4. There were working class sit coms before 1970s (i.e. Honeymooners) but the genre really flourished in that decade.
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15. (There's another essay to be written on why American TV is often most comfortable dealing with working class in cartoons).
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@HeerJeet 30 Rock looks at this in the ep "Let's Stay Together," where a working class sitcom pilot is rewritten with a talking dog.
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@HeerJeet You're right. Most sitcoms reflect middle class, or upper middle class. The Huxtables, for example. -
@JimCramptonWPG@HeerJeet Perhaps 'aspirational' Amreican Dream? We were just talking Norman Lear comedies in my UBC class on humour../2
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@HeerJeet there was a burst of working class comedies in late '80s/very early '90s (Roseanne, Simpsons, Married w/ Children) -
@HeerJeet I think NBC's Must-See-TV helped kill the trend. Though TV has improved on this front very recently (Mom, Shameless, Raising Hope)
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@HeerJeet Don't forget "Cheers" - Diane is a champagne socialist fish out of waterThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Family Matters, Roc alsoThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet but your larger point stands.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Also Married With Children!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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