Why aren't the new Archie Bunkers funny? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 06-22-2022, 08:28 PM

From October 2003:
https://web.archive.org/web/20031012...tr-phil30.html

"What once was outré now seems passé, no longer daring, almost retro," Phil Rosenthal says of Bunker-esque sitcoms like "Whoopi" and "Luis." "What used to be satirical, eye-opening and genuinely funny is now simply played for straight-on laughs and, even unburdened of nuance, it tends to fail. What we're finding is it's one thing to have a Bunker mentality and quite another to have Bunker's thinly veiled angst and frustration at the slow realization the world is passing him by."

sm95fan · 06-23-2022, 11:22 AM

It's a pretty simple answer, the same reason you can't recreate most classic shows.

You had a magical cast, the right story that came along at the perfect moment in time. That can't easily be duplicated.

06-22-2022, 08:28 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,660	Why aren't the new Archie Bunkers funny? From October 2003: https://web.archive.org/web/20031012...tr-phil30.html "What once was outré now seems passé, no longer daring, almost retro," Phil Rosenthal says of Bunker-esque sitcoms like "Whoopi" and "Luis." "What used to be satirical, eye-opening and genuinely funny is now simply played for straight-on laughs and, even unburdened of nuance, it tends to fail. What we're finding is it's one thing to have a Bunker mentality and quite another to have Bunker's thinly veiled angst and frustration at the slow realization the world is passing him by."

06-23-2022, 11:22 AM	#2
sm95fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2021 Location: Las Lunas Posts: 1,882	It's a pretty simple answer, the same reason you can't recreate most classic shows. You had a magical cast, the right story that came along at the perfect moment in time. That can't easily be duplicated.