achantz
12-20-2005, 08:08 PM
i hadn't seen the DVDS for 20 years but have recently seen every show in sequence and am about 5 shows into year 5. More then any other year, I notice a distinct change.
It seems to me that the actors exude confidence. DVD is still Rob Petrie, of course, but to me he seems to be bursting out of the role. His success in Mary Poppins and his growing fame and his vast potential (which was sadly never reached, but that's another thread) almost dwarf the role he is scripted to play. And there seems a smugness amongst the cast...its not like they are struggling to make the show work, its more like they had an inkling just how fantastic the show was, and it shows.
Until recently I would have been dissapointed that the show did not go 2 or 3 years longer...but I can see evidence in season 5 that things had changed, and perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing that they went out on top. You don't need to look very far (MASH being the glaring example) to find shows that went from being very good to painfully bad.
It seems to me that the actors exude confidence. DVD is still Rob Petrie, of course, but to me he seems to be bursting out of the role. His success in Mary Poppins and his growing fame and his vast potential (which was sadly never reached, but that's another thread) almost dwarf the role he is scripted to play. And there seems a smugness amongst the cast...its not like they are struggling to make the show work, its more like they had an inkling just how fantastic the show was, and it shows.
Until recently I would have been dissapointed that the show did not go 2 or 3 years longer...but I can see evidence in season 5 that things had changed, and perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing that they went out on top. You don't need to look very far (MASH being the glaring example) to find shows that went from being very good to painfully bad.