Hey, some shows take more intelligence and quick wit to understand. It's aren't my fault some people didn't get learned right.
I think the writing was brilliant and the actors were amazing. I wish they were still making new episodes.
I'm a member of many online communities and this is the only bbs that I have ever seen an AD thread, and I have seen about 50 on this board. I wonder why that is?
Of course since you liked it but was canceled before its time it had to be that the show was too smart and not enough people were smart enough to get it . Like others have said, the way the show ran made it hard for people to get into it in the middle of the show. I tried to watch a couple of episodes when it was on during the second season cuz of good things I heard from friends, but just could not get into it and thought it was boring and a show barely ever worth mentioning. Then last year I sat down and started watching it from episode 1 because of the increased popularity. Took me a little while but i finished it and loved it. Does not mean I was an idiot before and am not one now. Guess what this show is not that complex that someone who only watches American Idol (by the way I hate that show) cannot understand it. I think anyone can watch, understand, and like the show. You just have to do it from the start.
CCR, I didn't get the impression that anyone thought it "wasn't smart". Just what they said...that it wasn't *too* smart. And I feel the same way.. great show though (and I'm not even all the way through it. Watching the DVDs now for the first time.)
Why the attitude? Seriously. If you think I made this thread to claim superior intelligence and insult others, you're not even lukewarm.
like others i tried to watch a random one when it was on air and didn't like it all. it wasn't until just recently that i bought into the hype and started with episode 1 and then realized it's one of the greatest shows ever. i agree that it's not too smart for people it's just too reliant on people keeping up with the entire season or even series. most audiences probably won't do that, or obviously didn't at the time. it loses steam in season 3 but again that could be due to the writers knowing about the impending cancellation.
One of the smartest things about the show IMO is how Scott Baio played Bob Loblaw, the families second attorney, who replaced Henry Winkler's character. This is an allusion to SB being brought into Happy Days to revive interest.
I've watched the whole series in its entirety four times and have never made that connection - more proof to the show's brilliance.
Good catch. I also read that they wanted to make more Happy Days references because of the Winkler/Baio/Ron Howard connections but they had to keep in mind that the series could come to an end so it got put aside.
I was told a good month before the series even started to not watch it, to "wait for the DVD," and this was before I even had a DVD player of my own. I cheated and watched a show in the middle of the first season, and laughed myself silly. That whole, "you can't catch up, so it's not funny" bit doesn't work. I had no idea, and was peeing myself. Waited until it became apparent that Season 3 would be the last one, and bought the first two DVDs. Watched the entire first season with the gf in one night, and the second the night after. Could not believe what we were witnessing. For a snob who doesn't watch too much TV, it's hard to give "best ever" status to something that rarely makes "best ever" lists, or wasn't around for long. Screw it: Best television show, ever.
It was by no means on a groucho marx level of comedic intelligence. I tried to watch a few (4-5) episodes but I'd say that type of humor doesnt bode well with the masses. Its not that its overly intelligent, more borderline upperclass humor. Just my biased opinion based off of minimal watchinstance
