This was a pretty good episode, and this show is now running rings around Veep. But one of the things that I enjoyed about SV is that (most of) the characters were essentially decent and good at their jobs, as opposed to Veep, where everyone is venal and incompetent. So I'm not sure that this works to make Richard,…

Keep in mind Pet Sounds is a record that begins with a question (Wouldn't It Be Nice) and ends with an answer (Caroline, No).

The Beatles wrote a lot of personal songs, but there are barely any on Sgt. Pepper's. It's a fun but ultimately lightweight album, and without many real classics (save "Day in the Life").

I agree. It's a little too fast paced now, seems a little frenetic.

Not many shows — and performances — can be appreciated one way when you're a kid, and an entirely different way when you're an adult.

Night Court was a show that went for big, belly laughs. It didn't always get them — laugh track notwithstanding — but it got them often enough that a certain respect must be paid.

Yeah, I can do without that relationship.

I'm a little surprised by this review. I find SV still funny, the characters still interesting and (mostly) likable, the setting and situations novel.

Geraldo was actually great on CNBC during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, where he was a regular Ken Starr basher. That was kind of his high-water mark as far as credibility. Then he went to Fox, lost his nighttime show, and this is the result.

Fred G. Sanford, and the G stands for great main character.

Does this count? It's from 1980, which is sort of the 70s …

Perhaps people are uncomfortable about the song's author

On the show, it was aired with a box over her naughty bits.

I don't care about his other shows but the Gong Show was arguably his masterpiece. One of the most out of control shows ever.

But even though you (and I) considered Bob Hope exceedingly lame and unfunny during the 80s and 90s, he was still doing what he loved, performing, and making tons of money doing it.

As I mentioned above, I watched an episode of Texaco Star Theater (1948-vintage) on Amazon Prime and thought it was pretty good. Uncle Miltie's certainly not anyone I would have liked to spend much time with, but early on, his brashness and insatiable need for attention worked for him (IMO YMMV blah blah blah).

On Amazon Prime, they have two streaming episodes of Milton Berle's shows. The first, a Texaco Star Theater episode from his heyday, was pretty funny. (The second one, less so.) It has some racially insensitive moments, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed it, and him.

Right, because it's character-based. It's not just about a bad performance, per se, it's about how unsuited this particular person is to do that song.

Great mix of comedy, pathos, and genuine caring about the characters (and people in general).

The thing about that episode is it's just as funny on a rewatch — perhaps even more so, because all the goofy names get funnier.