With all the sitcoms out there today can you think of one that even comes close to making a female character look as silly as Ball on I Love Lucy?
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I remember seeing an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (a show I cannot stand anymore) in which Ray’s wife, in order to stop him from saying something inappropriate, hits him in the groin. Imagine the situation in reverse, and he slaps her to stop her from saying something inappropriate (I know, it’s a stretch seeing a woman portrayed as something less than an omnipotent goddess). The series would have had to do a whole six months to a year of apologies, therapy sessions, and public service announcements. When did we reach the point in society in which hitting/kicking a man’s testicles is considered funny?
For the record, the bickering of all the characters turned me off of the show, as well; watching dysfunction is okay every now and then (Eunice, Ed, and Mama on the Carol Burnett Show is a prime example), but not on a weekly/daily basis.
