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Our Choice fer der FUNNIEST Show Ever Department:
Now, to be fair, our Second and Third picks would be
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But for universal appeal where you didn’t have to be vanilla, chocolate, sherbert, gentile, catholic, Jew
or a even cross-dressing Vulcan, THIS show remains at the very top –
and hasn’t dated or lost its luster one incredible iota.
A once-inna-lifetime chemistry with a consummate gallery of crackerjack actors
who seamlessly meshed with such sparkling hilarity, humor and,
above all, HUMANITY,
it’s practically impossible to resist its matchless mirth, side-splitting situations, uproarious vignettes and
ouching scenes. To say nothing of creator Carl Reiner’s flamboyantly unforgettable Alan Brady.
Place this peerless masterpiece under They-Don’t-Make-‘Em-Like-This-Anymore Department – and we’re
all the worst fer it, too …
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Undoubtably the finest situation comedy of the 1960's. No Martians, no witches or Genies, no female robots or silly gimmicks- just honest, funny real life humor. I'll have to watch "October Eve" this weekend.... 
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And thankfully this series got a great DVD release from Image with all kinds of extras (the only thing missing was the blooper reel that's made the rounds) plus, NO music edits of any kind for the many popular songs that would sometimes be part of an episode. I shudder to think what might have been had a studio like CBS/Paramount controlled this property given what they did to one of my other all-time favorites "The Odd Couple".
This set and Images TWILIGHT ZONE are the Gold Standard by which TV on DVD should be judged.
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This is probably mentioned in the DVD supplemental material, but I understand the live audience laughed so hard and long at Greg Morris's entrance that the editor had to shorten it for broadcast.
Anyhow, thanks for putting together a great thread about this great series, one of the treasured memories of my TV-watching youth.
(And thanks again to the shade of Richard Deacon, who partnered me to winning the big money on "The $10,000 Pyramid" in 1973.)
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Thank you, dear sir. And God bless "Cat."
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Lucky thing for Greg Morris, his almost cracking up was perfectly in character for his role at that moment.
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Eric! You're kidding! Dare I hope? I haven't seen my own copy for years and I've been afraid I've lost it. Can you or one of your networkers check to see if it is indeed my episode? I'm a young guy with a beard, and they have to go to commercial at one point and get a judge's decision whether or not I won or lost. (The suspense!) Does that sound like the episode you remember?
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WOW!
(I'll e-mail you further.)
But that's what made it possible for me to come to L.A. from Connecticut. (It was one of the very first "Pyramid" shows, so they were still a little unsure of their own rules, which is why the controversy arose.) I always say, I came to Hollywood on a grant from "The $10,000 Pyramid."
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Wow again, and thanks. I still can't get over the kismet factor.
Years later, I saw Mr. Deacon emerging at intermission from a local theater one night and took advantage of the opportunity to thank him again.
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