What television shows did not age well? Though they were funny in their time, it is very hard to watch today.especially

[debm55]

comedies. My choices are ALL in the Family and I Love Lucy. What about you? Any type of show.

[OnDoutside]

1. In the UK they used to have the Black & White Minstrel Show

[debm55]

3. Yuck. The UK also had the Benny Hill Show-terrible.

[OnDoutside]

12. Yes indeed, and Alf Garnett was hugely popular.

Hard to believe nowadays

[debm55]

48. Did ALL in the Family take that show and Americanize it?

[OnDoutside]

108. Hmmm that's a great question ! Apparently yes, All in the Family was based on Til Death Do Us Part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family

[debm55]

109. Thank you , the woman looked like Edith. Thank you for looking that up.

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[Kittycatkat]

173. Edite, lol

[debm55]

174. Thank you

[VMA131Marine]

25. But they also had The Two Ronnies

and Morecambe and Wise

?si=7RMx_jOm3aNVnvdp

Both classics!

I still get a laugh out of Dad’s Army and Fawlty Towers obviously.

[Meadowoak]

206. Oh, I loved Benny Hill.

[debm55]

207. I didn't understand the humor. Thank you though.

[Freddie]

2. Three's Company

Never thought it was especially funny back then, but now, yeeccch! Women are only worthwhile in tight clothes and jiggling, amirite?

[debm55]

4. I also didn't think it was funny. And very seldom watched. Thank you.

[hlthe2b]

9. Cringe-inducing, for sure.

[debm55]

110. agree

[brush]

10. Seinfeld for me. Haven't watch since Richard's insane N-word rant.

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I'm still a fan of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander, but even Seinfeld has made some anti-woke comments lately, and some hyper masculinity nonsense.

Too bad, I was an early fan in the '90s. No more.

Also nothing of Clint Eastwood anymore since his anti-Democrat empty chair rant at the RNC a few years back.

[debm55]

106. Thank you ,brush and i totally agree with you.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

183. and the whole personality of Jack was that he was a horn dog

[Ocelot II]

5. Almost all of them. The only sitcom worth watching was M*A*S*H.

The rest of them were pretty stupid, notably The Flying Nun, My Mother the Car, Happy Days, most everything from the '70s.

[hlthe2b]

8. Yeah. M*A*S*H was the only one I could come up with that I continue to enjoy. There might be others, but

I can't name them on the spot...

[True Dough]

11. M*A*S*H had a character nicknamed

"Spear Chucker" and he wasn't white! He wasn't a regular on the show, but when I heard that a few years ago, it turned my head.

Otherwise, a fantastic series.

[hlthe2b]

14. Yeah, that was unfortunate and why the character was abandoned after six episodes.

[10 Turtle Day]

26. The spearchucker character was in the original MASH movie

The character was an NFL pro and a neurosurgeon. Col. Blake and others in the MASH unit requested him to be transferred to them because they were to play a football game against a general’s team. He was their ringer.

[Delarage]

62. I'm pretty sure

He was called that because he was a javelin thrower for his track team.

[10 Turtle Day]

69. Ah yes, you are correct!

The ringer on the general’s team was from the NFL.

[Charlie Chapulin]

144. He was in the book, before the movie.

[debm55]

146. Thank you Charlie Chaplin.

[mucifer]

47. Yeah, no POC as main characters. I remember Margaret Cho who is of Korean descent

hates MASH for the way they depicted Koreans. The anti war message is timeless . But, lots of things on MASH didn't age well.

[Darwins_Retriever]

205. During that time period

How many people of color graduated from medical schools?
How many people of color were Army officers?
How many people of color in the Army were in positions to order white folk around?

Actually MASH was pretty accurate. Think of the movie. How did the unit, or why did the unit get the black surgeon? He had been one of the great pro football players prior to the war, and the MASH unit needed him for their football game against the general's team which had several AA players such Buck Buchanan and Nolan Smith (who by the way was sitting next to me when I was a kid when I went to the movie, yes I was underage)

Whole different story. Just sitting there at the movie MASH and the black guy next to me looked down the row and called to my brother, they knew each other. My brother looked at me and told me that was Nolan Smith. My brother worked at one of the public golf Courses in KC. and He met several Chiefs through working there: Nolan, Buck Buchanan, Ernie Ladd, Emmitt Thomas, and few more Chiefs.

