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tru dat
I don’t remember all the details of why we were having the discussion, but I have a vivid 5th grade memory that stuck with me forever. We were talking about shows/characters we liked or didn’t like. Somebody mentioned not liking All in the Family bc racism is wrong. There was a chorus of agreement. And I said “Yeah...of course it is. But that’s exactly why we need a show like that. Because we still need a lot of people to learn that.” Not everyone agreed with me, we stayed on that topic awhile. I remember Mr Kivelä not interjecting, just letting the dialogue flow, but I caught him breathing in with a wry smile, and he gave me a wink that I took to mean “it’s all good, right ain’t always popular.” Never forgot that moment. It was maybe the first time I felt powerful being alone in my opinion.
Yeah, there was a clear top two for me in this category, but I had to go with my favorite.
This is another I had never seen an episode of until this week. I watched this and I Love Lucy the other day when this draft started. I was good after a couple episodes of Lucy. I am almost done with S1 of Cheers.
This is a close 2nd to me for all time favorite show barely beaten out by Seinfeld because of the cultural impact.
The whole point of the show was that Archie’s racism/misogyny made him look like an idiot.
That was the plan. But something happened between Lear’s brilliant scripts and O’Conner’s tremendous acting: Archie rose from a stereotype to a real person that millions of viewers came to love and even sympathize with as he had trouble navigating through the changing society. Archie was transformed from racist to Everyman.
Could go for a battle royale vs Star Trek as it’s a close call, but for me for now it is a clear stand out for the 50-70 Drama... there are also a few more sci-fi options depending on the judge yadayayadayada
I grew in a rural area. Pretty sure they (or more precisely, their parents) probably felt attacked.
I had it as Sci Fi, but it works there, too.
stop trying to help him!
Over under on when the thread title gets changed to “the judges are biased against me again!” ?
I was speaking generally and mostly about cable news. I watch CBS news and I think they do much more reporting than commenting.
It seems most, if not all, of the Too Rude For Adults Van Dyke Show are available on YouTube.
I thought Mrs. R was joking but I guess I was wrong. So, yes - watch it. Today.
It's not lore -- O'Connor held a master's degree in Speech and studied at University College in Dublin, Ireland, among other institutions. He was still living in Europe when he was cast as Archie Bunker.
