The thing is, as storied as they are, many of these old comedies (like "Mr. Peepers") are simply not that good or that funny, at least by today's standards. I hope it's not because they're clean! "I Love Lucy" is truly hilarious and I once laughed out loud watching old abridged episodes of "December Bride," but most old sitcoms are not a big deal.
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Amos & Andy **
** Even though the “civil rights” moved campaigned against this show its genius and many black comics such as Red Fox defended the show. Primarily the show depicts hard working black Americans in a middle class setting. The goofballs providing comic relief are Andrew Brown, Kingfish and Algonquin J. Calhoun. Every other black is a hard-working middle class American. The white equivalent is “The Honeymooners”. Ralph and Ed no more represented white American then Andy, Kingfish & Algonquin represented black America. The actors and writers in both cases provided incredible comedy!
My wife and I watch the old Lucy shows and McHale’s Navy. Tim Conway was a young man.