Any M*A*S*H fans out there? show that makes you wanna keep tuned in.
#16
Posted 24 January 2005 - 07:08 AM
And, yes, they had their "emmy" shows which for 70s sitcoms meant that for three or four minutes in a program the humor would come to a screeching halt and all the actors would strut their acting chops by overreacting to some tragedy. (Does anyone not remember how horrible all those Very Special Episodes from 70s sitcoms really were?) Alan Alda's over-the-top look-at-me-I'm-acting performance in the finale episode ("But it was a BAAAAAAAAAAYBEEEEEEEEEE!") is one of the most embarrassing performances in the history of televison. Even now, more than twenty years after viewing it, I cringe when I recall it.
As for the suggestion that this show will be watched when todays's sitcoms are forgotten: When MASH went off the air, it immediately popped up everywhere in syndiacation, usually in prime real estate (after the 11 o'clock news usually). As time has gone on it has been supplanted by newer shows such as Seinfeld, Friends, and Everyone Loves Raymond to the point that I never stumble across MASH anymore. I remember a similar fate for older shows when I was growing up in the late 60s and 70s such as I Love Lucy. My guess is the same fate awaits MASH, evaporating in the public's mind like a puddle in a dry summer heat. In reality there have been better sitcoms (Most of the MTM fair such as Mary Tyler Moore and the Bob Newhart show that had the good sense to avoid Very Special Episodes, as well as Cheers, Fraiser, Seinfeld and, yes, Everyone Loves Raymond), and all around funnier shows (MST3k,Aqua Teens, Mr. Show). As televison has progressed since the 70s it has just gotten better and the best of these shows will push out the inferior shows that seemed classic and immortal only a quarter century ago. After all, one can only watch one show at a time and there are only so many hours in a day.
#18
Posted 26 January 2005 - 12:09 AM
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#20
Posted 26 January 2005 - 05:30 AM
It's a personal preference thing really though. Xombie doesn't like the show and doesn't find it funny or sees the subtlety of the show. It simply didn't grab him. That's fair enough because for a great many people it did grab them.
It's not a reality TV show, it's a situational comedy. Where is surpassed its rivals is that it provided a better social commentary than many other shows did or have done since.
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#21
Posted 02 March 2005 - 05:50 PM
then they ran the clip and it didn't look just like him. Sounded just like every other role I've heard him do...
(shameful joy.)
but good news, AA fans. there's talk of him taking the ROLE of the pres on the west wing.
(heavy sigh, to counter the bleeding heart)
#22
Posted 31 March 2005 - 09:05 PM
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#25
Posted 31 March 2005 - 11:56 PM
i can live with despondent for a while.... and when he moves out Movie Goer can take his place...
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#26
Posted 01 April 2005 - 12:29 AM
Try to answer the questions in such a way so you will get Klinger. It's actually not as easy as one might think. Despite clicking on answers involving wearing dresses, I repeatedly came up with Hawkeye.
So there's a challenge for you. What are required responses to get Klinger?
#27
Posted 01 April 2005 - 08:55 AM
I'm Hawkeye also!
Looks like the 4 of us (Despondant included of course) can happily set up the Swamp anywhere we feel and be totally at home.
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 11:22 AM
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#30
Posted 01 April 2005 - 10:08 PM
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