Posted on 11/29/2018 6:42:53 PM PST by Rummyfan
If you're old enough to remember 1988, you know it was a terrific year for sitcoms. The Cosby Show was the #1 show in America, and Roseanne was hot on its heels. Cheers, The Golden Girls, Night Court, The Wonder Years -- it was a great time for comedy. And in addition to all those classics, another show also premiered that year: Murphy Brown.
Based on my meticulous research 30 seconds of Googling and my vague memories from 30 years ago, Murphy Brown was an ensemble workplace comedy about a TV journalist who yelled a lot, and it was funny because she yelled a lot. As noted pundit Jon Gabriel puts it, it was "basically The Mary Tyler Moore Show without laughs."
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
“,,,Ask yourself this question..... What did Americans do before Radio, TV and the movies?”
They read books. They spent evenings with their families. They went for walks together. They worshiped their Creator on Sunday. Those sorts of things.
I still do most of those things. It has nothing to do with the inventions, it has to do with the person.
I watched about five seconds of it dialing over to the local news. It was some asshole pontificating about President Trump in front of a couple of other assholes. They already have that 24/7/365 on CNN, MSNBC, and most of the other alphabet soup “news” channels.
That was the actual episode. I was actually a little surprised at how hostile it was. Usually shows try to act like normal entertainment, and just work in plenty of digs. This was practically on the level of old soviet propaganda.
Pure indoctrination.
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