Today at work, a customer mentioned "All in the Family" to one of the baggers, and the bagger had never heard of the show before. It shocked me, I mean it's one thing not to like it, but not to have heard of the series doesn't seem right.

Also, I'll talk about such shows as "Dobie Gillis", "Car 54", even "Chico and the Man" and no one my age (22) or younger know what I'm talking about. I think it's VERY important to get ALL of the sitcoms from the early 1950's all the way up to (and including some of) the 1990's on DVD. It's time the younger generation get into these classic sitcoms. To me, it's a sad thought that people will never get to see Joseph Kearns as Mr. Wilson, or Freddie Prinze Jr's Dad as a funny garage mechanic paired with a cranky old man.

Come on people in charge of the classics. N@N bailed on us. TV Land is too repetitive with not enough classics. We need ALL of those old shows on DVD so that generations to come to will be able to enjoy Sitcoms at their finest.

Never heard of AITF? What the heck? WOW...

Originally posted by Brent88
Never heard of AITF? What the heck? WOW...

I know ... Every time I turn to TV Land, there it is.

Yeah, very few people my age (24) know anything about the 70s or earlier. I had to come here to meet people that actually knew what the hell I was talking about.

Of course, my hs friends were huge morons when it came to anything outside of a damn textbook.

Originally posted by TVAdam
Today at work, a customer mentioned "All in the Family" to one of the baggers, and the bagger had never heard of the show before. It shocked me, I mean it's one thing not to like it, but not to have heard of the series doesn't seem right.

Also, I'll talk about such shows as "Dobie Gillis", "Car 54", even "Chico and the Man" and no one my age (22) or younger know what I'm talking about. I think it's VERY important to get ALL of the sitcoms from the early 1950's all the way up to (and including some of) the 1990's on DVD. It's time the younger generation get into these classic sitcoms. To me, it's a sad thought that people will never get to see Joseph Kearns as Mr. Wilson, or Freddie Prinze Jr's Dad as a funny garage mechanic paired with a cranky old man.

Come on people in charge of the classics. N@N bailed on us. TV Land is too repetitive with not enough classics. We need ALL of those old shows on DVD so that generations to come to will be able to enjoy Sitcoms at their finest. I can beat that. When I was working, back in the early 80s, when "MASH" was still airing, I mentioned it to someone once, and he had never even heard of it!! And, this guy was in his 40s!!!!!!

But, never heard of "AITF"! That's hard to beleive!!!

I read that with certain General Mills products, they are including a DVD with two episodes of "The Donna Reed Show". So hopefully that gets some interest in getting that series out in season sets.

I'm 11 years old and know every sitcom A-Z

Many younger people just aren't interested in classic sitcoms, especially the black and white ones, and that's sad. They don't even want to give them a chance. I think part of the reason kids never hear of the older shows is because there are so many more things to choose from on tv these days. When I was little cable tv was fairly new and there weren't nearly as many channels to choose from like there are now so I really had no choice but to watch shows such as Leave it to Beaver and I Love Lucy in the daytime especially during summer vacation. That's how I became hooked on those shows because most of the other stuff on tv at that time were soap operas and other adult shows.

I understand what's happening. I don't speak to many people that much. I'm worried that people will laugh at me when I tell them about Lucy, Happy Days, etc. I mean, how many 22-year olds, like me, have ten full classic series on tape, and dozens of others, let alone even one. When I was at West Valley, the students were only interested in talk shows, and loud music. That's not me. My areas are researching many topics--I want to be a Librarian--including baseball and CLASSIC TV. At San Jose State, I'll try hard to get students to know more about Lucy, Honeymooners, Mary Tyler Moore, etc. It's time people my age should give these shows a chance.

Originally posted by I Love Carol Burnett!
I'm 11 years old and know every sitcom A-Z

No offense, but I doubt that...

Originally posted by jayman75
No offense, but I doubt that...

I am 15, and I don't know most sitcoms. I do know most hit sitcoms though from the 70s/80s/90s anyway.

