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browneyes106 · 05-21-2009, 11:47 PM

I kind of think Bewitched could have made it today.

jimpickens · 05-22-2009, 12:20 AM

AITF
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Mork & Mindy Robin Williams ****ck wouldn't fly with todays audience
Gunsmoke westerns that don't have foul mouth drug addict cowboys aren't chic today
The A Team
Miami Vice
Married With Children
Buffalo Bill
Soap
Three's Company

comedyfreak · 05-22-2009, 04:06 AM

I don't think many would, like someone said times have changed.

jimpickens · 05-22-2009, 07:38 PM

Political correctness would've killed many of these shows which aired back in the day which is ironic when one puts into consideration that allot of these shows like MASH and All In The Family were considered to be pc for the era and both Norman Lear and Carrol O Conner were at the time big time liberals.

Yooch · 05-22-2009, 07:48 PM

Few, if any would make it (IMO). Good as they are, they were made for a different time, and no matter how timeless some of them are (e.g., I Love Lucy, Three's company), I don't think that they would have the same appeal (unfortunately) today. I'm not saying I think today's shows are better, only that people nowadays have different tastes.

Of course, speaking from my point of view, all the classic TV shows would make it. In fact, if they played in an endless loop 24/7, that would make me happy.

70s show watcher · 05-22-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jimpickens

AITF
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Mork & Mindy Robin Williams ****ck wouldn't fly with todays audience
Gunsmoke westerns that don't have foul mouth drug addict cowboys aren't chic today
The A Team
Miami Vice
Married With Children
Buffalo Bill
Soap
Three's Company

i do think buffalo bill would be a bigger hit today because obnuxios mean cinycs are kind of in now ie house in 1983 people didnt know what to make of a show like buffalo bill today it would be a top 25 show it was kind of ahead of its time

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jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,390	AITF Happy Days Laverne & Shirley Mork & Mindy Robin Williams ****ck wouldn't fly with todays audience Gunsmoke westerns that don't have foul mouth drug addict cowboys aren't chic today The A Team Miami Vice Married With Children Buffalo Bill Soap Three's Company

05-22-2009, 07:38 PM	#19
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,390	Political correctness would've killed many of these shows which aired back in the day which is ironic when one puts into consideration that allot of these shows like MASH and All In The Family were considered to be pc for the era and both Norman Lear and Carrol O Conner were at the time big time liberals.