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.
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. [Reply]
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. [Reply]
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. [Reply]