Okay, a few years ago, I reviewed this reunion special. Needless to say I wasn't very kind about it. SO to put it in a less snarky manner and with all due respect to the cast members who are now gone ...
I watched the special back in 2004 and I wont lie, for me it was a depressing sitcom reunion. I still don't get why they waited 38 years to reunite. I tune in and we have discussions about eulogies and the remaining cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show, in their twilight years (except Larry Matthews/Richie) .
I understood the storyline just fine but I failed to find any humor at all about any of it or these people sitting around talking about who was gone or about the whole maudlin subject. There's nothing funny about it.
With the '60s revival going on in the early 1980s, the reunion should have been between 1981 to 1983, all were still present. It could have been a much funnier outing and had a subject that could have been more entertaining.
I have to ask (despite the point being moot), was everyone 'that' busy? Dick Van Dyke was doing TV movies , Mary was in a good movie or 2 and a few shows.
Rose Marie was a Hollywood Square. Jerry Paris was busy behind the scenes in the 70s with Happy Days and Larry Matthews did only one TV movie after the series ended.
So, simply, I just would have preferred a quirky but fun & thoughtful reunion show, like the classic episodes were. The sad subject matter, to me, just didn't fit.
I changed the tone of my review to be more diplomatic and mature about my feelings on the show, but I still say 1 star.
This show's and Mary's other series' stars farewells have been all too sad in the real world. I get reminded when I watch them, I don't need this too.
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I watched the special back in 2004 and I wont lie, for me it was a depressing sitcom reunion. I still don't get why they waited 38 years to reunite. I tune in and we have discussions about eulogies and the remaining cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show, in their twilight years (except Larry Matthews/Richie) .
I understood the storyline just fine but I failed to find any humor at all about any of it or these people sitting around talking about who was gone or about the whole maudlin subject. There's nothing funny about it.
With the '60s revival going on in the early 1980s, the reunion should have been between 1981 to 1983, all were still present. It could have been a much funnier outing and had a subject that could have been more entertaining.
I have to ask (despite the point being moot), was everyone 'that' busy? Dick Van Dyke was doing TV movies , Mary was in a good movie or 2 and a few shows.
Rose Marie was a Hollywood Square. Jerry Paris was busy behind the scenes in the 70s with Happy Days and Larry Matthews did only one TV movie after the series ended.
So, simply, I just would have preferred a quirky but fun & thoughtful reunion show, like the classic episodes were. The sad subject matter, to me, just didn't fit.
I changed the tone of my review to be more diplomatic and mature about my feelings on the show, but I still say 1 star.
This show's and Mary's other series' stars farewells have been all too sad in the real world. I get reminded when I watch them, I don't need this too.
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