[jocon307]

I watched a couple of re-runs of “Maude” a while back. And I was surprised to realize that the show was pretty much based on making fun of Maude and her extremely liberal attitude. I didn’t remember it that way, but that’s how it struck me when I saw it again.

By pure coincidence I shortly thereafter heard an interview of Norman Lear (I’m almost sure it was on NPR’s “Fresh Air” radio show). And he said that Maude was based on him, that he was a big lib, he admitted it, and Maude was the fictional version.

And I really had to give him a lot of credit for making a show that made fun of himself. That’s like Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, it makes fun of Larry David, who tbh is A LOT more obnoxious that Maude could ever be.

This is what humor is suppose to be folks, you make fun of everybody, you start with yourself, and you don’t stop until you’ve got them rolling in the aisles!

[dfwgator]

I watched a couple of re-runs of “Maude” a while back. And I was surprised to realize that the show was pretty much based on making fun of Maude and her extremely liberal attitude. I didn’t remember it that way, but that’s how it struck me when I saw it again.

All I remembered was Adrienne Barbeau.

[fidelis]

I remember a Mad Magazine take-off on Maude that had some funny gags that would have worked in the show:

Maude to Hispanic man: “What would you prefer to be called, a Chicano or a Mexican-American?

Hispanic man: “Well, like most Bolivians, I prefer to be called neither!”

[ealgeone]

Adrian Barbeau is what I remember about Maude.