Originally posted by jayman75
No offense, but I doubt that... oh, c'mon! EVERY SINGLE ONE from 1948 (that's when TV really got started-it came out in 1939, but production was held up by W.W. 2) up to 2004! No offense either, but I also HIGHLY DOUBT that!

Originally posted by treky
I can beat that. When I was working, back in the early 80s, when "MASH" was still airing, I mentioned it to someone once, and he had never even heard of it!! And, this guy was in his 40s!!!!!!

But, never heard of "AITF"! That's hard to beleive!!!


Treky, I can top that! I actually met someone who had never seen an episode of "I Love Lucy." I almost had a stroke with she told me this. I mean if there is one classic sitcom that has aired forever it has been "I Love Lucy."

:crazy: :crazy:

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
Treky, I can top that! I actually met someone who had never seen an episode of "I Love Lucy." I almost had a stroke with she told me this. I mean if there is one classic sitcom that has aired forever it has been "I Love Lucy."

:crazy: :crazy:

The only Lucy episode i could actually stand to watch was the one where they worked at a chocolate factory or something. I just dont really like that show.
However, ill be 13 next week and i've heard of and watched most old sitcoms. Some of them are really cool: Sanford and Son, Welcome back Kotter, Facts of Life, Threes Company, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, Diff'rent Strokes, etc.

Originally posted by I Love Carol Burnett!
I'm 11 years old and know every sitcom A-Z ok, then here's a little quiz: what show was Francis Bavier (Aunt Bee) in before "The Andy Griffith show"?

what was the first sitcom to use a "laugh track"?

what was the sitcom where the lead characters first name was "Throckmorton"? What network was it on?

And lastly: where did sitcoms originate?

Originally posted by treky
ok, then here's a little quiz: what show was Francis Bavier (Aunt Bee) in before "The Andy Griffith show"?

what was the first sitcom to use a "laugh track"?

what was the sitcom where the lead characters first name was "Throckmorton"? What network was it on?

And lastly: where did sitcoms originate?

Touche'


:cheers: :doh: :winkgrin

I read somewhere once that you are legally allowed to slap someone (without fear of being sued for asault) if they've never heard of I Love Lucy.

In my grade, (7th) kids watch more 1970's sitcoms (Happy Days, Three's Company, All in the Family) than current shows.

Originally posted by jayman75
No offense, but I doubt that...
(about someone saying they were 11 years old and knew every show.)

Shame on you!

What you are saying is age discrimination!

The reason you say you doubt that is only because the person who said they knew every show was 11 years old.

Shame! :mad:

-Patrick

Originally posted by alienxg7
(about someone saying they were 11 years old and knew every show.)

Shame on you!

What you are saying is age discrimination!

The reason you say you doubt that is only because the person who said they knew every show was 11 years old.

Shame! :mad:

-Patrick

I agree. How about commending the 11 year old for knowing the classic shows... since you run into a lot of tweens who don't know any tv show older than Lizzie McGuire.

Hell, I remember being stunned back in Sept when Nick At Nite began airing Roseanne... I told an 18 year old friend about it being on, and surprisingly he'd never heard of it before. I even asked an adult friend yesterday (23 years old) if he was a Carol Burnett fan, to tell him about the TV Land marathon, and he said "no, that's too old for me"

Okay, the 11 year old PROBABLY doesn't know every sitcom. Hell, most 40 year olds probably don't either. But at least commend them for realizing there were tv shows before the past 3 years.

Exactly! :)

My favorite sitcom is :

8 Simple Rules

After that, I'd say According to Jim, then Hope and Faith!
I like shows like those that make me laugh! :lol:

Originally posted by 8SimpleRulesGrl
My favorite sitcom is :

8 Simple Rules

After that, I'd say According to Jim, then Hope and Faith!
I like shows like those that make me laugh! :lol:


what does that have to do with any of this?

I doubt that ANYBODY (11 years old or not) knows EVERY sitcom ever.

