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!!