60s Sitcoms. The passing of an era

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With the passing this week of Robert Clarey from Hogan’s Hero’s at the age of 96, the cast of almost every classic sitcom from the Golden Age of sitcoms has passed. The only remaining actors I am aware of are Max Baer (Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies (84)) and Ron Howard from the Andy Griffith show. The characters I grew up watching have almost all departments for the next world and I am feeling soooo old
 
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OrangeTsar said:
With the passing this week of Robert Clarey from Hogan’s Hero’s at the age of 96, the cast of almost every classic sitcom from the Golden Age of sitcoms has passed. The only remaining actors I am aware of are Max Baer (Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies (84)) and Ron Howard from the Andy Griffith show. The characters I grew up watching have almost all departments for the next world and I am feeling soooo old
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Barbara Eden- I dream of Jeannie
 
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OrangeTsar said:
Is she still around? Wow
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As afar as I know.
You'd think there would be more children from then alive.

From Mayberry, Opie's brother in real life, Clint Howard is still alive. He played leon, the kid that always offered a bite of his sandwich, but never said anything.
You see him pretty often in movies as an adult. Probably just his brothers films.
 
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Duke Slater

Marsha, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter, and Bobby

Gomez Addams

Lou-Ann Poovie

Ellie Walker
 
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Go aeiou said:
As afar as I know.
You'd think there would be more children from then alive.

From Mayberry, Opie's brother in real life, Clint Howard is still alive. He played leon, the kid that always offered a bite of his sandwich, but never said anything.
You see him pretty often in movies as an adult. Probably just his brothers films.
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Clint was in The Waterboy and an episode of Seinfeld.
 
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There are plenty who were child stars on those shows. Jerry Mathers, Lisa Loring, Butch Patrick, Kathy Garver, etc. Mickey Dolenz is also still alive.
 
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My favorite show was Green Acres. Pretty sure everyone is deceased with Eb passing away a couple of years ago
 
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A lot of 60s tv shows were cancelled simply due to them being in rural settings. The networks wanted to go after middle income and up families and began focusing on shows that took place in the city. A lot of great shows like green acres were forced out because of this sole reason. Thus we got The Jefferson’s, all in the family etc and the woke movement in Hollywood started.
 
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A lot of 60s tv shows were cancelled simply due to them being in rural settings. The networks wanted to go after middle income and up families and began focusing on shows that took place in the city. A lot of great shows like green acres were forced out because of this sole reason. Thus we got The Jefferson’s, all in the family etc and the woke movement in Hollywood started.
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It’s called the Rural Purge. Mostly CBS.

I wouldn’t call Good Times all that woke. At least the way Hollywood portrayed them it was pretty stereotypical. Dy-no-mite! Also, “woke” heads today would explode after watching episodes of All in the Family.

Sanford and Son was a great one that came along after the purge. Fred G Sanford is a legend. And Aunt Esther.

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