I work with a ton of younger writers. Almost universally, they are completely ignorant of television history. They've never seen The Dick Van Dyke Show or The Honeymooners or I Love Lucy or All In The Family or The Odd Couple...
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And the usual reaction is mocking the writers who know the shows for being out of touch. All of those shows were before my time, and I know them inside out. How many shows that get made today are remakes of The Odd Couple?
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(And let this serve as a warning to my staff - if you guys come back next season and I say "Felix Unger" or "Archie Bunker" and you look at me like I'm speaking another language, you're fired.)
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