Eight is Enough. "Classic" episode.
Sometimes the world scares me. Eight is Enough? Classic episode?! Are we now defining "classic" teevee as "that which was originally televised more than thirty years ago"? Because, if we are, the whole notion of shark-jumping is in for some unfortunate revision....
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Well, that's about the definition of a classic car - 25 years and not rusted out. Of course, by that definition, a 1959 Edsel and a 1966 Mustang are both classics. Eight is Enough is definitelty Edsel material.
Well, it was set in Sacramento which was near I grew up, so I always thought that was cool.
TV shows become classic more easily than cars. Eight Is Enough and other shows like it still provide a bit of insight into what was considered good and appropriate for viewers and mildly entertaining. A 70s Mercury Comet is just an example of how little thought Detroit was willing to put into a "nice" car that nobody really wanted then or even now.
Roger beat me to the car reference, but I would like to add that there are in fact people who love and collect Edsels, in spite of their reputation for being, shall we say, less than all that. Or perhaps because of that rep. I never can tell.
Which is simply to point out that somewhere, in some dank corner of the InterWebs, there probably are passionate fans of Eight Is Enough. Because if you look hard enough, you'll find fans of everything.
My siblings and I actually used to love Eight Is Enough--at least for the first two seasons.
Granted, it's not everyone's cup of tea but then neither is the second trilogy of Star Wars...
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