Favorite TV shows

[Spanky]

Hi Boss,

"Green Acres" to me, was the Simpsons before animation.  Anything went.  Eddie Albert said he was amazed at the stuff that got past censors because of the witty insanity of characters and dialogue.  I always preferred Eva as her features were a bit softer, but they were both  amazing looking women.

Definitely ahead of its time in terms of freedom of everything, one critic said, "By the second season, though, Green Acres’ gentle wackiness evolved into outright lunacy."

Perhaps most unbelievably, almost all episodes were written by two men,  Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat, and most of those by Jay Sommers. 

Skip past season 1, though not bad, and have a look from season 2 on.  It's unlike anything on TV, then or since. 




Spankster

I would ament to that a series I forgot about, "Malcom In The Middle", which is in may ways close to "Green Acres" in temper and flyaway wit and madness.  Bryan Cranston did such a super job in "Breaking Bad", "Malcolm" sometimes gets forgotten, but not by critics, who are pretty much in agreement it was one of the more "non methodical" or imitative of most comedy series.


Spank