[Historic NY]

80. The Forgotten MASH Surgeon: The Story of Alvin Vincent Blount Jr, MD

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994465/]

The character Oliver Wendell “Spearchucker” Jones, a neurosurgeon, who was first introduced in the novel, was subsequently written out of the series (“Germ Warfare,” the 11th episode of season 1 by the sitcom creator.

[ailsagirl]

16. One of my very favorite programs was/is "Barney Miller"

Nothing else comes even close

[yonder]

20. Agree. Good writing, acting and deadpan delivery wrapped around clever situations.

The stoned by brownies episode comes to mind first though not a particularly unique storyline.

One of the best sitcoms for its time, IMO.

[bedazzled]

60. "This is a police station, not a horror movie"

Love the werewolf episode

[ailsagirl]

64. Dietrich was hilarious!!

[bedazzled]

66. The cast was excellent

Unforgettable. I love Hal linden. I think he's still around, God bless him

[ailsagirl]

73. He was wonderful!!

The perfect foil for all the others. (Someone had to be sane) 😏

I loved it when Wojo thought he saw a UFO and a guy from the govt came to their office to discuss it, clearly not believing the claim. It was an added touch to have the guy wear the visor of his hat so low you couldn't see his eyes. 😆 There were a few references about it, made by the guys, which really cracked me up.

[Figarosmom]

84. I had quite the crush on him. Nt

[bedazzled]

88. I still do!

He seemed like the real deal

[Figarosmom]

90. Yeah he did

It was rumored he was a good guy. He was a band leader before he took up acting.

[ailsagirl]

169. Me, too

[ailsagirl]

171. And the writing!!

[yonder]

91. Finally got a chance to look at that - still smiling here.

I guess I forgot just how much Dietrich added to the show.

The Pterodactyl quip about half through was good.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

184. his character reminds me of the HR guy on "The Office"

[ailsagirl]

168. Hysterical!!

[Figarosmom]

83. Yeah that was a good episode

I still watch ir and am amazed that most of the social problems they had are still around. I liked the one where the woman wanted her husband arrested for rape and how novel it was at the time. Didn't always like Fish though.

[debm55]

114. I remember that episode and LMAO

[mucifer]

35. There was a horrible episode of Barney Miller where the main joke of the episode was

that a woman accused her husband of rape. Yeah that's funny. Of course she was lying. No, that didn't age well.

https://www.wmtc.ca/2017/09/the-strange-case-of-barney-miller-rape_7.html

[debm55]

37. I agree with that. That is terrible.

[ailsagirl]

61. I vaguely remember that one-- not exactly a funny premise

[mucifer]

65. I was watching reruns and came across it

It was really ugly. Stopped watching that show.

[Figarosmom]

86. Thats one of the episodes i liked because it did show how a lot of guys thought of it

And Barney treated it with respect and called in the DA and actually treated it seriously. At the time i was glad to see the subject raised..

[debm55]

113. Thank you ailsgirl Agree

[debm55]

130. Agree with you

[thucythucy]

165. Absolutely.

Plus, it had some of the best opening music ever.

[debm55]

112. Thank you Ocelot II Agree

[thucythucy]

150. MASH had some problematic scenes,

especially early on.

I recall an episode where there was a chance the camp would be overrun by North Koreans.

Margaret asked what guarantee would the nurses have not to be "repeatedly violated"--which was as close as you could get to saying "gang rape" on TV back then.

Hawkeye answered, "What kind of guarantee do you want?" Cue the laugh track.

I think the show improved enormously once the laugh track was elminated.

In fact, for me most early TV is unwatchable precisely because of a laugh track.

[debm55]

155. Agree

[hlthe2b]

6. A lot of those shows make me cringe. ''All in the Family might not make me laugh but it was ahead of its time

in its societal message, so I give it that. Same with Maude and several other shows of that era.

Even those shows that were probably funny at the time are hard to watch now because of those horrendous laugh tracks. Uggh.

