We need more shows like the Waltons

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I just wrote suggesting the TV show Heartland,then it finally hit me that this forum is DC urban moms and dads.Heartland is the best family drama I have ever watched and I'm no youngster and it's characters are diverse also.Not trying to make a big deal-but figured DC has a diverse population.If the idea of watching a show that is almost a cowboy show seems weird let me tell you a truth you may not be aware of-I am from Wyoming,moved to Ohio about 30 years ago (I'm old).We were all cowboys/cowgirls there.ALL my friends in Wyoming were Black,every one and every one was a serious cowboy.Don't buy into the crap that Blacks are only urban.You or your kids might want to go cowboy at some point and there are are many,many black cowboys/cowgirls.

Oh that is so cool, I learned of this literally yesterday from an Oklahoman whose family has been steeped in Black cowboy culture for generations.
And I also read this article: https://www.rancholoscerritos.org/black-on-the-range-african-american-cowboys-of-the-19th-century/
As an immigrant, the John Wayne movies with images of all-white cowboys is what got exported to my home country, so that’s what everyone thinks of when they think “cowboy.”
I’m so glad I know better now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recommend finding Everwood (I've been watching on Freebie) and watching it. It's a wholesome show but at the same time has relevant topics.

Great show! Chris Pratt (who I now despise) used to be on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Cosby Show and Family Ties were wholesome shows that depicted various teachable moments with good parenting from a dual income household.

I wish they didn't cancel the Cosby show to punish Bill Cosby.

The Cosby Show (and A Different World) were amazing, positive, entertaining shows that practically raised a generation of kids.

I was reading an article about one of the supporting actors who lost a big source of income when the show was canceled. All of the actors, not just Bill Cosby, lost their residuals. It was a steady stream of income for them, and it all disappeared when hollywood cancelled Bill Cosby.

I hope the show eventually returns to TV.

I literally found it on the air the other day.

[Anonymous]

Shrinking is pretty wholesome.

Ted Lasso, albeit coarse language.

Same people behind both (I.e Brett Goldstein, aka Roy Kent).

[Anonymous]

“We”? You got a mouse in your pocket? Who is “we”? How about you front the money to hire writers, make the effort to make the pitch, get constant rejections, then finally get the green light to make a pilot, hire the actors and production and crew, only to have the pilot rejected? A lot of people put in a lot of work to produce television shows and films. And then some nimrod like you comes along saying “we.” Put in the work yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“We”? You got a mouse in your pocket? Who is “we”? How about you front the money to hire writers, make the effort to make the pitch, get constant rejections, then finally get the green light to make a pilot, hire the actors and production and crew, only to have the pilot rejected? A lot of people put in a lot of work to produce television shows and films. And then some nimrod like you comes along saying “we.” Put in the work yourself.

Calm down, sweetheart. It’s a little early to be frothing at the mouth like that. You sound so unstable.

[Anonymous]

Heartland on Netflix

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recommend finding Everwood (I've been watching on Freebie) and watching it. It's a wholesome show but at the same time has relevant topics.

Great show! Chris Pratt (who I now despise) used to be on it.

Why would anyone despise Chris Pratt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“We”? You got a mouse in your pocket? Who is “we”? How about you front the money to hire writers, make the effort to make the pitch, get constant rejections, then finally get the green light to make a pilot, hire the actors and production and crew, only to have the pilot rejected? A lot of people put in a lot of work to produce television shows and films. And then some nimrod like you comes along saying “we.” Put in the work yourself.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Fortunately, there appears to be a reboot of Little House on the Prairie in the works.

Expect a few adaptations/ inclusions in the new series. Reportedly, Laura Engles will be a black female who was orphaned and adopted by the Engles family.

The new series will explore the racism she faces from the predominantly white townspeople.

[Anonymous]

Netflix?

No thanks

[Anonymous]

I’ll Flyers Away
Seventh Heaven

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll Flyers Away
Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven was about a family of those Christian Nationalists!

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't we have any shows like the Walton nowadays? I've been watching them all day today it was a good show. No We can't watch a show they are always having ∆∆∆. We need to bein back a show like the Waltons
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No we do not. Never

You have no brain cells?

[b]Should we bring back little house on the prairie too? [/b]

What is wrong with you?

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Absolutely!

The books and the television series.

[b]The Little House on the Prairie books are beautifully written, timeless classics that were cancelled by people who probably never read them.

They should be in every classroom and Laura Ingalls Wilder should be covered in every elementary school.[/b][/quote]

+1000[/quote]

+ 1000

I love those books and my kids have read them many times. they are actually quite nuanced--the parents discuss the expression "only good indian is a dead Indian" and Pa thinks its wrong. They also have a black doctor treat Mary and she doesnt actually say he is black but the original illustrations show it (this is sooooo much better than the books that identify each black character as Black but dont identify the race of the other characters, default = white)

about 5/8 years ago when my kids where younger they still read them in the charter montessori classrooms anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately, there appears to be a reboot of Little House on the Prairie in the works.

Expect a few adaptations/ inclusions in the new series. Reportedly, Laura Engles will be a black female who was orphaned and adopted by the Engles family.

The new series will explore the racism she faces from the predominantly white townspeople.

that is so stupid! why wouldnt they just have her make ftiends with a black family (minstrel show aside.. i have the original books and the dr who treated Mary was black and they dont really say anything anti-black). the should do an Anne with an E style reboot. Speaking of which- there are more racial slurs in LM montgomery's works than in Laura Ingalls wilders!!

I cannt belive people are complaining that she treated her father with respect and didnt air teh family's dirty laundry. She also didnt put in her little brothers deatj which was devestatong for them b?c she didnt think it was appropriate for such young kids. There is also Prairi lotus which we absolutely LOVED - its a book in the spirit if the little house books but writen by someone with Chinese ancestory which is also accurate for the times and wholesome at the same time. The betsy tacy books are also very good reading. and the moffats