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by **JackT** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:13 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:Sorry I had the wrong photo of us in NYC, here is the correct one:

I may have a lot of flaws, but I can pull off a jaunty cap like nobody's business.

by **Malbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:06 pm

OOOOOH! OOOH! Mr. Kottah......helloooooo....how are you????

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:12 pm

I watched Welcome Back Kotter all the time back in the day. I don't remember laughing at it very often but I had to see what the sweathogs were up to. Try watching it now as an adult. It's horrible. You can't even believe it was a TV show. Killer theme song though.

by **Malbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:33 pm

It's a lot better than the shit on tv now! And think about the shows that aren't on because they aren't "good enough". I think about that when I'm at a movie that totally blows: THIS got made into a movie?!

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:56 pm

Malbert wrote:It's a lot better than the shit on tv now!

If you want to say that Kotter is better than 2 and Half Men I would agree to that but there have always been quality shows and really terrible shows and there are more options for both now.

There were great US sitcoms in the 70s like All In the Family, Marry Tyler Moore and Barney Miller of course but I'll take 30 Rock, Family Guy, Portlandia, Curb Your Enthusiasm over Kotter, Laverne & Shirley, or Mork & Mindy any day.

by **Malbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:57 pm

I think mainstream tv sucks; premium tv is better.

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:04 pm

Malbert wrote:I think mainstream tv sucks; premium tv is better.

30 Rock is mainstream TV but that is the exception in my list. Maybe Family Guy too since it's a cartoon.

I happened to catch a rerun of the first Bob Newhart Show the other day and it was hilarious with great writing, not just a collection of catch phrases and funny voices with the laugh track running full blast. Kotter seemed to be trying hard to be a morality play with Gabe Kaplan's jokes used to tell the story. The problem is, Gabe Kaplan wasn't funny.

by **black francis** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:06 pm

Jack is a huge fan of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and is still mad at the rest of us for not getting it.

by **Malbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:07 pm

Call me an uber nerd, but I loved Carol Burnett when I was a kid, and her stuff still makes me laugh, but I'm only 25 so wtf.

by **girlwithnoname** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:08 pm

black francis wrote:Jack is a huge fan of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and is still mad at the rest of us for not getting it.

I call post padding! Jack should have told us this. What are you, his official forum representative?

by **Voodoo Billy** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:09 pm

Jack would't like it if he knew we were discussing him behind his back.

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:10 pm

Malbert wrote:Call me an uber nerd, but I loved Carol Burnett when I was a kid, and her stuff still makes me laugh, but I'm only 25 so wtf.

Carol Burnett was great!

by **Malbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:24 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:Carol Burnett was great!

25 + (whatever makes 42)

by **Mr. Brian** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:26 pm

Malbert wrote:25 + (whatever makes 42)

yeah that math wasn't adding up right since Carol Burnett went off the air in 1978

by **Malbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:28 pm

Math never was my strong subject....

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