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Mad Men. But that would mean that I would have to also change into a white person since the only blacks on that show are either elevator men or housekeepers.
What I saw of it they have nice clothes and houses, but they generally seemed brooding and unhappy.
On race it did have one moment I love. This Rockefeller supporter is going on about how backward the South is because of Jim Crow and racism, but then she blithely tosses her coat to the black housekeeper and acts like she's a coat-rack or something. The look the house-keeper gave her was priceless. (Granted she might have been the kind of woman who'd treat the white domestics as furniture, but still it was a nice way to show her hypocrisy)
What I saw of it they have nice clothes and houses, but they generally seemed brooding and unhappy.
On race it did have one moment I love. This Rockefeller supporter is going on about how backward the South is because of Jim Crow and racism, but then she blithely tosses her coat to the black housekeeper and acts like she's a coat-rack or something. The look the house-keeper gave her was priceless. (Granted she might have been the kind of woman who'd treat the white domestics as furniture, but still it was a nice way to show her hypocrisy)
I like the nice clothes, but i also like how people smoke, drink and eat red meat w/o worrying about whether they were killing themselves. It seems so freeing. Also, it just seems like fun to be able to drink at work. I know it's not "pc," but that's what i like about the show.
And yes, i do remember that scene, it's priceless.
Newhart. I liked all the characters and the town would a fun place. But I think I'd choose " Lost", the show just clicked with me. The mystery, the suspense, the existentialism. Cheers was also good but how could you spend so much time in a bar?
Shows I'd hate to be trapped in: Family Ties, Full House, The Cosby Show, The Brady Bunch. I could get along with Alice and maybe Cousin Oliver, but that would be it. Just too phony and nice and upstanding, too saccharine.
Mad Men. But that would mean that I would have to also change into a white person since the only blacks on that show are either elevator men or housekeepers.
If that won't work, i'll take Cougartown because it somewhat resembles my life now. I have a teenager who's leaving for college this summer that i have a great relationship with. I embarass my son sometimes in an effort to be a good mom, the same way Courtney Cox does on the show. My ex and i still get along even though we haven't been together in years. And i LOVE wine!
Regarding "Mad Men" you would also want to be male. I was a young woman in the early 60's and believe me women were treated like 3rd or 4th class citizens in the workplace as well as at home. "Mad Men" is kind to women in comparison to what I experienced in those days.
In the mid 70's I had a female African American supervisor. The company I worked for solved two minority "problems" in one by giving her the job when lawsuits were brought against the company for not hiring minorities for higher level jobs. She was extremely intelligent and popular but being a woman held her back for years, in fact she always said she had more trouble getting ahead as a woman than as an African American.
The show I would like to live in for awhile is "The Golden Girls." It's because I am old and I loved the way they lived.
Newhart. I liked all the characters and the town would a fun place. But I think I'd choose " Lost", the show just clicked with me. The mystery, the suspense, the existentialism. Cheers was also good but how could you spend so much time in a bar?
Shows I'd hate to be trapped in: Family Ties, Full House, The Cosby Show, The Brady Bunch. I could get along with Alice and maybe Cousin Oliver, but that would be it. Just too phony and nice and upstanding, too saccharine.
Interestingly idea. "Shows where people seem nice, but that you wouldn't want to be trapped in."
I'd say most any show set in the nineteenth century, including "Little House on the Prairie." They might be perfectly pleasant, but there was too many things then that could kill you young or leave you in misery. Specific to "Little House" their lives seemed to be full of depressing events. People went blind, got addicted to opium, I think Laura was kidnapped by a deranged mother who lost a child, and probably other things I'm forgetting.
In modern times maybe "Friends." They're all perfectly pleasant and mutually supportive, but man I'd hate to be trapped with those people for any extended amount of time. I'd also agree on Full House, the Brady Bunch, and Family Ties. I still have some fondness for the Cosby family. Or at least I think they could be more fun and live closer to the real world than "Full House" at least. (I believe "Full House" was set in San Francisco, but I don't know if they ever even dealt with Drugs, Gays, or even Asian people outside of a couple jokes about them all being men yet raising kids)
I watched the entire four seasons, back to back, this past week. I don't usually feel quite so at home as I did with the characters and plots of this series.
I was raised a military kid, never saw a civilian doctor or ate civilian groceries before leaving home. Regardless of where I am on the planet, I always feel more at home on a military post or around military persons. I didn't really realize until much later in life the only career I really ever wanted was to be in the Army. Unfortunately, it didn't happen for me, though if it had, I'd probably be dead. See Viet Nam.
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