Arnold making fun of someone who had a seizure?-lol This ep bothered me

[TVFactFan]

He was too damm old to be joking about something so serious. I know he looked like he was 9 years old but he wasn't and he should have never allowed it to be in the script

[oz615]

He was too damm old to be joking about something so serious. I know he looked like he was 9 years old but he wasn't and he should have never allowed it to be in the script

He's the very last person make fun of somebody that could've die in front him considering that he has in a life and death situation in Street Smarts.

I'm just saying

[70s show watcher]

He was too damm old to be joking about something so serious. I know he looked like he was 9 years old but he wasn't and he should have never allowed it to be in the scripti agree with you solomon that whole thing was just plain mean

[faraj]

Yeah, Pearl sure had a fit when she overheard Sam and Arnold making all those jokes. But that's because she had epilepsy too.

[RUDOLPH LYRICS]

i just saw this one yesterday. i hadn't seen it since elementary school when it premiered on tv. i rememberd almost all the details from it.. that kind of scared me a bit too as a kid seeing that cuz i had never met anyone that had seizurs but heard about it.

[ThomasE]

Rudolph, I hadn't seen it since 2nd grade when it first aired either. I don't know how Arnold could have been so heartless.m It was some messed up crap. Welcome to the boards.

[catlover79]

i agree with you solomon that whole thing was just plain mean
One thing's for sure - no one would dare air something like that if it was made today.

[oz615]

One thing's for sure - no one would dare air something like that if it was made today.

Sad but true.Political Correctness is a *****.

[RUDOLPH LYRICS]

Rudolph, I hadn't seen it since 2nd grade when it first aired either. I don't know how Arnold could have been so heartless.m It was some messed up crap. Welcome to the boards.
thanks. i found this site from just searching online and was happy to see many others here enjoyed 80s sitcoms as much as i did.

[ThomasE]

thanks. i found this site from just searching online and was happy to see many others here enjoyed 80s sitcoms as much as i did.


Cool. Take off your coat and stay a while.:wave:

[catlover79]

Sad but true.Political Correctness is a *****.
Isn't that the truth. Here's a quote that says it all:

"Political correctness - isn't that an oxymoron?" - John Schneider

[Jude The Obscure]

None of the Norman Lear type sitcoms would get on these days. What sitcom, even a black one, would be allowed to say the "N" word, even as part of the character's dialog?

[DandR]

I agree that Arnold was out of character by laughing. However, I didn't buy Pearl's story about her battle with epillepsy. Even though she had it "under control" with medicine, the entire Drummond house should've known from day one that she was at risk of having a seizure.

[Ireneparalegal]

I agree that Arnold was out of character by laughing. However, I didn't buy Pearl's story about her battle with epillepsy. Even though she had it "under control" with medicine, the entire Drummond house should've known from day one that she was at risk of having a seizure.
That reminds me of GOOD TIMES when the Carl character finds out he has lung cancer then lo and behold Bookman reveals :eek: EEK!!! he had lung cancer too! Yeah right. :rolleyes: :crazy: :lol:

[catlover79]

That reminds me of GOOD TIMES when the Carl character finds out he has lung cancer then lo and behold Bookman reveals :eek: EEK!!! he had lung cancer too! Yeah right. :rolleyes: :crazy: :lol:
So phony and preachy. Let me guess - they never mentioned it again after this episode?

[TVFactFan]

So phony and preachy. Let me guess - they never mentioned it again after this episode?


NOPE!-lol

[Jude The Obscure]

It's a convenient plot device. :lol:

In the Brady Bunch, Mike admits that he smoked too when he was young, after Greg was caught. then Carol, non-chalantly, says "yes, but we didn't have all the information then we do now". So was she a smoker, too? :lol:

[catlover79]

NOPE!-lol
I knew it!! :rolleyes: :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

Not only that Monika, but he also reveals he had life-saving surgery too! :rolleyes: AND! when the Penny character comes around Bookman reveals to Willona that :eek: HE TOO WAS ADOPTED!!!! :faint: Wow! who would've thought?

[catlover79]

Not only that Monika, but he also reveals he had life-saving surgery too! :rolleyes: AND! when the Penny character comes around Bookman reveals to Willona that :eek: HE TOO WAS ADOPTED!!!! :faint: Wow! who would've thought?
I actually meant the Diff'rent Strokes plot, but I do remember all that about Bookman. The part that really gave me the creeps was when he mentioned John Wayne winning his battle against the disease. Not for long - he passed away less than 2 years later. :(

[Ireneparalegal]

I actually meant the Diff'rent Strokes plot, but I do remember all that about Bookman. The part that really gave me the creeps was when he mentioned John Wayne winning his battle against the disease. Not for long - he passed away less than 2 years later. :(
Yeah that was creepy. :eek:

And sorry to say this but if Bookman had lung cancer and had that surgery, I highly doubt he would be obese the way he was and eating away the way he was doing. Didn't he learn abt being close to death? :rolleyes:

[catlover79]

Yeah that was creepy. :eek:

And sorry to say this but if Bookman had lung cancer and had that surgery, I highly doubt he would be obese the way he was and eating away the way he was doing. Didn't he learn abt being close to death? :rolleyes:
See, Irene, you put some thought into that - unlike the writers. :rolleyes:

[Ireneparalegal]

See, Irene, you put some thought into that - unlike the writers. :rolleyes:
:lol: :lol: :lol: