This Episode Of That 70's Show Rescued That 70's Show

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  • Опубліковано 13 бер 2022
  • That 70's Show was at one time one of the most popular sitcoms on television. Building memorable characters in Eric Forman, Michael Kelso, Donna, Jackie, Hyde, and Fez gave audiences a nostalgic look back at the 1970's. As the show grew, the actors became more famous and in demand. After Topher Grace left the show, and they tried to force this new Randy character on us the ratings took a nose dive. Until this one episode saved the entire 70's Show series.
    #That70sShow #EricForman #Nerdstalgic
    Written by Chris Teregis
    Edited by Nick Murphy
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  • @Nerdstalgic
    @Nerdstalgic  2 роки тому +188

    What's your favorite episode of That 70s Show?

    • @wayfaringstranger8430
      @wayfaringstranger8430 2 роки тому +9

      *None of them, cause this show sucks.*

    • @d3pl0y3r23
      @d3pl0y3r23 2 роки тому +4

      I can't remember it's been a while

    • @MsCarotty
      @MsCarotty 2 роки тому +29

      the "It's a wonderful life" episode, right after Donna and Eric break up the first time

    • @Mariojinn2
      @Mariojinn2 2 роки тому +47

      @@wayfaringstranger8430 lol u must be fun at parties. Good day!

    • @Mariojinn2
      @Mariojinn2 2 роки тому +22

      The Christmas episode where the kids chop down a tree is a good one.

  • @mattparkinson8471
    @mattparkinson8471 2 роки тому +2957

    We deserved a Hyde and Jackie ending. Huge injustice we had to settle for Jackie and Fez instead.

    • @xAlphaBxtch
      @xAlphaBxtch 2 роки тому +209

      Why I’ll never watch this season, when I found out Eric wasn’t there I was disappointed but I didn’t care that much, but Jackie and FEZ?? No thank you 🤮🤮

    • @fallen4life080
      @fallen4life080 2 роки тому +128

      @@xAlphaBxtch yeah it felt so forced and the ship had sailed. Like Fez had been after Jackie for most of the series and some even wanted it to happen but at some point it became a better narrative to have their potential relationship as a "what could be" not what it should be.

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 2 роки тому +1

      @@xAlphaBxtch Don't watch it, I regretted watching the whole thing once. Just skip to the last episode, and you should still be entertained.

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 2 роки тому +79

      We deserved a Michael and Jackie ending, but sadly the show broke them up. I had really hoped after they married in real life that they might make a little five minute UA-cam video where Jackie and Kelso get reunited in like 1990, and end up together again.

    • @demiokulaja7787
      @demiokulaja7787 2 роки тому +133

      @@litigioussociety4249 ummm i feel like michael and jackie's relationship ran its course, they were each others first loves(?) and its realistic and natural for first loves to fade. now jackie and hyde, they were set up in like season two? a great opposites attract relationship that made them grow as people. I'm definitely bias but they should have been together for the rest of the series

  • @marksantiago9841
    @marksantiago9841 Рік тому +704

    The finale is the only episode of season 8 that actually feels like a that’s 70s show episode.

    • @pedromatias7608
      @pedromatias7608 Рік тому +15

      Man Season 8 was not that bad lol

    • @christiancastellanos5821
      @christiancastellanos5821 Рік тому +4

      They didn't cheer when Kelso shows up as if like they were really friends with us we didn't skip a beat we just continued to he friends.

    • @ericthomas917
      @ericthomas917 Рік тому +1

      @@pedromatias7608 it was ok just different

    • @IDiggPattyMayonnaise
      @IDiggPattyMayonnaise Рік тому +5

      @@christiancastellanos5821 Its because of the order of how they filmed the season. All of Ashton's episodes were filmed together so he wouldn't have to come back on and off, potentially looking different and having scheduling issues. So essentially the audience never felt like he left so they wouldn't need to cheer his "surprise" return.

    • @IDiggPattyMayonnaise
      @IDiggPattyMayonnaise Рік тому +12

      @@pedromatias7608 It was actually pretty good on rewatch. It's exactly what growing up is, childhood friend groups don't completely stick together. Someone leaves but someone else comes in. I especially love that they focused a lot more on Kitty and Red. By far the best couple on the show

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq 2 роки тому +1463

    I loved how the final episode ended the show off on a high note, after the mess that was Season 8. Eric and Donna reuniting was sweet, most of the characters ended up getting satisfactory endings (except for Fez and Jackie, in my opinion), and best of all, Randy barely even appeared.

    • @NickLujan
      @NickLujan 2 роки тому +47

      Whenever I get to the end of a series this good it's hard not to feel deeply sad, I wonder if that's common for everyone or is it just me?

    • @padawan1769
      @padawan1769 2 роки тому +7

      @Trina Q Why do I see you everywhere?

    • @snowpoler
      @snowpoler 2 роки тому +33

      Agreed. I personally always tried to blank out the idea that Jackie ever gets with Fez because that, to me, makes a massive turd on both of their characters, also I prefer to act like Randy simply doesn't exist lol. I'd rewrite PLENTY of season 7 through 8, the finale tried its best with what it was given beforehand, I guess.
      It might sound silly, but That 70s Show is like my second favourite sitcom, and my personal "headcanon" for Jackie and Hyde is that they never broke up and that they wonderfully worked through their toxic traits, bringing the best out of each other in the end. I still think they have their good moments like that in the actual show as well, it's just that... it's too little, or that aspect is waaay overlooked and then pretty much erased in another episode.
      Him cheating on her that one time is also a big low, I personally would've cut that out completely. Also the way I would've had it is that he's still as opposed to marriage as we've seen him before, but he stays with Jackie because he's willing to make a long term relationship actually work for once. While she, for once, gives up a lot of her shallow standards because she's legitelly falling for him. The scene in which she almost sleeps with Kelso again in Chicago never happens. I actually think something like that totally fucks over both Jackie and Kelso's progression throughout the whole show. It's like the writers wanted them back on their earlier seasons bs. Which I'm not really ok with because a full circle arc for these characters just doesn't work imo. Personally, I think they were doing too much of a Kitty/Red parallel to Jackie and Hyde sometimes for them not to be "endgame".
      Thank god they gave Kelso a better ending at least, and thank god they didn't make him a cop in the end lmao. I think him finding happiness by moving out town and being present in his daughter's life is a sweet conclusion to his character. Fez though? God, they tried making a Casanova out of a boy who started out as a clueless dork obsessed with finding a girlfriend but also one who turned into a total creep over the years... I love the idea of him finally getting a citizenship and getting into a cute relationship, but please dude, get rid of all the creepy factors you put into his character if you want us to root for this guy and if you want him to be more than just a weird sort of comic relief character.
      I'm not as invested in Donna and Eric's relationship, but it's nice to know that they reconnected too I suppose. I lowkey wish they would've had them move out of town too, maybe fly off to another country if not go back in Africa together or something and not end things implying that they're just gonna hang around, idk. Might just be me.
      Sorry, I rambled lol.

