Yes.
I grew up watching this kind of stuff too, but mostly it doesn't hold up well IMO (neither do 80s sitcoms).
I just realized this the other day after discovering a great classic sitcom section on kodi - growing up in the 80s and 90s for me involved a lot of classic tv: Gilligan's Island, Get Smart, Bewitched... While tvlands around, it seems like a big chunk of pop culture was removed from our consciousness, from tv to music, and fairly recently. What's up with that? I mean, kids these days don't even understand a "Lucy, I'm home!" reference! The strangest part of it is that the old shows seem much more appropriate for younger kids than modern sitcoms, from the broad humor to lack of who's f*cking who subplots - seems like a misguided shift and a missed cultural opportunity ... maybe that's part of why we're all so now oriented, and why music sucks so much (seriously, hip hop's now sampling music from 2 or 3 years ago instead of 20 years ago like 80s hip hop did).
or is this a sign that i'm getting old? i have far less nostalgia for 80s sitcoms than 60s ones (i'm mid 30s) to be clear
There were people like Archie Bunker? There still are...A lot of that stuff has some innuendo in it on sexism and racism that is just not acceptable in todays PC world. I showed some all in the family episodes on you tube to my resident snowflake coworker and I thought he was going to burst a vein. He was getting downright angry. I said dude it's satirical comedy and there were people just like Archie Bunker back in the day in the real world. My grandfather comes to mind. I didn't dare show him any I love Lucy episodes. He is an actual male feminist and is offended by anything that portrays women as anything other than superior in every way.
There were people like Archie Bunker? There still are...
Also, you're thinking radical feminism, not garden-variety. They're different.
Who said that? Nothing transcends time. The older it gets, the more dated it looks, the less relevant the comedy, the less it appeals to children. When we were kids and I Love Lucy and The Munsters (and F Troop and Leave It to Beaver and ...) were playing on endless repeat at 3:30 PM when we got home from school, it wasn't nostalgia for Mom & Dad, it was to keep the kids occupied.
Mostly this^In the late 70's/early 80's, there began the introduction of a lot of independent stations. They were looking for cheap programming. Rerunning old programming solved that problem. So, early on you'd see a lot of early TV that was recorded onto film. The same with old movies. In time, those properties were bought up by bigger entities (think Viacom, Screen Gems, Universal, Turner, etc.) and they started to charge more for their usage. Since the cheap programming was no longer so inexpensive stations and cable networks decided to play newer series and originals. Also, with the advent of HD and widescreen the usage of older standard def 4:3 programming fell out of favor. Good thing for me that I've downloaded a lot of these old shows and can watch them on demand via my file server.
Dude, golden girls is the shit - can't believe how well it holds up. I blame Tom, Joss's Dad, WhedonExcept for Golden Girls.
In the late 70's/early 80's, there began the introduction of a lot of independent stations. They were looking for cheap programming. Rerunning old programming solved that problem. So, early on you'd see a lot of early TV that was recorded onto film. The same with old movies. In time, those properties were bought up by bigger entities (think Viacom, Screen Gems, Universal, Turner, etc.) and they started to charge more for their usage. Since the cheap programming was no longer so inexpensive stations and cable networks decided to play newer series and originals. Also, with the advent of HD and widescreen the usage of older standard def 4:3 programming fell out of favor. Good thing for me that I've downloaded a lot of these old shows and can watch them on demand via my file server.
I watched that show as a kid. Loved it.Dude, golden girls is the shit - can't believe how well it holds up. I blame Tom, Joss's Dad, Whedon
I just realized this the other day after discovering a great classic sitcom section on kodi - growing up in the 80s and 90s for me involved a lot of classic tv: Gilligan's Island, Get Smart, Bewitched... While tvlands around, it seems like a big chunk of pop culture was removed from our consciousness, from tv to music, and fairly recently. What's up with that? I mean, kids these days don't even understand a "Lucy, I'm home!" reference! The strangest part of it is that the old shows seem much more appropriate for younger kids than modern sitcoms, from the broad humor to lack of who's f*cking who subplots - seems like a misguided shift and a missed cultural opportunity ... maybe that's part of why we're all so now oriented, and why music sucks so much (seriously, hip hop's now sampling music from 2 or 3 years ago instead of 20 years ago like 80s hip hop did).
or is this a sign that i'm getting old? i have far less nostalgia for 80s sitcoms than 60s ones (i'm mid 30s) to be clear