Sanford and Son, All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show, and Mary Tyler Moore. All great shows from my youth. As a kid, I couldn’t wait for Friday and Saturday night television shows. It was a family event. We would eat pizza, pop popcorn, sit around the ONE color television set we had (without cable) and wait for the shows to begin at 7pm concluding with the Carol Burnett show from 9-10pm before we went off to bed while Mom and Dad stayed up later watching the news and part of the early days of Saturday Night Live in the mid to late 70’s.
My reason for the quick reminiscing is two-fold. As a church planter, I value my time with my family and I think the shows matter to me as much for the laughs we shared as a family but also because of the memory I associate with them. Let’s not forget that as we head in 2007. Time is so short and it seems it moves faster these days than 30 years ago when I was 10.
My second reason? I had to laugh today as I read the news about the shows that are dying off as the networks cut and paste for the new year. Here are the shows that are saying good bye tonight….
Alias (ABC)
Arrested Development (Fox)
Emily’s Reasons Why Not (ABC)
Everwood (WB)
Joey (NBC)
Starting Over (Syndicated)
That 70’s Show (Fox)
Vanished (Fox)
The West Wing (NBC)
Yes, Dear (CBS)
Outside of “That 70’s Show” I didn’t watch a single episode of any of the others. Boy am I glad my eyesight’s still good enough to read good books!
Happy New Year!
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January 24, 2007 at 9:15 pm
billclarknow
I don’t know about most of these, but “Arrested Development” is hilarious and “West Wing” was, in my humble opinion, one of the best written and most thoughtful shows in the history of television. Catch the reruns on Bravo if you get a chance. Better still, rent the dvd’s so you can watch them in order.