    • @angiepeterson5402
      @angiepeterson5402 2 роки тому +4

      I think we have the same UA-cam feed or sum, because I see you all the time

    • @moonwind6886
      @moonwind6886 2 роки тому +2

      @@padawan1769 similar tastes similar algorithms

  • @mbanerjee5889
    @mbanerjee5889 2 роки тому +1067

    The problem with the 8th season wasn't Randy, it was how all the other characters changed. Kelso is gone, Hyde marries a stripper who is completely written off, Fez becomes a womanizer, Jackie is hung up on Fez, and Donna is just mopey. The group dynamic changed too much without a good explanation.
    Edit: My point is that the choices made in Eric's absence don't add anything to the show. For example, it makes no sense for Fez to move in with Jackie when he could have moved in with the Foremans'. He is best friends with Kitty, Red grew to tolerate him and it provides more reasons for the gang to hang out in Eric's house.
    Charlie Richardson was intended to be a replacement for Eric but Randy was added when the actor backed out. Without Eric, the main focus should have been Hyde and Jackie's relationship.
    Randy sucks but Randy is just filler. There are plenty of established characters that they could have brought back to fill out the group: Laurie, Angie, Casey Kelso, Mitch, Rhonda, even Caroline.

    • @billc5433
      @billc5433 2 роки тому +68

      Hyde and Jackie breaking up was kind of lame, Donna was weird even before Eric left. Remember when she bought a trailer?

    • @juleswinnfield4966
      @juleswinnfield4966 2 роки тому +30

      True, but Randy is still a big problem

    • @satevo462
      @satevo462 2 роки тому +31

      Yeah, but Randy was unwatchable. Every single scene with him is a cringefest.

    • @xAlphaBxtch
      @xAlphaBxtch 2 роки тому +7

      Laurie wouldn’t have come back because Lisa Robin Kelly was a drunk

    • @fairsuns
      @fairsuns 2 роки тому +22

      You know, I never really got the Randy hate. But maybe it's because I saw him not as a replacement character for Eric but just a recurrent one. In a way, I think I could equate his presence similar as Michael's older brother Kacey (I guess Randy is much more of a good guy idk). I read somewhere (and I gotta say I agree) that he apparently symbolizes as the guys that Donna could pull (but obviously, she's set on Eric no matter what) and "represents the turning point of 70s to the 80s". I read it in a wiki but I kinda see it lol.

  • @captainpicard6566
    @captainpicard6566 2 роки тому +737

    That 70’s show is the most underrated sitcom ever.

    • @Gashnaw
      @Gashnaw 2 роки тому +61

      Underrated? It is still highly praised over a decade after it ended. It ended in 2006 it has been nearly 20 years.

    • @AD-ui6sk
      @AD-ui6sk 2 роки тому +18

      @@Gashnaw there are many sit coms people would name before it tho

    • @Gashnaw
      @Gashnaw 2 роки тому +2

      @@AD-ui6sk not me. It was actually my thesis for film school. We chose our own sitcom. It took me two seconds to choose one. First choice

    • @laurisaarinen1126
      @laurisaarinen1126 2 роки тому +14

      Agreed. People don't praise it like Seinfeld for example, a show that deserves the praise though.
      Friends on the other hand is the most overrated sitcom ever. And to think, out of the show's 6 leads, i even like 5 of them as actors, Lisa Kudrow is the only one i don't like. I will never understand the popularity of Friends.

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 2 роки тому +15

      @@laurisaarinen1126 Friends was definitely overrated; considering, most people never even watched the whole series, because it had way too many romantic twists and turns like a soap opera to inevitably upset every viewer. The reason it was overrated was due to Seinfeld ending, and Friends defaulting to NBC's next best sitcom right about the time that good sitcoms stopped appearing on NBC, so it had little competition to take its place as top on NBC. The next most popular sitcom at the time was probably King of Queens, and that was on CBS on a different night.
      That's the weird thing looking back in the days of watching broadcast television live. Many shows that were the most popular some years and nights were simply the best thing relative to what else was on, and weren't actually objectively good compared to other good sitcoms.

  • @satevo462
    @satevo462 2 роки тому +296

    God I miss this show and there is nowhere to watch it now since Netflix dropped it. That was my go to bed show for YEARS. Now, it's Seinfeld. I just want to watch something for 5 or 10 minutes, then roll over, close my eyes and listen till I fall asleep. Sitcoms are perfect for that. And that 70's was the best.

    • @spm04
      @spm04 2 роки тому +20

      This is exactly what it was for me eventually haha. It was oddly comforting. I ended up buying the series on blu ray 😅

    • @abijo5052
      @abijo5052 2 роки тому +4

      Yes. Please Netflix bring it back! Or Disney plus or somebody!

