I know how hard the modern media works to denigrate everything positive about America. But all to often I am still surprised while surfing or whatever.
I was looking at what old TV series, might be newly released on DVD. I regularly look to see if, “Father Knows Best” is out. I’m pretty sure it never will be, as the title is so politically incorrect. But I still look, and hope, as it is one of my all time favorites.
As usual it has not been released, but I kind of strayed off subject, and started looking at other movies or TV shows Robert Young had stared in. One movie was called, “The Canterville Ghost.” As I said everything American is always bashed in the gerneral media, but still I was bothered, when I read the Synopsis of the movie.
American GIs are billeted in a historic English castle, where they soon fall foul of a resident spook determined to scare them away. Retelling of Oscar Wilde’s comedy transposed to a World War Two setting, which may be dated by its patriotic flag-waving, but boasts a delightful performance from Charles Laughton in the title role. Margaret O’Brien and Robert Young also star
Despite, the out of date, old fashioned, patriotic flag-waving, it’s still a delightful performance. Well, one part of the definition of dated is correct as applied to America and patriotic flag waving, and that is the word nostalgic, meaning, “a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.” Father Knows Best, accurretly depicted a happy time. I know that all families were not as shown in the series. There always has been, and no matter what, there will always be bad parents, bad lives, bad situations for children and families. But Father Knows Best, and most other programming from that time gave positive examples for Father’s and Mother’s. It showed how a family should be.
A hero doesn’t have to be a person, it can be a TV show. Today we have, “Homer Simpson”, and “Desperate Housewives,” for examples for men and women to follow. If you have paid any attention to the ad’s, for upcoming new programming you know it’s going to be worse next season. Thanks Lib’s, I guess in my nostalgia, I’m dated also.