. Go, Tanner. Full House.
SPEAKER 14 :
Full House was funny. Okay. Have you guys ever heard of Third Rock from the Sun? No. No. It’s very funny. Trust me. John Lithgow stars. Okay.
SPEAKER 18 :
Luke, you’re up. Well, it’s not the Third Rock from the Sun, but it is 30 Rock. Nice. 30 Rock. Very good.
SPEAKER 19 :
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yes. Love that one. I love the dance. Carlton. The Carlton dance is just one of the classics. Okay, this spawned movies. Police Squad.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Okay, go ahead. Let’s go with Scrubs. Scrubs, good. Tanner, go. Family Matters, Steve Urkel.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yep, Steve Urkel. Okay, I’m going to go with Wings, another show that came off of the Cheers writers.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up. Swiped right off of Andy’s list, Archer.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yes! You took it off my list. How dare you?
SPEAKER 19 :
Maybe the best kid sitcom ever is SpongeBob SquarePants. Oh, there you go.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s good. Okay, I’m going to go with Everybody Loves Raymond. Okay, Luke, you’re up. Hey, Arnold. Hey, Arnold. Wow, another one I’ve heard of. Go ahead, Tanner. Shameless. Shameless. I’ve heard of it, but I never saw it. Is it funny? Mm-hmm. Okay. Here’s a British one I’ll bet you’ve never heard of. It only ran a few seasons. Black Adder.
SPEAKER 17 :
No. Black Adam?
SPEAKER 14 :
Black Adam. It was very funny. He was a very, very bad person.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay. Luke, you’re up. Here’s a British one you have heard of, but there’s a better American version. The British Office.
SPEAKER 14 :
The British Office. I’ve never seen that one.
SPEAKER 18 :
It’s not great.
SPEAKER 14 :
No. Not great. Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Let’s go with Freaks and Geeks.
SPEAKER 14 :
Freaks and Geeks. Okay. I got to go to another classic one. The Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch. We’ve all heard of that. Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Luke, you’re up. Oh, let’s hit community.
SPEAKER 14 :
Community. Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Rules of Engagement.
SPEAKER 14 :
Rules of Engagement. I’d never seen it. Was that funny?
SPEAKER 19 :
David Spade’s in it. I liked it a lot.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, I love David Spade. Okay, my wife got this one, an all-time classic, I Love Lucy. All-time classic. And, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 17 :
Oh, Mr. Bean. Oh, you still left.
SPEAKER 14 :
And that stars Rowan Atkinson, who is also the star of Black Adder.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, I was just going to say it.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, that was his other show. Okay. Okay. Go ahead, Tanner.
SPEAKER 19 :
The Penguins of Madagascar.
SPEAKER 14 :
That’s a movie.
SPEAKER 19 :
Let’s go. No, The Penguins. They had a TV show. They had a show? It was great.
SPEAKER 18 :
It was pretty funny. Really? Kowalski.
SPEAKER 19 :
It was pretty good.
SPEAKER 14 :
Kowalski. Well, jeez, I love the movie. I’ve got to see it. Okay. Ted Lasso. You ever seen it?
SPEAKER 19 :
No. Everyone tells me to.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right. This one’s for you, Tanner. Ned’s Declassified. pulling up some ancient memories.
SPEAKER 19 :
All right.
SPEAKER 18 :
I got The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
SPEAKER 14 :
Jeez, that’s so young. Killing me. Okay, I’m going to go with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She’s a stand-up comic. It’s pretty funny. Go ahead, Luke.
SPEAKER 18 :
Oh, this is how I know what a naglet is. Phineas and Ferb.
SPEAKER 14 :
Wow, you’re really going down the cartoon route. I am. Go ahead, Tanner.
SPEAKER 19 :
Glee.
SPEAKER 14 :
Glee. Okay, I never saw it, but I hear it’s pretty good. Okay, I’ve got to go with another absolute classic, Get Smart. It was wonderful. Trust me. I grew up on that show and laughed my head off. Go ahead, Luke.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, Bob’s Burgers. Nice.
SPEAKER 14 :
One second. Bob’s Burgers also stars the same voice of… Archer, is it? Archer. Very well done. I just want to make sure you can get it. Okay, Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 19 :
The Fairly Oddparent. Let’s go.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, this is just a hilarious show that ran for many years. Married with Children. Okay. Al Bundy, one of my favorite characters ever. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
Lilo and Stitch.
SPEAKER 14 :
No, that was a TV show?
SPEAKER 18 :
Yeah, they had a TV show for Lilo and Stitch.
SPEAKER 14 :
Was it a sitcom? Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Disney Channel. I mean, yeah, sitcom. That stumped me. Let’s go with Home Improvement.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yeah. Well, of course. Timmy.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, Tim Allen.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, he was great. The original Dick Van Dyke show. And that was actually pretty funny for its time. Okay, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
Running low. Rugrats. Rugrats? You are running low. I am running low.
SPEAKER 14 :
By the way, did you do Malcolm in the Middle? I thought you did. I just wanted to make sure, so I’m taking it off my list. Go ahead, Tanner.
SPEAKER 19 :
Beverly Hills Hillbillies. Oh! Basically my family.
SPEAKER 14 :
The Beverly Hillbillies was great. That was funny. Okay, Sanford and Son. You wouldn’t even know what that is. Starring Red Fox. It was a classic. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 18 :
All right, last on my list. Barely qualifies, but it’s still good regardless. BoJack Horseman.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, that’s a good show. Okay, Tanner, it’s me and you. It’s me and you, man. Go. Curb your enthusiasm. Curb your enthusiasm. I’m going to go to Barney Miller. Classic show. Go. Community. Community has already been taken by Luke.
SPEAKER 19 :
Two broke girls.
SPEAKER 14 :
Two Broke Girls. Okay, I’ve seen it. McHale’s Navy. I’m going way back. It was actually a good show. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 19 :
George Lopez.
SPEAKER 14 :
George Lopez. I know it’s been mentioned, but did anybody use Roseanne?
SPEAKER 19 :
No.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, I’m going to go with Roseanne.
SPEAKER 19 :
Wizards of Waverly Place.
SPEAKER 1 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah. Here’s one you would not have thought of. Andy Griffith. Total classic. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 19 :
Hannah Montana.
SPEAKER 14 :
Hannah Montana. He’s running low. Here’s a funny show Chuck ran for several years. Okay.
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Zoe 101. No.
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We’re getting to the end. He’s falling apart. Has family ties, I mentioned. Bewitched.
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All right. Weeds, Netflix.
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, yeah. Okay. Here’s a show. You’ve got to watch reruns of this. Night Court. Night Court was very funny. Okay. Go ahead, Tanner.
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The Eric Andre Show.
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Okay.
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Barely qualifies.
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Laverne and Shirley. Go. Eastbound and Down. Okay. Bosom Buddies. Go. The League. Okay. I Dream of Jeannie. Go. My Name is Earl. Welcome back, Cotter. And that is all we have time for, folks. I should have said Saved by the Bell. That would have been right up your alley. Okay. Thank you for joining us today. That was Best Sitcoms of All Time. Thank you, Tanner. And thank you, Luke. Oh, thank you. Great job. And thank you, Charlie, once again, for keeping us on the right track. That’s it for today. Hour 1 replays next. Hour 2 is at 6. John is back on Monday. So until then, drive safe, God bless, and thanks for joining us at Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
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I’m a rich guy.