    • @andsheroseagain3699
      @andsheroseagain3699 2 роки тому +9

      I watch it online for free…it’s possible

    • @satevo462
      @satevo462 2 роки тому +7

      @@andsheroseagain3699 .... go on..... 🤔

    • @diskeyes
      @diskeyes 2 роки тому +13

      The fact that they’re reviving it but don’t have the actual show on there makes absolutely no sense to me

  • @gabrielmenezes1361
    @gabrielmenezes1361 2 роки тому +83

    That sequence in the finale where the gang is in the car singing along to Todd rundgreen’s “hello it’s me”. That was the moment that really hit differently. I remembered watching it in the pilot, and almost shed a tear when it happened again in the finale.

    • @Prof_Jeff
      @Prof_Jeff Рік тому +7

      Yes, that scene was touching. Also, the showrunners did that intentionally as a callback to the pilot and to show the growth/change in the characters.

  • @hannahz6848
    @hannahz6848 2 роки тому +451

    I still just pretend season 8 never happened. I hated Jackie and Fez as much as I hated Randy. Edit: I do agree that the finale itself was very good despite the final season.

    • @yabbadabba1975
      @yabbadabba1975 2 роки тому +1

      Kunis now acts like the show was beneath her. SMH.SMD

    • @deannaroberson1451
      @deannaroberson1451 2 роки тому +6

      In the series finale, I looked it when Kitty said to Donna that she loved her like a daughter. So, sweet❤️

    • @chuyozuna2398
      @chuyozuna2398 Рік тому +3

      I skip that season the way I skip season 8 and 9 of The Office but i enjoyed the final episode of both of those shows

    • @shaddapforever
      @shaddapforever Рік тому +1

      I understand your point but I can never bring myself as far as hating Fez and Jackie.
      The amount of joy those 2 have brought me over the seasons is priceless.

    • @YohSou
      @YohSou Рік тому +1

      You'll be happy to know that Kelso and Jackie became the end game in that 90's show.

  • @Catspirit123
    @Catspirit123 2 роки тому +146

    I always dip out on rewatching it when Jackie and Hide break up but I’ll definitely admit that the finale was quite solid despite the last season being kind of a dumpster fire

  • @morpho5539
    @morpho5539 2 роки тому +164

    I’ve watched the series like 7 times and every time I end up crying at the end

  • @MermaidGal90
    @MermaidGal90 2 роки тому +67

    As an OG fan, I truly cannot WAIT to see Red and Kitty come back in "That '90s Show"😊😊😊

  • @cameron3550
    @cameron3550 2 роки тому +135

    I grew up watching That 70's Show in the 90's and loved every episode! This is sacred television. Seriously TV at its finest. Would LOVE MORE EPISODES on That 70's Show please :)

    • @Nerdstalgic
      @Nerdstalgic  2 роки тому +5

      Any topics come to mind?

    • @Scuba4Steve
      @Scuba4Steve 2 роки тому +3

      @@Nerdstalgic best running gags

    • @darrellchaseleggett8117
      @darrellchaseleggett8117 2 роки тому +5

      They actually have a spinoff coming called That 90s Show

    • @arthurdurham
      @arthurdurham 2 роки тому +11

      @@Nerdstalgic "Why Red is actually a great dad"

    • @LooneyTo0n
      @LooneyTo0n 2 роки тому +3

      @@arthurdurham The best dad in sitcom history. My dad was basically the same when I was younger, and even though I thought he was a hard ass and didn't understand me, I now realize how great of a dad he is, and I can really appreciate his pushiness and enforcement of discipline. Red is definitely one of the main reasons I love That 70's Show. I've always felt Eric kind of as a brother, due to Red basically being 1:1 with my dad.

  • @zedchillman2685
    @zedchillman2685 2 роки тому +47

    The name nerdstalgic has never been more apparent with this video. Just watching this brought back all the feel goodies from this show.

  • @ratk1ng.0
    @ratk1ng.0 Рік тому +17

    I also feel like one thing that they did really well was the house tour, like before everything was just a set and we knew that, but like that was a legitimate run through which was a cute little way of inviting the audience in while letting the audience go

  • @loska23
    @loska23 Рік тому +18

    Something worth to mention is how hard hitting the song finale is. That song "Hello it's me" by Todd Rundgren accompanies so perfectly the feeling of the ending.

    • @34bx
      @34bx Рік тому +2

      Madre me cry

  • @89tilinfinity29
    @89tilinfinity29 2 роки тому +42

    Not gonna lie I've always loved the final episode, I always get teary-eyed at the credits, always. The end credit scene from the pilot with the cast singing, Hello its me from Todd Rundgren. Perfect episode to end one of my favorite sitcoms of all time.

  • @goldibollocks
    @goldibollocks 2 роки тому +37

    A good final episode makes you long for those memories you made along the course of the sitcom so much that, after watching it, you immediately start watching from S1E1 again.

  • @scooter1737
    @scooter1737 2 роки тому +79

    "That 70's Show" was also subversive to "Happy Days"
    Both take place roughly 20 years after the decade they are centered in, plus That 70's Show references the oddities of Happy Days like the disappearing older brother even the fact that the main character left and was replaced for a season until main character came back in the last episode

    • @keymaster430
      @keymaster430 2 роки тому +7

      Not to mention they both take place in Wisconsin

    • @LightWolf_91
      @LightWolf_91 Рік тому

      What about The Wonder Years?

    • @scooter1737
      @scooter1737 Рік тому +3

      @@LightWolf_91 Wonder Years is much more of a drama then comedy so chances to satire of the time period are less.
      Also the basic feel to the Wonder Years IMHO is more about the universality of the teen experience then the time period. The time period is almost a separate character.

  • @MisaelMatute76
    @MisaelMatute76 2 роки тому +184

    Regarding the finally of HIMYM, it wasnt the mom dying that made it bad. That was always the case. It was the Robin/Barney situation that made it bad.

