After reading through the summary of what the show's like on wikipedia, I can say that it sounds like something I'd enjoy. Gonna watch an episode or two probably.
Either I'm really stoned or you guys are talking about golden girls. Or both. Actually it's both never mind. Can't even hate keep it real.
Actually? This is what my grandmother watched when I was a kid. So yes, I've seen it. But anyone under 70 watches this? I can't believe that. Is this some sort of hipster thing - watching really, really bad 80s sitcoms? Like, this is cringe-worthy bad in terms of sitcoms. What can I expect next, people installing tape decks in their cars or mullets, or spandex, or Cindy Lauper again? This is not worth being nostalgic about, and to any new viewers, know that the target market is elderly women, not anyone else. although, Betty White is still the greatest actress on earth, bar none.
The 80's were and always will be the most excellent and awesome decade in the history of the human race. I lived it, loved it, survived it. When the meth and coke were real and actually healthy. I have grown to respect the fact that for whatever asinine reasons newer generations are into the Golden Girls or anything else 80's, it is still a nod to a gloriously evolutionary decade in the human race. The fusion of metal and punk....enough said.
I remember staying up late at night with my mother and watching this when it first came out. Keep in mind that I was 13 at the time. Both of us thought it was hilarious. Bea Arthur's cutting wit was perfectly timed, and all of them played their characters well. I understand mullets and spandex, but what's the matter with tape decks and Cindy Lauper? Huh? Next thing you'll be attacking is Simon & Garfunkel, E.T. and VHS! It's very nostalgic! Get outta here! The nerve!
Did anybody like second video at the clown and the bed scene --- Post updated --- Guess what I'm watching
Dude, Simon & Garfunkle is my favourite duo, I have all their albums. Right now, this very moment, Cecilia is playing, and Bright Eyes is coming up next. Also Cindy Lauper was great, if you think I don't sing along with Time After Time or True Colours or whatever then you don't know me. E.T was my childhood, and VHS was the way to go once upon a time. Anyways, I'm not particularly dissing these things, I'm just saying that hipsters are reviving these things just because they're old, not because they're good - tape decks are an archaic technology, but hipsters are driven entirely by vaccinated time travel and the pursuit of the esoteric that they're unearthing things that died and should stay dead. I'm also saying that this craze is not genuine, like when I see video-gaming millennials saying that they'd watch Golden Girls, but they don't know that it's just a bad 80s sitcom not intended for their audience.
Well written and argued. I was really just teasing you, and it wasn't supposed to be taken that seriously, but I guess the humor didn't come through. And I 100% agree with you. The people who aren't genuine about their love of history and technology are the same kinds of people that buy a record player just so it can "sit there and look cool." The people who just do it because it's mainstream are the hipsters. If you have a genuine interest in the product, then go ahead and go down the street with your Walkman. Just for the love of all that is good, keep it real.
