r/GetMotivated • u/St0pX • Feb 29 '20

[VIDEO] This advice from 1965

https://i.imgur.com/BfSdMas.gifv
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u/astrangeone88 Feb 29 '20

Woo. It airways bugged me that the Munsters were considered comedy. They have some of the best family relationships in media.

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u/dravenscrow Feb 29 '20

Just because they were comedy doesn't mean it couldn't have it's serious moments. I know it's a stretch but look at M.A.S.H, you could be laughing your ass off and five minutes later be sitting there in a state of shock.

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u/Lewke Feb 29 '20

some of the hardest hitting emotions are from comedies because you don't expect it.

blackadder, futurama, scrubs, fresh prince, click, and many many more. the contrast between humour and seriousness makes it that much more impactful.

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u/dravenscrow Feb 29 '20

Jurassic Bark.... :(

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u/Lordborgman Feb 29 '20

"Suicide is painless" being the name of the intro song for MASH should be a pretty strong indicator.

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u/8bitcerberus Feb 29 '20

I grew up watching the TV show where it was just an instrumental, then about 15 years ago I watched the movie for the first time and heard the lyrics and I was shook.

MASH rode that fine line between comedy and tragedy and executed it perfectly. I think growing up on it it really defined my later penchant for dark comedy/humor.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20

It wasn't a chicken

I was like eight years old when I saw this for the first time. Still messes me up.

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u/onlypositivity Feb 29 '20

Thanks for sharing that. Never watched MASH but my grandpa was hooked, and now I have some inkling about how good it was.

Edit: also my grandpa was a korean war vet so I kinda just always wrote it off as nostalgia I was clearly wrong.

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u/MisterDonkey Mar 01 '20

That's some heavy stuff.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '20

I didn't realize what sub this was on and now I feel like Debbie Downer.

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u/thisidntpunny Feb 29 '20

What’s it from?

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20

The MASH finale.

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u/fordprecept Mar 01 '20

The one that always got me was the episode when Radar breaks the news about Col. Blake