    • @richardclark1127
      @richardclark1127 2 роки тому +41

      I keep trying to explain that to people. It wasnt the finale that was bad, it was the rest of season 9 setting up that finale. Wasting 20ish episodes leading up to the wedding just to split them up an episode later. Had they done the wedding at the beginning of the season and actually did some story building about Robin and Barney falling apart...it would have worked. It would have also helped seeing more of Ted and Tracy together through the years. Because thats the other take away everyone seems to grasp is that the Blue French Horn > Yellow Umbrella...which wasnt at all the case, but that is on the writing because 6 years pass before Ted is telling his kids the story, but the show doesnt make you feel those 6 years.

    • @bored_boar
      @bored_boar 2 роки тому +19

      @@richardclark1127 Exactly! The way they handled it felt so disrespectful to Barney as a character tbh. All that character development for Barney, only for him to end up as a womanizer again after his marriage fell apart.
      They wasted so much time for the buildup to the wedding, only for it all to be for nothing because the main characters pretty much ended up how they started.

    • @brent3522
      @brent3522 2 роки тому +3

      @@richardclark1127 but, it was realistic. Ted "narrated" and really fleshed out that wedding since that was where he and Tracy met. Then we reach that final episode, and then it's revealed that Tracy is gone and he was actually commemorating how their relationship started to his kids. Of course he would skim past the things that happened after his children were born since they already know of those events, aka, most of the events in the final episode. They'd be like "yeah, I remember that." and that includes Barney and Robin's story. Sometimes, people get divorced, no matter how great they are for each other. And of course Ted would skip past the details of Tracy's death since it's his kids' mother. It may not be the best ending, but it's a realistic take on life.
      To quote the show Bojack Horseman, "there's the day after the happy ending".

    • @shayd4107
      @shayd4107 2 роки тому +3

      They ruined that show in 5 minutes. Every bit of character development flew out the window. Barney and Robin splitting, Barney back to his old ways, Ted still being hung up on Robin and going back to her. What a waste. Would’ve been such a great show if they just knew when to stop.

    • @brent3522
      @brent3522 2 роки тому +2

      @@shayd4107 it was six years after Tracy died when Ted told this story to his kids. He can fall in love in that span of time again. It just happened to be with Robin since she's been visiting them as the kids' "Aunt Robin".
      From a storyline/realism standpoint, it makes total sense.

  • @swagilyph
    @swagilyph 2 роки тому +85

    This aired on multiple television networks in the early 2000s when I was a teenager, and I was able to watch it for literally 2-8 hours a day. I think it's really impressive how they nailed their own formula on the first episode, and despite the casting issues in the later seasons, they managed to end the show in a fulfilling way. Edit: for the record, I fucking hated Randy.

  • @zacksalas6911
    @zacksalas6911 Рік тому +48

    This last seasons episode was really touching and sad

  • @TheOvalOwl
    @TheOvalOwl 2 роки тому +11

    I used to come home from school and watch reruns of That 70's Show which came on right after reruns of Futurama while playing Counter Strike and Civilization 3 with my friends.
    Good times. I miss the mid-00s.

  • @crzchris2465
    @crzchris2465 Рік тому +21

    Fez was the only one who got a happy ending because he was the only one that didn't accept Randy.

  • @officialniktheking6891
    @officialniktheking6891 2 роки тому +22

    I swear If some streaming platform doesn’t pick this show up, im gonna go insane

    • @kaydegleeson5595
      @kaydegleeson5595 2 роки тому +2

      The dvds are fairly cheap... also that 90s show is coming to Netflix so they might be getting the rights back to the original series

    • @ripperace
      @ripperace Рік тому +1

      It’s on Peacock presently. I found that out two days after I’d purchased the complete series on disc.

  • @INeverKnewYou158
    @INeverKnewYou158 2 роки тому +16

    Malcom in the Middle has a final episode that is definitely one of it’s best & overall one of the most complete endings for the entire family.

  • @jackcarlos
    @jackcarlos Рік тому +11

    It's seriously the one of the most underrated series finales. It almost makes up for and masks the awful Randy days. But more importantly it gives us the perfect closure to a great set of characters

  • @zimzimzalabim
    @zimzimzalabim 2 роки тому +5

    Almost got it right except that Randy was never meant to replace Eric and the producers and writers confirmed said so. He was much older than the rest, and anyone who watched season 8 knows that he didn't get the main story lines and he was not lead character in any way. The one that was supposed to replace Eric was Charlie Richardson. He was on for 2 episodes and died after falling from the water tower.

  • @bdotbrenny
    @bdotbrenny 2 роки тому +23

    Hopefully that 90s show does exactly what that 70s show did. I pray that it’s good. My soul will be crushed if it’s bad

    • @moonwind6886
      @moonwind6886 2 роки тому

      In my opinion the casting is really odd. I’m sorry but they all ugly

    • @Dupylo
      @Dupylo Рік тому +2

      We need a new sitcom, theres not a single running sitcom right now, also lets not judge the show off of the 1st season, every other sitcom started to peak 3-4 seasons in

    • @michaelhawk3861
      @michaelhawk3861 Рік тому +1

      So uhm, how's your soul doing now?

    • @bdotbrenny
      @bdotbrenny Рік тому +1

      @@michaelhawk3861 I ain’t watch it yet I’m protecting my soul lol

    • @michaelhawk3861
      @michaelhawk3861 Рік тому

      @@bdotbrenny smart choice i guess. I liked Red and Kitty and all other cameos. Your soul will survive a cameo compilation. The rest i'm not so certain about but can't say it's bad.

  • @megharoni
    @megharoni Рік тому +7

    I never noticed until now that Kitty was wearing the same thing during the party in the finale as she was for the party in the 1st episode.

  • @AtlasNovack
    @AtlasNovack 2 роки тому +53

    The perfect That 70s Show episode was Canadian Road Trip and you know it

    • @rickylopez8692
      @rickylopez8692 2 роки тому +8

      What's your business in Canada?

    • @AtlasNovack
      @AtlasNovack 2 роки тому +10

      @@rickylopez8692 what's YOUR business in Canada?

