MalcolmFun
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I happened to see the Jaywalking segment that Jay Leno does the other night. This is where he goes on the street and asks random people simple questions that everyone should probably know, but they don't - Like 'who is the President?' or 'Is the Earth round?' or stuff like that.
Anyway, this made me realize another one of the reasons/explanation I like Malcolm is that the writers of the show don't assume that the audience watching the TV are morons. The writers of Malcolm ussually just assume the audience has a basic understanding of cultural refrences, how society works in general, even science and psychology. There are many things that are not explained in the show, it is left up to the audience to either already know or figure it out. Most stuff on TV would never do this. Jokes and the plot will be spelled out as if the viewers are morons. Not only is it annoying but that slows down the pace of the show to the Lois common denominator.
I have some examples of things that are not explained. You as the audience simply have to know what they are or figure it out or you would miss the joke. Probably no one knows them all from the whole series so you might miss a few a jokes. I think the point is just that it is refreshing that the writers didn't assume we are idiots who know nothing, which is really how you the audience is treated on most tv shows.
"Buseys"
"Krelyboynes"
asbestos
Happy Days
John Lennon
Wuthering Heights
Quentin Tatantino
ACLU
Pam Grier
Donny Osmond
Pearl Harbor
Rain Man
Roadrunner
Flux capacitor
red+blue=green
Cher
Mamma Mia!
The Sims
Frank Miller
Wilima Shatner
Geroge Takei
Sleepless in Seattle
JFK and the missle crisis
MIT
vasectomy
Yoko Ono
AA&AAA
The Flinstones
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Meow Mix
thats all I can think of but there are tons
Anyway, this made me realize another one of the reasons/explanation I like Malcolm is that the writers of the show don't assume that the audience watching the TV are morons. The writers of Malcolm ussually just assume the audience has a basic understanding of cultural refrences, how society works in general, even science and psychology. There are many things that are not explained in the show, it is left up to the audience to either already know or figure it out. Most stuff on TV would never do this. Jokes and the plot will be spelled out as if the viewers are morons. Not only is it annoying but that slows down the pace of the show to the Lois common denominator.
I have some examples of things that are not explained. You as the audience simply have to know what they are or figure it out or you would miss the joke. Probably no one knows them all from the whole series so you might miss a few a jokes. I think the point is just that it is refreshing that the writers didn't assume we are idiots who know nothing, which is really how you the audience is treated on most tv shows.
"Buseys"
"Krelyboynes"
asbestos
Happy Days
John Lennon
Wuthering Heights
Quentin Tatantino
ACLU
Pam Grier
Donny Osmond
Pearl Harbor
Rain Man
Roadrunner
Flux capacitor
red+blue=green
Cher
Mamma Mia!
The Sims
Frank Miller
Wilima Shatner
Geroge Takei
Sleepless in Seattle
JFK and the missle crisis
MIT
vasectomy
Yoko Ono
AA&AAA
The Flinstones
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Meow Mix
thats all I can think of but there are tons