It’s sitcom showdown time on Rush to Reason! Guest host Andy Pate is joined by Luke Cash and Tanner Cole for a rapid-fire, hilarious ranking of the greatest sitcoms ever made. From black-and-white classics like I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners to modern hits like The Office, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Tires, no era or style is off-limits. The guys debate iconic characters, drop their favorite scenes, and share personal sitcom memories—including a few guilty Nickelodeon and Disney Channel pleasures. A fun, fast-paced celebration of television’s funniest shows. Tune in, reminisce, and maybe find a new sitcom to binge!
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Actually, it’s Andy Pate. 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.
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You know, you’re pulling your weight now.
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Yeah, you’re doing all right.
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I’m so proud of you.
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We raised him well, didn’t we?
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I think so.
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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 08 :
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.
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Nickelodeon sitcoms?
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Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, they had some sitcoms, yeah. That’s kind of all it was for young teens and teenagers.
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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
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Are live action or including cartoons? It’d have to be like The Simpsons.
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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.
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Oh, thank you.
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Homer buys a gun. Here we go.
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I’d like to buy your deadliest gun, please. Aisle 6, next to the sympathy cards.
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Hmm.
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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. Oh, yeah. Bandolier. Baby. Silencer. Loudener. Speed cocker. Ooh, I 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.
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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?
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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?
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I’m close to that. I’ve seen a million clips.
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Look, guys, I understand. It’s old stuff. It’s before your time. Okay, I’m just going to clue you in. There’s this thing called reruns.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hurons? Yes. Ew, disgusting. Want something old? Yes. Never. Old stuff is classic.
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Okay. Tell me the new stuff. So basically every show you guys mention, I will never have heard.
SPEAKER 08 :
No. Well, probably. Okay. Like 50%. All right. I’ve got some classics on here. I’ve just seen some of the good ones.
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I just want to know some of the shaved head protester, you know, meth freak Nickelodeon kids.
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Okay. Well, I’ll go to Nickelodeon first, and this one’s for you, Tanner. Okay. This one goes out to you. Big Time Rush. Oh, dang it. I wanted that one.
SPEAKER 07 :
I knew you wanted it. You got to explain it to the old guy.
SPEAKER 09 :
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…
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They’re starting a boy band, and if any 13-year-old kid has ever had the fantasy of, like, I want to be a music star, 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. Like 2012 or something like that. They had a big hit. I can’t remember what it was.
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First of all, I’m just adjusting to Luke saying the words boy band. Yeah. Okay. That doesn’t seem you.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, it wasn’t. It was my brother Jake’s thing at the time. Was it really?
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I thought boy bands were girls things.
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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.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was actually pretty funny, if I remember right.
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They had some pretty highbrow jokes about the industry snuck in there every now and then.
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Well, you’ve changed my mind. I think maybe me, John, and Charlie, we could try this. I don’t think you should.
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You don’t think so? No. No, no, I think we’re good.
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Okay, we won’t go down that road. Okay, what was it again?
SPEAKER 08 :
Big Time Rush. Big Time Rush. Big Time Rush. Nickelodeon, shout out.
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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 09 :
Oh, I got a million. But I’m going to go with one of my more favorites as a teenager. Parks and Recreation. Oh.
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Oh, that was a fun one.
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So funny. Chris Pratt was great in it. The Indian actor as well was hilarious.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, you actually, is that Kamal Nanjiani? I think so.
SPEAKER 09 :
He got canceled, I believe, is the one who got in trouble. But he was so funny in the show.
SPEAKER 07 :
I love Kamal Nanjiani. He kills me. He really does. Did you ever see Stuber, the movie?
SPEAKER 09 :
Almost. You’ve told me I watch it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, he’s in it with Dave Bautista.
SPEAKER 09 :
That sounds funny.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Oh, it was Aziz Ansari. Sorry.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, Aziz Ansari. I like him.
SPEAKER 09 :
He’s so funny.
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Yeah, he’s funny. Okay, up next is John and Cheyenne. John, do you have any sitcoms?
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Oh, I got two favorites, Andy.
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Okay.
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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 Honeymoors. Him and Art Carney just… You know, the jokes never got old.
