In celebration of this blog reaching 1000 posts — on July 17th, 2018 — I’ve compiled two lists (my speciality), featuring 75 of what I consider to be the BEST of the 261 seasons that we’ve discussed so far on Sitcom Tuesdays (note: posts that covered two seasons are counted as one), and 50 of what I consider to be the FINEST of the 184 original scores that we highlighted from 2013-2016 on Musical Theatre Mondays!

The Best of Sitcom Tuesday: 

1. I Love Lucy Season One (1951-’52)
2. I Love Lucy Season Two (1952-’53)
3. I Love Lucy Season Three (1953-’54)
4. I Love Lucy Season Four (1954-’55)
5. I Love Lucy Season Five (1955-’56)
6. I Love Lucy Season Six (1956-’57)
7. The Honeymooners: The Jackie Gleason Show Season Three (1954-’55)
8. The Honeymooners: Classic 39 (1955-’56)
9. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season Two (1962-’63)
10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season Three (1963-’64)
11. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season Five (1965-’66)
12. The Lucy Show Season One (1962-’63)
13. Bewitched Season One (1964-’65)
14. Bewitched Season Three (1966-’67)
15. Gilligan’s Island Season One (1964-’65)
16. Gilligan’s Island Season Two (1965-’66)
17. Green Acres Season Two (1966-’67)
18. Green Acres Season Three (1967-’68)
19. That Girl Season Two (1967-’68)
20. He & She Season One (1967-’68)
21. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Three (1972-’73)
22. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Four (1973-’74)
23. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Five (1974-’75) 
24. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Six (1975-’76)
25. The Odd Couple Season Two (1971-’72)
26. The Odd Couple Season Three (1972-’73)
27. All In The Family Season One (1971)
28. All In The Family Season Two (1971-’72)
29. All In The Family Season Three (1972-’73)
30. Sanford And Son Season Two (1972-’73)
31. Sanford And Son Season Three (1973-’74)
32. The Bob Newhart Show Season Two (1973-’74)
33. The Bob Newhart Show Season Four (1975-’76)
34. Maude Season Three (1974-’75)
35. Maude Season Five (1976-’77)
36. Rhoda Season One (1974-’75)
37. Three’s Company Season Three (1978-’79)
38. Three’s Company Season Six (1981-’82)
39. Soap Season One (1977-’78)
40. Soap Season Two (1978-’79)
41. Soap Season Three (1979-’80)
42. Taxi Season Two (1979-’80)
43. Taxi Season Three (1980-’81)
44. WKRP In Cincinnati Season Two (1979-’80)
45. The Jeffersons Season Two (1975-’76)
46. Cheers Season One (1982-’83) 
47. Cheers Season Two (1983-’84)
48. Cheers Season Seven (1988-’89)
49. Cheers Season Nine (1990-’91)
50. Mama’s Family Season Two (1983-’84)
51. Mama’s Family Season Four (1987-’88)
52. Night Court Season Five (1987-’88)
53. The Cosby Show Season One (1984-’85)
54. The Golden Girls Season One (1985-’86)
55. The Golden Girls Season Two (1986-’87)
56. The Golden Girls Season Four (1988-’89)
57. It’s Garry Shandling’s Show Season Two (1987-’88)
58. Married… With Children Season Three (1988-’89)
59. Married… With Children Season Four (1989-’90)
60. Married… With Children Season Five (1990-’91)
61. Murphy Brown Season One (1988-’89)
62. Murphy Brown Season Two (1989-’90)
63. Seinfeld Season Three (1991-’92)
64. Seinfeld Season Four (1992-’93)
65. Seinfeld Season Five (1993-’94) 
66. Dream On Season Two (1991)
67. The Larry Sanders Show Season Two (1993)
68. The Larry Sanders Show Season Three (1994)
69. The Larry Sanders Show Season Four (1995)
70. Wings Season Three (1991-’92)
71. Frasier Season One (1993-’94)
72. Frasier Season Two (1994-’95)
73. Frasier Season Four (1996-’97)
74. Mad About You Season Three (1994-’95)
75. Friends Season Two (1995-’96)

The Best of Musical Theatre Monday:

1. Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929)
2. Nymph Errant (1933) 
3. Jubilee (1935)
4. Treasure Girl (1928)
5. Pardon My English (1933)
6. Strike Up The Band (1930)
7. Whoopee! (1928)
8. Sweet Adeline (1929)
9. The New Yorkers (1930)
10. Face The Music (1932)
11. The Ziegfeld Follies Of 1936
12. Hooray For What! (1937)
13. Too Many Girls (1939)
14. Lady In The Dark (1941)
15. Fine And Dandy (1930)
16. Stars In Your Eyes (1939)
17. St. Louis Woman (1946)
18. High Button Shoes (1947)
19. Love Life (1948)
20. Shuffle Along (1921) 
21. Lady, Be Good! (1924)
22. No, No, Nanette (1925)
23. Oh, Kay! (1926)
24. Good News! (1927)
25. The Little Show (1929)
26. Show Boat (1927)
27. Best Foot Forward (1941)
28. Du Barry Was A Lady (1939)
29. Funny Face (1927)
30. Jumbo (1935)
31. Knickerbocker Holiday (1938)
32. Leave It To Jane! (1917)
33. Red, Hot, And Blue! (1936)
34. Very Warm For May (1939)
35. Where’s Charley? (1948)
36. Cabin In The Sky (1940)
37. Pal Joey (1940)
38. Roberta (1933)
39. A Connecticut Yankee (1927)
40. Hit The Deck! (1927)
41. Girl Crazy (1930)
42. Of Thee I Sing (1931)
43. Porgy And Bess (1935)
44. Babes In Arms (1937)
45. The Boys From Syracuse (1938)
46. Watch Your Step (1914)
47. Oh, Boy! (1917)
48. The Firebrand Of Florence (1945)
49. Street Scene (1947)
50. Allegro (1947)

And here’s a treat for both Sitcom and Musical fans… an episode of the heretofore unreleased He & She (1967-’68, CBS) that features Oscar North (Jack Cassidy) performing in a Jetman musical (a parody of It’s A Bird… It’s A Plane… It’s Superman, in which Cassidy had just appeared). Entitled “45 Midgets From Broadway,” this installment was written by Arnold Margolin & Jim Parker, directed by Jay Sandrich, and originally broadcast on January 03, 1968. 

Thank you for your readership and support! My spirit is buoyed with gratitude every day!