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Mad About You. How underrated is this sitcom?
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:54 pm
I say pretty underrated. It's hardly mentioned when people talk about great sitcoms of the past.
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Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:57 pm to theunknownknight
There's a reason for that. It's appropriately rated.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:57 pm to theunknownknight
not to jack your thread, but when watching Red Oaks I was wondering where I recognized Mr. Getty from.
ETA: now to contribute to your thread, yes I thought it was a pretty decent sitcom for its time as well.
ETA: now to contribute to your thread, yes I thought it was a pretty decent sitcom for its time as well.
This post was edited on 5/9/17 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:59 pm to theunknownknight
I remember watching this show with my parents when I was a kid and being bored by it. Now when I catch a repeat, I find myself laughing more than probably necessary at 20 year old jokes.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:00 pm to theunknownknight
I think you had to be married at the time.
My sister was recently married at the time and loved it.
I hated it.
It's also very 90's. Unlike Cheers which doesn't feel so dated.
Mad About You did have some good writing (it wasn't My Two Dads lame) but I'm sorry...
There was just something about the characters that were so annoying. I mean, Murphy Brown annoying for couples.
My sister was recently married at the time and loved it.
I hated it.
It's also very 90's. Unlike Cheers which doesn't feel so dated.
Mad About You did have some good writing (it wasn't My Two Dads lame) but I'm sorry...
There was just something about the characters that were so annoying. I mean, Murphy Brown annoying for couples.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:05 pm to theunknownknight
Was another show about a family, and there were plenty of those to compete against in the 90's. Only difference is they were kind of newly weds. But nothing spectacular about the show from what I remember. Nothing original.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:07 pm to theunknownknight
I'd say it's overrated since it's not discussed as one of the worst in TV history.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:14 pm to theunknownknight
Good but not great. Didn't age well.
I never got over Jamie cheating on Paul.
Great supporting cast.
I never got over Jamie cheating on Paul.
Great supporting cast.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:24 pm to theunknownknight
Appropriately rated as a good for its time sitcom. Not really transcendent in any way.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:25 pm to blueboy
quote:
It's appropriately rated.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:28 pm to theunknownknight
Good for its time. Dated today.
Besides, frick CARTER BURKE!!!!
Besides, frick CARTER BURKE!!!!
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:28 pm to udtiger
i thought it was terrible
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:38 pm to theward
I just googled that show was on for 7 years! WTf? I thought it was on for maybe 3. 
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:51 pm to theunknownknight
i thought it was ok - there were some funny episodes but overall nothing spectacular.
the actor i'm beginning to appreciate more and more that was on that show is this guy.
I mean yeah he plays virtually the same character no matter the role but he really nails that character.
I thought his scenes in Red Oaks season 2 were really good. You really felt for the guy; late 50s in a job he hates, wife leaves him and becomes a lesbian, son loves him but is getting older and doesn't have time to spend with him anymore.
the actor i'm beginning to appreciate more and more that was on that show is this guy.
I mean yeah he plays virtually the same character no matter the role but he really nails that character.
I thought his scenes in Red Oaks season 2 were really good. You really felt for the guy; late 50s in a job he hates, wife leaves him and becomes a lesbian, son loves him but is getting older and doesn't have time to spend with him anymore.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:53 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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I just googled that show was on for 7 years! WTf? I thought it was on for maybe 3
Wasn't it part of the Thursday night NBC powerhouse? If so, Freinds, Seinfeld, and Cheers definitely propped it up.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:57 pm to drexyl
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the actor i'm beginning to appreciate more and more that was on that show is this guy.
Awesome on Spin City and voiced one of tGOAT animated characters ever in Bing Bong.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:01 pm to The Spleen
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Wasn't it part of the Thursday night NBC powerhouse?
NBC had an embarrassment of riches when it came to sitcoms in the 80's/90's. You had Cheers, Cosby, Seinfeld, News Radio, Wings carrying the Mad About You's and Just Shoot Me's.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:01 pm to theunknownknight
Helen Hunt has lost control of the show's ratings
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:02 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:That's exactly the thing. It was a bland, couples sitcom, sort of the Grey's Anatomy of its day. Even the Simpsons made fun of it.
I think you had to be married at the time.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 5:13 pm to blueboy
It was a decent show with some good gags (Estes Kefauver! Estes Kefauver!), but it was done in by stardom going to Helen Hunt's head and her becoming incapable of playing a likeable character. The show went off a cliff.
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