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Sitcoms convinced me every old building used to be a whorehouse.
Do you live in a centuries-old house? If so, according to sitcoms, you’re probably living in a former brothel, bordello, cathouse, house of ill…
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Jen Heller
Five Classic TV Shows with Awkward Opening Narration
In the days before streaming services and DVR, viewers sometimes missed the first episode of a TV show. To fill in new viewers who were tuning in for…
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Jen Heller
Gilligan was an evil genius. Prove me wrong.
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip... or was it? Gilligan’s Island was a lighthearted, silly, oddball sitcom that…
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Jen Heller
Top 10 Best Instrumental Sitcom Theme Songs of All Time
Nothing beats a catchy theme song with fun lyrics you can sing along to, but some instrumental sitcom theme songs are so catchy that I find myself…
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Top 10 Best Lyrical Sitcom Theme Songs of All Time
On Newhart, TV producer Michael Harris (Peter Scolari) once said, “I don’t think I could ever really be happy doing a show that didn’t have a catchy…
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Jen Heller
My Top Five Favorite Sitcom Odd Couples
The “odd couple” has been a sitcom trope since even before The Odd Couple was a sitcom. An odd couple refers to two people who are complete opposites…
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Jen Heller
Lament for the Longsuffering Boss
In the 1980 film, Any Which Way You Can, Cholla, the leader of the Black Widows motorcycle gang, raises his eyes to the Heavens and cries, “Why me Lord…
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Jen Heller
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Rerun Rewind
In-depth analyses of tropes and gags; lists of my favorite scenes, characters, and episodes; and more musings about classic sitcoms.
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