Originally posted by treky
ok, then here's a little quiz: what show was Francis Bavier (Aunt Bee) in before "The Andy Griffith show"?

what was the first sitcom to use a "laugh track"?

what was the sitcom where the lead characters first name was "Throckmorton"? What network was it on?

And lastly: where did sitcoms originate?
the answerers are

A-"It's a Great Life"-which SHOULD have been titled "It's a HORRIBLE sitcom"-cause it WAS!!! I don't know any details about it, exept that it was on sometime in the 50s.

B-"The Hank McCune show"-I think that was the name, and I think it was on in 1951-don't know anything about it, though.

C-"The Great Gildersleeve", which started as a radio series in te 40s.

D-It wasn't on a network, it ran in sydnication.


E-they originated on radio, I think in the 20s

Recently i was sitting in front of the couch watching The Andy Griffith Show and my roomate walked in(who is 25). He told me that he has NEVER seen an episode of The Andy Griffth Show. To make it even worse, both of us are born and raised in North Carolina. Can you believe that? Thats unheard of here not to watch the Andy Griffith show weekdays at 530p on WFMY2 (Grrensboro, NC). I've read in the local paper that WFMY2 has shown The Andy Griffith Show every aftenroon at 530p since it went off the air in prime time.

Originally posted by barwars88
what does that have to do with any of this?

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

I grew up on classic sitcoms. Whether it was reruns on TBS, watching Maude episodes on TV Land, I Love Lucy on N@N, The Carol Burnett show on The Family Channel, I think you get the picture. People my age are mostly interested in watching MTV :rolleyes:

I mostly watch Classic TV shows (AITF, ABP, Happy Days, Brady Bunch, The Waltons, The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, the Wonder Years etc). The only "current" shows I really watch are the Simpsons and Forensic Files. A lot of people my age (25) watch MTV (*vomits*) and only current "sitcoms." We youngin's gotta keep those old great sitcoms alive! :)
-Kristi

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
Treky, I can top that! I actually met someone who had never seen an episode of "I Love Lucy." I almost had a stroke with she told me this. I mean if there is one classic sitcom that has aired forever it has been "I Love Lucy."

:crazy: :crazy:


Of course Benny Hinn once said on the air "When you need help, you can't get help from Lucy". But he also said "The Lord has told me to tell you that Jesus Christ will be coming physically to the crusade in Nairobi Kenya". A fact that would contradict the Bible which says he wouldn't step on the Earth until the Second Coming. And on the Mount of Olives what.

But be that as it may...

Retro Man is most certainly concerned about the classics that have permeated the Cathode Ray Tube for generations. Not to mention the archived footage from all networks of all Nations, Tongues, and Kindreds. What if one wanted to see 'your favorite classic show or televised video' and it wasn't in syndication (better known as Rerun)? We'd be in trouble wouldn't we? And so would TV for if they want to keep up with The Net, they'd better start providing video on demand when Digital comes around. Amen?

Amen.

For on The Net if I want to find information about an old show or actor, etc. I can get it. But sometimes if you look on TV for something you like, you can't find it. The commercials are distracting among other things. A schedule change was made at the last minute by the parent company. Stuff like that. Amen.

Like the time I was set to watch the World Cup Final on WTVD 11 in Durham, but they showed a news program instead. And so I missed it. OK it might have been on tape in the afternoon, but when the Waters Are Troubled you got to move! Or the time I caught Kerri Strug's winning vault on ESPN hours before NBC showed it in 92 Olympics. The public had a fit over that one, but the ratings were great! Weird that.

But one day as Wally Bock said in Jim Bouton's Ball Four "It'll get better, it'll get better".

And everybody says Amen.

Amen.

Uh oh. Time for Little House on Prairie.

We'll see you.

Bye bye.

KayEn78, you have at least one friend who enjoys classics. I'm 22, and I have 9 full classic TV series on VHS/DVD. And of course, more on the way. As for MTV, I never get into them. I also can't take reality shows, for I'd rather visit a morgue instead of looking at Fear Factor. The only kind of reality I like--and really enjoy--is major league baseball, but we do have to keep the shows like Lucy, Honeymooners, etc. alive.

