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Ulgeguug t1_j3wge5h wrote

He's keeping his head above water and doing the best that he can

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SDSS_J0100_2802 t1_j3xeoeo wrote

Two of those were adaptations from British shows

Til Death us do Part -> All in the Family

Steptoe and Son -> Sanford and Son

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twobit211 t1_j40a5th wrote

a large part of his success was having access to a vcr ten years before the average person

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bolanrox t1_j3wdd61 wrote

probably the one one of those big ones you can get away with rebooting.

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robinredrunner t1_j3wi54g wrote

I miss all those gritty poor and lower middle class tv shows. Seemed like after Dan and Roseanne won the lottery, everyone on tv became upper middle class.

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respectthegoat t1_j3wqkun wrote

Malcom in the middle, My name is Earl, and Raising hope we’re some pretty good lower class ones that aired in the 2000’s to early 2010’s. Haven’t watched many sitcoms since then so don’t know if there have been any more recent ones.

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GrandmaPoses t1_j3www1x wrote

Raising Hope was an awesome show, I wish it had gotten more recognition.

"I haven't seen someone handle a puck that bad since the third season of The Real World."

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Ktla75 t1_j3xe1g0 wrote

A lot of Chuck Lorre shows are about average folks.

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VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_j41iakd wrote

I thought Raising Hope was terrific... Bizarre and yet believable. I haven't watched many sitcoms since that era either.

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mattdaddy44 t1_j3wmli9 wrote

Alot of great urban shows

And then there's Maude, and then theeerre's Mauuude!

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tacknosaddle t1_j3x8o98 wrote

I caught the tail end of a tribute show they had for his 100th birthday and Rob Reiner's tribute was so nice. His father and Norman were very close so I imagine that Norman was essentially an uncle to Rob when he was growing up.

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superkickerjess t1_j3znjky wrote

It must be nice not having a century of depression

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Ktla75 t1_j3xee7y wrote

I'm always confused about how racist his shows are.

The late John Amos walked from that show when it got cringey.

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TelescopiumHerscheli OP t1_j3y114g wrote

If you look at a lot of television from years ago there's a lot of casual racism, with the racism getting worse the further back you go. I think the shows just reflect the spirit of the time.

There are two ways to think about the racism of the past. One way is to point out repeatedly (as so many people do) how racist some people were, as a way of signalling how enlightened people today (particularly the person doing the pointing out) are by comparison. The other approach is to accept that the past was bad but can't be changed, and commit oneself to work continuously to be less prejudiced in the future. This second approach is more difficult, but I think more productive. We can howl about a past that cannot be undone, or try to make the future better. The one approach is words ritualistically said, but with no outcome, while the other is actions quietly performed, or thoughts carefully re-examined, whose outcomes are tiny changes applauded by none, but, in cumulation, affecting many.

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AugmentedLurker t1_j3ydomm wrote

I think All in the Family did its best to navigate that problem. It didn't shy away from the fact that there were a lot of racists back then, but it tried to make Archie and his prejudices look foolish and that he came off as stubborn for no real reason.

It showed him learning and being a little more open minded as time went on (though not completely, that too was also realistic I find). There were a few episodes that he (occasionally inadvertently) befriended a minority in spite of his bigotry. There was also an episode I recall that carried the message that extremism, even with good intentions such as combating anti-Semitism, leads to violence (Archie Is Branded, Season 3 ep 20).

Idealistic, sure, but not that far from reality.

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