The Real Families episode was always one of my favourites when I was a kid. And seeing it now, with fresh “adult” eyes, I am blown away by how ahead of its time that episode was.
What's crazy is that I grew up watching all the "biggest and best" shows on Nick at Night, we're talkin' Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newheart, Get Smart, I mean, a hundred different shows from the era that were supposedly the "best". But this show was never on Nick at Night, which blows me away. I heard of this show by playing a video game called "Wasteland 3". In that game, a cover of this show's theme song plays on the radio, and looking it up I ran into this show. This show is AMAZING. I LOVE this show. I can't believe it wasn't on Nick at Night!!
2024, What a Show... We sure have fallen since this excellent show .. Fight America, don't let them take US down any further.. Fight for your Country America... Unite our Great Country and our Great people...Together We WIN, DIVIDED WE FALL.. .. What a AWESOME SHOW..
Reid also starred in a CBS series Frank's Place, as a professional who inherits a Louisiana restaurant. Reid is the founder and president of Legacy Media Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together leading professionals in the film and television industry, outstanding actors and young men and women who wish to pursue a career in the entertainment media.
This first episode of Venus going for PD at an automated station. That was forshadowing the future and just about nailed it :(. It has happened. I so miss being in radio
The “Real Families” episode managed to mildly skewer programs on both of CBS’s rival networks at the time: “Real People” (NBC) and “That’s Incredible” (ABC), which is mentioned by name. From what I’ve observed, if other television shows are mentioned on a show they are almost without exception tho 1:31:40 competitors’), so for instance, on “WKRP” you will some other time hear references to real CBS shows like “60 Minutes” or personalities like Mike Wallace or Walter Cronkite. It seemed to be very unusual for a television show to make references to their competitors’ shows on another network, let alone shows on both of the other two commercial networks’ schedules. (PBS being the fourth, though non-commercial, national broadcast network, so small with such a comparatively tiny budget that no one tends to think of it as another American television network.
The “Real Families” episode managed to mildly skewer programs on both of CBS’s rival networks at the time: “Real People” (NBC) and “That’s Incredible” (ABC). From what I’ve observed, if other television shows are mentioned on a show they are almost without exception tho 1:31:40 competitors’), so for instance, on “WKRP” you will some other time hear references to real CBS shows like “60 Minutes” or personalities like Mike Wallace or Walter Cronkite. It seemed to be very unusual for a television show to make references to their competitors’ shows on another network, let alone shows on both of the other two commercial networks’ schedules. (PBS being the fourth, though non-commercial, national broadcast network, so small with such a comparatively tiny budget that no one tends to think of it as another American television network.
I watched The “Real Families” episode when it was either originally broadcast or during the summer reruns back in the Reagan 80s. It literally changed the way I saw the world, my own country and culture and its values. It is a real lancing of the American Dream, American middle class hypocrisy and a system of empty materialistic and consumerist values, which Herb’s character personifies in virtually every episode and which this episode helps to painfully illuminate and expand on, substantially fleshing out Herb’s character.
The Real Families episode was always one of my favourites when I was a kid. And seeing it now, with fresh “adult” eyes, I am blown away by how ahead of its time that episode was.
Gordon Jump had some classic moments in that one.
What's crazy is that I grew up watching all the "biggest and best" shows on Nick at Night, we're talkin' Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newheart, Get Smart, I mean, a hundred different shows from the era that were supposedly the "best". But this show was never on Nick at Night, which blows me away.
I heard of this show by playing a video game called "Wasteland 3". In that game, a cover of this show's theme song plays on the radio, and looking it up I ran into this show. This show is AMAZING. I LOVE this show. I can't believe it wasn't on Nick at Night!!
2024, What a Show... We sure have fallen since this excellent show .. Fight America, don't let them take US down any further.. Fight for your Country America... Unite our Great Country and our Great people...Together We WIN, DIVIDED WE FALL.. .. What a AWESOME SHOW..
Reid also starred in a CBS series Frank's Place, as a professional who inherits a Louisiana restaurant. Reid is the founder and president of Legacy Media Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together leading professionals in the film and television industry, outstanding actors and young men and women who wish to pursue a career in the entertainment media.
I watched that series! Excellent.
My First show that comes to mind is sister sister even though I saw this show in reruns when I was little.
Don't forget the schoolteacher in the 80s
And of course he was on Sister Sister.
Nice Undertones poster in the DJ booth. That first LP is a classic.
Bernie Lomax has always been a bottom feeder.
Good to see him running an Automated Radio Station.
Weekend at Bernie's is a classic .
This first episode of Venus going for PD at an automated station. That was forshadowing the future and just about nailed it :(. It has happened. I so miss being in radio
Ma....." Who Left". Fran looks like a million bucks. Please don't tell me she picked the food out of the First Ladies teeth? 😂 I can't with Fran. 🥰😅🤣
It’s both inspiring and entertaining.
The “Real Families” episode managed to mildly skewer programs on both of CBS’s rival networks at the time: “Real People” (NBC) and “That’s Incredible” (ABC), which is mentioned by name.
From what I’ve observed, if other television shows are mentioned on a show they are almost without exception tho 1:31:40 competitors’), so for instance, on “WKRP” you will some other time hear references to real CBS shows like “60 Minutes” or personalities like Mike Wallace or Walter Cronkite.
It seemed to be very unusual for a television show to make references to their competitors’ shows on another network, let alone shows on both of the other two commercial networks’ schedules. (PBS being the fourth, though non-commercial, national broadcast network, so small with such a comparatively tiny budget that no one tends to think of it as another American television network.
The “Real Families” episode managed to mildly skewer programs on both of CBS’s rival networks at the time: “Real People” (NBC) and “That’s Incredible” (ABC).
From what I’ve observed, if other television shows are mentioned on a show they are almost without exception tho 1:31:40 competitors’), so for instance, on “WKRP” you will some other time hear references to real CBS shows like “60 Minutes” or personalities like Mike Wallace or Walter Cronkite.
It seemed to be very unusual for a television show to make references to their competitors’ shows on another network, let alone shows on both of the other two commercial networks’ schedules. (PBS being the fourth, though non-commercial, national broadcast network, so small with such a comparatively tiny budget that no one tends to think of it as another American television network.
Tarlek should be working on commission
Frank Bonner and Tim Reid showed some nice acting skills here.
I love that this channel shows like season 6. Season 9. When it went what? 4 or 5 seasons?
I watched The “Real Families” episode when it was either originally broadcast or during the summer reruns back in the Reagan 80s.
It literally changed the way I saw the world, my own country and culture and its values. It is a real lancing of the American Dream, American middle class hypocrisy and a system of empty materialistic and consumerist values, which Herb’s character personifies in virtually every episode and which this episode helps to painfully illuminate and expand on, substantially fleshing out Herb’s character.
God Bless America...
The message here is so meaningful.
You’ve created something truly special.
when andy explained Venus to mama Carlson and she eccepe him as a night time dj and he did great.