Full House on Nick at Nite? Preposterous!

I’m really not that old. However, speaking as a child of the 80’s (arguably the greatest decade of all), we’ve seen a lot of changes. Nothing exemplifies this more than the alterations made in the Nick at Nite lineup. We grew up with shows like I Love Lucy, Get Smart, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Laverne and Shirley being on Nick at Nite. (Remember being disappointed when Are You Afraid of the Dark ended at 10 on Saturday night and it was followed by effing Mary Tyler Moore? Damn that sucked).

Most of these shows were good, (MTM an obvious exception). Yet, one thing defined all of these shows … they were OLD. Grainy pictures, poor coloring, and just an overall old style of comedy. Classics, sure, but from a previous generation.

Have you watched Nick at Nite lately?! Full House, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Home Improvement. Jesus, these are our shows! Uncle Jesse was the ultimate badass, Big Will was bringing a new style of comedy and Tim Taylor was everyone’s favorite family man. Has the tide turned? Do kids these days get pissed when they see that red convertible on the Golden Gate Bridge? And the song? The song! “Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, the evening TV…” Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to this very day. If kids can’t get into these shows, we’ve reached the pinnacle of humanity.

To ensure the lasting success of the human race — to prevent the conquests of the chimps as noted by Mozart’s last post — we need to preserve the sacred position of these shows in our society. Write to Nick at Nite, thank them. Sing the theme songs in public to remind people of where we came from. If you interact with kids on a frequent basis, force them to watch these shows.

We’ve all got to do our part. It’s shows like these that are the glue holding our fragile world together. If Spongebob makes it to Nick at Nite, we know we’ve lost.

-Butch Cassidy