[debm55]

39. Agree with the laugh tracks

[legallyblondeNYC]

213. All in the Family - still relevant

Perhaps All in the Family is hard to watch because so many of the issues are still with us. Pervasive.

[MiHale]

7. Just Shoot Me...

Tried it again a couple years ago …so misogynistic couldn’t stand it. Funny thing is my wife suggested it at the time she thought was good for laughs. Time does make a difference.

[underpants]

52. One of the Thursday night NBC space fillers

8:00 was Cosby with Cheers at 9:00
Then it was Cheers and Seinfeld
Then it was Friends and Seinfeld

In between was formulatic until the 10:00 cop show.

[debm55]

132. Was that Hill Street Blues?

[underpants]

139. Hill Street then I think it was Law & Order or maybe LA Law.

ER was on Thursday night too.

[debm55]

142. Thank you underpants.

[Figarosmom]

87. I named this one too. Nt

[debm55]

116. Thank you MiHale. I don't remember ever seeing the program. I guess good for me.

[Otto_Harper]

13. My Little Margie

[debm55]

133. Thank you Otto_Harper.

[rsdsharp]

15. I mostly liked the CBS country comedies of the 1960s:

The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction. I couldn’t stand Green Acres then, or now, and of the others only the Griffith show is still watchable for me.

[debm55]

134. Thank you rsdsharp, Didn't like Green Arcres except for the little dog and the opening song.

[MichMan]

189. I thought Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe Carson) and Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) were great.

Still think so.

[debm55]

191. Thank you MichMan Uncle Joe --Petticoat Junction and Mr Haney -Grren Acers I watched both shows and but I could never

how they were : unprepared for the country

[MaryMagdaline]

17. Friends

I think it’s surviving based on the good vibes we remember from the nineties, but just barely.

[debm55]

136. Thank you MaryMagdaline. I have never watched it.

[BittyJenkins]

18. Going way back it is..

Father Knows Best

[Klarkashton]

22. "Fronk" the well meaning gardner. It would never

Fly these days.

[BittyJenkins]

46. Yes! I remember

The girls all were very emotional and dang nam it Jim always knew the right answer.

[debm55]

138. Thank you Klarkaston.

[debm55]

137. Thank you PittyJenkins.

[sanatanadharma]

19. The Honeymooners

If for no other reason than the "Bang, zoom, to the moon, Alice" line.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Except...

...Alice's reaction to him saying that always told me Ralph was all bluster. He'd never actually hit Alice.
And, she knew it. He brought home the paycheck, but Alice ran things.

[debm55]

40. Yes domestic abuse is so funny, I never liked Jackie Gleason because of that show

[pnwest]

154. I always disliked that show, even when I was little. He was always angry and EVERYBODY was

always yelling, and he treated his buddy like crap.

[debm55]

159. Thank you pnwest. It was too much like my family.

[aeromanKC]

21. Back when TV was awesome!!

TV is shit nowadays. All in the Family is one of my all time greats!! But then again, I haven't watched a TV show regularly since West Wing and Boston Legal. (Breaking Bad doesn't count since I streamed and binged it.)

[Elessar Zappa]

30. Disagree.

I think television from the past 25 years is far, far, better than television pre-2000. Racism, sexism, homophobia and general un-funniness were the order of the day.

[debm55]

141. Agree.

[Not Heidi]

63. All in the Family - one particular episode

I don't watch it today, but I liked it back in the day - except for the way Archie treated Edith. That just pissed me off.

I remember only the ending of one episode.

Archie was mistaken for a Jew and a swastika was painted on his door. A Jewish extremist named Paul (I think) visited the Bunker home. Surprisingly Archie and Paul hit it off. When Paul left the house, after Archie closed the door, there was an explosion. Archie looked out the door and said "It's Paul . . . they blew him up in his car."

Anyone else remember that one?

[appmanga]

72. I do...

...and I believe the very Hispanic Gregory Sierra played Paul.

[Different Drummer]

119. All in the Family debuted when I was nine.

I remember, at the time, they had content advisories before the episodes and, because of those, I had the "thrill" of feeling like I was getting away with doing something I shouldn't be doing when I watched. Of course, the content was relatively mild by today's standards.

