#60s sitcoms

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Linda Kaye Henning, Jeannine Riley and Pat Woodell - Petticoat Junction (1963)

[stone-cold-groove]

Jack Davis promotional illustration for Get Smart - 1966.

[kimberlyshaws]

[chrysanthemummorifolium]

FINALLY watching The Monkees with my parents. I haven't watched it since I was so little that I can only remember pictures.

[wanderingmind867]

I like almost every decade since the beginning of the 20th century for some reason or another. I have particular soft spots for the 70s and 80s, since that's when my parents grew up. And my mom and dad exposed me to a lot of music back then. I like the music of those decades. I like the aesthetics too. I like some of the movies, although not all of them. You'd think this note was going to be about the 70s and 80s, but it actually isn't. No, it's about 1960s sitcoms. I just didn't have any other good intro besides this rambling thing about the 20th century and it's decades.

Anyways, let's talk about sitcoms. They've always been a part of the culture, at least in America. I'm not american, but I don't have any other good basis for this besides America. I don't know as much about Australian TV history, for example. Although I know a tiny bit about the UK and a moderate to sizable amount about Canada. Which makes sense, since I'm Canadian. But I'm getting lost in rambles. Let's just start over.

The 1960s was an interesting time for sitcoms, or even for tv shows generally. TV shows then had a good chance of just being incredibly bizarre, yet that fantastical nature makes them interesting to read about. The 60s was the decade when sitcoms got really experimental and creative. At least in my opinion. This was the decade when the sitcoms included Bewitched, I dream of Jeannie, Gilligan's Island, the shared universe of The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres and Petticoat Junction; plus The Flintstones, The Addams Family, My Favourite Martian, The Munsters and stuff like that. It was a weird time for TV. Even shows like Batman 1966 or (I want to say) Get Smart got in on the fantastical and bizarre nature of the decade.

The 1960s had some more comparatively normal sitcoms, too. The Dick van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and My Three Sons sound more normal and domestic. But still, there was something much more fantastical about 60s sitcoms to me. I kind of like that, and I almost wish we'd get more shows like that now. But I think most modern sitcoms stay in the more mundane lane of domestic or workplace settings. Still, those classic sitcoms are an inspiration for how to be really clever while also working within an established formula.

[l-1-z-a]

what happened to the american sitcom?

[immediatesonder]

you guys I’m playing lurch in addams Family musical and I’m struggling to feel the character. Please tell me your artsy deep interpretations, headcanons, themes he represents, what quirks or movements you associate with the character… get pretentiously Deep about the overall meaning of him. Please.

[aaronshattuck]

Djinn-addled.