>>>>>>>>>>>Oh yeah? What about the Drama Llama Ding Dongs?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Aren't they a group unto themselves?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Well, the Edsels were. Now they're both extinct.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>But if they're extince, why bring them up?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>He's a medium?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ernie Kovacs said television was a medium because it was neither rare nor well-done.
>>>>>
>>>>>Unfortunately, I'm a large. But I began exercising again in the last few weeks. Oh, and Ernie Kovacs was one of the funniest, most inventive people ever to grace TV (and Edie was a treat). He and Sid Caesar spoiled me for comedy.
>>>>
>>>>Imagine if Ernie could have done his show today on premium cable <g>
>>>>
>>>>I do wonder, though, even with the best of TV from the 50s if a lot of it looked good because the competition was so thin. I remember a lot of stuff very warmly , but mostly because I don't go back and see them again. <s>
>>>
>>>Go to youtube and type in "Sid Caesar". Believe me, you'll be laughing all over again. Sid, Howie, Carl, Imogine. They were hilarious, and watching them again, they're still hilarious.
>>
>>The early Carol Burnette shows (mid 60s) were hilarious.
>
>Yes, at least the ones with Tim Conway. Although Carol herself was a major talent.
>
>>Looking back, I can't believe I actually watched 'The Monkeys.' :o)
>>
>>And what about these oldies:
>
>Well, most of them are shows that came later for me (remember I'm a bit older than you are). Maybe I was just too much of an old fart even in my youth, but I didn't care for most of the ones on your list.
>
>I grew up with sitcoms like Topper and Dear Phoebe, The Phil Silvers Show (Sergent Bilko), and other shows like Range Rider, Wild Bill Hickock, Captain Midnight (later became Jet Jackson) etc. Plus when I was a kid, I listened to the radio a lot - "X minus 1", "Inner Sanctum", "Johnny Dollar", "Gangbusters" "Stan Freberg" etc.
>
>Anyway, here goes (solely my opinions):
>
>>Green Acres
>Couldn't stand it. Come one - Eva Gabor????
>
>>Good Times
>Thought it was tolerable. But I couldn't stand Jimmy Walker.
>
>>I Dream of Jeannie
>Couldn't stand it.
>
>>Sanford and Son
>Thought it was ok.
>
>>Addams Family
>Thought it was ok.
>
>>The Munsters
>Couldn't stand it.
>
>>All in the Family
>Thought it was excellent.
>
>>I Love Lucy
>I hate Lucy.
>
>>Partridge Family
>The Partridge Family? How'd that get in the list?
>Oh, well, didn't like it; didn't dislike it; didn't spend time with it.
>
>>Get Smart
>Loved it.
>
>>Dick Van Dyke
>Thought it was one of the very best sitcoms ever made. Brilliant!
>
>>Petticoat Junction
>Couldn't stand it.
>
>>That Girl
>Couldn't stand it.
>
>>McHale's Navy
>Not my thing.
>
>>American Bandstand
>Probably ok for what it was, but I never really spent any time with it.
>
>>I Spy
>Loved it.
>
>>Family Affair
>Thought it was ok.

what he said <bg>

I am proud to say even when I was very much a kid I thought My Three Sons, Father Knows Best, Ozzie and Harriett, the Donna Reed Show etc sucked. the idea that adults watched them kind of scares me and makes me want to firebomb nursing homes.

But we live a world where they cancelled Arrested Development, Action!, Firefly ...

And David Milch stopped doing Deadwood so he could do John from Cincinnati.

AAARGH