Watching the Honeymooners and loving it. Any other good shows from "the era"?
0 2013-05-12 by erockarmy
And not just because of Anthony's racism, I think shows from that time had more creativity compared to today's sitcoms. Twilight Zone & Outer Limits are favorites. Did you know 70 million Americans on average used to watch Sanford & Son? A show about a black family popular just a few years after the civil rights movement. Think any "black" show could get that kind of audience today? It's not just because of the internet, its because "diversity" and "multi-culturalism" have created a balkanization of the culture where people are afraid to step out of their comfort zone. James Brown said he felt some regret at making "I'm Black and I'm Proud" b/c it turned off white people who used to come to his concerts in droves.
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2 jackbowen 2013-05-12
All in the Family
-1 erockarmy 2013-05-12
I know that one cocksucka! How come it's not all outta the family?
1 jackbowen 2013-05-12
oh, chip... Just give me a long day at the job site and a container of coffee and I'm a happy guy, but what do I know?
2 [deleted] 2013-05-12
The Honeymooners is from the 1950s, Sanford And Son was not before the modern civil rights movement, which began in 1947, it was from the 70s.
Good shows:
I Love Lucy
Our Miss Brooks
Leave It To Beaver
Playhouse 90 / Other live anthologies like it
Our Show Of Shows/ The Sid Caeser Show
The Twilight Zone
Wagon Train
Gunsmoke
The Big Valley
The Defenders
Sgt. Bilko
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Green Acres
The Andy Griffith Show
Love On The Rooftop
Let me know if you want more.
The golden age of TV was the 40s and 50s, but there WAS a few good shows produced afterwards.
1 tags33 2013-05-12
I like a lot of those shows but it's only called the golden age because that's what people growing up with it decided to call it. I'd argue there were more good shows made after that era than before.
2 [deleted] 2013-05-12
A common misconception. No kid growing up in the 40s was enthralled by the live television anthologies of the golden age of television. They were enthralled by the later television series aimed at kids and general audiences after tv got popular.
The Golden Age Of Television was called that because it was based in New York and was written for and by literary sophisticated adults, with no Hollywood influence. It wasn't until the 1950s that Hollywood entered the fray, so the golden age ended.
You may agree or disagree about whether or not it was better or worse during either era, but it's not because of nostalgia it's called that. It's called that because of clear difference and demarcation in production intent, types, and styles.
2 tags33 2013-05-12
My mistake, I stand corrected. In my opinion I think it's crazy to say there's comparatively a few good shows since then. As far as dramas I don't think they compare at all to the shows on HBO and other cables stations within the past like 15 years. And I do like some of those sitcoms and they're classic. But to me shows like All in the Family, Seinfeld, and Arrested Development etc. are just funnier, and there's more diverse types of shows to choose from.
1 Danielson799 2013-05-12
Tell me more, grandpa!
1 Touch_Of_Red 2013-05-12
That's not true. It's ratings were always in the 25-30 range. Each rating point equals 1% of households with TVs that are tuned to that show. For 30% to equal 70 million, that means that there would have to have been 233 households in the US with TVs in 1972...or over double the number that there are now. The real number is probably closer to 20 million, which obviously is still a massive number but you also have to factor in the fact that back then people didn't have options. There were a very small number of choices as far as what to watch, so every show had super inflated numbers.
That being said, it was a fantastic show.
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