SITCOMS

 

          Last week I watched a documentary on the History of the Sitcom. They started the documentary with sitcoms that started in the 1950"s like "I Love Lucy", "Father Knows Best" and "Ozzie and Harriet." These shows were wholesome and pure and gave us all the impression that everybody was respectful to each other. Kids said "please and thank you" to adults and they respected their elders. Many said during the documentary that it was very plastic and it did not show what life was really like in the 1950's. Television knew it needed to change and as the 1960's approached changes would be made. Silly shows like "Gilligan's Island" and "Green Acres" appeared on family TV screens as well as family themed shows like "My Three Son's" and "Leave it to Beaver," Then the 1970's began and television really I mean really made changes. A show called "All in the Family" made it's debut on CBS and became the number one show in America. The days of respecting your parents and respecting race , color, creed and other religions went out the door. Other shows promoting violence, sex and more sex hit our airwaves and television screens each week. There were fun shows that in my opinion made absolutely no sense like "Happy Days" (it started out about life in the 1950"s but ended up having nothing to do with the 1950's). I can go on and on about sitcoms in the 80's and 90's but I won't.The point I wanted to make was how much sitcom's have changed from the 1950's to the 2020's.I was appalled when this documentary showed a scene from a sitcom that is now on live stream. It showed a daughter and her Mom driving in a car. The Mom was in the driver seat and the daughter who was probably 17 was in the passenger seat. During their dialogue, the daughter and her Mom had a very bickering discussion and the scene ended with the daughter telling her Mom "How will I ever make it in this world if I don't get high or if I don't get laid?" Seriously? This is comedy? This is a situation comedy we would be watching with our kids? That was supposed to be funny? Call me old fashioned and that's okay. I would rather sit down with my kids and watch a classic TV sitcom from the 1950's or 1960's any day. In my opinion that's when television was really television and sitcom's were sitcom's. This generation of sitcom's is for the birds!! That's just my opinion and I am sticking to it!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!!           

THE FUTURE

     I realize my blogs have been far & few between! I have been working so much that I forget what day it is sometimes! I did take today off to catch up on a few things as well as sleep which I don't get much of. My body is so used to waking up at 5 a.m. that even on my day off I still woke up at 5 a.m. and then went back to sleep! I also realize I have been blogging a lot of things about my past. It has been good therapy for me I must say. It has helped me heal as well as given me a chance to do a lot of soul searching. I realize that I can't ever redo any part of my past. What has been done is over and done with. For example, what ever transpired in my life on July 22, 1989 is past history. It's time to look ahead. It's time to reflect on the future!

     If you think back to where you were 10 years ago, did you ever think you would be where are? I do  remember August 4, 2011. I was on a Mission Trip in Friend, Nebraska helping a church run a Vacation Bible School. Being there was very peaceful and quiet. If you told me "In 10 years, you are going to be a manager of a Chick Fil-A in Commack living by yourself and no longer in full time ministry" I would have said you were nuts and needed to check into Pilgrim State! I was in the prime of my ministry career! I thought I was going to be in ministry forever! God had other plans. Last week I went for my daily Prayer walk around my neighborhood. It is a little over a mile where I pray for myself, my future, my children and my family. As I was in my last 3/10th of a mile one night, I asked God what was in store for my future. I began to feel an excitement I had not experienced for quite some time. God spoke to my heart about writing. I'm sure you can tell from my blogging that I love to write. It is something I have been doing since I was in third grade. I am looking in the next few months of doing a study on forgiveness and then working on an idea for a book. I have been on an eight year journey of learning how to forgive and my goal is to put it in writing!

     Our future can only be as bright as we can make it. We have a choice. We can either take up space on a couch, be lazy and waste away. Or, we can make things happen, work real hard, have fun and make a difference in this crazy world we live in. I want to choose the latter. I know God has a plan for my life but I also know I have to do my part and not allow the enemy to try to steal my joy. The bible tells us in Nehemiah 8:10 - "The joy of the Lord is my strength". Our future can only be bright as long as we put Jesus first!!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!!