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They didn’t… And, I mean, they were so classic that you had shows copying them for decades afterward.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, the Flintstones, they were going to get sued because they said the Flintstones copied the Honeymooners.
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Did you ever see the episode on Moonlighting where they did the Honeymooners?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes. Yes. It was pretty funny in itself.
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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.
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Well, Audrey Meadows… had the comedic timing against gleason yeah onto his sign yeah i mean she was a straight man ultimate straight man ultimate straight man she set him up and he laid it down it was perfect oh and you know do you ever see that meme which one 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 crammed it
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No, I’m afraid I missed that meme. Sorry, John.
SPEAKER 10 :
That’s a pretty funny one.
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Okay, well, what’s another sitcom?
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Oh, my other favorite is The Odd Couple.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yes! Jack Klugman, Tony Randall.
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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.
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That’s Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Yeah, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon.
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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 in the Broadway version. And Art Carney played the Oscar role.
SPEAKER 07 :
Really? Walter Matthau played the neat freak? Yes. You’ve got to be kidding me.
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On the Broadway version of it. And that was late 50s, early 60s. But, you know, they don’t… 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.
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I think Big Bang Theory is pretty funny. What do you think, Luke?
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Oh, it’s very funny. I’ve seen a couple clips, and I remember enjoying some time with it.
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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.
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People were obsessed with it for a long time.
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Oh, it’s funny. And if you look at the… 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.
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Happy Independence Day, John. You take care. Nah, he used them all. I’m out. What do you think? Do you got any?
SPEAKER 09 :
Never seen the Big Bang Theory because I’m not a nerd.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, it was pretty funny.
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I think maybe you are.
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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.
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Hello, sir. Enough with the foreplay, Shayla. 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. I, too, have an uncle.
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Come in. How much is this volcano insurance? I don’t know. Let’s say $200.
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$200?
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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?
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Well, yeah, but I’m pretty sure we’ve never had a volcano either. Well, don’t you think we’re overdue for one? Touché, salesman.
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Peter Griffin. I don’t know if there’s ever been a dumber character.
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Also.
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And that’s what sitcoms are about. You always have to have an idiot. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
I was just going to say, also, that is a very accurate representation of insurance sales.
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Yes, it is.
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Believe it or not.
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Only it’s volcano sales.
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Only volcano insurance.
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Volcano Insurance. Okay. You are up, sir.
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I’ll piggyback off of that with another one based right here in Colorado. South Park.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yes. South Park was great. I wonder, do I have anything on that?
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s probably hard to find some clips from South Park. It’s usually pretty raunchy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay. It is. But, you know, I do have, and they never even try to impersonate the voice. No. Okay. And so this one is recent, and it’s just Donald Trump going in to be president, and they’re walking him through.
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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 07 :
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 08 :
Very well written. They are very funny guys.
SPEAKER 07 :
They are. Okay, Luke, you’re up. That was you. Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 09 :
Tanner, you’re up. I think this is the best sitcom of all time. The Office, the U.S. version.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s a funny show. The Office is a very good one. I love it.
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Especially Dwight and Steve Carell is amazing.
SPEAKER 07 :
I wanted to put together clips. I did not have time. There’s too many. Oh, The Office is crazy. Although, I’ve got to be honest, a lot of The Office, a lot of the humor on it is visual. 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.
SPEAKER 09 :
I think my favorite episode is like season two, 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 07 :
Well, that sounds good. Okay, folks, we are talking about best sitcoms ever. We’ll be right back with those. Up next is Paul Leuenberger. Paul is now an insurance broker, shopping nine companies to find the best plan for you. Call Paul at 303-662-0789.
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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.
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Man.
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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 09 :
I’ve heard about it a bunch. Yeah, it’s before your time. Definitely.
SPEAKER 07 :
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.
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Cheers. Yeah. Coach, your friend Walt.
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Oh, 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?
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That’s the beauty about being a mailman now.
SPEAKER 07 :
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.
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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 07 :
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 08 :
Bella Thorne, however, I think fell on some harder times.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
It happens enough that maybe there’s a pattern there worth looking at.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yeah. No, I agree. I think there’s a pattern where you’ve got to look at Disney. You’ve got to look at, 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 09 :
Yeah, I mean.
