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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 438232" data-attributes="member: 5079">Newness expires almost instantly; quality is eternal.&nbsp; I think most of AITF&#039;s agedness is technical.&nbsp; Sitcoms of the era that were videotaped, rather than filmed, now look as shoddy as kinescope from the 50s.&nbsp; MTM is as much visually of its era as AITF, but MTM&#039;s look is a vibe and AITF&#039;s look is crummy.&nbsp; I even question how much of the &quot;loudness&quot; of AITF was technical.&nbsp; Sure some of it was the premise of 4 people arguing, but most sitcoms recorded in front of an audience of that era were eardrum shattering loud.&nbsp; MTM&#039;s sereneness was not only atypical but very much intentional.Watching a few early episodes of AITF after Rob Reiner&#039;s death was depressing for a second reason: we are still culturally arguing about the exact same things 55 years later.&nbsp; A few years back when those live reenactments of AITF aired it seemed to me a wasted opportunity; rather than embalmed recreations, those scripts could easily have been brought to the present by just swapping out references to Vietnam and Watergate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 438232, member: 5079"] Newness expires almost instantly; quality is eternal. I think most of AITF's agedness is technical. Sitcoms of the era that were videotaped, rather than filmed, now look as shoddy as kinescope from the 50s. MTM is as much visually of its era as AITF, but MTM's look is a vibe and AITF's look is crummy. I even question how much of the "loudness" of AITF was technical. Sure some of it was the premise of 4 people arguing, but most sitcoms recorded in front of an audience of that era were eardrum shattering loud. MTM's sereneness was not only atypical but very much intentional. Watching a few early episodes of AITF after Rob Reiner's death was depressing for a second reason: we are still culturally arguing about the exact same things 55 years later. A few years back when those live reenactments of AITF aired it seemed to me a wasted opportunity; rather than embalmed recreations, those scripts could easily have been brought to the present by just swapping out references to Vietnam and Watergate. [/QUOTE]

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