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Which classic TV show should get the next TVLand statue?

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Many great old TV shows to choose from. Which classic show do you think should get the 8th TVLand statue erected in its honor?

TV shows previously immortalized with TVLand statues include:
-Honeymooners: Ralph Kramden, NYC Port Authority Bus Terminal, 2000
-Mary Tyler Moore Show: Minneapolis, 2002
-Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Ron Howard, Raleigh, NC, 2003
-Bob Newhart Show: Chicago, 2004
-Bewitched: Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, Salem, Mass., 2005
-Aloha from Hawaii: Elvis Presley, Honolulu, 2007
-Happy Days: Henry Winkler as Fonzie, Milwaukee, 2008
 
How can we not recognize the sitcom that changed the face
of all sitcoms: "All In The Family"? A statue of Archie Bunker
somewhere in Queens, NY, as close to 704 Houser Street as
possible.
 
Hmmm....
The Waltons in Charlottesville, VA
Little House on the Prairie in either Walnut Grove, MN or near Independence, KS (the setting of the pilot movie)
Gunsmoke in Dodge City, KS
Bonanza in Carson City, NV
Dallas in the front yard or beside the driveway at Southfork (I thought about downtown in front of Renaissance Tower, the building that doubled as Ewing Oil for years, but some homeless someone might want to make their own mark on it)
 
Cheers at the Bull & Finch Pub in Boston.
The Beverly Hillbillies in Bug Tussle, AR.
The Jack Benny Program in Waukegan, IL.
One Day at a Time in Indianapolis.
Good Times at the site of the Robert Taylor or Cabrini Green housing projects in Chicago.
 
Cheers at the Bull & Finch Pub in Boston.

The Bull & Finch is now Cheers.
As far as I know, Gunsmoke is pretty much ignored in Dodge City but there is an Wyatt Earp expressway.
 
"Seinfeld at Soup Kitchen International, New York"

Al Yeganeh, the soup impresario who inspired the Soup Nazi and absolutely hates both Jerry and Larry David with a passion, would probably commit mayhem if you tried it.

However, a group figure of the show's lead characters (Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer) probably ought to be installed somewhere along Central Park West in the West 70s or West 80s . That's where the action centered and it would be appropriate. Since Jerry, his wife and kids still live in that neighborhood today, he ought to be a part of the process.
 
Jack Webb, Ben Alexander and Harry Morgan ("Dragnet") outside W.H. Parker Center (LAPD HQ building) or Los Angeles City Hall.
Julius "Groucho" Marx and George Fenneman ("You Bet Your Life") outside the NBC Burbank (Alameda Ave.) main gate.
Jack Benny outside the old CBS/KNX/KNXT studios in Hollywood.
 
TV Land isn't very likely to do a statue for any show that they don't carry, and considering how they're abandoning older classic shows except for daytime and weekends, I don't see them doing any new statues. If they did do it based on a show they currently carry, which would be more likely to be Roseanne or Everybody Loves Raymond. Better that though than a statue for High School Reunion or She's Got the Look. :p
 
Lost in Space.

Jonathan Harris rolling his eyes and giving his look of death to the robot
while patting Bill Mumy on the head as Marta Kristen looks on in her skin-tight
spacesuit.
 
"Designing Women" in North Atlanta (Buchhead), GA. The actual house that was shown in the series is really in Little Rock, AR. But suposedly, they office was thought to be in the Paces Ferry area of Atlanta, GA.
 
TV Land has gone from a "Must-Watch" channel, back when they were truer to the spirit of classic episodic TV, today to an "also ran-hardly watched" status in my home. They'd rebuild their audience quickly if they returned to the old policies (and many of the programs).

(Almost every weeknight at 9:30 PM, you could find me at home watching color episodes of "Dragnet.")
 
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