One of the few 90's sitcoms
in which the husband is not either a pig or a complete wimp
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You nailed it. Good point.
shareAlso one of the few (maybe only) one that for quite some time the couple didn't have children.
share90s (no apostrophe; see The Chicago Manual of Style) situation comedies were largely informed by the TV situation comedy created in the 50s, by shows like I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners, which had only one premise: husbands and wives have to lie to each other. If we’re using NBC’s 90s Thursday night lineup as a touchstone (what I call Must-Flee TV), which included Cosby, Mad About You and the vomitous Single Guy, the BEST sitcoms of the era had no husbands or wives at all: Cheers, followed by Wings. They broke the curse of Lucy.
shareLucy was probably following the formulae laid out by farce where misunderstandings and deceptions drive the plot.
Come on, though, I Love Lucy was just fun.
No. Stupidity is never something that I find amusing. Never. Cannot stand slapstick. The 3 Stooges revoked me when I was a boy.
shareFair enough. When a stupid character is cleverly used, I enjoy it very much; I'm a big fan of farces and comedies like The Importance of Being Earnest or the Jeeves stories. Three Stooges I liked when I was younger, I'm not as much of a fan now, although I still do find them somewhat amusing.
Everybody has their own taste, though, and if Lucy being doltish annoyed you - okay, I can see that not being your cup of tea.
The Stooges had no authority to revoke anyone.
shareWimpy, henpecked husbands and comedically adversarial couples were already stale by the time of tv sitcoms of the 1950s. They were common in radio sitcoms, and probably in stage comedies before that.
shareI've watched a few episodes. He is definitely a wimp. Come on!
shareThey were also one of the few childless married couples until the last season(s) too. I do recall though that sometimes she didn't come off as being all that loving towards him.
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