In reviewing the reruns nowadays, there are only a few episodes I still like. The ones with Bea Arthur as Edith's cousin, Maude Findlay, still make me laugh. Also, I still like the episodes with Betty Garrett as the Bunkers'/Stivics' neighbor, Irene Lorenzo, and Vincent Gardenia as Irene's husband, Frank. Other than those, I can skip the rest of the reruns and not feel like I've missed anything.

[debm55]

143. I do, Paul was a member of the JDL. Also I remember the storyline with Beverly LaSale -a Drag Queen. and the murder of

her because of it. Beverly was good friends of Edith.

[ellemb]

210. Yeah. I watched it recently on MeTv.

[debm55]

140. Thank you aeromanKC Tried to watch on stream and it wasn't like I remember it.

[CabbageAndBeans]

23. There are a lot that didn't age well..

but Cheers certainly did. I re-watched it in its entirety a few months ago and felt is was just as funny now as it was in the 80's.

[debm55]

145. Agree

[VMA131Marine]

24. I think Taxi still holds up pretty well

?si=L5NkltPSnlAUpAVO

Barney Miller too!

[CabbageAndBeans]

31. Agreed. Classic. NT

[debm55]

41. That was my favorite episode

[Tetrachloride]

27. there are some types of moments in Mash that didn't exist

the later years.

Margaret Houlihans character and other nurses changed.

The Honeymooners is not on my
watch list.

[debm55]

147. Thank you Tetrachloride.Disliked the Honeymooners.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

185. Honeymooners. "BAM Alice, to the moon!" while cocking his fist at his wife

[debm55]

193. Thank you and I agree, I never liked Jackie Gleason after the Honeymooners

[no_hypocrisy]

28. I Love Lucy

Call me a heretic. It just isn't funny.

[debm55]

42. Never thought it was even as a kid watching reruns.

[3catwoman3]

93. Even as a little girl (born in 1951, same year I Love Lucy premiered)...

...I was bothered by how stupid, inept, deceitful and manipulative the Lucy character had to act in order to get what she wanted and needed.

Gleason's character seemed very mean to my young self.

Never could stand the Barney Fife character or either Gomer or Goober Pyle characters.

[debm55]

94. Agree and thank you, 3catwoman3

[canuckledragger]

29. Anyhting with with that rapist Bill Cosby in it.

Knowing what we know about him now, all that fake virtue signalling he did in the Cosby Show makes me sick.

And then there's a scene in one of those shows that reminds me of my abusive step father, whom couldn't see past his own motives and prejudices and always projected that onto myself and others.

The scene in question is where he rips into his TV son, Theo, for not doing well in school, accusing him of all sorts of things, where later on we find out the reason he did so poorly was dyslexia, something he was born with and couldn't fix easily on his own. That scene made me want to punch Cosby for emotionally abusing his son that way.

[Shermann]

67. Thread winner! nt

[debm55]

148. Thank you canuckledragger. I feel the same way.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

186. Cosby show was so big, traffic was light in LA when it was on. Nothing else compares to it.

weird how it all turned out.. that Cosby was a serial rapist.

[doc03]

33. After watching MASH for decades I don't find it funny today. I find Hawkeye just plain

annoying. Never thought Lucy was funny. Friends I don't know never watched one episode.

[debm55]

44. I have never seen an episode of Friends.

[LisaM]

180. The thing about M*A*S*H was that it was really about the Vietnam war

Which was going on at the time. I think that made for some cognitive dissonance and they also kind of ran out of plot lines once they'd exhausted all the schtick (Jamie Farr in women's clothing, the Hot Lips Houlihan storyline, Radar being kind of dorky, the snarky surgeons). That was one show that went way past its shelf life, IMO.

[debm55]

197. Agree, Thank you LisaM

[debm55]

195. Agree. Thank you doc03

[The Madcap]

34. Three's Company

Couldn't stand it then, even worse now.

[debm55]

149. Agree. with you The Madcap

[ellemb]

36. I still watch All in the Family. It is funny to me still. They took on a lot of issues.

[johnp3907]

85. I still watch it too.

I actually wish it didn't hold up as well as it does, because we're still fighting a lot of the same battles.