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Or Britney Spears.
SPEAKER 09 :
We saw what Nickelodeon then came out of the whole documentary. So, I mean, Disney, it seems like they got triple the amount.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, just horrible.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, Tanner, you’re up. In my opinion, the best Nickelodeon one from back in the day, Drake and Josh.
SPEAKER 07 :
Drake and Josh. I’ve never seen this. That’s so funny. That was one of those good ones. What’s it about?
SPEAKER 09 :
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 07 :
Oh, I like it.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was great. It was a good like brothers show.
SPEAKER 08 :
Like watching two guys try and be brothers and get along. Anyone who had siblings is like, oh, this is very relatable. Right.
SPEAKER 07 :
Do you both have brothers?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes. I got one. He’s got five. I have five younger brothers.
SPEAKER 07 :
You have five younger brothers? Yep. Oh, my gosh. So you had to raise them all.
SPEAKER 08 :
I did. All me, mom and dad. Were they like slave labor?
SPEAKER 07 :
I mean, did they mow the lawn for you? Did they clean your room? Did they take care of everything? I wish.
SPEAKER 08 :
We were all too close in age. So we were all just like fighting each other, just punching. Oh, okay. Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, that explains the violence.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s all right. We’re all cool now. We’re all best friends now.
SPEAKER 07 :
I know you’re deeply into the violence culture. That’s true. Oh, yeah. Definitely. Very hyper-violent.
SPEAKER 08 :
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 07 :
That’s great. That’s good to know. It explains a lot. Hey, Tanner, what about your brother?
SPEAKER 09 :
I was five years older, so I couldn’t touch him, but he got mad at me quite a bit.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, did he?
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, yeah. I was called the teasing king around the house for years.
SPEAKER 07 :
You were horrible to your brother.
SPEAKER 09 :
I mean, that’s what they all say, but they just lost every time they played me.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, because you were taller and you always played basketball.
SPEAKER 09 :
Faster, stronger, built to last longer.
SPEAKER 07 :
Did you play dodgeball and just throw it at them as hard as you could?
SPEAKER 09 :
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 07 :
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.
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Hey, 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, 16. No, excuse me, 15. All right, when was 1990? Okay, you have to stop the Q-tip when there’s resistance.
SPEAKER 07 :
That, by the way, may he rest in peace.
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Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Brilliant comedian. The guy who played Joey was very funny.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, Joey was great. Matt LaBlanque.
SPEAKER 07 :
Matt LeBlanc was very good. And who played the other guy?
SPEAKER 09 :
I’m spacing all their names. David Schwimmer.
SPEAKER 07 :
He played Ross. Yeah, he played Ross. I’m talking the year.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, Chandler.
SPEAKER 07 :
Chandler.
SPEAKER 09 :
The one who passed. Yeah. I’m blanking.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
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.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, Tom Selleck.
SPEAKER 09 :
It was great. I mean, so many good actors.
SPEAKER 07 :
Very cool.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up. Oh, let’s go with some Malcolm in the Middle. Malcolm in the Middle was funny. I have seen a couple episodes of that one. It’s one of the few older, in air quotes there, sitcoms that I’ve seen episodes of. It’s pretty good.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, that’s good.
SPEAKER 08 :
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 07 :
Well, Cranston is pure talent.
SPEAKER 08 :
He is. One of the greatest actors.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
Yeah, he does Breaking Bad, and it absolutely kills the role.
SPEAKER 09 :
It’s so good.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I agree. Okay, Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 09 :
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 07 :
Well, they produced some stars on that show.
SPEAKER 09 :
Kutcher, Kunis, yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Romantic as well, yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
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SPEAKER 22 :
You’re welcome.
SPEAKER 23 :
Live and local, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Great.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 14 :
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.
SPEAKER 16 :
Nitpick? Let me tell you something, Mr. Bunker. No, let me tell you something, Mr. Stivick. You are a meathead.
SPEAKER 17 :
What did you say?
SPEAKER 16 :
A meathead. Dead from the neck up. Meathead.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 in top five.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, because, and the problem is that the, no, top 10, because some are incredible, right? Homer Simpson.
