Barack Obama on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

hank18 · 08-09-2008, 04:49 AM

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a pop-culture Q&A with both Barack Obama and John McCain. I found Senator Obama's comments particularly interesting:

EW: What shows were you passionate about as a child?

Obama: You know, I grew up in the golden age of sitcoms. I think 'M*A*S*H' was probably my favorite. Michelle's favorite is 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' which she sometimes now watches [in reruns]. I have to say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' ranks right up there.

Yay Michelle!

MickeyMac · 08-09-2008, 03:58 PM

Dick van Dyke is still a great show regardless of the fact that Obama watches it.

Lodee · 08-09-2008, 06:50 PM

LOL! From the title I thought this thread said that he was "on" the Dick Van Dyke show. I was trying to figure out what part he could have played.

LauraNamesake · 08-11-2008, 10:45 AM

Yeah me too! It kinda threw me, but I figured he really couldn't have been on there!
And I agree totally with you MickeyMac!!!

treky · 08-12-2008, 02:26 AM

yea, me too!!

treky · 08-12-2008, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by hank18

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a pop-culture Q&A with both Barack Obama and John McCain. I found Senator Obama's comments particularly interesting:

EW: What shows were you passionate about as a child?

Obama: You know, I grew up in the golden age of sitcoms. I think 'M*A*S*H' was probably my favorite. Michelle's favorite is 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' which she sometimes now watches [in reruns]. I have to say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' ranks right up there.

Yay Michelle!

well, despite that, I still think it's a classic show.

MickeyMac · 08-12-2008, 04:50 PM

Dick Van Dyke to me would still be a classic show even if Hitler liked it.

Benno123 · 08-12-2008, 09:50 PM

I don't like to discuss politics so I will keep any and all opinions out of this, but I will say that it can only be a positive thing for The Dick Van Dyke Show when someone like Barrack and Michelle Obama say they watch it. Hopefully someone in my generation and younger can be introduced to a classic like this by someone that prominent saying that they like it. Much like a few years back when Bill Clinton said he watched TV Land for Lucy and Archie Bunker reruns.

MickeyMac · 08-13-2008, 03:20 PM

Good point Benno, there needs to be more interest in shows that were made before 1969.

Lodee · 08-13-2008, 05:14 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't base whether I liked a show on who watched it anyway.

TV DVD Fan · 08-14-2008, 08:38 PM

For a minute I thought this thread was going to say that Greg Morris, who played Mr. Peters on the classic "That's My Boy" episode, beared a resemblance to Barack Obama! (Which he kind of does, don't he?) Anyway, it would've been interesting to see him on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, but he was only a kid when it premiered, I think. It would've been like Schwarzenegger before he was the "Governator!"

hank18 · 08-15-2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lodee

LOL! From the title I thought this thread said that he was "on" the Dick Van Dyke show. I was trying to figure out what part he could have played.

I've always had a problem with my misplaced modifiers

brgmgb · 09-02-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TV DVD Fan

For a minute I thought this thread was going to say that Greg Morris, who played Mr. Peters on the classic "That's My Boy" episode, beared a resemblance to Barack Obama! (Which he kind of does, don't he?) Anyway, it would've been interesting to see him on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, but he was only a kid when it premiered, I think. It would've been like Schwarzenegger before he was the "Governator!"

Barack Obama was probably born around the time the series premiered. He could have played the Peter's unseen baby!

LauraNamesake · 09-02-2008, 08:14 PM

LOL yeah!!! Wasn't the baby supposed to be a girl though?

Schmoopie · 09-02-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hank18

I've always had a problem with my misplaced modifiers

No, that was actually pretty funny. I kind of figured that he was never on the show, since he's only 47, but you never know!

I like when candidates are interviewed on personal things like TV shows and so forth. It makes their lives seem so much more interesting! That's cool that Obama and Michelle like the classics!

Andrea

08-09-2008, 04:49 AM	#1
hank18 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 17, 2002 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 126	Barack Obama on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a pop-culture Q&A with both Barack Obama and John McCain. I found Senator Obama's comments particularly interesting: EW: What shows were you passionate about as a child? Obama: You know, I grew up in the golden age of sitcoms. I think 'MAS*H' was probably my favorite. Michelle's favorite is 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' which she sometimes now watches [in reruns]. I have to say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' ranks right up there. Yay Michelle!

08-11-2008, 10:45 AM	#4
LauraNamesake Oh Rob!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2008 Location: MD Posts: 277	Yeah me too! It kinda threw me, but I figured he really couldn't have been on there! And I agree totally with you MickeyMac!!!
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08-12-2008, 02:26 AM	#5
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08-14-2008, 08:38 PM	#11
TV DVD Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2005 Posts: 2,602	For a minute I thought this thread was going to say that Greg Morris, who played Mr. Peters on the classic "That's My Boy" episode, beared a resemblance to Barack Obama! (Which he kind of does, don't he?) Anyway, it would've been interesting to see him on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, but he was only a kid when it premiered, I think. It would've been like Schwarzenegger before he was the "Governator!"
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08-09-2008, 03:58 PM	#2
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Dick van Dyke is still a great show regardless of the fact that Obama watches it.

08-09-2008, 06:50 PM	#3
Lodee Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 12, 2003 Posts: 1,562	LOL! From the title I thought this thread said that he was "on" the Dick Van Dyke show. I was trying to figure out what part he could have played.

08-12-2008, 04:50 PM	#7
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Dick Van Dyke to me would still be a classic show even if Hitler liked it.

08-12-2008, 09:50 PM	#8
Benno123 Jenna Fischer Rocks My World!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,036	I don't like to discuss politics so I will keep any and all opinions out of this, but I will say that it can only be a positive thing for The Dick Van Dyke Show when someone like Barrack and Michelle Obama say they watch it. Hopefully someone in my generation and younger can be introduced to a classic like this by someone that prominent saying that they like it. Much like a few years back when Bill Clinton said he watched TV Land for Lucy and Archie Bunker reruns.

08-13-2008, 03:20 PM	#9
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Good point Benno, there needs to be more interest in shows that were made before 1969.

08-13-2008, 05:14 PM	#10
Lodee Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 12, 2003 Posts: 1,562	Yeah, I wouldn't base whether I liked a show on who watched it anyway.

09-02-2008, 08:14 PM	#14
LauraNamesake Oh Rob!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2008 Location: MD Posts: 277	LOL yeah!!! Wasn't the baby supposed to be a girl though?