XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: doktorjai@wog.net   
      
   Travoltron wrote   
      
   > On 3/27/2018 1:08 PM, Roger Blake wrote:   
   >> For the worse, especially since the law was passed that requires every   
   >> television program to have at least one openly gay character. TV was   
   >> much better back in the days of Leave it to Beaver and My Three Sons.   
   >   
   > I honestly feel like the '70s was the best era for sitcoms. They didn't   
   > have to be so formal and stuffy, and they were allowed to tackle adult   
   > themes as long as they did it tastefully. I still find shows like Mary   
   > Tyler Moore, All in the Family, and the 70s seasons of Happy Days really   
   > funny.   
   >   
   > The '80s (my decade) went back to the wholesome, perfect families of the   
   > '50s for some reason. Even worse, they would constantly have preachy   
   > "very special" episodes. The only 80s sitcoms I still enjoy are Night   
   > Court and ALF.   
   >   
   > The Simpsons was a middle finger to those wholesome 80s shows like   
   > Growing Pains. The only 90s "sitcoms" I enjoyed were the animated ones   
   > like The Simpsons and King of the Hill. Then all the shows started to   
   > get really vulgar and mean-spirited. There was a meta South Park episode   
   > where they ponder if they were the ones lowered the bar for TV.   
   >   
   > I haven't watched any 21st century sitcoms, unless you count the   
   > animated shows. All those Chuck Lorre shows really irritate me.   
   >   
      
   There's so much rightiwng outrage over this that some are expecting   
   another mass shooting sometime this year.   The report states that it's   
   ALL millennials, not just some or a few.   Which dovetails neatly to   
   similar reports about  ALL rightists, not just some or a few being   
   pedophiles.   
      
   Where is the rightwing outrage over that?   
      
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