SPEAKER 08 :
There’s some like cultural staples.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Did you ever see Family Ties? I don’t think so. Okay. I just did two. Sorry about that. Okay. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
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 09 :
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 07 :
I’ve never seen it. I like Shane Gillis.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, and there’s a bunch of other comedians in it.
SPEAKER 07 :
He does good stand-up. Really?
SPEAKER 09 :
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 08 :
Yeah, on Netflix. Go check it out. Okay. Very good.
SPEAKER 09 :
And they’re 20-minute episodes. You fly through them without even realizing.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s great. Not a whole lot of, like, 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 07 :
Okay, say it one more time.
SPEAKER 08 :
Tires on Netflix with Shane Gillis. That you put on your car.
SPEAKER 09 :
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 07 :
That’s Danny DeVito.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yes. I love him. Charlie Day. I believe that’s his name.
SPEAKER 07 :
Is Danny DeVito ever not good?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
I don’t think so.
SPEAKER 09 :
You get to see him fail.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 27 :
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 07 :
Now, you guys probably never saw this. It was called Gilligan’s Island. I was going to guess that, yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. I remember seeing it on my grandma’s TV after church in 2003, maybe. It was like a rerun.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 were 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 08 :
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 07 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 09 :
Is Roseanne Barr in that?
SPEAKER 07 :
No.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, that’s a different show.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s a different show. Do you want to go with Roseanne? No, no.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, no, no. There’s enough from our times that I think it was 2007 to 2014 was the hotbed, at least for us. I’m going to go with How I Met Your Mother.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
People were upset about the ending of that one.
SPEAKER 08 :
I could see that.
SPEAKER 07 :
I didn’t see it. Why? So apparently the – Everybody die in a blimp accident?
SPEAKER 08 :
That would have been very exciting.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
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 07 :
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 08 :
It was. Yeah, it was all right. It was a good time.
SPEAKER 07 :
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.
SPEAKER 08 :
Classic.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 18 :
Just so we’ll know, who’s the enemy? 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 14 :
They look like dorks! Shall I fire on them now, sir?
SPEAKER 18 :
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 22 :
All of them.
SPEAKER 18 :
Well, at least they won’t have to mourn each other. Seal the airlocks.
SPEAKER 07 :
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. Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
If it works, it works.
SPEAKER 07 :
He’s such an idiot. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
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 07 :
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 09 :
Let’s go with Workaholics.
SPEAKER 07 :
I’ve never heard of that one.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, it’s with Adam Devine.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, I like him.
SPEAKER 09 :
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 07 :
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 24 :
Do you know this song?
SPEAKER 1 :
No.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 07 :
Played by Henry Winkler. Certainly one of the classic characters of all time in sitcom history. Okay. All right, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, let’s run it back to young stars getting their start in sitcoms from mine and Tanner’s generation. Victorious. 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 07 :
Are you guys looking forward to this winter or Christmas? I forget which. Wicked 2? No.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, if they give her some eyebrows this time, maybe.
SPEAKER 07 :
honestly never saw the first one never will 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 what’s another one of those if i want to watch something in that vein i’ll just watch the wizard of oz yeah yeah see the real story yeah exactly okay um you’re up tanner
SPEAKER 09 :
Happy Days, I assume Fonzie is part of the Fon family.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, no.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh. Never mind.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Entourage. Entourage. I 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. A 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 07 :
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 08 :
Slightly newer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. That’s a funny show.
SPEAKER 09 :
Trailer Park Boys.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yeah. That’s funny, too.
SPEAKER 09 :
That was pretty good.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
All right. We haven’t had Seinfeld yet, have we?
SPEAKER 07 :
We have not had Seinfeld.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, let’s steal it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well done. Okay, Tanner, you’re up.
SPEAKER 09 :
I have to say this one at some point, The Cosby Show. Oh, ooh.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
All right. This is newer. Tanner knows it. Hi, Carly.
SPEAKER 07 :
I actually know that one.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, you do? Tanner, go ahead. Let’s go with New Girl.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up. A little controversial. Charlie Sheen represent two and a half men. Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
Just a little.
