Ah, The Big Bang Theory. Similar to your situation, I feel it's one of those things I should be into, but somehow can't make myself actually sit down and watch. (Luckily, I'm not met with disbelief over this fact--though I still get the KILL THE INFIDEL reaction when I tell people I never saw what was so great about Friends.)
M*A*S*H is one of those series that, while hardly perfect, is really worth seeing, in my opinion. I'd hazard to say seasons 3-8 are probably the strongest. The first few seasons put more of an emphasis on wacky hijinks (season one in particular is all over the place, as you can tell the show is really trying to find its footing), and the later seasons take on a moralistic tone that is often considered overwrought and anvilicious, but overall, there's an awful lot of good to be found in the show--particularly if you keep in mind the time it was made in. I think, watching it in this day and age, it's really easy to overlook just how revolutionary and daring it was in a lot of ways. (Like, originally the producers wanted to forgo the laugh track altogether, but the American networks did their "but we NEED laugh tracks" schtick until they finally caved and said, "Okay, fine--but not in the OR scenes." Some of the more dramatic episodes managed to omit it completely.)[/sales pitch]
On that note, I seem to remember that Scrubs itself was pretty revolutionary in its decision to not have a laugh track. Which is kind of funny and pathetic at the same time, as this was almost 30 years after M*A*S*H tried the same thing. 2001 and the networks were still worried that viewers might not know when something is funny. *eye roll* And yes, I think you're right--Scrubs always struck me as a definitive dramedy, the way it was written and set up. (And LOL. The musical episode. I'll admit that ever since you mentioned the series, I've had "Guy Love" in my head. XD)
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Date: 2011-05-11 06:23 pm (UTC)M*A*S*H is one of those series that, while hardly perfect, is really worth seeing, in my opinion. I'd hazard to say seasons 3-8 are probably the strongest. The first few seasons put more of an emphasis on wacky hijinks (season one in particular is all over the place, as you can tell the show is really trying to find its footing), and the later seasons take on a moralistic tone that is often considered overwrought and anvilicious, but overall, there's an awful lot of good to be found in the show--particularly if you keep in mind the time it was made in. I think, watching it in this day and age, it's really easy to overlook just how revolutionary and daring it was in a lot of ways. (Like, originally the producers wanted to forgo the laugh track altogether, but the American networks did their "but we NEED laugh tracks" schtick until they finally caved and said, "Okay, fine--but not in the OR scenes." Some of the more dramatic episodes managed to omit it completely.)
[/sales pitch]On that note, I seem to remember that Scrubs itself was pretty revolutionary in its decision to not have a laugh track. Which is kind of funny and pathetic at the same time, as this was almost 30 years after M*A*S*H tried the same thing. 2001 and the networks were still worried that viewers might not know when something is funny. *eye roll* And yes, I think you're right--Scrubs always struck me as a definitive dramedy, the way it was written and set up. (And LOL. The musical episode. I'll admit that ever since you mentioned the series, I've had "Guy Love" in my head. XD)