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Post by Ass_E9 on Nov 30, 2019 16:51:55 GMT
wherein a TV series, especially an otherwise lighthearted one, tackled a very serious or controversial issue?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 1, 2019 8:37:06 GMT
wherein a TV series, especially an otherwise lighthearted one, tackled a very serious or controversial issue? NONE of them!! I HATE when comedies (sitcoms) TRY to go ALL SERIOUS. LEAVE that for the dramas.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 1, 2019 8:38:16 GMT
Sitcoms should be happy, not SAPPY!
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Post by Catman on Dec 1, 2019 16:24:09 GMT
The anti-drug episode "A New Leaf" from Dinosaurs. At the end of the episode, Robbie breaks character and directly addresses the camera with a lengthy speech and ends saying, "Say no to drugs. Help put a stop to preachy sitcom endings like this one."
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Post by mszanadu on Dec 11, 2019 2:52:07 GMT
wherein a TV series, especially an otherwise lighthearted one, tackled a very serious or controversial issue?
I can't at the moment pinpoint which particular episodes here
very serious subject matter in between the lighthearted and funny moments .
Thanks so much Ass_E9 for this awesome subject post here too .
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Post by dirtypillows on Dec 11, 2019 3:08:29 GMT
"The Bicycle Man" - episode of that tacky show "Different Strokes". Gordon Jump owns a bike shop who has the hots for Arnold's skinny friend, Dudley, who was also in "Friday the 13th: Part V". Kind of weird because I am watching "Midnight Offerings", which co-stars Gordon Jump as Melissa Sue Anderson's dad.
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Post by amyghost on Feb 15, 2020 17:09:19 GMT
"The Bicycle Man" - episode of that tacky show "Different Strokes". Gordon Jump owns a bike shop who has the hots for Arnold's skinny friend, Dudley, who was also in "Friday the 13th: Part V". Kind of weird because I am watching "Midnight Offerings", which co-stars Gordon Jump as Melissa Sue Anderson's dad. That Very Special Episode very 'specially cracked me up. I much preferred the Seventies sitcoms that could successfully blend in the serious moments with the comedy, rather than trying to isolate one particular episode as the Serious Message one. The one decent VSE I can recall was the Family Ties ep where Alex works through the death of his best friend in a long monologue where he's supposedly being given grief counseling by a therapist. A much more sensible framing device than the usual one of trying to make otherwise goofy and unbelievable caricatures seem 'real' for the space of a single story.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Feb 16, 2020 10:07:46 GMT
Tonight on a very special Blossom.......................But to answer the question, I don`t like those type of episodes.
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