tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post3460559098540329873..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: The "Good TV Dads" Are Really BuffoonsRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-2213024691033697222008-06-15T12:27:00.000-06:002008-06-15T12:27:00.000-06:00@jandy - I could not agree with you more about Eri...@jandy - I could not agree with you more about Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights. Best dad on television. One of the best shows on television.Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17548729415080804976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-92005874640551985272008-06-13T18:55:00.000-06:002008-06-13T18:55:00.000-06:00Thank you so much for calling Knocked Up on that s...Thank you so much for calling <I>Knocked Up</I> on that silly line about <I>Everybody Loves Raymond</I>. Exactly my thoughts when I heard it.<BR/><BR/>And you're absolutely right about dads in sitcoms these days. But there are good dads on TV - they're just not in sitcoms. Coach Taylor in <I>Friday Night Lights</I> for example. Of course, he's given much more to do than simply be a dad and his relationship with Tami is more similar to the loving but not perfect marriages you cite in earlier sitcoms. Have sitcoms just given up trying for this sort of depth, ceding the complex stuff to dramas? Is that necessarily a bad thing? I'm not sure I'd mind the demise of the sitcom altogether in favor of hour-long comedy/dramas.<BR/><BR/>(Disclosure: I hate most sitcoms; the only recent ones I like are <I>How I Met Your Mother</I>, which has no parents, and <I>Arrested Development</I>, which has no parents who could be termed "good.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-40071722369844845542008-06-13T16:15:00.000-06:002008-06-13T16:15:00.000-06:00Nicely done. Good comments and thoughts. Much appr...Nicely done. Good comments and thoughts. Much appreciated.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.com