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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 263566" data-attributes="member: 23">I must confess I haven&#039;t tried to watch this, and don&#039;t plan to try in the foreseeable, but it&#039;s reminded me of a few US sitcoms that haven&#039;t clicked with me. SeinfeldI think I could really like this but whenever I&#039;ve attempted it I find that dreadful, quirky Nineties &quot;boing boing&quot; segue music really off-putting. I fear two hundred episodes&#039; worth of boings might be detrimental to my wellbeing. FrasierI&#039;ve heard good things, but it just fell flat with me when I tried watching a couple of times when it first aired. To be fair, I liked my sitcoms a lot broader at the time and so I haven&#039;t ruled out trying it again. Everybody Loves RaymondAdmittedly, the title is a turn off. I appreciate it&#039;s probably about the character, but there&#039;s something I find a little egocentric about series which bear the name of their leading actor. Especially when it&#039;s a statement like this one. It brings out a perverse side of me that really, really doesn&#039;t want to even like Raymond, much less love him. I did attempt to watch an episode, but it happened to be an episode where people were either sneezing or talking about sneezing&nbsp; I&#039;m usually quite indifferent to gross-out comedy (though not a fan). But anything involving phlegm or any kind of nasal expulsion affects me so much I can&#039;t even look at certain foods without wanting to heave. Needless to say, that was it for me and Raymond.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 263566, member: 23"] I must confess I haven't tried to watch this, and don't plan to try in the foreseeable, but it's reminded me of a few US sitcoms that haven't clicked with me. [B]Seinfeld[/B] I think I could really like this but whenever I've attempted it I find that dreadful, quirky Nineties "boing boing" segue music really off-putting. I fear two hundred episodes' worth of boings might be detrimental to my wellbeing. [B]Frasier[/B] I've heard good things, but it just fell flat with me when I tried watching a couple of times when it first aired. To be fair, I liked my sitcoms a lot broader at the time and so I haven't ruled out trying it again. [B]Everybody Loves Raymond[/B] Admittedly, the title is a turn off. I appreciate it's probably about the character, but there's something I find a little egocentric about series which bear the name of their leading actor. Especially when it's a statement like this one. It brings out a perverse side of me that really, really doesn't want to even [I]like[/I] Raymond, much less love him. I did attempt to watch an episode, but it happened to be an episode where people were either sneezing or talking about sneezing I'm usually quite indifferent to gross-out comedy (though not a fan). But anything involving phlegm or any kind of nasal expulsion affects me so much I can't even look at certain foods without wanting to heave. Needless to say, that was it for me and Raymond. [/QUOTE]

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