[ellemb]

92. Yep

[debm55]

151. Thank you ellemb.

[Keepthesoulalive]

38. Bewitched

She had to become suburban housewife instead of the powerful witch who could make her own way.

[Sequoia]

156. In the end she did get her way

It used to bug me when she did housework instead of hocus pocus. Both Darren's were dweeb.

[debm55]

157. Agree

[Bok_Tukalo]

208. Gladys Kravitz was gaslighted

That poor woman.

[debm55]

209. She had cancer on the show and worked almost up until her death. I didn;t like her character but I thought she was a

brave woman.

[CanonRay]

43. The Cosby Show

Bill turned out to be not so wholesome.

[debm55]

45. He also did jello and the pudding commercials.too.

[FullySupportDems]

81. That's the first one I thought of

Loved him then. Turns my stomach now.

I also loved Johnny Csrson, and I'll always respect the hell out of what he did, but watching one a few years ago was too sexist to enjoy. Not the cutesy flirty kind, but the putting a woman down as stupid bits. Over and over, like okay, we get it. It just didn't register much when I was a young woman, which is a little surprising now. I'm glad those jokes aren't cool anymore.

[arkielib]

49. I Love Lucy is the worst.

Even watching reruns as a kid I cringed.

[underpants]

53. I've never watched a full episode

[NewDayOranges]

129. This show is still LOL phunny even today...

But as a woman, the episodes based on her antics to get Ricky to buy her this dress or that hat get on my last nerve...

The show is still killer phunny, tho!😊

[Polly Hennessey]

50. Most likely in 50 years the programs we watch in 2024

will be equally cringe worthy.

[MichMan]

51. Hogan's Heroes

Can't imagine a TV executive today suggesting a comedy about a Nazi POW camp.

[Ursus Rex]

111. The cast was largely comprised of Jewish German exiles and camp survivors.

They had a maxim that the Germans/Nazis were ALWAYS the butt of the jokes. In fact, according to wikipedia:
"The actors who played the four major German roles—Werner Klemperer (Klink), John Banner (Schultz), Leon Askin (General Burkhalter), and Howard Caine (Major Hochstetter)—were all Jewish." It was relentless mocking and parody.

The REAL villain turned out to be the creepy-in-his-private-life star, Bob Crane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan%27s_Heroes#

[MichMan]

117. Yes, portrayed as bumbling, yet likeable characters, not ruthless villains.

What I find interesting is that the people back then that actually lived during the war could find humor in it. Not now. This show would have never happened in today's climate. Never.

Hell, Dukes of Hazard is now demonized for having a Confederate flag on the roof of the Dodge Charger.

[malthaussen]

118. No, because today's Nazis would not permit the writers to make them so foolish.

They would insist on a total rewrite making the Germans the heroes.

-- Mal

[debm55]

121. Me either. Terrible concept for a comedy.

[Turbineguy]

135. That show was a weekly staple in our house

My mother claimed that my Father would have loved that show after his experience as a POW in WW2.

[debm55]

153. Thank you Turbineguy. My uncle was a young pilot shot down and place in a POW camp. We never watched it.

[Permanut]

54. Some people apparently thought Married With Children was funny..

Unwatchable then, unwatchable now.

[FuzzyRabbit]

55. Funny then, not funny now.

[debm55]

122. Agree Permanut. Never thought it was funny.

[Kittycatkat]

56. Columbo is still awesome! Original Law & Order I still love as well.

Can’t watch Seinfeld, Frasier, Two and a half Men, Cosby, That 70’s Show, Freaks & Geeks, Glee.

[Polly Hennessey]

152. The original Law and Order shows were excellent and still are.

[debm55]

162. Thank you Polly Hennessey.

[debm55]

160. Thank you Kittycatkat.

[Upthevibe]

175. Kittycatkat.....

Columbo rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that show....

[Kittycatkat]

176. He is sooo good, even 50 years later!

[Upthevibe]

178. Kittycatkat..........

I've seen every episode countless times. In fact, the more I watch them the better they get.

[Kittycatkat]

179. I know. It's crazy. Oh, just one more thing

Columbo is brilliant!

[debm55]

196. Agree

[bedazzled]

57. You really come up with great leisure thread topics!

Best I've ever seen...

