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Friendly sitcom nods past '80s (LONGING FOR THE LOST LIBERAL GOLDEN AGE)
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| November 2, 2005
| DOUG ELFMAN TELEVISION CRITIC
Posted on 11/02/2005 10:33:42 AM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: Chi-townChief
The late '70s was about mellowing out, getting laid and watching "MASH" and good movies. The early '80s was about buying stocks, lovingly conditioning the leather seats of your bitchin' Honda Prelude, and wearing argyle sweater vests. That's not even a fair fight.
The late 1970s was about "hit" films like:
Kramer vs. Kramer
Norma Rae
Starting Over
The China Syndrome
Chapter Two
The Rose
Coming Home
Same Time, Next Year
An Unmarried Woman
Interiors
Heaven Can Wait
Foul Play
California Suite
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The early 1980s was about the death of Disco, the release of hostages, and the end of M*A*S*H.
It was also about the end of gas lines and the end of stagflation.
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posted on
11/02/2005 1:51:09 PM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: Chi-townChief
The show jumped the shark when they stopped doing anything except talking about their relationships. They should be in around 1981 if the continuity meant anything.
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posted on
11/02/2005 1:53:00 PM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: flashbunny
Hank Hill is a cooler tv dad. Yep.
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posted on
11/02/2005 1:54:25 PM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: Chi-townChief
...red-baiting moneyism...Petronski's rule #3: those who use the term "redbaiting" are almost always socialists, if not worse.
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posted on
11/02/2005 1:55:09 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
To: KevinDavis
PC goes back at least to the early 1970s hippy movement.
Punk was an uprising against the liberals' lockstep politics. Some people just wanted to laugh and listen to rock music and watch old horror movies.
Punk got co-opted soon enough.
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posted on
11/02/2005 1:56:31 PM PST
by
weegee
(To understand the left is to rationalize how abortion can be a birthright.)
To: Clemenza
The 70s had better movies and dirtier magazines. The 80s had a better economy and better hygeine. Its a draw as far as music is concerned. I'm gonna say the late 1970s would have been a great time to have been a teenager while the 1980s would have been a great time to have been a recent college graduate.
In other words, 1960 would have been a great time to have been born! I was born nearly 9 years too late. Bummer.
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posted on
11/02/2005 2:02:17 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: the OlLine Rebel
It's all opinion!
Hair metal was great. Not too serious, good guitar, fun lyrics, and cheesy videos. Better than the "save the world" crap from the 60s or the "I-hate-myself" rock of the 90s.
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posted on
11/02/2005 2:33:03 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: cloud8
Obviously the writer is a 70s guy not an 80s guy. The 80s - picture me, in "the pit," with LA hardcore punk being played on the stage, and somehow, miraculously, no dental damage, ever! LOL! ...
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posted on
11/02/2005 2:57:18 PM PST
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: Drew68
I can definitely attest to the fact that the mid Eighties were good times for college grads. As for humor, the 70s were better. Saturday Night Live was at its peak, you had George Carlin, Robin Williams and Richard Pryor, and they didn't have to worry about being politically correct.
The Eighties had a lot of good music that was overlooked at the time-it really was a golden age for alternative music. As for movies, everything became a lot slicker, but there were still plenty of good flicks. Any decade that gave us Die Hard, Fatal Attraction, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Back To The Future, Rambo Part II, Rocky III,andGhostbusters can't be all bad.
For TV, though, I'd have to say the 90's had better shows than either decade, with the exception of Hill Street Blues and Cheers.
And of course Eighties technology ruled!
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:09:07 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: RockinRight
One of the best:
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:15:49 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel; MotleyGirl70
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:17:57 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: RockinRight
Spot on.
Don't forget lots of Aqua Net for the girls :)
To: MotleyGirl70
To this day I love girls with "big" hair.
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:34:56 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: RockinRight
I had quasi-big hair. Not as big as some of my friends.
I loved being a teenager in the 80's.
To: Chi-townChief
But what about the formative years of the late '60s and early '70s? Was the author in grade school then, or what?
To: Alex Murphy
I imagine [John Lennon] wasn't too thrilled with the early 80s, either....
Sure he was. He had at least one hit record in '84 IIRC.
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:41:31 PM PST
by
clyde asbury
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.)
To: MotleyGirl70
Hehe...I've seen your (recent, I presume) picture!! No complaints here! Your hair is still "big" compared to many women today.
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:41:41 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
To: BenLurkin
An understatement if I ever heard one.
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:42:02 PM PST
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: justshutupandtakeit
No matter what is said Laura Pepron is seriously HOT. Flaming, roaring bonfire HOT. Totally agree ... but she needs to go back to being a redhead!
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posted on
11/02/2005 3:42:56 PM PST
by
JellyJam
(Best headline ever: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
To: flashbunny
Red Foreman is the funniest guy on the whole show.
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