Who Were the Better Parents? — Page 3

#51

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:37pm

Did you see my mention "Captain Oblivious" anywhere in there? No. I was talking to one person in particular. Thanks for playing, though!

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#52

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:39pm

Wait - this has gotten all confusing. I think it is time for a new thread, I'm not coming back here, it seems people are yelling just to hear their own voices. No one was pointing a finger at you, obvious, Jersey_girl was being smug. That's all. Not all rich kids are bad. Not all poor people lack self respect. Ta daaaaaaa!

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#53

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:46pm

I was always partial to John and Olivia Walton.

#54

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:49pm

They were good, except they forced their kids to live with those lunatic grandparents. The grandfather was half gone and the grandmother was a total b*tch.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#55

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:55pm

Yeah, grandma Walton did have a mean streak, didn't she? And I got tired of grandpa always wearing those same overalls. I always thought Ben was a hottie.

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I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

#56

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:57pm

I was ALL about John-boy - and to some degree, still am

#57

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:59pm

I had a little thing for Olivia myself.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#58

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 2:00pm

Michael Lerned played the mother in a TV adaptation of All My Sons and was perfection.

#59

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/13/04 at 2:01pm

Remember the Easter episode where she got the use of her legs back??? That was AWESOME.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#60

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/14/04 at 4:38am

Oh Dg, john boy if he would only get rid of that cockroach sitting on his cheek

#61

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/14/04 at 12:47pm

DGrant did you happen to see Richard Thomas in The Stendhal Syndrome? I'll never forget his performance.
My vote for the most realistic family sitcom goes to Roseanne.
This family really communicated with each other. The last season and the series finale, however, sucked.

#62

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/14/04 at 12:55pm

Thirdrow, I thought Roseanne's series finale was one of the best final episodes of all time. (Of course nothing can compete with Dallas or Newhart). Those last 10 minutes were nothing short of brilliant and a very fitting end for the show.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#63

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:28pm

Matt it might have been brilliant but it was such a downer

#64

re: Who Were the Better Parents?

Posted: 9/14/04 at 1:32pm

Very much so. It brought the show back to reality after a very long absence. Roseanne wrote that monologue at the end of the show and it was devistating. It made you go back and analyze the past 9 years and that's something no other show had done before.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."