Classic Television

[JustAnotherGuyParticipant]

I grew up watching shows like Bewitched, Andy Griffith, Matlock, and Beverley Hillbillies. I consider myself a fan of these old shows.

That said, it cannot be escaped that both Griffith and Hillbillies were written as satire of what the Hollywood Left at the time thought of quaint country folks. See any of Granny, Jed, or Jethro’s antics. Despite the dubious, spurious premise of making fun of rednecks, both shows actually turned out to be quite excellent most of the time and knew how to have fun. Again, see anything involving Granny, Jethro, or (Griffith’s) Barney.

Both shows accidentally turned out to be exemplars of family values despite the blatant attempt to paint the world from which they are portrayed as slow, backwards, quaint, outmoded, and dull.

Hillbillies displays a widower trying to raise and take care of a family. Both shows actually portray the father as the head of the family and a solid member of the community. In both shows, the father figure is clever, temperate, and the window through which the viewer can project themselves into the television universe.

I miss shows that don’t openly ridicule the father figure and portray him as some horribly inept bumbling idiot that barely manages to tie his own shoes.

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[Knarley BobParticipant 2219]

If you pay attention to Andy Griffith, the early shows, there is a touch of MGTOW.
Andy’s being chased by a number of women. He stays a step ahead tho.

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[Anonymous 1]

Mayberry was happy and peaceful due to no marriages…

Sheriff Andrew Jackson “Andy” Taylor – widower
Deputy Bernard P. “Barney” Fife – single
Beatrice “Aunt Bee” Taylor – single
Mechanic Gomer Pyle – single
Mechanic Goober Pyle – single
School teacher Helen Crump – single
Aunt Bee’s friend Clara Edwards – widow
Barber Floyd Lawson – single
Barney’s girlfriend Thelma Lou – single

The only married person was Otis Campbell….who coped with marriage by staying wickedly drunk…found sleeping in jail better than being with his wife.

[ResidentEvil7Participant 9548]

I was born in 1982 and the only classic TV shows I like are:

Flipper
I Love Lucy
The Lucy Show
Three Stooges
The Honeymooners
Looney Tunes

This was back when shows and movies were made better than the PC, overly CGI crap they make today.

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[iMickey503Participant 12465]

I miss the old shows. I don’t watch TV anymore. TOO depressing.

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[743 roadmasterParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Mayberry was happy and peaceful due to no marriages…

Sheriff Andrew Jackson “Andy” Taylor – widower
Deputy Bernard P. “Barney” Fife – single
Beatrice “Aunt Bee” Taylor – single
Mechanic Gomer Pyle – single
Mechanic Goober Pyle – single
School teacher Helen Crump – single
Aunt Bee’s friend Clara Edwards – widow
Barber Floyd Lawson – single
Barney’s girlfriend Thelma Lou – single

The only married person was Otis Campbell….who coped with marriage by staying wickedly drunk…found sleeping in jail better than being with his wife.

,..and this is how marriage is portrayed

mgtow is its own worst enemy- https://www.campusreform.org/

[Faust For ScienceParticipant 22522]

iMickey503 wrote:

I miss the old shows. I don’t watch TV anymore. TOO depressing.

A lot of old TV shows and movies are cheap on DVD. Some collections of entire hundred episode TV series are ten to twenty dollars each. Go buy some of your favorites and binge watch them.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Mayberry was happy and peaceful due to no marriages…

Before I even clicked on opening the thread I thought about TAGS… 😀

http://www.tagsrwc.com/

[AutoliteParticipant]

JustAnotherGuy wrote:

Both shows accidentally turned out to be exemplars of family values despite the blatant attempt to paint the world from which they are portrayed as slow, backwards, quaint, outmoded, and dull.

You gotta remember though that it was just T.V. It was imaginary. Andy Griffith himself was supposedly quite a dick in real life. They say that he was nothing like his ‘Andy Taylor’ character…

[FrostByteParticipant 19005]

JustAnotherGuy wrote:

ys a widower trying to raise and take care of a family. Both shows actually portray the father as the head of the family and a solid member of the community. In both shows, the father figure is clever, temperate, and the window through which the viewer can project themselves into the television universe.

At one time A single Father raising kids was portrayed (in tv) as a hero. In real life he was s~~~ on.

Courtship of Eddies Father
Rifleman
Bonanza
Huckleberry hound
Who’s the Boss
Father Know’s best
Family Affair
Walking Dead
Full house
Sky King
Fury
Dudley Do-Right
My Three Sons
Quickdraw McGraw
The Alvin Show
Flipper
Johnny Quest
Gidget
Batman
Daktari
I left about 25 out cause you wouldn’t recognize them.

Knarley Bob wrote:

If you pay attention to Andy Griffith, the early shows, there is a touch of MGTOW.
Andy’s being chased by a number of women. He stays a step ahead tho.

The only married person in Mayberry was the town drunk. He was drunk to escape nagging and preferred jail over his home. (sorry you already pointed that out.)

If you rescue a damsel in distress, all you will get is a distressed damsel.

[Anonymous 14]

Faust For Science wrote:

A lot of old TV shows and movies are cheap on DVD. Some collections of entire hundred episode TV series are ten to twenty dollars each. Go buy some of your favorites and binge watch them.

Agreed. Got all of The Rockford Files a while back for a reasonable price considering how many of them there were! Next up: X-Files oh, and The A-Team n’ Simon & Simon.

[channel-zParticipant 228]

My station still runs The Andy Griffith Show on weekends. I guess I never noticed the only married character was the alcoholic.

I have some extended family members who go to all the Gunsmoke conventions.

[Anonymous 7]

Aunt Bee was a c~~~. So was June Cleaver.

[Anonymous 14]

FrostByte wrote:

Rifleman

The Rifleman was the s~~~ man. Good stuff right there!

[SwimcatParticipant 3589]

I was an extra in the movies Flipper and Gentle Giant. My uncle knew the director and got my cousins, my sisters, and I in the movies.

[Anonymous 12]

A lot of those country themed shows were also axed because the networks wanted to start focusing on city themes with more decadent themes and characters.

I watched all those shows on re-runs as a kid in the late 70’s and 80’s and the other thing I noticed was how great all the women looked and how pleasant they seemed. Even the nasty female characters were nice!

[hmskl’dParticipant 6406]

Hogan’s Heroes .. get all six seasons!

[Anonymous 14]

[Anonymous 14]

[JustAnotherGuyParticipant]

Autolite wrote:

JustAnotherGuy wrote:

Both shows accidentally turned out to be exemplars of family values despite the blatant attempt to paint the world from which they are portrayed as slow, backwards, quaint, outmoded, and dull.

You gotta remember though that it was just T.V. It was imaginary. Andy Griffith himself was supposedly quite a dick in real life. They say that he was nothing like his ‘Andy Taylor’ character…

In real life I’m quite sure Andy is a complete c~~~. I’m surprised Ron Howard turned out as generally amazing as he did. Seriously, the dude has saved more shows and movies than I can count just by having a consultant credit.

Cupcakes are Cold. MGTOW is Absolute Zero.
“Let us wait a little; when your enemy is executing a false movement, never interrupt him” –Napoleon Bonaparte, 1805

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