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Post by horsemen4ever on Dec 17, 2021 21:11:53 GMT -5
Is ALF such a time capsule of the 1980's, that the ALF sitcom could never have happened at any other time episode. Like the 1970's or the 1990's, that premise is too silly, but it could work in the 80's.
I do find it hard to believe that in the Norman Leer gritty 70's that ALF could co exist with the Norman Leer's shows, or the Must See TV 90's.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 17, 2021 21:16:41 GMT -5
Seems like it would fit right in with the wacky, fantastic shows of the 60's like I Dream of Jeannie or My Favorite Martian. Would ALF have been different if it came out in a different decade? Would it have been more gritty if it came out in the 70's, or more cynical in the 90's? Maybe, probably. But the concept is not all that exclusively 80's.
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Post by BorneAgain on Dec 17, 2021 21:17:50 GMT -5
Well he did come back in Pog form in the 90s, so that counts for something.
Seriously though, I think given the somewhat fantastical sitcoms of the 60s like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie, an ALF show probably could have thrived then.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Dec 17, 2021 21:22:35 GMT -5
Seems like it would fit right in with the wacky, fantastic shows of the 60's like I Dream of Jeannie or My Favorite Martian. Would ALF have been different if it came out in a different decade? Would it have been more gritty if it came out in the 70's, or more cynical in the 90's? Maybe, probably. But the concept is not all that exclusively 80's. That is why I ask the question. |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 17, 2021 21:34:37 GMT -5
Just to expand beyond the 60's and 80's, the 70's might be best known for its gritty sitcoms about contemporary social issues like All in the Family or the Mary Tyler Moore Show, but it's also the same decade that gave us Mork & Mindy and Soap. The 90's might be best known for shows like Friends and Seinfeld, but we also got Sabrina the Teenage Witch from that decade. Yeah, ALF could've found an audience during those eras as well.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Dec 17, 2021 22:01:03 GMT -5
Well they have not tried to reboot ot relaunch it yet, so I guess there's some truth to that. I wouldn't know though. Alf was a bit ahead of my time, so I never got to see it.
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