Originally posted by jayman75
No offense, but I doubt that...

I DO! Try me

Let me see if I can remember:

1. On Happy Days, who was Officer Kirk played by? He appeared 10 times.

2. In the Honeymooners episode where Ralph discovered counterfeit money, who played the crooks?

3. Before Judd Hirsch was on Taxi, which show did he guest appear on twice?

4. Besides "Laverne & Shirley" name at least one other show Cindy Williams starred in.

5. When Felix Unger told a witness to never "assume" in court, who played the lady who thought Felix was 'scalping' for theatre tickets?

6. Who played the director when he tricked Laverne & Shirley to play hookers in an army hygiene film?

7. When Ted Baxter tried to run a school for broacaster, a.) Who played the con man who tricked Ted to starting a school? b.) Why did the one student want the class to go on?

8. When Rhoda and Joe's romance hit a bump, Rhoda had a date with an actor. Name the guy whom he played.

9. Name at least three cast members of "Small Wonder".

10. The WKRP staff took on a rival station for a softball game. Who played the head star of this rival? (Hint: He was Loni Anderson's husband at the time.)
Anyone can guess, but this is really for "I Love Carol Burnett" to prove how much he knows about TV.

damn.... those are toughies.

SitcomsOnline should make a TV Trivia book with contributions for the people who post here.

I know all the anwsers except #2 can you give me another clue on that one?

Originally posted by RichFonz
Let me see if I can remember:

1. On Happy Days, who was Officer Kirk played by? He appeared 10 times.

2. In the Honeymooners episode where Ralph discovered counterfeit money, who played the crooks?

3. Before Judd Hirsch was on Taxi, which show did he guest appear on twice?

4. Besides "Laverne & Shirley" name at least one other show Cindy Williams starred in.

5. When Felix Unger told a witness to never "assume" in court, who played the lady who thought Felix was 'scalping' for theatre tickets?

6. Who played the director when he tricked Laverne & Shirley to play hookers in an army hygiene film?

7. When Ted Baxter tried to run a school for broacaster, a.) Who played the con man who tricked Ted to starting a school? b.) Why did the one student want the class to go on?

8. When Rhoda and Joe's romance hit a bump, Rhoda had a date with an actor. Name the guy whom he played.

9. Name at least three cast members of "Small Wonder".

10. The WKRP staff took on a rival station for a softball game. Who played the head star of this rival? (Hint: He was Loni Anderson's husband at the time.)
Anyone can guess, but this is really for "I Love Carol Burnett" to prove how much he knows about TV.


1. Ed Peck

2. ??????

3."Family Law"

4. Normal Life
Getting By
The Funny Side

5 Jill Jaress

6. Brue Kimmel

7. I'm not sure it's one of these two Bernie Kopell Norman Bartold

8 Kirk Stevens

9. Vicki Lawson
Ted Lawson
Joan Lawson
Jamie Lawson
Harriet Brindle
Brandon Brindle
Bonnie Brindle
Reggie Williams

10. Ross Bickell

Originally posted by jayman75
No offense, but I doubt that...

You have to be a little :crazy: if you're actually going to take her seriously...I think we all know she's exaggerating just a bit.

Originally posted by Original Prankster
You have to be a little :crazy: if you're actually going to take her seriously...I think we all know she's exaggerating just a bit.

She's a he. :crazy:

Originally posted by I Love Carol Burnett!
1. Ed Peck

2. ??????

3."Family Law"

4. Normal Life
Getting By
The Funny Side

5 Jill Jaress

6. Brue Kimmel

7. I'm not sure it's one of these two Bernie Kopell Norman Bartold

8 Kirk Stevens

9. Vicki Lawson
Ted Lawson
Joan Lawson
Jamie Lawson
Harriet Brindle
Brandon Brindle
Bonnie Brindle
Reggie Williams

10. Ross Bickell

Well, the answers are:

1. Ed Peck (Correct)

2. More hints: It was in ep. 2 of the classic 39 Honeymooners, and Ralph found a suitcase with counterfeit money. There were three people who were after the suitcase. I need you to guess who played the three thugs.

