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Or it will die of loneliness.\u00a0 Looks like the 1960s TV show\u00a0The Munsters<\/em> is going to be redone<\/a> with the usual modern brooding and cynical \u2018everything sucks\u2019 spin.\u00a0 I realize that television has long been known for being formulaic.\u00a0 One need only watch sitcoms through the ages and see how often the same storyline comes through different shows.\u00a0 I mean, remember the anti-gun mold?\u00a0 Authority figure \u2013 usually a man, father, something \u2013 decides he wants to buy gun.\u00a0 Everyone else who is always smarter than the male authority figure begs him not to, since owning guns is dangerous.\u00a0 Something is delaying him doing so, and in the meantime, it comes about that the man gets up in the middle of the night for something.\u00a0 While out and about, he hears a noise.\u00a0 Since he doesn\u2019t have the gun yet, he improvises (frying pan, baseball bat, something), and waits to pounce on the unsuspecting burglar.\u00a0 Turns out that, just in the nick of time, he realizes the noise was from one of the regular cast members.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t a burglar or home invader after all!\u00a0 He heaves a great sigh of relief, everyone is thankful he didn\u2019t have the gun instead, he realizes the error of his ways, and comes back to the Purer Faith of 70s and 80s style progressive values. <\/p>\n

So yeah, television shows aren\u2019t always the most original.\u00a0 Usually one comes up and then everyone else copies until a new idea comes along.\u00a0 But theres\u2019 something about Hollywood constantly turning toward old shows, old movies, old new movies, anything that\u2019s already there, especially in proportion to the lack of original ideas, that suggests the old machine is beginning to wear out its creative bearings.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 Maybe there will\u00a0be some Desi and Lucy to think outside the box and revitalize things<\/a>.\u00a0 It sure can\u2019t come too soon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"