Right. Maude... Maude... forgot about Maude. :) Good point about Good Times. Thanks! I never watched the show, myself.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Matt Grimaldi Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:02 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: The Decline of the American Sitcom ( Was RE: POLICY PROPOSAL) Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Nice factoids!! Thanks. I can add that in 1972 alone, > > AitF won 7 Emmy > > > Awards and 2 Golden Globes. Quite an achievement for > > a sitcom!! > > > > I can add a few. Their easy chairs are at the Smithsonian > (Edith and Archie's -- I saw 'em.) I know that they > supposedly lived in Glendale, Queens. The first toilet > flush on TV was heard on AitF. There were two other shows > other than the ones you mentioned (Jeffersons and ABP) that > spun off from AitF: Gloria and Good Times. > "Good Times" is a 2nd-generation spinoff, the show which spun off of AitF, "Maude", is where the character Florida Evans first appears as the housekeeper(?). None of the characters in "Good Times" ever appeared in AitF, if I'm not mistaken, so there's some room for debate on whether or not it's an AitF spinoff. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
