"I think I might rank it as the best comedy of all times," says Los Angeles Times media critic Howard Rosenberg. "I just think it's out of sight. For me, anyway, it resonates in a way that other comedies haven't. I've never seen more bizarre characters."

The show claimed to be about nothing, and nothing was too trivial to inspire an episode. The cast once spent the entire show trying to buy soup from an authoritarian chef.

For its daring, its humor and the sheer strength of its characters, many believe the show elevated the sitcom to the level of art.