[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***It really had a gritty feel to it in the early days.**

They had good scripts aimed at adults without offending the kids.

All that changed in 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was murdered and TV went into an anti-violence panic. They brought in lots of kids on the show,(even Milburn Stone complained about all the kids now on the show) and dumbed down the scripts.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

All that changed in 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was murdered and TV went into an anti-violence panic. They brought in lots of kids on the show,(even Milburn Stone complained about all the kids now on the show) and dumbed down the scripts.

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I wondered what had caused the change. Thanks for the history lesson. I forgot to mention the early episodes also had Burt Reynolds as Quint and he did an excellent job. The show even got into some racial issues (Quint was half Indian)which was surprising considering the day and age the show was made in.