Ravenwood - 12/19/07 09:30 PM
I know, I said I hate these lists, but I figured I'd throw one together to fill in the weekend lull. Here is my list of the most unrealistic TV Sitcoms. I decided to limit it to sitcoms, otherwise I'd be naming every sci-fi show this side of Star Trek. So, here goes.
In no particular order, the Most Unrealistic TV Sitcoms:
- The Flying Nun - A cutie like Sally Field as a nun is almost as realistic as her ability to fly?
Gilligan's Island - Too many to mention, but I'll try: 15 years on that island, within radio range of Hawaii, same clothes week after week, Ginger and Mary Ann managing to keep from being gang-raped in a 'Lord of the Flies' style mating ritual? Puhleease.
A-Team - Ok, the A-Team wasn't exactly a sitcom, but still, all those bullets flying around, and the only person ever actually shot was B.A., and not Murdock.
I Dream of Jeannie - In reality, Jeannie would be a sex slave, and Major Nelson would be driving a Ferrari.
Bewitched - Lets see, magical powers, two different Dicks, both of whom are light in their loafers, and again with the 'don't use your powers' mantra.
Alf - That annoying little alien/muppet would have been strangled and eaten by a racoon his first five minutes on Earth.
Hogan's Heroes - Take your pick, a POW camp run by idiots, or a series that lasted longer than the actual war did. Still Nazi humor flew better in the 60s than it would today.
Dukes of Hazzard - How many of you actually grew up thinking that the police had to stop chasing you at the county line? Besides, in real life each time they were caught, Bo and Luke would have been pistol whipped so bad their own Uncle Jessie wouldn't have recognized them. Also those pretty boys would make good girlfriends for Hazzard's local yokels while in the pokie.
Adventures of Superman - No, it isn't Superman that is unbelievable, but his portrayal by a flabby George Reeves.
Mork and Mindy - I guess to parents and children of the 1970s, Robin Williams on cocaine looked a lot like a space alien. Now he just looks like Robin Williams on cocaine.
Knight Rider - A car that can do anything, and the driver wastes his time fighting crime? In real life Michael Knight would be drag racing for pink slips while hanging out the T-top.
Eight is Enough - Should have been 'One is Enough'
- Get Smart - This spy spoof wasn't supposed to be realistic
Taxi - Despite having all English speaking cab drivers, Taxi still doesn't make the list.
Cheers - Despite the fact that nobody ever paid for a beer.
Welcome Back Kotter - Despite the kids having only one class a day that lasted 2 1/2 minutes.
The Munsters and The Addams Family
Fantasy Island and Love Boat
Beverly Hillbillies
Partridge Family
Best of Ravenwood's Universe, originally posted 11/30/2002.
Small Wonder?
Posted by: Omnibus Driver at December 20, 2007 10:59 AMI gotta agree completely on the A-Team. Even as a kid I wondered, "How come these guys never aim". It was also great how they always seemed to find a cutting torch whenever they needed some welding work done on the van.
SEINFELD has got to be the most stupid sit com of all time
Posted by: Spurwing Plover at December 21, 2007 9:44 AMJust to point out the A-Team was specifically designed to show that the good guys can win with out hurting the bad guys.
Posted by: ParatrooperJJ at December 21, 2007 10:14 AMI figure that Gilligan and the Skipper would team up to kill the Professor, the millionaire, and his wife. Those bodies would be cannibalized, while Ginger and Mary Ann serve as their pleasure slaves.
After this, the plot shifts to Gilligan and the Skipper plotting against each other, but never quite killing one another. Mary Ann and Ginger seek to escape or kill their two captors. Guest Stars are cannibalized for sustenance (the Harlem Globetrotters would be a Thanksgiving Feast).
Maybe that's the Rob Zombie version of Gilligan's Island...
Posted by: Alcibiades McZombie at December 23, 2007 1:39 AMMerry Christmas, everyone, even the guy who thinks "Seinfeld" sucked.
Posted by: mikem at December 25, 2007 1:57 PMGet Smart is a guy's love story. The male half of the nation was in love with 99 not because of how she looked but because of how she treated her man.
Smart is sent on quests, and like any male, he's only of average ability and screws up. 99 shows him that she's satisfied with him anyway.
As opposed to nagging him, for example.
Curiously, Barbara Feldon considered 99 to be a feminist role model ; and maybe she was, but one that didn't take in the feminism that happened.
The 5 seasons on DVD are superb.
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