The original post: /r/television by /u/Spire2000 on 2025-03-27 13:53:41.
It struck me how melancholy and yet hopeful this show was. I was a kid of the 80’s so didn’t have any nostalgia for the '60s but somehow this show felt warm and homey.
I’ve realize now though that the gap between when it was made (1988) and when it was set (1968) was only 20 years. It felt like the ancient past when it first aired, which is crazy. If they made a similar show today, set in 2005, are there people that today would feel the same temporal chasm?
This is similar to Happy Days, first produced in 1974 and initially set in 1955. Again, a gap that seemed like eons.