Posted on 12/19/2018 4:58:37 AM PST by NOBO2012
The show was well written. The physical comedy became a hit part of the show.
The characters, even Lenny and Squigy, were likeable.
TV writers could learn from those shows of the 70s.
They'd be completely flummoxed that a comedy didn't have three kids with the youngest being the smartass of the bunch and a curmudgeonly in-law living in the house.
That was a great Happy Days episode! LandS we’re blind dates for Richie arranged by Fonzie. Richie got Shirley. A major babe in her time!
I still like to watch those episodes.
...and don’t forget the dumb, fat white Dad who’s nothing more than an irrelevant punching bag for the wife and kids.
Of course, the #metoo folks would have a conniption over the Fonz and the guys and their dating.
I love Happy Days as well! “Jump the Shark” episode was indeed the beginning of the end though. Just plain stupid.
Reprising their roles from American Graffiti
RIP Penny.
The end of television came with the rural purge.
There’s nothing good on tv anymore. I watch some TCM and that’s about it. Flipping channels I start getting interested in the commercials and they’ll interrupt it with programming . . . only temporarily though. Mostly commercials.
Lenny and the Squigtones is still my favorite comedy album
Back in the day, you had shows like Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Dukes Of Hazzard, Three’s Company, M*A*S*H, The Jeffersons, WKRP, Good Times, The Facts Of Life, Little House On The Prairie, The Waltons, Eight Is Enough, The Wonderful World Of Disney, Alice, Buck Rogers, Battle Star Galactica, All In The Family.
Even more serious shows like Charlies Angels, or Columbo or The Rockford Files.
TV back then was fun.
Today, it’s all about vulgarity.
Not just language, or sexual situations,
but life in general.
Look at the popularity that the entire Law And Order series has had.
You go into the dark under belly of the world and roll around in it for an hour. They make it as real and seedy as possible.
Then you have the NCIS franchise.
Or the CSI franchise.
How “real” and gruesome can we make it?
There is seldom anything uplifting in todays TV.
Back in the day, shows ended on a good note.
Today, even if the “good guys”...”win”, there is no happiness at the end. It’s all gloom and despair.
A/G H/D and L/S was obviously written by someone who grew up in the era they were portraying. From the music and character interaction the scripts were spot on. I know cause I grew up in the 50’s.If I am not mistaken Gary Marshal played a huge part in the success of the shows.
What a change!!! We’ve gone from 10/12 inch Black/White TV sets with GREAT programming choices (ie L & S) to GREAT 48Inch Color/Stereo/remote controlled Hi-Tech television sets with atrocious programming and “news” that is “Propaganda Central” and not worth the cost of electricity.
Happy Days became preachy.
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