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To: mlizzy

It was very well-done. Still funny. My brothers and I watched it, and we were born after it ended it’s run.


24 posted on 04/13/2013 9:05:02 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

True, “Beaver” was popular in local syndication for decades after its original run, building up a large fanbase of many younger, post-boomer viewers.

That used to be the nice thing about the old days of local-tv. Young viewers could grow up watching 1930s-era “Little Rascals,” 1940s-era “Abbott and Costello” films, 1950s-era “Leave it to Beaver,” 1960s-era “Star Trek,” and 1970s-era “Brady Bunch,” or whatever, all at the same time. Many decades of cultural americana to tap into, and somewhat tie the generations together, and imprint a certain historical perspective. Don’t really see that scenario anymore, due to the fragmentation of the media into a million directions and a million ghettoized cubbyholes, which distances and alienates everyone from a common American culture.


25 posted on 04/13/2013 9:20:41 PM PDT by greene66
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