damn, looking at this old clip of married with children, its amazing how much our culture changed

Lol I believe that was the episode where they made the burgers out of Marcys relatives ashes by accident wasnt it?
 
Falconkick said:
Lol I believe that was the episode where they made the burgers out of Marcys relatives ashes by accident wasnt it?
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That would be one of the first "modern" episodes. The show changed a bit around season 3. Not long after, Steve was gone. The cast never accepted Ted McGinley, Jefferson, and you can tell. Even with that, he was still a good replacement.

Go back and watch the Christmas episode where at the end of the first part, Santa comes crashing down into the back yard. Look at Ed's face when he turns back around after looking, he was fighting off a laugh sooooo hard lol.. He was still smiling, but trying to hold it. So good.
 
Amerikuracana said:
That would be one of the first "modern" episodes. The show changed a bit around season 3. Not long after, Steve was gone. The cast never accepted Ted McGinley, Jefferson, and you can tell. Even with that, he was still a good replacement.

Go back and watch the Christmas episode where at the end of the first part, Santa comes crashing down into the back yard. Look at Ed's face when he turns back around after looking, he was fighting off a laugh sooooo hard lol.. He was still smiling, but trying to hold it. So good.
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Yes lol I own the complete series just finished it again a month back or so...And now I get new Roseanne, love it these two series have always been my favorite
 
Falconkick said:
Yes lol I own the complete series just finished it again a month back or so...And now I get new Roseanne, love it these two series have always been my favorite
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*old lady from titanic voice*

It lives now only in my memory. (For me)
 
The Office, which ran from 2005-13, wouldn't even air today. Which would be a crime because it's the GOAT sitcom and has delivered immeasurable enjoyment to millions of people



 
faustian said:
The Office, which ran from 2005-13, wouldn't even air today. Which would be a crime because it's the GOAT sitcom and has delivered immeasurable enjoyment to millions of people



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lol that middle one was gold. I used to watch that in college a little bit. is it really that good ?
 
Jimmy Jazz said:
lol that middle one was gold. I used to watch that in college a little bit. is it really that good ?
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It really is. Fell off when Steve Carell left towards the end of season 7, but up to that point literally every episode was gold. Not a single wasted second in each 21 min episode
 
Archie Bunker trumps them all.





 
VivaRevolution said:
Well, good ol bugs bunny might have given him a run.

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Yep, apparently we used to put all sorts of racist shit on television. One thing that does bother me though is that we also applied that to classic literature. When I went to school we had required reading and that doesn't much exist anymore growing up because the N word is used in things like Huckleberry Finn. I think its a real travesty to apply the social justice sort of rule set on literature.
 
faustian said:
The Office, which ran from 2005-13, wouldn't even air today. Which would be a crime because it's the GOAT sitcom and has delivered immeasurable enjoyment to millions of people



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The Office is one of favorites all time ever but I disagree that it wouldn’t air today. I have never even heard the argument that it was an offensive show. Some people just don’t like it or say they don’t like it as much as the UK version but I’ve never heard that the show crossed the line of decency for them.
 
MusterX said:
Yep, apparently we used to put all sorts of racist shit on television. One thing that does bother me though is that we also applied that to classic literature. When I went to school we had required reading and that doesn't much exist anymore growing up because the N word is used in things like Huckleberry Finn. I think its a real travesty to apply the social justice sort of rule set on literature.
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That shit is a travesty. I might have found my love of reading earlier if I had been forced to read some of those books.

It is censoring art, and if the name of the game is what is offensive, I struggle to find a concept more offensive to my sensibilities. That is the authoritarian shit that leads to slavery and lynching minorities like gays.
 
closequarters said:
The Office is one of favorites all time ever but I disagree that it wouldn’t air today. I have never even heard the argument that it was an offensive show. Some people just don’t like it or say they don’t like it as much as the UK version but I’ve never heard that the show crossed the line of decency for them.
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Because when it was on air, when it was relevant in the social sphere, it wasn't considered offensive. If it were to be aired today people would lose their minds

Here's a hilariously depressing article from 2017 which makes you want to facepalm:

http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/02/03/unpopular-opinion-the-office-is-very-problematic/

Even though the show ended four years ago, its popularity has begun to spike again. Recently, I’ve seen more and more GIFs and quotes from The Office posted on social media. As a person whose family has always been somewhat obsessed with the show and who used to be a huge fan of the show herself, I have to be honest: The Office sucks.

All of the POC and the one LGBT+ character on the show are constantly harassed and teased about their race/sexuality. The female characters are written passively and blandly, and for most of them, male characters are their main motivation. A serious abusive relationship between two characters, Jan and Michael, is glossed over because Jan is the abusive one, and when men are abused, it’s comedy, apparently. But the biggest problem with The Office is the main character himself, Michael Scott (not counting the seasons where he wasn’t in the show).

Michael Scott is racist. He repeatedly makes racist comments towards his coworkers, for which he is rarely reprimanded. He is sexist, and he verbally and sometimes physically harasses his female coworkers. He is incredibly homophobic; in fact, he even outed one of his employees, Oscar Martinez (who is also the only gay character on the show).

The worst part of Michael isn’t even his terrible attitudes towards other people, though. If he was just a racist, homophobic, sexist character, that would be fine; after all, there are racist, homophobic, sexist people in real life. However, the fact that Michael’s problems are part of his character and that we are supposed to adore and forgive him for these things he’s never even apologized for is a huge problem.
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Yes, very recent modern culture absolutely sucks. Thank you postmodernist jerkoffs
 
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