The Best Laugh Out Loud TV Shows from 1983


Below is our top ten list of the best Laugh Out Loud TV Shows which first started broadcasting in 1983.

10. Inspector Gadget


Inspector%20GadgetFirst Aired: 12 September, 1983

Inspector Gadget is a TV series starring Don Adams, Holly Berger, and Frank Welker. A bumbling bionic police inspector stumbles about on his cases, while his niece and dog secretly do the real investigative work.


9. Webster


WebsterFirst Aired: 16 September, 1983

Webster is a TV series starring Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, and Susan Clark. The post-retirement season is suddenly disrupted for football player George Papadapolis and his wife Katherine when Webster, the orphaned son of a former…


8. Alvin & the Chipmunks


Alvin%20%26%20the%20ChipmunksFirst Aired: 17 September, 1983

Alvin & the Chipmunks is a TV series starring Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, and Frank Welker. Three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. The trio have been adopted by and are living with Dave (human). Each show…


7. Mama’s Family


Mama%27s%20FamilyFirst Aired: 22 January, 1983

Mama’s Family is a TV series starring Vicki Lawrence, Beverly Archer, and Ken Berry. Mama’s Family originated with Thelma “Mama” Harper, and her younger sister Fran living together in Mama’s House.


6. Tales from the Darkside


Tales%20from%20the%20DarksideFirst Aired: 29 October, 1983

Tales from the Darkside is a TV series starring Paul Sparer, Catherine Battistone, and John Marzilli. A horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained…


5. Scarecrow and Mrs. King


Scarecrow%20and%20Mrs.%20KingFirst Aired: 03 October, 1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is a TV series starring Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, and Beverly Garland. The adventures of a housewife and a spy, with whom she fell in love.



4. Lucky Luke


Lucky%20LukeFirst Aired: 15 October, 1984

Lucky Luke is a TV series starring Jacques Thébault, Robert Ridgely, and William Callaway. An animated series based on the European comic book about an American cowboy described as “The man who shoots faster than his shadow.” Lucky…


3. Fraggle Rock


Fraggle%20RockFirst Aired: 10 January, 1983

Fraggle Rock is a TV series starring Karen Prell, Gerard Parkes, and Kathryn Mullen. The adventures of the various inhabitants of an underground civilization.


2. Dungeons & Dragons


Dungeons%20%26%20DragonsFirst Aired: 17 September, 1983

Dungeons & Dragons is a TV series starring Katie Leigh, Frank Welker, and Willie Aames. A group of kids are thrown into a fantasy world where they must search for a way home, armed with magic weapons that an evil tyrant wants.


1. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet


Auf%20Wiedersehen%2C%20PetFirst Aired: 11 November, 1983

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a TV series starring Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, and Tim Healy. Seven British construction workers escape Britain’s ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. We follow…