tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6619952456652755773..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Taking TV seriouslyMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-30650105293529303682019-05-03T07:50:01.125-04:002019-05-03T07:50:01.125-04:00It wasn't meant to be taken seriously - correc...It wasn't meant to be taken seriously - correct. And that's why the fact that we're still able to draw a serious message out of it, something that is worthy of consideration even in a piece of entertainment, shows why we <i>should</i> take television, even humorous television, as an opportunity to learn something about ourselves.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-796259563462565622019-05-03T02:23:28.038-04:002019-05-03T02:23:28.038-04:00Hogan's Heroes was never meant to be taken ser...Hogan's Heroes was never meant to be taken seriously. The show itself was a mashup of "Combat!", "Sgt. Bilko", "McHale's Navy", and the myriad "spy craze" shows of the mid-1960s. Hogan was a more affable and less oleaginous version of Bilko.J.R. Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342024311554833973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-60279011169216032082019-05-01T11:07:16.785-04:002019-05-01T11:07:16.785-04:00"TV should be for something more", the p..."TV should be for something more", the problem is WHO decides: George Washington or Joseph Goebbels. Now were a lot closer to Goebbels.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325464988638650891noreply@blogger.com