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12-04-2022, 02:17 AM
https://www.looper.com/1118308/questions-from-that-70s-show-that-we-still-dont-have-answers-to/
BY BRIAN BOONE/DEC. 3, 2022 9:15 AM EST
"That '70s Show" (https://www.looper.com/908844/the-untold-truth-of-that-70s-show/) ranks as one of the great friends-as-family sitcoms, one of the best teen shows, and among the last great comedies of the laugh-track-and-multi-camera era of the 1990s and early 2000s. It also made teen idols and lasting big stars out of cast members Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Wilmer Valderrama, and Mila Kunis. And yet, as progressive and innovative as it was — funny interstitial segments, frank depictions of drugs and sex on network TV, breaking the fourth wall — "That '70s Show" also functioned as an unabashed and warm throwback to real sitcoms that actually aired in the 1970s.
As such, some of those shows, and thus "That '70s Show," could tend to get a little slapdash and sloppy with the way characters, plots, and other elements were introduced and then abandoned, forgotten, or contradicted. "That '70s Show" ran for eight seasons and 200 episodes, and for as many satisfying jokes and arcs as it landed, it left a lot of confusion in its wake, which may or may not be answered in the Netflix sequel series "That '90s Show." Here then are all the still-burning questions hangin' out, and down the street, from "That '70s Show."
BY BRIAN BOONE/DEC. 3, 2022 9:15 AM EST
"That '70s Show" (https://www.looper.com/908844/the-untold-truth-of-that-70s-show/) ranks as one of the great friends-as-family sitcoms, one of the best teen shows, and among the last great comedies of the laugh-track-and-multi-camera era of the 1990s and early 2000s. It also made teen idols and lasting big stars out of cast members Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Wilmer Valderrama, and Mila Kunis. And yet, as progressive and innovative as it was — funny interstitial segments, frank depictions of drugs and sex on network TV, breaking the fourth wall — "That '70s Show" also functioned as an unabashed and warm throwback to real sitcoms that actually aired in the 1970s.
As such, some of those shows, and thus "That '70s Show," could tend to get a little slapdash and sloppy with the way characters, plots, and other elements were introduced and then abandoned, forgotten, or contradicted. "That '70s Show" ran for eight seasons and 200 episodes, and for as many satisfying jokes and arcs as it landed, it left a lot of confusion in its wake, which may or may not be answered in the Netflix sequel series "That '90s Show." Here then are all the still-burning questions hangin' out, and down the street, from "That '70s Show."