[78-L] Holiday torture (tenuous 78 connection, sorry)

[Malcolm Rockwell]

No need for humbuggery, Dave. I couldn't stand The Lucy Show or most of 
its ilk, either. And that kind of crap went on and on, season after 
season, all year long, Xmas not withstanding. About the only sitcom I 
could stand watching was The Addams Family, and later Night Court. Both 
had John Astin in 'em, whom I truly loved.
And there must have been at least one good version of A Christmas Carol 
out there, but I don't think I've ever seen it. Like Hamlet, most 
versions of ACC seem to be full of hams!
Mal

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On 12/26/2011 6:46 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Sometimes I wonder why I spend each lonely night..no, scratch that. Sometimes I
> wonder why the Christmas episodes of classic radio and TV programs are always
> the worst, especially (I assume) out of context. Last night we opened a dvd of
> some more classic Christmas sitcoms, most of them of series I never watched in
> the first place (Beverly Smellbillies etc). The two we watched were
> insufferable and neither would give me the slightest urge ever to watch any
> other episodes for any reason. The "Odd Couple" Scrooge episode was mildly
> amusing about 10% of the time. The 1962 "Lucy Show" Christmas program was the
> most strident, screaming, unfunny piece of crap I've suffered in years. Please
> tell me it wasn't always that bad. I know there were funny sitcoms in the
> sixties because I still remember them, although I admit to being a snob about
> much tv during that decade (I also didn't have the time, and for a few years I
> also didn't own a set). I'm given to understand that The Lucy Show was a hit
> for 6 years, possibly largely because of Gale Gordon..definitely not because of
> these two screaming meemies (one of them with a bad face lift) and 3 obnoxious
> kids.
>
> Humbug, already.
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