The 1974-1979 "Good Times" tv feature is pretty hard to beat when it comes to tv shows.

Sanford and Son
Archie Bunker

Good Times was a great show, but Sanford and Son had Grady, Bubba, Aunt Esther, Rolando and that white dumbass cop. And Redd Foxx and his fine girlfriend. In a junkyard. True melting pot.

All in the Family was a melting pot too, of sorts, plus it has Archie. Nobody can compare to Archie and his interpretation of the issues at the time the show was on color tv.

in high school there was this heavy-metal type kid in my chemistry class with super long hair and piercings. Everyday he would walk in to class whistling the theme song to Sanford and Son. In my opinion...this kid was a legend.

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Comedy without risk is not really comedy.

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While Tom Leher may have one of the cooler resumes I ever read, his songs were against his era but because they were set to lively piano tunes he got away with it. A generation later, Steve Martin grew in popularity in the 1970's because he observed that terrible things could be told it it was just accompanied by banjo music. I feel the same can be said for polka music.

Oh, look, Olaf has just been mangled in a horrific accident, but it is OK because.....

EVERYBODY POLKA!

Alice, before Flo left.
Dukes of Hazzard, before Bo left.
Good Times, before James the dad left.
Happy Days, before Richie left.
Three’s Company, before Chrissy left.
The Carol Burnett Show. It was hilarious when they would start cracking up in a scene.

Not a wrong answer yet.

All were great and really pushed some issues in society while still remaining creative and hilarious.

Love this era.

I mentioned Good Times (pre-james leaving) in a thread a few days ago. It was a great show..I like the early S&S but the old Good Times was better.

Sanford and Son, and The Jeffersons were two classics.

I like Sanford & Son.

In my opinion a very undervalued recurring character was Dr. Caldwell.

Rita Lawson's boy Rollo. Good stuff !