That 90s Show

[Drunk Monk]

That '90s Show

I watched some of the original series. it was one of the last sitcoms that I followed for a bit but not completely. When it got syndicated, I often caught eps randomly late at night. The smoky basement table bits were nostalgic (to DM’s 80s). I seem to recall there was a That 80s Show reboot that failed. But maybe that was a hallucination from too much time spent around that smoky basement table.

This reboot knows that the key was to bring back the original cast and show us where they are 20 years later. That stuff works ok. Eric & Donna are married with a teen daughter named Leia (Eric & Donna remain the most unlikely sitcom couple akin to Leonard & Penny). Leia is a nerd and quickly meets a circle of new friends. Then this is about the next gen, the kids, and that didn’t work for me. The kids were stilted like a Disney kid show. Leia will stay with Red and Kitty for the summer, so the setting will be the same. And the kids found a stash in some of Eric’s old stuff but after 20 years that would be so dry. Just stick with the original cast. From the preview, it looks like all the major character will return, even Tommy Chong (like he has anything else to do but sell paraphernalia now). 

Eps are on 30 min so I’ll probably watch more. Not D00M recommended unless you watched the original and I suspect none of you did but me. Only half of the extant D00Mers can relate to the smoky basement table and the others might be above such sitcoms (or at least not watch as much tv as me).