Diff'rent Strokes Offered Nothing But Fluff?!? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 08-23-2010, 09:43 PM

A critic wrote an essay on 80's sitcoms and basically said the 80's mostly offered fluff or nothing at all. Shows like DS, The Facts of Life and Family Ties were the biggest offenders of this type of sitcom. WTF?!? I totally disagree, but are there people out there reading this who actually agree?

Mr. Television · 08-23-2010, 09:46 PM

That guys an idiot. Give me fluff anyday.

Brian Damage · 08-23-2010, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

That guys an idiot. Give me fluff anyday.

Agreed, I mean yeah there was some fluff, but overall, the 80's gave us so many memorable episodes.

Harmony233 · 08-23-2010, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Agreed, I mean yeah there was some fluff, but overall, the 80's gave us so many memorable episodes.

Theres lots of diff'rent strokes episodes that were really serieous like the bicycle man episode.

Larenz09 · 08-24-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

A critic wrote an essay on 80's sitcoms and basically said the 80's mostly offered fluff or nothing at all. Shows like DS, The Facts of Life and Family Ties were the biggest offenders of this type of sitcom. WTF?!? I totally disagree, but are there people out there reading this who actually agree?

What a crock!!

Either that guy is on drugs or he's been hitting the bottle too much!!!

As far as I'M concerned, the '80s was the perfect boom for sitcoms. We had a ton of them and they were all very popular, such as DS, Amen, Family Ties, Family Matters and Silver Spoons, to name a few.

70s show watcher · 08-27-2010, 05:25 AM

what garbage the guy is full of it

TMC · 07-17-2015, 02:01 AM

Is this the essay that you're referring to:
The OTHER Diff'rent Strokes Curse

Mace Dolex · 08-15-2015, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Larenz09

As far as I'M concerned, the '80s was the perfect boom for sitcoms. We had a ton of them and they were all very popular, such as DS, Amen, Family Ties, Family Matters and Silver Spoons, to name a few.

Popular yes but can you watch a single episode today before dozing off?

Mr. Television · 08-15-2015, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

Popular yes but can you watch a single episode today before dozing off?

I can. I still enjoy it as much as I ever did. the only difference is there's a sadness now knowing so many of the cast has died.

msLola · 12-02-2015, 03:42 AM

I Think DS was one of the most fun if only slightly kinky sitcoms of the 70's,80's.

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