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Best Episode Ever

Best Episode Ever S6E25 - Reliving Laughs of Long Ago

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Anth, Bob, and Dave together in the basement bunker for a roundtable discussion on retro sitcoms.


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Interesting (to me) note: "Happy Days" was a Gary Marshall production, and the reason it looks like a filmed teleplay is because, according to Marshall's memoir, it was shot almost entirely in front of a live audience (as were all the shows Marshall produced) because he trusted an audience to know what jokes were funny more than the writers and their families. (Marshall was also wrote for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in his pre-producer days.)
Rachel
You did miss one notable home comedy--Mork and Mindy, which was a spin off of Happy Days. (No, really. Gary Marshall asked his son what it would take to make him watch Happy Days, and his sons said he'd watch if there were aliens on it, so Mork. And ultimately Mork and Mindy.)
Rachel
Loved the episode, btw...
Rachel
some of my favs sabina the teenage witch , facts of life , fanyasy island, wkrp and so on and so fourth .
jamie
anthony is this the last show for a while . or is the going to be a episode 26. jamie
jamie
i forgot to metion one day at a time and thats my number 5 favorite show of all time
jamie
and i want to do a honroble mention eight is enough u havent done that show yet on best episode ever.
jamie
Jamie, there's one more coming before the summer break. Rachel, yeah, somehow we missed Mork and Mindy. Must be because we were tired (we recorded from about 115 - 215 am). Yeah, tired, it had nothing to do with the beer.....
Dave Brodbeck
Indeed, how could beer have anything to do with it?
Rachel
Bob did drive eight hours to be there too. But yeah, there was beer....
Dave Brodbeck
I liked this change of pace from the normal format... fun to hear so many different shows touched on. Bob, interesting point on All in the Family and how history was won by Meathead. Archie's bigotry shtick is always what turned me off to the show... although I may be giving my young boy self too much credit for disliking the show because of a my moral compass. Also, James from, Good Times was killed in a car accident.... DAMN DAMN DAMN!
Sam
First time listening to the show...enjoyed it a lot. I feel the need to mention, though, that John Amos' character on Good Times did not just up and leave his family. Actually his character was killed off.
Todd
Remembered about Amos' character after we recorded (in our defense it was a late night, alcohol-infused ramble) but to echo Florida and Sam on our mistake... DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!
Anthony Marco
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