3. I'm not sure about "Family Law", but Judd Hirsch appeared on Rhoda twice BEFORE he was on "Taxi". Hirsch played Rhoda's beau, Mike, during the show's fourth season.

4. Funny Side, Normal Life, Getting By (correct)

5. Jill Jaress (correct)

6. Bruce Kimmel (correct)

7. a. Norman Bartold (correct, Bernie Kopell played Mary's date the same ep.)
b. There was one student in the class, and tell me why the student originally wanted the class to go on.

8. It was Kirk Stevens, played by Howard Hesseman. (correct)

9. All Lawsons, Brindles, and Reggie. (correct)

10. Ross Bickell (correct)

I'm sorry, but I don't know #2 :( But I guess 9/10 ok:cool:

ok, now it's my turn. I think you're lying, I'm 45 and I watch sitcoms a lot, and even I don't know every SINGLE one; from 1948 to 2004!! Anyway, here goes:

1. what 60s sitcom was probably the first one to show a married couple sharing a bed?

2. what 1950s sitcom had a lead character with the first name of Throckmorton?

3. when did sitcoms go from black-and-white to color?

4. name at least 5 spinoff sitcoms, and the sitcoms that spun them off?

5. what was the first sitcom to use genuine country music on the sundtrack?

Im just gonna go for the first one....
although most people (that probably arent even big TV watchers) would say.... The Brady Bunch featured the first tv couple to share a bed.

But in fact.... Mr and Mrs Douglas of Green Acres shared a bed nearly 5 years earlier than Mike and Carol Brady.


Im not sure if Green Acres was the first.... but I know it was before The Brady Bunch.

Originally posted by barwars88
Im just gonna go for the first one....
although most people (that probably arent even big TV watchers) would say.... The Brady Bunch featured the first tv couple to share a bed.

But in fact.... Mr and Mrs Douglas of Green Acres shared a bed nearly 5 years earlier than Mike and Carol Brady.


Im not sure if Green Acres was the first.... but I know it was before The Brady Bunch.

Herman and Lily Munster shared a bed in "The Munsters". And That came out in 1964. If you count cartoons, Fred and Wilma would count, but I'm not sure what year "The Flintstones" started.

"Mary Kay and Johnny", I've heard showed them share a bed. But that show was the first sitcom in 1947. That was before they made the rule about twin beds.

I also heard that Ozzie and Harriet shared a bed in the 1950's but I haven't seen it in a long time so I don't know if its true.
Some sitcoms began broadcasting in color in 1965. I'm not sure about the last one but I think its the Beverly Hillbillies.
Their should be a sitcom trivia board up on SO.:lol:

My 8 year old watches everything with me from Mr. Ed to The Nanny, Will & Grace, Roseanne, Carol Burnett, Munsters, FRIENDS, etc. We cover all generations and eras. She was SHOCKED when she asked her teacher at school a few weeks back if she watched Mr. Ed and her teacher asked who that was. My kid will not ever be told she doesn't watch or know classic TV :)

Originally posted by mr roper
I also heard that Ozzie and Harriet shared a bed in the 1950's but I haven't seen it in a long time so I don't know if its true.
Some sitcoms began broadcasting in color in 1965. I'm not sure about the last one but I think its the Beverly Hillbillies.
Their should be a sitcom trivia board up on SO.:lol: you're right; "The Beverlly Hillbillies" is the last one.


And, I've heard that Samantha & Darrin Stephens of "Bewitched" were the first sitcom couple to "hit the sheets".

I'm 20 and while I love classic sitcoms, there are some I've never seen before:

- Three's Company
- All In The Family
- The Facts of Life (aside from the cross over episodes with Different Strokes)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show

I don't know if it's to do with the UK being really crappy at repeating most of the older shows or what but I feel kind of cheeted, I really want to see these shows to see what all the fuss is about. LOL.