Posted by Dinah on September 19, 2004, at 9:34:59
In reply to Re: Not much at all » Dinah, posted by Cass on September 18, 2004, at 0:27:06
Well, these are my impressions only...
But I used to love the Sam/Diane interplay and now I want to tell them to grow up! Now that may be more about me than the show.
Moonlighting's self references were funny at the time, but I don't find they hold up all that well.
I'm not all that surprised about Family Ties or Designing Women, I suppose. I remember they got a bit top-heavy in later years. But so did MASH, and it has held up better than I expected. Even the later seasons are just plain funny in amongst all the heavy handed morality.
My husband and I used to watch Mad About You, but now that I see it, I am more aware that that had a lot to do with our stage of life meshing well with theirs.
Get Smart is still as funny as ever, although a 99 of today would probably be a lot different.
I hadn't watched TV much in years, just tuned to A&E or TNT in the background all day while I worked. Now with Tivo, I can watch all my old favorites, and I'm getting some surprises. :)
What I'd love to see come back in reruns was a short lived series from way back when, The Associates, with Martin Short, Joe Regalbuto, Alley Mills, and Wilfred Hyde White.
http://www.tvtome.com/Associates_1979/
It was unfortunately a bit ahead of its time.
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