I stumbled upon this article about 1980's sitcoms. If you like TV, you may want to check it out.
I enjoyed the shout outs to "Night Court" and "Bosom Buddies", but I didn't agree with a lot of it. For example, I consider "Growing Pains", especially in the early seasons, to be a legitimately good show. And I think Tony Danza is the only reason "Who's the Boss?" worked, whereas this dude argues the exact opposite.
But then again, I find it hard to judge TV that I watched as a little kid. There are people a few years younger than me who think "Full House" and "Saved by the Bell" were actually good, rather than "so bad that they're good", which they are. So who knows?
Sitcoms were dead in the early '80's, and then there was a complete turnaround. Hopefully, that will happen again, if only for my future employment sake.
2 comments:
That was an interesting article... but i was definitely in the demographic that liked TGIF (it kind of burned when he said they must have thought the kids watching it were idiots)... And also, the Golden Girls rocks my world - even to this very day!! I like the AV club, but it's hard to see past the air of superiority on there sometimes (writers and commenters). They really should hire you to post your Bachelor recaps!! Did you see they are recapping Tosh now? The author seems to be a legit fan, too - awesome!
yes, we are all amused by the av clubs recap of our show. it's so funny that anyone would think that much about it. very fun.
also, golden girls is awesome.
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