Description: Television comedy shows play a good role in our society. Earlier in 1950s to 1990s many great shows came out such as Father Knows Best and The Crosby Show. This journal will be based on one episode from each of those two shows. Both episodes represent families living together. Father is the main character in both shows. Husbands and wives relationships are very good and loving. Father knows best episode shows the value of money such as when dad buys scooter for his for $50 and sells it for $40 but at the end his son buys the same scooter for $30. Both of the episodes held inside the house. There was only one scene in The Crosby show episode which occurred in the backyard when the little girl gets angry with everybody and hides herself in the carton.
Similarities and Differences: The Father Knows Best episode (The Motor Scooter) is about buying a scooter for his son. The dad loves his son and buys him a scooter as a surprise. But the mom doesn’t think their son is responsible enough to take care of him and the scooter. The whole episode revolves around the scooter and mom dad argument because the both have different thoughts about his son. On the other hand, in The Crosby Shows episode mom takes care of her little daughter and teaches her that everybody loves her and dad spends time with his son and figures out that his son is not good enough to play soccer. In the Father show, mom stays home and dad goes to work and mom wears casual home clothes whereas in the Crosby show, everybody stays home except the son who goes to school. But it also says that mom is a lawyer maybe that’s why she is always dressed formal.
The similarities in both shows are the arguments which are taking place from the fathers. It means fathers are the ones that talk about the situation and prove their selves either right or wrong. In the beginning of both shows, fathers support their sons. Both families