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   The True Melissa to All   
   Re: Red Dwarf, anyone??   
   12 Sep 25 08:30:48   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <10a07r0$36kv8$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > On 2025-09-11 22:36:21 +0000, The True Melissa said:   
   >   
   > > Verily, in article <109vi8v$86f$12@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did   
   > > doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:   
   > >> REd Dwarf - Liverpool humour dressed up as scifi   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > It was never intended as serious SF. It's a sitcom in space, and a very   
   > > funny one (for five years).   
   > >   
   > > Beside Red Dwarf and Star Trek: Lower Decks, are there any other SF   
   > > sitcoms? Futurama, I guess. Krapopolis probably counts.   
   >   
   > Depends on how you define "sit-com" and "sci-fi" to some degree, but   
   > there has been:   
   >   
   >   - My Favourite Martian   
   >   - Quark   
   >   - Mork & Mindy   
   >   - ALF   
   >   - Third Rock From the Sun   
   >   - The Neighbors   
   >   - Metal Mickey   
   >   - Solar Opposites   
   >   - The Thundermans   
   >   - Hyperdrive   
   >   - Rick and Morty   
   >   - Small Wonder   
   >   - Inside Job   
   >   - We Are Not Alone   
   >   
   > to name a few.  :-)   
      
   Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about some of those older ones (and never heard   
   of some others). Some, like Mork and Mindy, are only technically in the   
   genre.   
      
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   Pretty words are not trustworthy.   
      
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