I had an extra day off this week and was able to catch some oldie-but-goodie reruns. A few episodes of the Andy Griffith Show, the Cosby Show, Little House on the Prairie and Home Improvement. What happened to these kind of shows? They all had such good messages for the whole family and they each had strong dad characters. Watching these shows is like putting on your favorite robe and slippers and eating apple pie.Now we watch reality show dads and dysfunctional family chaos and call that entertainment. Or during the day it is soaps and talk shows that all portray dysfunctional relationships and glamorise lifestyles that are unhealthy and leave everyone unhappy.
Is this really how the world is today? Are the days of story-lined family lessons and after-school specials gone forever? Are they not interesting anymore? Is the norm the abnormal? Why do we all get so sucked in to the rubber-necking happening on TV?
I think I will stick to my old shows. It does make me wonder what the re-runs of the future will be like. Will reality show reruns be as interesting to people as they are now or will we still be watching Andy Griffith and Bill Cosby?