    • @rippindrummer666
      @rippindrummer666 2 роки тому +1

      @@AtlasNovack that’s a great episode, I also really like Erics corvette caper.

    • @DonJuansDaddy
      @DonJuansDaddy 2 роки тому +3

      @@AtlasNovack Yay!!! You found me!! You get a free beer!

  • @tylerscott2116
    @tylerscott2116 Рік тому +1

    That 70s show was the first sitcom I watched as the new episodes came out, I was born in 92 and it started in 98, me and my dad watched this religiously when I was just 6. When me and my dad saw this last episode we both cried just a little bit. From when I was 6 years old, literally the first show I remember watching, until my last year of middle school right before the summer.
    It was a end of a era for the show, and for my life. It aired from the ages of 6 to 14, I dont have too many memories before watching it and I went into high school right after.
    Im glad you put this together, this show has a soft spot in my heart. Perfectly synchronized with a huge chunk of my childhood. Awesome.

  • @tanyamoretz
    @tanyamoretz 2 роки тому +62

    it's interesting how Hyde in 8th season is a weird creep that Danny Masterson apparently always has been. Not a slight sign of that cool kid from previous seasons

  • @jeast417
    @jeast417 2 роки тому +5

    I have the entire series on DVD and now my kids love watching through the whole thing. That 70s show is simply one of the best sitcoms out there and is easily in my top 3

  • @ther3aper561
    @ther3aper561 2 роки тому +17

    I remember watching this when it aired. Still one of my favorite series finales along with Scrubs

    • @SokkaAangLee
      @SokkaAangLee 2 роки тому +5

      Scrubs was too perfect. One of the best.

  • @ivpoison
    @ivpoison 8 місяців тому +1

    My favorite episode was the it’s a wonderful life on about Donna and Eric’s relationship and at the end topher grace perfectly acted the “no I wanna keep all the memories “ from his facial expression, to his voice acting, everything. It was such a good episode

  • @HaydenEccles
    @HaydenEccles 2 роки тому +7

    One of my favorite shows in existence. I've always related to Eric, and my mom reminds me a lot of Kitty.

  • @shellie.alamode
    @shellie.alamode 2 роки тому +13

    The series finale for Scrubs was beyond amazing. And it definitely wasn't "too big" - in fact that was part of it - JD trying to make his last day at Sacred Heart a big thing and him realizing he's trying to force something - it's just life and moving on.
    And we get some of the cliches a sitcom usually has, like old characters showing up to say goodbye or a flash forward of a perfect life but it works in this context because it's not real. JD always daydreams, we always knew this. So he imagines a hallway full of people from his time at SH, but it's just an empty hallway, and he imagines what his life might be, but the banner his vision was projected on is tossed in the trash by a random janitor and he accepts that he doesn't know what the future will be, but he can dream.
    It's one of the best finales of any tv show. The network demanded "Med School" be a new season and not a spin-off as intended, and as a continuation as opposed to a spin-off, it was rooted too much in mimicking the Scrubs dynamics. Judge so-called season 9 all you want, but the intended series finale is beautiful.

    • @moonwind6886
      @moonwind6886 2 роки тому

      Scrubs is the best sitcom of all tome

    • @moonwind6886
      @moonwind6886 2 роки тому

      I count season 9 as more of a spin off

  • @andyadams420
    @andyadams420 2 роки тому +3

    Everytime I watch the finale I still get teary eyed. The characters and their relationships were just phenomenal.

  • @concernedandequal1928
    @concernedandequal1928 2 роки тому +3

    The best part of this finale that really hits you hard (or at least to me) is the end credits with their younger selves singing in the car. I think it's Hello it's me by todd Rundgren

  • @RavenNicole89
    @RavenNicole89 2 роки тому +8

    Just watched a few discs of this show so perfect timing for this video! I was thinking how great it is no matter how many times I go back to it, simply because it’s a great show that doesn’t make the 70s the reason it’s great. It just happened to take place back then but could easily take place another era. They don’t try too hard and it’s super hilarious and relatable. I love this show!

  • @ImGoat1995
    @ImGoat1995 2 роки тому +8

    This is why I always say there's 7 seasons with a one off episode set one year later

  • @305Independent
    @305Independent 2 роки тому +118

    Don't you dare put Community in the list of bad series finales. It was perfect for true fans of the show. Funny, weird, meta, and heartfelt.

    • @billc5433
      @billc5433 2 роки тому +13

      Yes, Community had a perfect ending after 3 seasons.

    • @greendale-alumni5908
      @greendale-alumni5908 2 роки тому +1

      I didn't really care for the finale. It wasn't bad but I didn't think it was anything special. That last season was decent but everything felt weird after season 4. Never got back on track

    • @Squall6575
      @Squall6575 2 роки тому +14

      Exactly. Its almost as if this poster didnt understand the point of Community. “One by one they all just fade away”. No one stays in community college that long. Why would any watcher want for the study group to stay together if it means none of them accomplish anything in life?

    • @305Independent
      @305Independent 2 роки тому +11

      @@greendale-alumni5908 I love season 6 so much, idc what anyone says. Harmon got to play with full creativity and wackiness without any network exec BS. Elroy and Frankie were great additions, the plots were hilariously absurd, and the finale goes God-tier meta in the best way. It's my 3rd favorite season after the first 2.

    • @TheBetterlife101
      @TheBetterlife101 Рік тому +1

      To this day I have not seen the last episode!! I fucking REFUSE!!!!!!

  • @JonAddison
    @JonAddison 2 роки тому +6

    Couple sitcom's that smashed it with their final episode: The Good Place, Parks and Rec.

    • @parkerbright9840
      @parkerbright9840 2 роки тому +2

      can’t forget community also

    • @MC---
      @MC--- 2 роки тому +1

      Take it sleazy.

