The Kids Are Alright

  • Comedy
10/16/2018
23
TV-PG

Times change. Family doesn't.

In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys. There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.

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  • GenerationofSwine

    Like the ill fated "That '80s Show" this is likely doomed for failure and for the exact same reasons.

    The show spends a lot more time making fun of the technology and culture of the era than it does actually developing characters and a story line.

    There are only so many jokes you can make about "This is what microwaves used to look like," and "Remember Bob Hope, he was a thing," before it gets stale. And by that I mean 15 minutes into the show the comedy approach of "this was a thing, laugh at how old it is" wears off.

    And, unfortunately, that's really the extent of the humor that the writers seemed to have planned for the series.

    So, if a stream of "remember this, it was a thing, let's mock how old it is" is something you can s...

    January 14, 2023

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