Wednesday, June 01, 2005

1086 Where is Marion Ross when we need her?

She was the ultimate 1950s mother in the parody of the 50s that played for 11 years in the 1970s and 1980s--Happy Days. She was cute, perky, kind, funny, loving Mrs. C., and she wore dresses and looked smashing.

So what is the image of the suburban TV housewife/mother today? We've got Desperate Housewives, hotty plastic imitations of that noble profession of yesteryear, and this summer we'll get Weeds with a suburban Mom who sells marijuana to support her family. Paris Hilton's mom will get a reality show. The Growing up Gotti's got just your average working mom. Then there is the Meet Mister Mom show where the mothers disappear all together. Maybe that is just as well--they should all get outta town.

1 comment:

Feed Fido said...

Norma,
I can just see you selling "weeds" as an innocent suburban housewife after hearing on TV the demand for weed. Thank you for your concise summary of TV's offerings. I'll let my own stay-at-home husband know about the dad program. SAHD are usually portrayed as fat, stupid and hapless. Maybe they'll add in horney for ratings. Believe e he ain't got much desire after the 15 diaper of the day.