  • @geeky_sasha6813
    @geeky_sasha6813 Рік тому +2

    Very good points. As I mentioned in a comment on the other video, I stopped watching not long after they graduated high school because it was just getting sad having them sit around town.
    As a late 90s, very begging of 2000s teen living in a small town, the experience of the characters on this show felt very relatable to me, 70s setting aside.

  • @MrTJPAS
    @MrTJPAS 2 роки тому +5

    Whenever I think about That 70s Show, I inevitably get the theme by Cheap Trick stuck in my head, but I never complain.

  • @KNS1996DFS
    @KNS1996DFS Рік тому +4

    The first two seasons were authentically hilarious, and I will die on that hill. The next two were pretty good, and then the strangest thing happened. It's like the writers just ran out of jokes. The musical was when the show jumped the shark and there was only one funny episode in the last four seasons: the one with the man ring. It also didn't help matters that Topher Grace just mailed it in after Season 4.

  • @HankJr.
    @HankJr. Рік тому +2

    That 70s show still remains as my favorite sitcom. I never watched the show during its run. It was a few years after it had ended that I had seen it on Netflix on my 360, the good old days when you can party watch on Xbox. Fell in love with the show and have watched the series several times over. Hated when it was removed from the Netflix library a couple of years ago.

  • @Brownseer
    @Brownseer Рік тому +2

    I think it’s the all time greatest finale of any show ever. Only because of the impact of not only the end of the show, but, it’s also the end of a year, and the end of a decade. Just think how everyone feels at one point in their life when on New Year’s Eve that sudden hit of reality of past memories and the uncertainty of the future happens. Lieutenant Dan knew all along.

  • @shellie.alamode
    @shellie.alamode 2 роки тому +7

    The Community finale is also great. It does try something a little different, but Community was often trying different things, so that's perfectly in-line.
    It also avoided some sitcom cliches by nodding at them in the "pitches" - the marriage spin-off, the "everyone finds a reason to stay right here" spin off, the "everyone somehow stays together for a radically different show" spin-off.
    Some of them stay in Greendale for stable, though not thrilling jobs, some are moving on for new opportunities and they may or may not come back to visit, and it's just about life and moving on.

  • @josep1918
    @josep1918 2 роки тому +3

    I loved the whole series. I get use to change pretty quickly because that’s life!

  • @billc5433
    @billc5433 2 роки тому +119

    Final seasons of shows typically get a lot of flack, but the quality of that 70's Show was on shaky ground when Eric was still in the mix.
    Definitely a series that should have ended around season 5 or 6.

    • @demonteprice5870
      @demonteprice5870 2 роки тому +7

      Personally to me, season 6 and 7 are the bad ones, I actually rather liked the final season (the circle bits never lost any quality, I really loved Hyde's real dad and Hyde himself eventually coming under full ownership of his own shop, and I got a soft spot for Randy cause I've actually had a friend like that once in real life; kind of a blank slate, but handsome and likable, just trying to figure out how he fit in w/ the rest of us cause he just genuinely wanted to make new friends)

    • @MegaSilverBlood
      @MegaSilverBlood 2 роки тому +6

      Yep, and Topher and Ashton leaving was the nail in the coffin, the problem was how poorly the creator and writters handled it. They changed the rest of the characters and threw waaay too much stuff into the show that wasnt necessary, instead of keeping it simple. But oh well, whats done its done, it had a great first 4 seasons run, and the rest is what it is, and the finale is ok in my book, but I wouldnt call it perfect, way too much things had change by then to overlook them

    • @DonJuansDaddy
      @DonJuansDaddy 2 роки тому +6

      Season 5 was a decent season, but season 6, things went down hill. Topher Grace left the show because he felt like the narrative was more focus on Jackie, Hyde and Michael love triangle than what I believe was the nucleus of the show, Eric and Red's relationship and how if effected almost EVERYONE. It was always, I hope Red doesn't find out (weed, taking his car for a spin, drinking his beer, etc. etc.), Red is going to kick your ass, etc. And honestly, he was right. Because all of us know what it means to be naughty and try not to let your parents finding out. That is what the gave the show a lot of its banter and humor.
      But by far, the 1st 4 seasons were hilarious which an occasional not so funny episodes in the mix.

    • @chuyozuna2398
      @chuyozuna2398 Рік тому

      Season 8 was terrible but after season 5 the show went downhill

    • @atribecalledlen3567
      @atribecalledlen3567 Рік тому

      Show went downhill after they graduated high school in season 5

  • @lillucky4967
    @lillucky4967 2 роки тому +1

    I've rewatched the show 9 times now it's my absolute favorite. Still everytime that last scene comes on after the game goes up the stairs and they countdown I smile and tear up.

  • @TafTabTah
    @TafTabTah 2 роки тому +11

    One of the most underrated sitcoms of all time

  • @MEitniear111
    @MEitniear111 2 роки тому +15

    Woah, Communitys ending is great and perfect. I thought that was well understood?

  • @ripleycastle5668
    @ripleycastle5668 2 роки тому +2

    This show is one of the few that I enjoy the entire series, including most of season 8. And I may be one of the few that feels this way. Can’t help that it’s my favorite show.

  • @ItsKimOlson
    @ItsKimOlson Рік тому +1

    Finales are best when you can picture the characters' lives continuing, just not on screen anymore. Staying where we've always known them.

  • @zlpatriot11
    @zlpatriot11 2 роки тому +8

    I started watching That 70s Show only recently and I enjoy it a lot. I enjoy watching it as my dad was a teen/early twenties. The final season was a mess but the finale was something special. Being a millennial, I look forward to seeing a That 90s Show and see Donna and the gang grown up.

    • @AholeAtheist
      @AholeAtheist 2 роки тому

      wut? You realise if they if they do a That 90s Show, it might not have the cast of That 70s Show involved at all. Have you never seen That 80s Show?

