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"Why did Fresh Prince have such an unfunny, serious episode? "

posted 8 years ago by kentry
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I remember on this board I think, someone saying about Papa's Got A Brand New Excuse," "There is nothing funny about a Dad abandoning his son for the second time! Fresh Prince is supposed to be a funny comedy. Why did they have such an unfunny serious episode? "

The response was something like ,"Would you really enjoy a comedy that only made you laugh all the time ? I wouldn't. A comedy that makes me laugh all the time would get old really quickly. A good comedy makes you laugh and think. " Good point.

Drake is repetitive. He just raps the same thing over and over as if he is in an insane asylum!LOL:D

[–] blaque108 8 years ago

That is a good point, I noticed it on other sitcoms they would have 1 or 2 unfunny episodes. Moesha had a few of them, Martin I believe had about 1 or 2, A Different World had a few unfunny ones, some that was half funny and half unfunny. I like that its great to have something different like you said.

[–] kentry 8 years ago

I don't remember any serious episodes on Martin. All of them were funny.

Drake is repetitive. He just raps the same thing over and over as if he is in an insane asylum!LOL:D

[–] blaque108 8 years ago

Like I said I couldn't remember if Martin did or not, I'm thinking about that Christmas episode where the guy was holding everyone hostage on Martin show. Maybe that episode did have some funny parts.

[–] auteur_theory 8 years ago

Martin serious episodes:

Season 1:
Break Up, part 1 and 2 (it's a three-parter but that third part is comedic)

Season 2:
Love Is In Your Face, part 1 and 2
Martin's on the Move

Season 3:
Break Up to Make Up
Momma's Baby, Martin's Maybe (not really "serious" but Martin grew a lot as a character here when he thought he was a dad and refused to be a deadbeat).
Love is a Beach

Season 4:
Why Can't We Be Friends, part 1 and 2

Season 5:
California, Here We Come part 2: the second half of the series finale

[–] kentry 8 years ago

Why Can't We Be Friends Part 1 and 2 are creepy in hindsight now that Thomas Mikal Ford is dead. In WCWBF part 1, Tommy and Martin get into a huge fight over a stupid suitcase. When Tommy ends up in a huge accident, Martin is disgusted with himself for arguing with him over a stupid suitcase. Luckily he survived and Tommy and Martin make up.

Drake is repetitive. He just raps the same thing over and over as if he is in an insane asylum!LOL:D

[–] earl237 (1106) 8 years ago

Plenty of sitcoms had serious episodes like Diff'rent Strokes where the bike shop owner was a pedophile who drugged Arnold and his friend, Family Matters had many serious episodes about racism, gang violence, police racial profiling. Boy Meets World got very dark pretty often.