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Mister Ed

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6. I don't know. I haven't watched any reruns of the classic sitcoms.

Reply to Intractable (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:56 AM

Feb 28

I've been thinking lately, though, that I should reach way, way back and see if the old Marx Brothers movies are as funny as I remember them.
(Not that I'm old enough to have seen them as first-run films. But when I was a teenager, my friends and I loved to go to a local theater when they occasionally showed vintage Marx Brothers.)

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Has anyone watched Laugh-In TV show recently? [View all] Kablooie Feb 28 OP

it was considered naughty at the time nt msongs Feb 28 #1

see I always found it not funny, tedious, childish and annoyiing Skittles Feb 28 #2

Remember all the catch phrases that became part of the culture at the time? MIButterfly Feb 28 #3

Same here. It was a laugh a minute back in its heyday. Mister Ed Feb 28 #4

How do reruns of Mr Ed hold up? Intractable Feb 28 #5

I don't know. I haven't watched any reruns of the classic sitcoms. Mister Ed Feb 28 #6

They hold up. For me anyway. Iggo Mar 6 #9

MR. ED Maninacan Mar 6 #11

Green Acres? Maninacan Mar 6 #12

Green Acres is a timeless absurdist comedy Zorro Mar 6 #15

Dick Van Dyke show still works though. Kablooie Mar 6 #7

Yes, actually. LudwigPastorius Mar 6 #8

i have Maninacan Mar 6 #10

It was very much a show of its time. surrealAmerican Mar 6 #13

Is "recently" defined in decades?!1 - (trying to be funny) UTUSN Mar 6 #14