    • @timgriffin5760
      @timgriffin5760 2 роки тому +1

      @@AholeAtheist That 90s show is going to have Red and Kitty with Eric and Donna's kid staying with them for the summer hanging out with others. I think only eric and donna are confirmed for only one episode

    • @AholeAtheist
      @AholeAtheist 2 роки тому

      @@timgriffin5760 Well okay, I didn't realise that there was already one planned. Sounds terrible, really. They should just do new characters, like That 80s Show.

    • @peoples2296
      @peoples2296 2 роки тому

      @@timgriffin5760 that sucks. I wish some of the main cast members had been free to come back in a starring role. Tommy Chong would be perfect to bring back. I'm sure he'd be willing.

  • @doubllechief6926
    @doubllechief6926 2 роки тому +6

    thanks to netflix i got to revisit this show in my late teens and then many times over in my 20's. its not on netflix anymore which is dissapointing. its definitely underrated, with big streamers fighting over the old sitcoms, its surprising to me that 70's show isnt one of them. oh well. i hope it gets picked up and pushed somewhere so more people can experience it.

  • @Jakets
    @Jakets 2 роки тому +2

    just watching this video brought back that nostalgia lol. watched this show 3 or 4 times now, what a great great show it was.

  • @96serpendityyouarelostnotm87
    @96serpendityyouarelostnotm87 2 роки тому +2

    This show will always be one of my favorite shows, I started watching it though on Netflix back in 2014, to this day I still watch it every now and then, I really enjoyed it !

  • @chitownphxman
    @chitownphxman 2 роки тому +5

    I just heard there is a "no talk" clause for That 90's Show... meaning the cast and returning cast aren't really allowed to talk about their appearances or more of the story line than that we already know.
    Which indicates to me that That 90's Show will have almost every main character in the first episode or 2.

    • @durkey01
      @durkey01 2 роки тому +6

      im just worried that the new cast of kids wont be good actors or be good characters.
      anytime a show is rebooted like this the new cast always falls flat

    • @chitownphxman
      @chitownphxman 2 роки тому +5

      @@durkey01 I'm afraid they're going to make it a watered down version... aka Disney style acting. 😬

  • @chazz0418
    @chazz0418 Рік тому +1

    man miss watching this and mash back to back on tv around 2006

  • @jaybone2321
    @jaybone2321 2 роки тому +1

    I always loved that the end credits for the series is a flashback of the gang. Excellent send off!

  • @lildan419r2
    @lildan419r2 2 роки тому +4

    It was a great episode.. I wish my dad got to see it he died right before it happened.. he love this show

  • @sauwurabh
    @sauwurabh 2 роки тому +3

    still mad that netflix removed it in the midst of me watching the show.
    and it's not on any streaming platform.
    Piracy is the only thing left

  • @bartoszlatus3091
    @bartoszlatus3091 2 роки тому +1

    The Best for me is that 70show when I watch it after 20 years is... SO real. We were Just the same Kids. We even used to ride my dads station wagon all the time.

  • @LordZolric
    @LordZolric Рік тому +1

    This is definitely one of the best shows that's came out in the history of TV. Just my opinion though. I remember when it first aired in 98, how time flys. Great vid dude 🤘🏻

  • @BboyDJFLIP
    @BboyDJFLIP 2 роки тому +3

    Return to form really meant return of foreman lol. That 70s show is my favorite sitcom. My wife and I have rewatched the whole series about 4 or 5 times already

  • @MrBigeousd
    @MrBigeousd 2 роки тому +6

    Season 8 was a dumpster fire except one episode in which Bob gets in a fight with Fatso the clown. Classic... Season three is probably the best

  • @agirlnamedbrett.
    @agirlnamedbrett. Рік тому

    that 70s show brings some really good memories to my mind. I miss those days.

  • @ph3lix004
    @ph3lix004 Рік тому +1

    Literally tearing up the whole video seeing the finale again 😭
    One of the best shows and best endings

  • @CrazyEveeFanGirl234
    @CrazyEveeFanGirl234 2 роки тому +6

    I love that 70s show! I watched it when I was a kid with my mom, I bought the whole series and constantly watch it. My mom loved that 70s show because like the kids in that 70s show she was a teen. I didn't think Randy was bad, I love fez and Jackie together.

  • @richardclark1127
    @richardclark1127 2 роки тому +3

    I thought the Community ending was pretty much loved by most Community fans and critics?

  • @Naztalgic
    @Naztalgic Рік тому

    Another fantastic video! I almost teared up watching this

  • @tonyaffuso1396
    @tonyaffuso1396 2 роки тому

    What a great breakdown my guy. Exactly like the last episode.

  • @shellbacksclub
    @shellbacksclub 2 роки тому +3

    i agree with the death of the mother in HIMYM. Why else would the narrator tell that long ass story to their kid if she hadn't died?

  • @DanielRoa
    @DanielRoa 2 роки тому +3

    Topher grace left because he wanted to do the third Spider-Man movie but the producers wouldn’t give him the time off. Not because they just wanted to get rid of the character.

  • @SpudOfWar
    @SpudOfWar Рік тому +2

    Got goosebumps at the count down. Again. Excited to see Red and Kitty in That 90s show

  • @adamWeiler
    @adamWeiler Рік тому

    So now this video makes me feel nostalgic for this episode which felt nostalgic for early seasons which had nostalgia for the 70s. Nostalgiaception!

  • @gliptodonte_
    @gliptodonte_ 2 роки тому +3

    The Seinfeld finale was good! it has plot and humor. And it was a clever way to let the secondary characters to make a final appearance.

  • @magnificentbuzz
    @magnificentbuzz 2 роки тому +4

    The eighth season had a decent replacement. Charlie. He falls off the Water Tower and dies after appearing in four episodes. Then they had to replace the replacement.

  • @mikecarroll3538
    @mikecarroll3538 Рік тому +2

    The funny thing is I hated season 8 but loved the finale and when I think back on it I mostly think of the finale not the other 20 episodes so sticking the landing really does help a show’s legacy

  • @spiicyliime22
    @spiicyliime22 8 місяців тому

    It's so true! I could not stand Randy and chose not to watch the show when I would never miss an episode in the past, but came back for the series finale to see what they did with it. It did redeem the show in the end.

