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

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

I rarely find sitcoms of any vintage to be funny, including comedians 
and late night talk show hosts who think they are comedians. The whole 
genre just doesn't appeal to me.

So I guess you could call me a bah-humbug 24/365.
joe salerno


On 12/26/2011 10:46 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.
>
> dl
>
>
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Joe Salerno