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scho63 04:43 PM 05-14-2019
When I was in my mid to late teens I began watching the TV series SOAP on ABC channel 7 from New York. It was ground-breaking, funny as all hell and a show I will never forget.

I just binged watch the first season of 25 episodes from a free website I use for this stuff and haven't laughed out like this in a long time.

The jokes and comedy are still funny 40 years later.

When you see the cast, it's amazing how nearly everyone on the show became a star over the years. Just awesome in every way.

Some of you "youngsters" should check it out along with shows like Good Times, Sanford and Son and All in the Family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_(TV_series)
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Rausch 09:35 AM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Family Ties is on Amazon and it holds up very well.
As a child Alex P. Keaton was my idol...
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InChiefsHeaven 09:55 AM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by Al Bundy:
Rosemary's Baby is still terrifying.
My mom was terrified of this scene:


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Deberg_1990 11:52 AM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by BucEyedPea:
Never watched Taxi. I wished I caught FT's earlier than I did. I didn't watch that much TV back then...or even later.Just a few shows in phases. I love Big Bang Theory but missed more than half of it. I don't have Amazon Prime but used the trial and too much is a paid for episode or movie.
I was too young for Taxi when it was originally on. Didn’t get it.

But man, it’s really funny to me now. Great writing and characters never get Old.
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listopencil 11:54 AM 05-16-2019
As soon as I read this thread title the theme song started playing in my head.



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burt 12:04 PM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by listopencil:
As soon as I read this thread title the theme song started playing in my head.


What is crazy is over half the cast is deceased!
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burt 12:06 PM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
I was too young for Taxi when it was originally on. Didn’t get it.

But man, it’s really funny to me now. Great writing and characters never get Old.
The Reverend Jim Ignotowski for the win, Alex! And Danny DeVito at his best!
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Baby Lee 12:58 PM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by burt:
The Reverend Jim Ignotowski for the win, Alex! And Danny DeVito at his best!
What does the yellow light mean?

Slow down. . .


OK, . . .

What

Does

A

YEELLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW
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BigRichard 01:01 PM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by listopencil:
As soon as I read this thread title the theme song started playing in my head.


Yep, it has been how many years and I could still hear it in there.
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Dartgod 01:44 PM 05-16-2019
Originally Posted by burt:
The Reverend Jim Ignotowski for the win, Alex! And Danny DeVito at his best!
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
What does the yellow light mean?

Slow down. . .


OK, . . .

What

Does

A

YEELLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW
One of the funniest scenes in sitcom history right there...


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displacedinMN 07:56 PM 05-16-2019
I was thinking about SOAP the other day. One of the greatest comedies ever.
Reruns are on Antenna TV. It would never fly today.
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DJJasonp 07:50 AM 05-18-2019
Originally Posted by DeepPurple:
In the 70's Soap was excellent, couldn't wait to watch it every week. Besides launching Billy Crystal's career, the father played by Richard Mulligan was hilarious and went on to get his own show, only to die too young. Also it got Robert Guillaume his own show as the butler.





I had two more favorites in the 70's, already mentioned was Taxi and I liked Mary Tyler Moore, primarily for Ted Knight, who got his own show as well and once again, died way too young. Who can forget Ted from Caddyshack. They ran several episodes MTM back at Christmas a year ago on Hallmark and I recorded them and watched them for months.

Too Close For Comfort was pretty good (with Ted Knight) as well.
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Baby Lee 08:49 AM 05-18-2019
Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
Too Close For Comfort was pretty good (with Ted Knight) as well.

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burt 05:33 PM 05-23-2019
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
One of the funniest scenes in sitcom history right there...

And the episode where Jim's father passed was one of the saddest in sitcom history! Right up there with the final Mash.
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Frazod 05:52 PM 05-23-2019
Originally Posted by burt:
And the episode where Jim's father passed was one of the saddest in sitcom history! Right up there with the final Mash.
The final M*A*S*H wasn't even the saddest M*A*S*H.



And this scene probably wasn't any worse than the prior scene, where Henry says goodbye to Radar before he boards the chopper.

That episode absolutely ruined me the first time I saw it when I was a kid.

M*A*S*H jumped the shark before Happy Days did. It declined steadily after Rogers and Stevenson left. The final.... several seasons were tired, lame, bloated, preachy, and all but unwatchable. The last episode was most successful as a long overdue mercy killing.
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alpha_omega 08:58 PM 05-23-2019
Great show...which i discovered later.

I remember at the time my parents wouldn’t let me watch it.
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