I've been watching M*A*S*H of an afternoon, and it left me wondering: what happened to entertainment? M*A*S*H combined just enough humour with real, humantarian storylines to give us a show that makes us laugh, and can still tug at the heartstrings, can tell a story worth telling.
I even found myself watching episodes of The Nanny. Annoying nasally voice aside, the show is really very clever, with humour to appeal to the entire family. Family sitcoms these days (if there is such a thing) don't deliver the way The Nanny did. Sitcoms these days are ALL about sexual innuendo. At least The Nanny provided other humourous elements.
Television these days holds little interest for me. I watch the odd episode of Gossip Girl, or some other drivel served up to us from overseas studios, but these new dramas and other shows really don't entertain me the way the old classic comedies do. Give me Hogan's Heroes or Home Improvement over Two and a Half Men anyday.
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