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Arrested Development, Always Sunny, and Archer for me. Always reliable when you just want half an hour of laughs. Although I do then tend to get drawn into yet another full rewatch.
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The Six Million Dollar Man. I became fascinated with this show recently, I find it amusing.
WKRP in Cincinnati is pretty funny too.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
I've actually been rewatching some episodes of All In The Family airing on Pluto TV. It's remarkable (1) how little has changed and (2) how we've lost such great quality television over the past forty years.
I was watching some of The Jeffersons episodes recently, it was on for 11 years. It's a spin-off of All In The Family. Movin' on up!
Futurama (original) Psych Star Trek TNG/DS9 X Files Twilight Zone
All these are on continuous shuffle in my Jellyfin server.
Star Trek, the next generation and Star Trek deep space nine. Star Trek Voyager is pretty rewatchable too.
Dr. Katz Professional Therapist
Home Movies
Mystery Science Theater 3000
I fall asleep to Dr. Katz all the time because it's just so calming and it always made me happy how much Dr. Katz loved and accepted his son Ben just as who he was. Most of the comedy aged pretty well, they didn't seem to have a lot of purposefully mean people on. I have a playlist that's just all the Dom Irerra episodes.
Surprised no oneβs brought up Futurama yet.
I was just about to comment Futurama! Really not sure what to think of the newer episodes though...
To me it's like seeing an old friend from younger years. You've both changed so things are different from the good ol' days, but it's still enjoyable to spend time with them.
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Unpopular Opinion: The endless reboots killed it for me.
My entire counterargument is the fast fashion episode. That one was brilliant.
Yup. Just the original series for me
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I watch a lot of cartoons, but when there's a dry season I find myself just rewatching The Simpsons or American Dad.
Usually the earlier stuff of course, but you get some gems in the later stuff, and the later stuff gets funnier the more you memorize the writing.
I'm beginning to suspect that nostalgia is a form of brain rot.
Iβm beginning to suspect that nostalgia is a form of brain rot.
I've struggled hard to do it, but in my forties I'm still listening to new music and watching new media. I want to go out like John Peel, listening to good new music until the day I die.
I still listen to and watch a lot of old stuff, but I really try not to make it my main entree.
I honestly think if you're my age (mid forties) and you're still listening to music exclusively from the 90's it's gotta count as some type of arrested development.
It's just hard getting into new stuff without questioning whether it was sold to you through some kind of advert osmosis.
At least with the old stuff, there's little chance that you were target audience
Robot Wars.
Craig Charles
While the whole series was still streaming, I watched Red vs Blue on a constant loop for years.
Red Dwarf
Monty Pythons Flying Circus
IT Crowd
Mr. Robot
Craig Charles
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I've definitely re-watched old Adult Swim stuff. Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021 in particular. (I need to include Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law in that mix)
Don't sleep on Home Movies
12oz Mouse!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
it's been aging really well
The same can't be said for Joss Whedon.
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Arrested Development has such intricate humor that it takes multiple passes to absorb it all. For some jokes, the punchline for the set-up doesnβt come until some episodesβor even seasonsβlater. Just the first three seasons, though. Season 4 & 5 were made years later and arenβt the same.
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At least for me:
Dr. Who (First through Fifth Doctor mostly)
Original Star Trek
Star Trek: TNG
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: DS9
I really wish I was even a little bit British so I could watch Dr Who. But it's unwatchable to me. Even the two very attractive sidekicks can't keep me interested.
It's definitely something that you have to grow up with. I was lucky to have an uncle who was obsessed with The Fourth Doctor when I was a child, and my love of the show comes from that. I wish some of the older stuff could be redone: it's unwatchable for many because it was made for an audience who had tiny black and white TVs and a great deal more patience.
Having it on your whole life is definitely something that I imagine contributes to enjoying it. I love the idea, and some of the lore is pretty cool.
If you like the lore but watching it makes you want to stab your eyes out, look into the Target novelisations. They are mostly faithful to what was on the TV, and you get to use your imagination instead of BBC's production values. They were usually written by the same person who wrote the script. I actually prefer the novels for several stories and was really, really disappointed when I finally had a chance to see them. A big bonus is the Target books are pretty cheap and easy to find used.
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I still watch Spongebob, Dragonball, and I used to watch that 70s show a lot(harder to watch nowadays though)
Early Spongebob is easily re-watchable.
Mr. Bean
Seinfeld hands down.
In love Seinfeld
yeah it's so easy to watch Seinfeld when you know Kramer is a seething racist and Jerry is your run of the mill pedo and genocide promoter.
Thanks for the moral lession, PeeOnYou...