Karl BeecherJust what is wrong with 'Del Boy' Trotter? A bit of analysis this week, discussing the comic flaw of Only Fools and Horses' legendary lead.
TalkTeaVForty years later, Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia are still making us laugh. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Golden Girls this Thursday, October 23, at 7 PM at The Paley Archive inside the Beverly Hills Public Library, 444 N. Rexford Drive.
Paley curator Allison Kraft joins Jim Colucci, author of Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai, for a conversation filled with clips and behind-the-scenes memories.
This week's article looks at the rocky launch of sitcom Red Dwarf and learns a lesson. Just as Jaws wasn't about a shark, Red Dwarf isn't really about space at all.
violet, but spooky 😈I consider myself pretty observant, particularly of television roles, and I somehow learned maybe a week ago that Rob Reiner was Meathead and I still can't get over it. I don't know I missed it.
(Other than I didn't watch much All in the Family because I didn't get the bit as a kid.)
Dr Pink#LGBTQ #Portuguese #Wikipedia deletion alert
Você poderia salvar este artigo da Wikipédia em #português relacionado a LGBTQ da exclusão?
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This week, A Funny Sort of History delves deeper into what makes The Golden Girls such a solid sitcom.
https://funny-history.com/the-golden-girls-no-gimmicks-part-2/
This week on A Funny Sort of History, I profile a sitcom that should be used the teach sitcom writing. Why? Find out in my article about The Golden Girls.
https://funny-history.com/the-golden-girls-no-gimmicks-part-1/
Gay CurmudgeonA seminal moment in TV history was Betty Ford's hilarious cameo on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Mary thinks it's a prank, and won't believe it's the First Lady on the phone. #marytylermoore #bettyford #tv #television #sitcom #sitcoms #seminal #seminalmoment #tvhistory
Serge from BabkaWatching an old episode of the Golden Girls, Dorothy makes a new friend who, it turns out, belongs to a club where Jews are not allowed because this exclusive club gives her access to people she wouldn't otherwise be able to meet.
Dorothy tells her to leave and not to come back.
It made me think about all the Jews I know who have been pressured out of their LGBTQ+, Vegan, Free/Open Source Software, or political spaces and if just a few of the non-Jews had stood up and said they were uncomfortable with it and made their opinion known.
This week, A Funny Sort of History moves onto sitcoms. What are they? How do they work? If you positively must know the answer, read this:
