[MainerMikeBrown]

I usually hate it when I go to watch a sit-com for some laughs, and instead they have too many serious scenes instead.

However, for me, the sit-com "Roseanne" from the 90's was the exception. Roseanne Barr and John Goodman were great on this show as two typical blue collar types. And while their were a lot of laughs, I actually liked the serious scenes because it was true to life. They didn't solve all their problems in 30 minutes like the other sit-coms do.

[magicmouse]

Serious scenes in a comedy movie are like the essence of any comedy film. If you want to portray a story that is also comedy, i think that some serious scene are kind of essential.

[MainerMikeBrown]

I suppose an occasional serious scene on a sit-com is OK. But not every episode (or almost every episode)!