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Originally posted by mstewart
I thought the show became less funny after 79-80 season. For one it was on six years at the end of that particular season. It stayed on way too long and watching the last three seasons of the show is quite painful. It became another bland sitcom. When George became kinder and gentler the show became quite stale. A great producer and creator such as Norman Lear did not know how to pull the plug on his shows. He keeps them on too long and it degenerates to silliness and desperate plots to keep the interest up. Not only did the Jefferson's lost it comical edge so did All In the Family, One Day At A Time, Maude and Good Times. After five to six years pull the plug so fans like myself can have a good memory of the show and not look at the reruns of one or two seasons too much in pain. Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore are examples of pulling the plug while the quality of their shows are still good and enjoyable without being forced off.
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Don't forget Jerry Seinfeld.
Back to the Jeffersons. It got all fluffy and goofy in the eighties, more like a Mama's Family instead of an All in The Family type show. Alot of shows get stale in their last seasons.
Ex: Alice, All in the Family, Family Matters, The Cosby Show, Coach, The Drew Carey Show, Dharma and Greg, Spin City, Threes Company
But some shows never lost it: I Love Lucy, The Golden Girls, Cheers, A Different World (that one actually got better), The Nanny, and Married With Children
Those are only a few, though.
