Comments on: The creeping menace of the kid sitcom http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/ Rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tami http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-7364 Tami Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:56:15 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=735#comment-7364 I watched The Brady Bunch and Bewitched religiously after school as a kid. I turned out ok. A bit warped and "deviated" ... but ok nonetheless. Oh, and heaping helpings of Bugs Bunny, et al. Violent as all get out, as viewed from today's society, but fun and a great intro to classical music scores. I watched The Brady Bunch and Bewitched religiously after school as a kid. I turned out ok. A bit warped and “deviated” … but ok nonetheless.

Oh, and heaping helpings of Bugs Bunny, et al. Violent as all get out, as viewed from today’s society, but fun and a great intro to classical music scores.

]]> By: gerry rosser http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-7280 gerry rosser Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:48:23 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=735#comment-7280 Babycakes watches those idiotic shows like Hannah Montana and the one with Zack and Cody, whatever that bit of drivel is called. I watch with her occasionally, and finally figured they are no stupider than much of what passes for adult TV these days, and, in my opinion, what has passed for entertainment on television from the beginning. It's okay, most published books aren't worth reading, either. Most music I hear sucks. I think it is funny in a sad, ironic way, that we have so many channels of TV now, and so little content to fill them. Even "news" shows are mostly fluff. Babycakes watches those idiotic shows like Hannah Montana and the one with Zack and Cody, whatever that bit of drivel is called. I watch with her occasionally, and finally figured they are no stupider than much of what passes for adult TV these days, and, in my opinion, what has passed for entertainment on television from the beginning. It’s okay, most published books aren’t worth reading, either. Most music I hear sucks.

I think it is funny in a sad, ironic way, that we have so many channels of TV now, and so little content to fill them. Even “news” shows are mostly fluff.

]]> By: saintseester http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-7270 saintseester Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:28:12 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=735#comment-7270 When I was a kid I loved All in the Family and Maude (my dad didn't know I could see them from my bedroom when he thought I was asleep. Later, probably when Facts of Life was on, I was watching Dr. Who and Blake's 7. Bad teeth and bad effects, but damn those shows were good. When I was a kid I loved All in the Family and Maude (my dad didn’t know I could see them from my bedroom when he thought I was asleep.

Later, probably when Facts of Life was on, I was watching Dr. Who and Blake’s 7. Bad teeth and bad effects, but damn those shows were good.

]]> By: Bo http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-7269 Bo Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:55:39 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=735#comment-7269 'seester: Good call. There was some occasional genuine comedy with the Ropers. Chili: OK, you've actually named a couple there that are generally well-remembered. But when was the last time you saw <i>Happy Days</i> or <i>All in the Family</i>? Wow. The good ones are bad. The bad ones are nearly inconceivably awful. TV Land had a marathon of <i>The Facts of Life</i> a few years ago, and that's a show I never missed in prime time. So I sat down to get my nostalgia on, and I couldn't watch five minutes in a row. Oh, it was criminally terrible. And of course, you're right about books. We get those in there too, but there <i>is</i> TV time, and always will be. I don't have any illusions about that, so it must be balanced with quality. :-) I think we can trace today's kid sitcom to <i>Saved by the Bell</i>, which had a bit of an identity crisis. It tried to grab both audiences. What it was trying to do with older demographics became things like <i>90210</i> and <i>Dawson's Creek</i>. The other end spawned the current plague. ‘seester: Good call. There was some occasional genuine comedy with the Ropers.

Chili: OK, you’ve actually named a couple there that are generally well-remembered. But when was the last time you saw Happy Days or All in the Family? Wow.

The good ones are bad. The bad ones are nearly inconceivably awful. TV Land had a marathon of The Facts of Life a few years ago, and that’s a show I never missed in prime time. So I sat down to get my nostalgia on, and I couldn’t watch five minutes in a row. Oh, it was criminally terrible.

And of course, you’re right about books. We get those in there too, but there is TV time, and always will be. I don’t have any illusions about that, so it must be balanced with quality. :-)

I think we can trace today’s kid sitcom to Saved by the Bell, which had a bit of an identity crisis. It tried to grab both audiences. What it was trying to do with older demographics became things like 90210 and Dawson’s Creek.

The other end spawned the current plague.

]]> By: Mrs. Chili http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-7268 Mrs. Chili Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:34:48 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=735#comment-7268 Oooof - I'm trying my damnedest to keep Punkin' Pie away from these things, but they're insidious. You know, when Wal-Mart is marketing Hannah Montana, that it's inescapable. I'm thinking back to my t.v.-intensive childhood (I was the child of essentially neglectful parents, and the t.v. raised me). I have vivid memories of Hogan's Heroes, The Munsters, The Jeffersons, All in the Family and Happy Days. There were others, of course - all of them, really - but those are the ones I remember the most. I turned out okay, too (at least, I THINK I did - I could just be kidding myself). Still, I'd rather my girls read for that half an hour... Oooof – I’m trying my damnedest to keep Punkin’ Pie away from these things, but they’re insidious. You know, when Wal-Mart is marketing Hannah Montana, that it’s inescapable.

I’m thinking back to my t.v.-intensive childhood (I was the child of essentially neglectful parents, and the t.v. raised me). I have vivid memories of Hogan’s Heroes, The Munsters, The Jeffersons, All in the Family and Happy Days. There were others, of course – all of them, really – but those are the ones I remember the most. I turned out okay, too (at least, I THINK I did – I could just be kidding myself). Still, I’d rather my girls read for that half an hour…

]]> By: saintseester http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/the-creeping-menace-of-the-kid-sitcom/comment-page-1/#comment-7267 saintseester Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:12 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=735#comment-7267 When I read this, all I could think of was how over the top and ridiculous "Three's Company" was. When I read this, all I could think of was how over the top and ridiculous “Three’s Company” was.

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