lemmy999

I was around 16 when I first saw this show and thought it was the funniest show that I had ever seen. I had liked Police Squad, but this was much better. It poked fun at everything and everyone. Nothing was sacred! I was so upset when it was taken off of the air. Then a few years later I saw it re-run on KTLA (I think...it was around 1991) on the C-band satellite and stupid me didn't record any episodes. I have been hoping for this to come back on the air in syndication or be offered on DVD or VHS for years. I just don't understand why this show is not on DVD yet. I run in to people all of the time that loved this show and all of them ask if I know if it is coming out on DVD.

I also think a Sledge Hammer movie would be a great idea. Police Squad only lasted 6 episodes, but the movies (Naked Gun) did very well. Sledge lasted 2 seasons (probably would have been a bigger hit if it had not been up against one of the most popular comedies ever...the Cosby Show), so imagine how well a Sledge feature film could do.

Most reviewers are missing the point. Everyone complains that the show is not realistic. Why does a show have to be realistic? If I want realism, I can watch one of 100s of reality shows on TV now, or I can just watch my friends and family. I have enough of reality in my life, and when I have a rare opportunity in my life to sit down and watch TV, realism isn't the most importanty thing. (side note: I have a friend that doesn't like Star Trek because he says it isn't realistic....uh...how COULD it be realistic...if it was realistic all they would do is go up and orbit the earth and come back down). I don't watch this show to learn about what family life in the fifties was like. I watch the show to get a laugh and to forget about the problems in my REAL life. I have nothing against more realistic sitcoms, but I am just defending the unrealistic ones. And concerning June's clothes, that may not have been what women in the USA wore around the house in the fifties, but it was what the people from that period wanted to see. BTW, I wasn't born until 1970, so I really can't say what life was like in the fifties, but I don't think it was exactly like the Beaver's life.

Most reviewers are missing the point. Everyone complains that the show is not realistic. Why does a show have to be realistic? If I want realism, I can watch one of 100s of reality shows on TV now, or I can just watch my friends and family. I have enough of reality in my life, and when I have a rare opportunity in my life to sit down and watch TV, realism isn't the most important thing. (side note: I have a friend that doesn't like Star Trek because he says it isn't realistic....uh...how COULD it be realistic...if it was realistic all they would do is go up and orbit the earth and come back down). I don't watch this show to learn about what family life in the fifties was like. I watch the show to get a laugh and to forget about the problems in my REAL life. I have nothing against more realistic sit-coms, but I am just defending the unrealistic ones. And concerning June's clothes, that may not have been what women in the USA wore around the house in the fifties, but it was what the people from that period wanted to see. BTW, I wasn't born until 1970, so I really can't say what life was like in the fifties, but I don't think it was exactly like the Beaver's life.