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Would it be crude to use this as an opportunity to establish my intellectual superiority by stating that I have never seen one episode of this insipid 1970s sitcom and that in general, I do not waste the precious hours of my life by sitting in front of a television set pouring forth mindless dreck interspersed with blaring TV ads for hair shampoo, Viagra and menstruation pads?

Now some might argue that my sitting in front of a computer screen is the same thing but I argue back that using a personal computer is a "lean forward" activity that engages the mind as opposed to a "lean back" activity that encourages sloth and inordinate consumption of potato/corn chips, popcorn and cheese doodles.

While some of you are going to the bathroom now to wash the cheese stains off your fingers, allow me to state that I am a Gold member of the Marriott Rewards program and while I stay in hotels 50-75 nights a year, I have never, ever, once turned on the television set in any of the Marriott hotel rooms that I have stayed in.

I do have Netflix on my laptop however and I might on occasion watch a movie, a documentary or perhaps an episode or two of what passes for good television but I do not get the loud commercials and never watch anything with a canned laugh track.

Franklin’s show was on so many years ago; and we thought it funny at the time. - Good for you on the “intellectual superiority” thing; my SIL shares the same sort of mindset. I’d like to buy her for what she’s worth and sell her for what she THINKS she’s worth. - After almost 50 yrs.; I’m thankful we don’t live near her, and I guess she feels pretty much the same way.