[debm55]

161. Thank you bedazzled.

[USAF Brat]

58. The Jack Benny Show...

What’s so funny about being stingy about everything?

[debm55]

163. Agree,

[Mike Nelson]

59. Well...

... we part company on Lucy. Her shows still make me laugh, while many TV "comedies" don't... I do agree on All in the Family. I can watch a bit, but I get bored...while I feel the series had good intentions, it has not aged well. There are so many others... Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch... maybe they were supposed to be silly-coms, or dramadies...

[Zambero]

89. I LOVE Lucy!

My favorite episodes are the ones with her and Ethel working the chocolate bon-bon factory conveyor belt, and one where she gets plastered doing the Vitameatavegimin commercial.

[debm55]

126. Thank you Zambero. I agree with your two choices. they were very funny. the rest were not.

[debm55]

164. thank you Mike Nelson I agree on the rest. But I have to say that Lucy didn't hit me as funny. I felt sorry for her.

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[GoCubsGo]

68. The Rifleman, to a large extent.

And, not just because of the pervasive gun violence. The way they portrayed Mexicans and Native Americans, particularly the way they used white actors and actresses in "brown-face" to play them. Lots of the use of "Injuns," too. Come to think of it, F-Troop wasn't all that great in that department, either, IIRC.

[debm55]

128. Thank you GoCubsGo, both are dreadful.

[sinkingfeeling]

70. Amos and Andy

[debm55]

127. Thank you sinkingfilling. absolutely terrible.

[Different Drummer]

71. My subjective opinion. Your mileage may--and likely willT--vary.

Hazel: I liked the first four seasons but then after the show switched from NBC to CBS and Don DeFore and Whitney Blake were replaced, the show seemed to lose something. Fortunately, the fifth season was the last one.

The Big Bang Theory: I liked it as long as the guys were unlucky in love. When they started getting girlfriends, I started losing interest.

[Dear_Prudence]

79. Yes

Whitney Blake, who played Dorothy Baxter and was edged out by the new cast, became a director and producer. She was a co-creator of the sitcom One Day at a Time. So, I was glad she continued to be successful. I agree that the show wasn't as good with the second cast.

[debm55]

103. Thank you Dear_Prudence. I didn't know that.

[debm55]

102. Thank you Different Drummer. Totally agree.on both.

[rubbersole]

74. O.K. Crackerby

[debm55]

100. Thank you rubbersole

[Luciferous]

75. Friends- rewatched it a few years ago and

some of it is pretty cringy.

[debm55]

99. Thank you Luciferous. I have never watched that show

[Ursus Rex]

115. I quit watching most if not all cable and broadcast TV after 9/11.

I did watch some premium shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, but nothing with ads, esp not broadcast. When I finally decided to go back and try it a little, Friends was the biggest disappointment (I did watch a couple of eps leading to the finale).

[debm55]

125. Ursus Rex. I have never watched Friends.

[RandySF]

76. Sanford and Son

[debm55]

98. Thank You RandySF, Totally agree

[Doc_Technical]

77. The People's Choice (1950s TV)

[debm55]

97. Thank you Doc_Technical

[TexasTowelie]

78. Chico and The Man. nt

[debm55]

96. Agee and I would add Sanford and Son.

[Figarosmom]

82. Just Shoot me

Comes off as too glib now

[debm55]

95. Thank you Figarosmom

[OLDMDDEM]

101. Beverly Hillbillys

[debm55]

104. Thank you OLDMDDEM , very silly. Same with Green Acres

[OLDMDDEM]

105. I agree.

[Different Drummer]

120. The only episode of Green Acres I ever liked was the pilot episode with....

John Charles Daly (What's My Line?) as the narrator.

[debm55]

124. I lliked the song. and the little dog.. but that is about it.

[epreic01]

107. Early 2000s Reality Shows

Americas Next Top Model
The Swan
X Factor

Worst of All:
The Apprentice

[debm55]

123. epreic01 Agree.

[Enter stage left]

131. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "The Dukes of Hazard" yet.

[debm55]

158. Thank you Enter stage left. Was in college at the time and had no TV, When we finally got one, I watch one episode and

called it a day. Never watched again.

