Did AITF stop being funny when Archie started being "right" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-07-2021, 04:45 AM

What I mean is that he went from being a bigot who was was wrong about everything to merely a grouchy (somewhat even liberal) curmudgeon who was mostly right.

BestTVever · 11-09-2021, 07:36 AM

I think it stopped being as funny for the same reason other successful sitcoms stop being funny. The successful characters become mutated forms of their original selves. The writers just write lines to get funny laughs instead of writing scripts that develop the character. Golden Girls suffered the same fate. Threes Company too. The list goes on. All the scripts are written for one liners to showcase the outlandish behavior of the character on the show. Instead of Archie showing his bigotry in scenes in the script, the script now writes Archie an angry white guy spewing bigotry line after line for quick laughs.
The episode where Joey is born highlights this. Archie is in blackface at the hospital. Its just over the top silliness for a laugh line.

11-07-2021, 04:45 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,645	Did AITF stop being funny when Archie started being "right" What I mean is that he went from being a bigot who was was wrong about everything to merely a grouchy (somewhat even liberal) curmudgeon who was mostly right.

11-09-2021, 07:36 AM	#2
BestTVever Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2021 Location: Miami Posts: 1,905	I think it stopped being as funny for the same reason other successful sitcoms stop being funny. The successful characters become mutated forms of their original selves. The writers just write lines to get funny laughs instead of writing scripts that develop the character. Golden Girls suffered the same fate. Threes Company too. The list goes on. All the scripts are written for one liners to showcase the outlandish behavior of the character on the show. Instead of Archie showing his bigotry in scenes in the script, the script now writes Archie an angry white guy spewing bigotry line after line for quick laughs. The episode where Joey is born highlights this. Archie is in blackface at the hospital. Its just over the top silliness for a laugh line.