The perfect sitcom, In my opinion, was the van Dyke show (the original). It had everything, great characters, great writing, great acting. Following that was All In the Family, arguably the sitcom that had the most influence on society. Friends had one of the best character groups of any of them.
I have tried getting into Seinfield and the Office, but I just never found them very funny. Seinfield had some amusing quirks, but I find the Office just plain stupid.
Three others that deserve mentioning are I Love Lucy (the yardstick by which they all are measured), the Mary Tyler Moore show and Taxi. Taxi had the quirkiest set of characters ever. Latka and Rev Jim are true classics.
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