[Freddie]

166. Frasier had a few cringey moments

Like when Jane Leeves (Daphne) was pregnant in real life and they had her as “fat” on the show. And the jokes about Roz’s sex life when Frasier was more promiscuous, but being male, that was ok. But on the whole, well written, great character-driven plots, still really funny after all these years. The new Frasier? I try to like it but not yet. The laugh track (why do they still do that?) is incredibly annoying.

[debm55]

167. Thank you Freddie and I agree. Haven't watched the new one yet.

[snpsmom]

170. Rosanne & Home Improvement n/t

[debm55]

172. Thank You snpsmom. I totally agree

[Prairie_Seagull]

177. I was channel surfing last week and ran across an episode of

Guiligans Island. When I was a kid I loved it. Didn't make it 2 minutes probably because there wasn't a scene with Maryann in it. I could only make it 2 minutes waiting. Nostalgia being what it is could not convince me to watch it.
It needed the laugh track. Simpler times I suppose.

[debm55]

199. Thank you Prairie_Seagull. That is funny.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

181. the Love Boat. Perv doctor. back when it was considered "cool" for a man to openly lust after women

the boat's doctor was a creep, by today's standards.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

182. Sanford and Son had an episode where Sanford thought his son (Lamont) was gay

the episode played it very 1970s with Sanford making that hand gesture in place of the word gay. hand held out, palm down and shaken slightly side to side. And of course, much happiness when Lamont was determined to NOT be gay.

[debm55]

200. Agree. I didn't like that show. Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd

[NBachers]

187. Dobie Gillis. I'll give Bob Denver props; and Tuesday Weld was in character, but it's not worth watching Dwayne Hickman

Never could stand Lucy

I couldn't watch Hogan's Heroes because Bob Crane ruined the entire show.

I could probably sit through some episodes of Sgt. Bilko- the Phil Silvers Show

[debm55]

201. Thank you very much. NBachers.

[electric_blue68]

188. I'm sure I'd still love parts of MASH (tv), All In The Family, I Love Lucy....

For ILL: the 2 eps someone mentioned; Lucy & Ethel trying keep up w the factory's chocolate bon bon cconveyer, and Lucy getting drunk on the Vitamina Vegimita tonic between takeswhile it's TV commercial is being filmed.

[debm55]

202. Thank you electric_blue68 I agree with you on the Lucy episodes.

[MichMan]

190. Two and a Half Men

Not too bad for a while, but wore off quick. Should have ended a couple years sooner than it did.

[debm55]

192. thank you MichMan. Totally agree.

[Paladin]

194. "From Agnes-With Love" episode, "Twilight Zone."

The one with Wally Cox as the computer expert. Absolutely dreadful. A useful reminder that, as good as "Twilight Zone" was, some of the shows sucked out loud.

[debm55]

198. Thank you Paladin.

[Joe Cool]

203. Tabitha

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075590/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

It's the spin-off to Bewitched. Tabitha lacks the charm of Bewitched.
If you watch the series, in every episode Tabitha is either sexually harassed, sexually assaulted, and, in one episode, a man attempts to rape her. Any time a man harasses or assaults her, it's played off as a joke.
It's actually shocking how harassment and assault was played off as being funny.

[debm55]

204. Yes it is shocking. I never saw the show. I am glad I didn't. Thank you JoeCool.

[valleyrogue]

211. Both of those shows are still great.

AITF is surprisingly contemporary. All one has to do is change the hairstyles, clothing, and references to Nixon, and it would fit right into today's politics.

I Love Lucy is absolutely timeless and will never "age poorly." I feel sorry for people who don't understand that show.

I have both series on DVD, so I am not going off long ago memories. Both shows hold up very well.

[debm55]

212. Thank you valleyrogue for sharing.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

214. Not a TV show, but the movie "The Odd Couple".

I saw it in a theater when it came out in 1968, and I recall laughing so hard at parts I missed the next couple of lines.

I didn't get 15 minutes into it when I tried to watch it recently. Dear lord.

[debm55]

217. I know how you feel. Thank you ,

[legallyblondeNYC]

215. "To the Moon, Alice..."

In the Honeymooners, Ralph Kramden routinely threatened his wife with physical violence as a laugh line.

[debm55]

216. Agree