Retro TV Shows

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Loved the Beave! What shows do you miss? My husband has been watching Gunsmoke reruns for several weeks now. And I was reminded of the Drill Sergeant from Gomer Pyle recently when talking about a couple graduating students who will soon be going through basic military training in Air Force and Marines.

Television: Golly, Beav, We're Historic
".... There have perhaps been funnier sitcom scenes since, and certainly much louder, more frenetic ones. But has the craftsmanship ? wonderfully believable brotherly chat as a foundation; sly incongruity laid on top ? ever been bested? Doubtful. ......
That is what hits you first when you sit down with a box of ?Beaver?: television comedy was a much slower animal back then. You have to detox mentally to watch these shows, to lay aside your caffeine and BlackBerry addictions and be prepared to wait for your rewards. That bathtub scene takes almost three and a half minutes to unspool. In that time Hannah Montana could have traded six insults with her father, tripped over a couch, lost her wig, dumped two boyfriends and had a crisis involving shoes. ...,"
Television - ?Leave It to Beaver? and Sitcom Craftsmanship - NYTimes.com


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