I have loved sitcoms for ages, I loved the shows in the 80's and 90's and miss them. My focus will be to discuss old shows and/or episodes whether they be good or bad. Besides my general discussions of things past I have several sub-categories with regular blogs including Worst of Trek (about horrible Star Trek), Top 5 worst episode lists, Random Thoughts which covers current things in a more random, little less structured format, and What I love in the 80's. I hope you enjoy my reviews and opinions and welcome all debate or criticism.
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When a mother gets a long with her son or daughter in law, then everyone is happy. It’s when they don’t that things get interesting. There is something special about an aggravating mother in law. They are there to adore their children while giving their daughter or son in law's a hard time. As hard a time as they can. Let's look at my five favorite meddling mothers in laws.
#5. Mother Winslow (Family Matters)
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I know the line between grandmother and mother-in-law is pretty gray, but I'm going to give it a shot. Today I will be talking about my favorite grandmother's, and tomorrow will go into the ladies who are more known as mothers-in-law. As I said the line does blur, but I will try explain my reasoning. So if your favorite isn’t on this list she may be on tomorrows. Let’s focus on some funny sitcom grandmothers.
Grandmothers are called that for a reason; they have been there and done that raising their kids. Now they can just relax and enjoy, but leave the real dirty to work to their children. Well, in theory anyway. On TV the grandmother’s do more than just sit in rocking chairs knitting. They get involved, help as much as they can, and some of them even get out and have some fun. The only rule for this list is that the character has to be a regular or recurring part of the cast, appearing in more than a handful or episodes.
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Part two of our look at sitcom mothers. I may be stretching things, but aunt's and mothers have a lot in common. Sometimes aunt’s are surrogate mothers just by being there when the kids don't feel they can talk to their actual mothers. Sometimes they literally raise the kids, for different reasons. The only rule for this list is that the character has to be a regular part of the cast, appearing in more than a handful or episodes. For example Bewitched had some great relatives such Aunt Clara and Aunt Haggatha, but they were never regulars (except one relative was, and we'll get to her tomorrow).
In honor of Mothers Day next weekend I present a four-part series of articles looking at sitcom mothers. Mothers on sitcoms have a lot of responsibility, they have to take care of a home while raising the kids and dealing with a husband who is usually a pain in one way or another. Some mothers are "perfect", while others are downright awful. There are lots of mothers out there so narrowing it down to five was not easy. However, I managed to come up with my picks, and I can’t express enough this is just opinion.
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Another sitcom face-off where I take two similar shows and decide which one is superior. Today we have two great ensemble comedies, one from the 80’s and the other from the 00’s.
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Night Court premiered in 1984 and was a major part of NBC’s Thursday night lineup for years. Scrubs premiered in 2001, and was also a dependable hit for NBC. What these programs have in common is the type of shows they were, both being physical comedies with very broad, slapstick kind of humor including great sight gags and physical comedy. The jokes came fast on these shows and the characters were quirky and a bit crazy. Both of these shows were fun, but which one was superior?
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Many moons ago I did an article on movies I loved when I first saw them, only to get older and realize the films were that good after all. Sometimes when you first see a movie or TV show as a kid, for one reason or another you get the wrong impression of it. You love it initially because it’s got cool effects and action, only to revisit it and realize the story sucked. Sometimes it goes the other way, an episode you initially hated turns out to be really good there was just something you didn't get the first time around. For me, there are several episodes of the original Star Trek and Next Generation that fit this description. I had strong feelings for the show, which I would later find were misguided. I wanted to talk about the main five one's today. This is limited to the first two series.
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