Tastes in comedy vary greatly. Like art, music, or food, what is appealing to one person can be offensive or repulsive to another, so I’m not going to claim that there is one greatest situation comedy of all time. You could choose Seinfeld or Fawlty Towers, Cheers or The Simpsons, Good Neighbours , All in the Family, or Taxi. I couldn’t object. My nominee, though, would have to be one of the originals: The Dick van Dyke Show.

Debuting in 1961, created by comedy giant Carl Reiner, starring the multi-talented Dick van Dyke, and introducing the young future comedy star Mary Tyler Moore as his wife, the show drew laughs without ever resorting to being mean or crude. A source of many great situations (the inflatable raft) and lines (“You slept through The Guns of Navarone?!”) it may always be my favourite.

Link: The Dick van Dyke Show on Wikipedia