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seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
49. and a child who never experienced domestic abuse felt in my gut. i was very young. or.... re runs
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 11:13 AM
Dec 2014

i do not know when the show was running. but, it was not like we had it on, in our house.

no. not everyone enjoys aggressively physical, hatefully loud voice for entertainment.

It isn't always what is said, it's how it is said and what it means to the audience Kalidurga Dec 2014 #1
That's like saying Col. Klink should have been prosecuted for War Crimes... brooklynite Dec 2014 #2
Excellent reply. earthside Dec 2014 #5
+1. That, and times change. What's funny changes. nt Hekate Dec 2014 #15
"Address the ball" and "Poloponies" NEVER gets unfunny. KittyWampus Dec 2014 #75
HelllloooooOOO, ball wryter2000 Dec 2014 #78
I took a beginner's golf class at the local high school... meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #88
I remember he would call himself a mope when he was wrong. SummerSnow Dec 2014 #27
Many do not realize that Col. Klink was Jewish... (odd fact, there) and so was Schultz! MADem Dec 2014 #52
Werner Klemperer had an understanding in his contract... brooklynite Dec 2014 #56
Very true. He was also the son hifiguy Dec 2014 #63
One of my favorite lines. VScott Dec 2014 #93
+1,000 - LiberalElite Dec 2014 #53
What channel? Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #74
A local NYC station WPIX-11 LiberalElite Dec 2014 #77
As the Kommandant of a POW camp, the series never portrays him as committing war crimes. Coventina Dec 2014 #61
A couple of good LiberalElite Dec 2014 #62
Huh? Col. Klink was too incompetent to be prosecutedd for war crimes... madinmaryland Dec 2014 #92
I'm thinking your wife needs her own account here. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #3
I think she used to have an account. n/t tammywammy Dec 2014 #10
sincere question, KMOD Dec 2014 #21
What? libodem Dec 2014 #48
I never saw him lay a hand on her. Still... Xipe Totec Dec 2014 #4
I never thought for a second that Alice was in any danger. Alice knew he was... BlueJazz Dec 2014 #6
Charming character. elleng Dec 2014 #7
It was the classic use of humor to ridicule the powerful. arcane1 Dec 2014 #8
I was a little girl when this was on TV... Ino Dec 2014 #9
Me, too ann--- Dec 2014 #26
3-4 women are killed each day in the U.S. at the hands of spouse or KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #11
Context matters loyalsister Dec 2014 #12
The education level "wasn't very high???" YarnAddict Dec 2014 #28
Think averages and cultural intelligence loyalsister Dec 2014 #34
But, YarnAddict Dec 2014 #38
There are still massive numbers of boomers who are racist loyalsister Dec 2014 #43
Ralph and Archie YarnAddict Dec 2014 #47
"We" who? loyalsister Dec 2014 #50
Times do change you know - LiberalElite Dec 2014 #55
Do you know that Ricky Ricardo's accent was in fact Desi trying to have as little accent as possible Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #57
Their control over "I Love Lucy" was absolute. hifiguy Dec 2014 #82
Have you ever heard of blacksploitation? loyalsister Dec 2014 #96
Wow cwydro Dec 2014 #79
John Wayne regularly spanked his leading ladies on film. The Quiet Man, McClintock, and many more. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #13
Oh, it could be done, but the context would be very different indeed.... MADem Dec 2014 #72
Yes, but the context in the old moves of he 50's and the60's were different. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #73
Father Knows Best! MADem Jan 2015 #97
It wasn't just films nichomachus Dec 2014 #83
Alice would kick his big ass to the moon faster than any rocket before his hand ever landed. TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #14
If he had, Alice would have eaten him up. longship Dec 2014 #16
It's so easy to criticize tv, movie and music from decades ago Jetboy Dec 2014 #17
+100 NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #18
You got it. TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #20
it's not either/or. just because stuff is messed up today, doesn't TheFrenchRazor Dec 2014 #22
Nobody said stuff wasn't messed up in the past. Jetboy Dec 2014 #29
NEWSFLASH: Domestic abuse was reprehensible in the 1950's. We aren't talking about the 14th century. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #32
NEWSFLAS: Domestic abuse is reprehensible in the 2010s. We aren't talking about the 1950s. Jetboy Dec 2014 #35
We're talking about a program made in the 1950s LiberalElite Dec 2014 #58
Agree 100% n/t YarnAddict Dec 2014 #36
When I was little and the show was on, I could not stand it. seabeyond Dec 2014 #19
I thought it was a consistently bad show myself - I can see the appeal of Jackie Gleason el_bryanto Dec 2014 #33
As a kid who lived with domestic violence, I was afraid of Ralph Kramden. CTyankee Dec 2014 #37
It wasn't a documentary! YarnAddict Dec 2014 #40
I'm telling you from a child who had witnessed actual domestic abuse what I CTyankee Dec 2014 #42
and a child who never experienced domestic abuse felt in my gut. i was very young. or.... re runs seabeyond Dec 2014 #49
He was both. I always thought their dynamic was fascinating. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 #23
I do, because he was big and threatening. CTyankee Dec 2014 #46
She could cut through his BS like a hot knife through butter--and she did. Often. MADem Dec 2014 #65
I forgot how good she was. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 #70
The King of the Castle!!!! MADem Dec 2014 #71
Abusive, lying, cowardly, sexist and conniving, yes. Orsino Dec 2014 #24
Neither he nor his wife were lovable characters. surrealAmerican Dec 2014 #25
"Hello, ball!" WinkyDink Dec 2014 #31
Very funny! YarnAddict Dec 2014 #44
freakin hillarious aikoaiko Dec 2014 #95
"That was the main interest in the show - how nasty people deal with one another. " oberliner Dec 2014 #39
Personal context is everything. My Sicilian relatives were harmless; my Irish father was not. His WinkyDink Dec 2014 #30
Still one of the funniest sitcoms ever. PeteSelman Dec 2014 #41
I agree with your wife edhopper Dec 2014 #45
if audrey meadows had flinched even slightly tiny elvis Dec 2014 #51
I didn't get the feeling he was an abuser. DawgHouse Dec 2014 #54
I found both characters to be unpleasant and the show unfunny. Coventina Dec 2014 #59
If anything, Alice's mother had more to fear from Ralph... BklnDem75 Dec 2014 #60
I don't understand the dichotomy gollygee Dec 2014 #64
Nostalgia is cool. But why watch it now? Inkfreak Dec 2014 #66
Is this sarcasm/parody? oberliner Dec 2014 #67
No. It's an opinion. No better than yours. No less. (nt) Inkfreak Dec 2014 #86
Fair enough oberliner Dec 2014 #90
No worries, Happy New Year. Inkfreak Dec 2014 #91
i had my 17 yr old watch a couple my day movies, thinking they will be funny. seabeyond Dec 2014 #68
Lol, no arguement about the music. (nt) Inkfreak Dec 2014 #87
The content of your post BubbaFett Dec 2014 #69
Ok. (nt) Inkfreak Dec 2014 #85
I watched the Honeymooners because that's what my Ilsa Dec 2014 #76
And how will we be judged with the convenience of 60 years of hindsight? Throd Dec 2014 #80
Ralph was a big, lovable blowhard who would never hifiguy Dec 2014 #81
I have to say first JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #84
There was only one case of spousal abuse... meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #89
I was a beaten child, my sister got it worse, maybe the screams of a deaf child sound different irisblue Dec 2014 #94
Never cared for his jokes about smacking his wife Alice ailsagirl Jan 2015 #98
I liked him better when his name was Fred Flintstone. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #99
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