Comments on: They are so stuck on themselves http://nataliemedia.com/serendipity/2007/08/27/they-are-so-stuck-on-themselves/ A reasoned voice on politics, faith, the media, and Erie, PA regional issues. Tue, 18 May 2010 18:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jack Tirak http://nataliemedia.com/serendipity/2007/08/27/they-are-so-stuck-on-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jack Tirak Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:55:39 +0000 http://nataliemedia.com/serendipity/2007/08/27/they-are-so-stuck-on-themselves/#comment-11 I think the truth lies in your last statement about people wanting to escape and think their lives are so boring compared to a Paris Hilton and other current idiots. Shows about show people present a side that the common person feels they will never have the privilege of living. Maybe Irving Berlin was right. "There's No business Like Show Business." I think the truth lies in your last statement about people wanting to escape and think their lives are so boring compared to a Paris Hilton and other current idiots. Shows about show people present a side that the common person feels they will never have the privilege of living.

Maybe Irving Berlin was right. “There’s No business Like Show Business.”

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Some excellent points, but you have to agree that shows about the industry like Fraser. Lou Grant and WKRP In Cincinatti are highly regarded classics. I think it’s because the writers and actors developed these well rounded characters that were interesting and that you cared about. Maybe even related to…which made them “regular people” in my book. And of course the scripts were top notch…not lowest common denominator. They just happened to be set in a broadcast or newspaper surrounding. Actually, if you think about it, not much of the plot of Fraser actually revolved around the radio station.

And shows like Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyker Moore were just flat out funny…and timeless. Wouldn’t have mattered WHERE they were set.

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