  • @RobertMcIntosh
    @RobertMcIntosh 2 роки тому +3

    I always felt sorry for Josh Myers. He was put into a no win situation and he was probably just psyched that got a good paying gig on a hit show. I also didn’t mind Fez and Jackie ending up together. I was happy that Fez finally caught a break with love and that Jackie could be with someone we know wouldn’t cheat on her.

    • @brendanbetts5650
      @brendanbetts5650 9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you finally someone who’s not anti Jackie and fez plus if u go back to the earlier seasons fez always loved Jackie

  • @Gashnaw
    @Gashnaw 2 роки тому +5

    I actually like randy. Too many people compare him to eric. He still has some if the best lines.
    Kitty: when i let you into my home and treated tou as my own children.
    Randy: she did all that for you? You guys are jerks.
    Stealing fatso was your idea randy.
    He didn't replace eric. He was the opposite of eric. Hard working, manly, strong, good with power tools. He was never meant to replace eric just fill a void left by Topher's departure. Comparing the two is like comparing apples and twizzlers.

    • @jordanleveritt7028
      @jordanleveritt7028 2 роки тому

      Nope he was boring af. They tried to mix eric and kelso and got randy

  • @giovannivelasquez6065
    @giovannivelasquez6065 2 роки тому +1

    Honestly amazing video

  • @christinamcdermott1318
    @christinamcdermott1318 2 роки тому +1

    I thought your latest video was well done. I usually hate the finales and it just can’t land the landing. But your analysis was really well done and makes me want to start that 70s show from the beginning. I really look forward to your videos and your thoughts! Thank you!!

  • @shadexyz
    @shadexyz 2 роки тому +4

    if yall have not seen season 4 episode 20 you are missing out, by far the best episode of the show (imo) and I'm so so happy they made it special for the obvious.

  • @IDontWantThisStupidHandle
    @IDontWantThisStupidHandle 2 роки тому +5

    Have you ever seen Charmed? This review reminded me a lot of that situation. I loved the first 5 seasons, and Season 6 was good, and Season 7 was okay (both were an obvious decline). Season 8 simply should not have existed, BUT they wrote the best series finale ever (in my opinion). Even if they didn't invite Shannen Doherty to return, it hit all the same kinds of notes you talked about in this review of That 70s Show's finale.

  • @bbear2695
    @bbear2695 2 роки тому

    i never made it to the final episode so i was unaware of this redemption. thanks for this.

  • @SevenDozen712
    @SevenDozen712 Рік тому +2

    I always thought Fez and Jackie together made sense in the end due to the fact they are so similar and they foreshadow it throughout the first couple seasons.

  • @guyL22
    @guyL22 Рік тому +19

    we'll see how that 90's show goes

    • @RaMir0bj
      @RaMir0bj Рік тому +2

      Red and Kitty Forman, will carry the show!
      hope it doesn't turn into "the 80's show".

    • @Prof_Jeff
      @Prof_Jeff Рік тому +1

      @@RaMir0bj It shouldn't be anything like That '80s Show. That '80s Show tried to capitalize on the success of That '70s Show, but with its own characters, sets, and storylines. That '90s Show essentially is a continuation of That '70s Show, using characters, sets, and actors from the original.

    • @hilaryfernandez1160
      @hilaryfernandez1160 Рік тому +1

      I think is more for the younger generation

    • @cobaingrohlnovo
      @cobaingrohlnovo Рік тому +6

      That 90s show will be absolute and complete ass

    • @veryfrozen3271
      @veryfrozen3271 Рік тому +2

      @@cobaingrohlnovo i think the daughter has a black gf not sure yet. seems something netflix will do.

  • @ThaFriskyOne
    @ThaFriskyOne 2 роки тому +6

    Can’t wait for That 90s Show!

    • @kungfubrandon6886
      @kungfubrandon6886 2 роки тому

      When?

    • @305Independent
      @305Independent 2 роки тому +7

      I'm telling you right now it's gonna suck. Hollywood writers can't really write anymore, all they can do is nostalgia-bait and push activism. They're gonna carve this franchise out and wear it's skinsuit like they did with Star Wars and He-Man.

    • @parkerbright9840
      @parkerbright9840 2 роки тому

      @@305Independent “how i met your father”

    • @kungfubrandon6886
      @kungfubrandon6886 2 роки тому

      @@305Independent yeah

    • @ThaFriskyOne
      @ThaFriskyOne 2 роки тому

      @@kungfubrandon6886 They're filming now so probably later this year

  • @Dingdongwitchisdead
    @Dingdongwitchisdead Рік тому

    That 70’s show was great and the decade of the 70’s was even better. I would take a Time Machine back to those earlier memories of Saturday morning cartoons, dog days of summer, party line phones, 3 fuzzy major network channels, and the great sense that life could be whatever I made it to be.

  • @lacrosseguy108
    @lacrosseguy108 Рік тому +2

    after "that 90s show" came out theres been a bunch of review videos on that and"that 70s show". one thing i learned was the spinoff of that 80s show, it came out in i think 2002? and never knew until yesterday it existed

  • @kellibradley
    @kellibradley 2 роки тому +6

    The problem with season 8 was all their individual negative traits were heightened. It was to the point that the characters became unlikable. The show was incredible before that ❤️😎

  • @andyrandall9289
    @andyrandall9289 2 роки тому +3

    I liked That 70s Show, Eric was irreplaceable. I never watched it after he left. Ashton Kutcher's character reminded me of a bully in junior high school. He looked alot like him too.

  • @macko4042
    @macko4042 2 роки тому +2

    U needed to talk about the chemistry the cast had, it was extremely funny to see them try not to laugh when Ashton Kutcher did anything unorthodox. And when things didn’t go as good planned. The chemistry was there, that’s probably why the Randy character felt out of place

  • @coulie27
    @coulie27 Рік тому

    Great vid!