johnsykes wrote:
I don't mean to complain.....I simply want to ask a question or six. Is TV comedy going too far? is it realistic anymore? If you are old enough to remember The Lucy Show....Eight Is Enough......Ozzie and Harriet......would they stack up against stuff like The Simpsons? The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason against today's so-called comedy.
Nothing's changed.
There are good shows, and there are bad ones. It just depends where your tastes lie.
'Everybody Loves Raymond' can hold its own with
'I love Lucy' and
'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' People will still be catching
Raymond in re-runs years from now, and for the same reasons: great ensemble acting, excellent writing, and situations that everyone can relate to.
In my opinion, for sheer out-and-out genius,
'The Larry Sanders Show' will never be topped. Same goes for CBC's
'The Newsroom.'Two other Canadian productions,
'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' and
'The Rick Mercer Report' are also first-rate. As are
'Six Feet Under' and original British version of
'The Office' .