What happened to the good old fashioned sitcoms that used to have stellar one-liners? Today's takes on that classic formula, like Mike & Molly or Two and a Half Men, all feel like carbon copies recycling jokes originally used in better shows. Yet, when you go back and watch classic episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show the comedy feels comparatively fresh and vibrant, firing five jokes a minute with a cast that squeezes the greatest potential from each setup. What got lost in the mix over the last 50 years? Whatever it was, it's been preserved in its entirety in The Dick Van Dyke Show with its stellar cast of Dick Van Dyke himself, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, and Morey Amsterdam, and writing that's a seamless blend of verbal and slapstick (mostly in Van Dyke's facial expressions and exaggerated body language) comedy.
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- 6/11/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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