The 70's, early 80's tv shows in retrospect were doing much more daring things than TV is doing now. All in the Family blows me away now, absolutely amazed with what they got away with. MASH. Even Three's Company, for all of the talk of the jiggle shows put gay people in a good light. Was faked, but maybe that is all the American public could take at the time. Even the Waltons and Little House on the Prairie tackled issues of the day. In some ways the last two shows I list are a little dated because of that, and the contrast between the time portrayed and the issues they dealt with. The others not so much. The cultural shift from the 60's I think resonated for the next 10 years or so. I am constantly amazed on reruns. Now I actually want to watch To close for Comfort after this conversation. Mostly I just remember Ted Knight wearing university sweatshirts long before Bill Cosby started that on his show. And one of the best things I ever heard about The Bill Cosby show, and I don't know if it is correct or not, but it said basically that the Bill Cosby show taught the American Public that they didn't need to be scared of black people. I wonder if the disconnect was so large because of the separate cultures, that maybe there was a grain of truth in that.
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Getting over fears.