I haven’t watched The Beverly Hillbillies lately, but the nursing home I worked at had DVDs of I Love Lucy. It still holds up, in my opinion.
As to classic, old shows that feel out of place today, I’d have to go with Looney Tunes and similar early cartoons. Even watching them as a kid, the violence and sexism felt really weird to me. A lot of the “humor” came from physical violence or cross-dressing honey pots, which felt tired, repetitive, and not funny to child-me.
Then a lot of those old shows had stories that involved two male characters fighting over a female character. I remember thinking, “What is this? If two guys started a fist fight over me, I wouldn’t swoon over the winner, I’d walk away from both of them for being violent at the drop of a hat.”
i did appreciate the old Looney Tunes for exposing us to amazing music though. that’s the one thing they did. I remember the music, not the cartoons. that might just be because i’m a musician tho
I haven’t watched The Beverly Hillbillies lately, but the nursing home I worked at had DVDs of I Love Lucy. It still holds up, in my opinion.
As to classic, old shows that feel out of place today, I’d have to go with Looney Tunes and similar early cartoons. Even watching them as a kid, the violence and sexism felt really weird to me. A lot of the “humor” came from physical violence or cross-dressing honey pots, which felt tired, repetitive, and not funny to child-me.
Then a lot of those old shows had stories that involved two male characters fighting over a female character. I remember thinking, “What is this? If two guys started a fist fight over me, I wouldn’t swoon over the winner, I’d walk away from both of them for being violent at the drop of a hat.”
i did appreciate the old Looney Tunes for exposing us to amazing music though. that’s the one thing they did. I remember the music, not the cartoons. that might just be because i’m a musician tho