OT: Under-the-radar comedy series

[prankster]

Norsemen, Schitts Creek, Shameless.

 

[nomar]

Group text among my friends yesterday about this very topic mentioned these three--and only these three--songs. One friend mentioned Sanford & Son and Rockford Files as the two best; I responded "Barney Miller says hello."

I saw a band in college perform like a 10-minute-long version of the Barney Miller theme song, and I'm pretty sure I was the only kid there who knew what the he11 they were playing.

As a kid, I loved the CHIPS theme too. And obviously Knight Rider.

 

[prankster]

Norsemen, Schitts Creek, Shameless.

Also, Lillyhammer.

 

[Greedo]

Norsemen, Schitts Creek, Shameless.

Norsemen is hilarious. Similar humor to Monty Python. It gets real weird though.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I And obviously Knight Rider.

Fantastic theme song but I was up late a few months ago and caught a rerun on some random channel that appears to broadcast a lot of old shows. Does not hold up in the slightest.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Monk-pretty much any show not on the big 3 so this qualifies.
Theme song-The Andy Griffith Show.

 

[nomar]

Fantastic theme song but I was up late a few months ago and caught a rerun on some random channel that appears to broadcast a lot of old shows. Does not hold up in the slightest.

David Hasselhoff and a talking car? I don’t believe it

 

[McLovin]

Arrested Development, but watch it drunk.

Second this. Not sure of the drunk part, I like it sober too, but that might just be my low basketball IQ.

(Edit: it automatically corrected to “basketball”… guess the machines have been reading my posts on here and are smarter than me too)

 

[Rocktheworld]

Sorry if Angry Boys and the other mini series spin-offs haven’t been mentioned but those are worth a watch

edit reading some of the thread now and I’m seeing modern family and schitts creek lol maybe I’m going beyond under the radar

 

[mussels]

Always Sunny in Philadelphia - now entering its 15th season.
Theme song - The Flinstones

 

[Apollo]

Wayne - darkly humored drama. Pretty violent (Amazon Prime)

The Boys - also darkly humored drama. Very violent (Amazon Prime)

Mythic Quest - Basically a watered down version of Silicon Valley but at a video game company. (Apple TV)

What we do in the shadows - not nearly as good as the movie (one of Taika Waititi’s earlier ones), but definitely worth checking out (FX)

Jean-Claude Van Johnson - if you grew up in the Jean-Claude van Damme era, this is a comedic twist on his iconic type-cast roles. (Amazon Prime)

 

[Rico444]

Monk-pretty much any show not on the big 3 so this qualifies.
Theme song-The Andy Griffith Show.

Random funny story -- one time, my aunt/uncle and cousins were playing the board game Cranium and one of my cousins got Star Wars as his clue that he had to give. It was a musical clue, which meant that he had to hum or whistle the theme, and his team had to guess correctly the clue. He had a complete brain fart and started whistling the Andy Griffith theme, so his team immediately guessed "Andy Griffith." He said no, then kept whistling it. They kept saying "You're whistling Andy Griffith" and he kept getting angrier and angrier while continuing to whistle that happy-go-lucky theme song. Afterwards when he said it was Star Wars, everyone absolutely roasted him (rightfully so).

 

[OkaForPrez]

Most mentioned already, but a few others:

TV: Reno 911, Upright Citizens Brigade, Kids in the Hall

Movies: Bottle Rocket, Clerks, Wet Hot American Summer

If you’re going to name those three you have to mention The State

 

[Jay-Bone]

If you’re going to name those three you have to mention The State

I knew I was missing one, but couldn't think of it. Thanks.

 

[uconnever]

Reno 911, Eastbound and Down, The Office, Arrested Development, Vice Principals, Workaholics, Baskets, Barry, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb your enthusiasm is the best show of all time along with threes company in my opinion

 

[MTBingNinja]

Big Mouth
Shameless
Rescue Me

 

[ElGuapo]

I don't know how I missed it all these years but It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is fracking funny!
Right up ny alley for ridiculous humor and crude behavior. Wife and I are in Season 4 now on our binge. Hly cow that show is something special.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

 

[prankster]

"I'm a man. But I can change. If I have to. I guess."

 

[InTheRed]

Can it be old and cranky like me? Barney Miller.

The episode where Wojo's girlfriend puts pot in the brownies is one of the funniest episodes i have ever seen of any show.

 

[USNA90]

“Derry Girls” on Netflix is about five teenagers in Northern Ireland near the end of The Troubles in the mid-90s. It takes a few minutes to get used to the accents, but it’s hilarious. One of the minor characters is a somewhat sarcastic nun who runs their school. She’s not on screen very often, but she steals every scene she’s in.

 

[methodology]

A lot of the recommendations here aren’t under the radar but there’s a lot of good mentions

Surprised no one has mentioned Wilfred

 

[ConnEd]

A lot of my favorites were mentioned already. I especially love Shameless. Fleabag is great too.

One I haven't seen mentioned yet is Catastrophe. It's on Prime Video. It has been a while since I finished it, so I can't remember all of the character names, but the Scottish friend is so funny.

 

[TRest]

Don’t trust the B... in apartment 23 was unexpectedly good.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

One I haven't seen mentioned yet is Catastrophe. It's on Prime Video. It has been a while since I finished it, so I can't remember all of the character names, but the Scottish friend is so funny.

My wife's binging that now, it seems funny.