What is your favorite SITCOM (situation comedy) of all time?

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I Love Lucy; it invented syndication, the three-camera setup, pioneered the live audience, and featured a comedian at the top of her craft. The Honeymooners would be a close second; Jackie Gleason is quite underrated as a physical comedian, IMHO.

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