Comments on: The Modern Family Comedy Half Hour (c) 1957

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:11:53 +0000

In reply to Kschenke.

I could teach that class….as well as hitting the "G spot 101." Of course I will be needing female volunteers to demonstrate on…

By: Kschenke

Kschenke — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:22:38 +0000

In reply to bipolarbear. Deal, but only after each husband completes the "Find the Clitoris" Course.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:04:45 +0000

In reply to King Zilch. I imagine with the way the censors controlled tv back then it was really hard to be funny and not get fined or canceled.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:03:10 +0000

In reply to Kschenke. They should totally have classes like that at college!

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:00:17 +0000

In reply to Weeji. Well that's my only option now that I canceled my cable. Hulu the other networks websites and eventually gonna sign back up for Netflix

By: King Zilch

King Zilch — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:49:45 +0000

So, has anybody ever actually found I Love Lucy funny? I mean, it's always held up as this exemplar of 50s comedy, but it really is less funny than "Archer" and "Two And A Half Men" combined.

By: Dram

Dram — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:39:50 +0000

50s man has 50s Joel-fwoosh.
This comic reminds me of my abiding wish for an episode of "I love Lucy" where she gets a sex change. Waaaaaaaah.

By: Weeji

Weeji — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:56:27 +0000

In reply to bipolarbear. Hulu.com? ABC.com? You can watch it if you want. It's legal and free.

By: Tall Out

Tall Out — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:09:11 +0000

This kinda remind me of Fallout series (except the post apocalypse or retrofuturistic technology)! HEY! Do u think you can make 1950's or Fallout version of I pad or I phone! http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pip_Boy

By: seriously

seriously — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:27:47 +0000

In reply to Steve the Pocket. @ Steve the Pocket That and a high profile lawsuit gets the name into peoples heads much better than any ad ever could.

By: Steve the Pocket

Steve the Pocket — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:50:02 +0000

I know some companies have sued for trademark infringement over voluntary product placement like this, and I always wondered why they'd do that instead of accept the free plug. Now I think I understand. Companies that aren't shameless enough to buy blatant product placement would also prefer not to be falsely accused of it.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:27:24 +0000

The "this wasn't product placement" articles are all overly-specific. This wasn't *paid* product placement (every one of the articles makes that specific distinction).

ABC has a stake in the iPad, being one of the companies hoping to turn it into a revenue source. Steve Jobs is on Disney's board of directors, and it's a sure bet a lot of the execs and bigwigs at ABC are Apple stock holders. Plus Apple could simply offer non-cash rewards for placement (better iTunes Store listings for episodes and apps, etc).

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:32:57 +0000

In reply to CthulhuVSDStar. Its an episode of the show "Modern Family". The main clips with the iPad are all on Youtube if you are interested.

By: belail

belail — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:43:54 +0000

ahh a simpler time

By: seriously

seriously — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:44:38 +0000

In reply to hijinksensue. @ hijinksensue According to a copy of a stag film starring a "pre-fame" Ms. Ball, that's not the only place she's the boss if you catch my drift...

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:33:20 +0000

In reply to Kschenke. or womanly softbrains.

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:31:45 +0000

In reply to thequiddity. I think we're far enough removed from the sexism of 50's tv to laugh at it now. What IS ironic is that Lucy was the producer of that show. She was the boss.

By: hijinksensue

hijinksensue — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:30:20 +0000

In reply to darianfallv. thanks! I appreciate the feedback and welcome a new commenter.

By: Kschenke

Kschenke — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:59:20 +0000

"But darling, I was interesting in the College's 'Catering to your Husband's Every Whim' course."

"Well, alright. As long as they go into those new fangled sexual positions. Those things damage your soft womanly brains."

By: CthulhuVSDStar

CthulhuVSDStar — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:22:11 +0000

Hah, this is great. Haven't seen the thing it's referencing, but I loved it anyway. “Apple – As American as Apples” made me nearly fall off my chair, nice.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:05:07 +0000

Probably one of the weakest episodes of the series. The worst part was that there were so many things they could have done to make it funnier, yet they missed some golden opportunities.

By: bipolarbear

bipolarbear — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:51:18 +0000

Damn it…I'm actually kind of amused by blatant product placement and watch that show but don't have a ton invested in it but I was bringing back my dvr to the cable company so they couldn't continue to rape me with the cost of cable and I had to not watch that episode. 🙁 DAMN YOU CHARTER! YOU BLEW UP MY WALLET DAAAAMN YOOOOUU!

By: thequiddity

thequiddity — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:41:00 +0000

I'm guffawing. So is my wife. Is that ironic?

By: Chris J

Chris J — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:23:41 +0000

Phil had a lot of good lines, including the "early adopter" joke. Mitch's storyline was pretty good, too. The rest of the show was good, but not as memorable as the others.

By: Mutant enemy

Mutant enemy — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:20:54 +0000

In reply to imarapper. A Macromancer perhaps? (Joke stolen blatantly from Joel)

By: darianfallv

darianfallv — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:51:08 +0000

I've never logged in to make a comment before, but this one made me do so. Funniest freaking thing I've seen all day (and I've been watching Zero Punctuation reviews all day).

By: imarapper

imarapper — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:39:22 +0000

man it looks so unwieldly.

and that guy looks like a wizard.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:30:06 +0000

Damn straight.