SPEAKER 09 :
A little controversy. Still funny. Let’s go with Modern Family. That’s a big one.
SPEAKER 07 :
Modern Family, well done. Okay, tell you what, let’s take a break. We’ll come back and we will go rapid fire through a bunch of them. There are so many great sitcoms. Up next is Michael Bailey Law. Hey, don’t wait on your estate. Sleep better by getting your will done now with Michael Bailey at 720-730-7274.
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We don’t yell at you. We inform you. Now, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 07 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush. KLC 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? No, I’m trying my best. 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 08 :
Top of my list. Okay. Go, Luke. Arrested Development.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, you took it off my list. Go, Tanner. Full House. 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 08 :
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 09 :
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Okay. Okay, go ahead. Let’s go with Scrubs. Scrubs, good. Tanner, go. Family Matters, Steve Urkel.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep, Steve Urkel. Okay, I’m going to go with Wings, another show that came off of the Cheers writers.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up. Swiped right off of Andy’s list, Archer.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes! You took it off my list. How dare you?
SPEAKER 09 :
Maybe the best kid sitcom ever is SpongeBob SquarePants. Oh, there you go.
SPEAKER 07 :
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. No.
SPEAKER 08 :
Black Adam?
SPEAKER 07 :
Black Adam. It was very funny. He was a very, very bad person.
SPEAKER 08 :
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 07 :
The British Office. I’ve never seen that one.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s not great.
SPEAKER 07 :
No. Not great. Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Let’s go with Freaks and Geeks.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Luke, you’re up. Oh, let’s hit community. Community.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Rules of Engagement.
SPEAKER 07 :
Rules of Engagement. I’d never seen it. Was that funny?
SPEAKER 09 :
David Spade’s in it. I liked it a lot.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
Oh, Mr. Bean. Oh, you stole that.
SPEAKER 07 :
And that stars Rowan Atkinson, who is also the star of Black Adder.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I was going to say.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, that was his other show. Okay. Go ahead, Tanner.
SPEAKER 09 :
The Penguins of Madagascar.
SPEAKER 07 :
That’s a movie.
SPEAKER 09 :
Let’s go. No, the Penguins. They had a TV show.
SPEAKER 08 :
They had a show?
SPEAKER 09 :
It was great.
SPEAKER 08 :
It was pretty funny. Really? Kowalski.
SPEAKER 07 :
It was pretty good. Kowalski. Well, geez, I love the movie. I got to see. Okay. Ted Lasso. You ever seen it?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, everyone tells me to.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, this one’s for you, Tanner. Ned’s Declassified. Pulling up some ancient memories.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right, I got The Sweet Life of Zack and Cody.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
Oh, this is how I know what a naglet is. Phineas and Ferb.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, you’re really going down the cartoon route. I am. Go ahead, Tanner.
SPEAKER 09 :
Glee.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Oh, Bob’s Burgers. Nice.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
The Fairly Oddparent. Let’s go.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, this is just a hilarious show that ran for many years. Married with Children.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 07 :
Al Bundy, one of my favorite characters ever. Luke, you’re up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Lilo and Stitch.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, that was a TV show?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, they had a TV show for Lilo and Stitch.
SPEAKER 07 :
Was it a sitcom? Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Disney Channel. I mean, yeah, sitcom. That stumped me. Let’s go with Home Improvement.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, yeah. Well, of course. Timmy.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, Tim Mal.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
Running low. Rugrats. Rugrats. You are running low. I am running low.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Beverly Hills Hillbillies. Oh. Basically my family.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 08 :
All right, last on my list. Barely qualifies, but it’s still good regardless. BoJack Horseman.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
Oh, okay. Two Broke Girls.
SPEAKER 07 :
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 09 :
George Lopez.
SPEAKER 07 :
George Lopez. I know it’s been mentioned, but did anybody use Roseanne?
SPEAKER 09 :
No.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay, I’m going to go with Roseanne.
SPEAKER 09 :
Wizards of Waverly Place.
SPEAKER 1 :
Okay.
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Yeah. Here’s one you would not have thought of. Andy Griffith. Total classic. Go ahead.
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Hannah Montana.
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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.
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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. 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