The one thing I get from Rhoda that I love that i don't get from no other sitcom, ...

[TVFactFan]

"Nice clear footage of Life in America during the 1970's"

You always get a nice shot of life going on in NYC where you see people walking across the street or driving down the street at a time when I didn't exist or was only a baby. It's just so fun to be able to see LIFE on a city street with older cars which I never seen on sitcoms I watched in the past. Now I;m not sure if you see this type of thing on the NYC sitcoms below

Barney Miller
Taxi

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

"Nice clear footage of Life in America during the 1970's"

You always get a nice shot of life going on in NYC where you see people walking across the street or driving down the street at a time when I didn't exist or was only a baby. It's just so fun to be able to see LIFE on a city street with older cars which I never seen on sitcoms I watched in the past. Now I;m not sure if you see this type of thing on the NYC sitcoms below

Barney Miller
Taxi

You always see the city streets on Taxi, because well, its about Taxi drivers. lol

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

You always see the city streets on Taxi, because well, its about Taxi drivers. lol

Taxi will be SAMPLED very soon-lol


I keep hitting the pause button when they show certain footage because it's just something I normally don't see when watching a sitcom. You definitely don't see that on shows like

Good Times
The Jeffersons
Three's Company
Maude
All in the Family

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Taxi will be SAMPLED very soon-lol


I keep hitting the pause button when they show certain footage because it's just something I normally don't see when watching a sitcom. You definitely don't see that on shows like

Good Times
The Jeffersons
Three's Company
Maude
All in the Family

Add Barney Miller to that list, because aside from the opening credits, not much stock footage if any is shown.

[OH Nuts!]

Taxi will definitely give lots of NYC vista. Great pick Brian. Love it's great opening.

[McGillicuddy]

If you want to see New York in the early 1960's, check out Car 54, Where Are You?.

Back to Rhoda, you get to see alot of New York, when Rhoda runs and takes the subway to her own wedding, because Phyllis forgot to pick her up!

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by markway895

If you want to see New York in the early 1960's, check out Car 54, Where Are You?.

Back to Rhoda, you get to see alot of New York, when Rhoda runs and takes the subway to her own wedding, because Phyllis forgot to pick her up!

I still haven't seen the uncut version of the wedding because there is a scene in the closing credits with her running down a new york street that I didin't see in the episode

[McGillicuddy]

The one season Bridget Loves Bernie, is another show that shows NYC in the early '70's.

[Willbo]

I believe that in one of the seasons opening segments you can see a Woolworth's in downtown NYC. I appreciate it more now that Woolworth's is gone.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Willbo

I believe that in one of the seasons opening segments you can see a Woolworth's in downtown NYC. I appreciate it more now that Woolworth's is gone.

I only remember seeing a Woolworth in the closing Credits when she tries to throw her hat in the air

[Willbo]

It probably was the closing credits. I just remember seeing it.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Willbo

It probably was the closing credits. I just remember seeing it.

It was the closing credits because I asked someone on this board who lives in NYC is the woolworth still there and they said no.

[JSP]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Taxi will be SAMPLED very soon-lol


I keep hitting the pause button when they show certain footage because it's just something I normally don't see when watching a sitcom. You definitely don't see that on shows like

Good Times
The Jeffersons
Three's Company
Maude
All in the Family

The difference here could be that the above listed shows were videotaped, while Rhoda was filmed. Could be filmed TV shows have a higher budget than taped? Don't know, but you're definitely right. I don't recall a lot of 70s sitcoms featuring exterior shots of the places where the scenes take place. Rhoda was ahead of its time in that regard and didn't have too many peers in the 70s.

I always felt like Rhoda would have been perfectly fine as is if it aired on tv in the 1990s. It's definitely got a 90s sitcom feel to it, or it could even very well air today.

Rhoda to me was definitely a cut above standard sitcom fare of the 70s.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by JSP

The difference here could be that the above listed shows were videotaped, while Rhoda was filmed. Could be filmed TV shows have a higher budget than taped? Don't know, but you're definitely right. I don't recall a lot of 70s sitcoms featuring exterior shots of the places where the scenes take place. Rhoda was ahead of its time in that regard and didn't have too many peers in the 70s.

I always felt like Rhoda would have been perfectly fine as is if it aired on tv in the 1990s. It's definitely got a 90s sitcom feel to it, or it could even very well air today.

Rhoda to me was definitely a cut above standard sitcom fare of the 70s.

And so much better than Mary Tyler Moore