--- In thefinalseasonofuncle@yahoogroups.com, "Kathy Norton"
<kamwarro@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi, just found out about the list and joined this morning. I won't
> call myself a newbie since I'm a First Cousin and have been
involved
> in MFU fandom for well over 20 years now.
>
> I just finished reading the messages, and will explore the albums
> when I have time.
>
> There were quite a few episodes of 4th that I liked, and a few that
> left bad tastes in my mouth. 7 Wonders was one--but that may have
> been because I knew it was the last time I'd see an original MFU ep
> since the show had been canceled in November. It was one of the
> darkest and most serious in theme of any of the shows, but at not-
> quite 16, I was more upset and angry about being replaced by Laugh-
> In that thinking of what the deeper themes of the show really meant.
>
> In my notes on the show, I referred to LI as "Murder,Inc." as the
> preview section. I also referred to Gun smoke as Pistol Pollution
> for the entire year and many years thereafter. (Did I hold a
> grudge? Hell, yes!)
>
> 4th season was a little too grim, too soon after the mostly silly
> 3rd, although there were some great eps even in that year. If they
> had lightened up just a litte, a la 1st, with the advantage of
> color, it would have been a helluva season.
>
> I missed the teaser and first act titles in 4th, and I hated what
> they did to the theme. It was almost as bad as 3rd. I always
loved
> the MFU music, and have a collection of albums by anyone who
> recorded a cover of the main theme. Let me tell you, some of them
> were pretty bad. I always wondered what David would have done with
> an arrangement of some of them, but maybe he wanted to distance
> himself a bit...anyone out there have any opinions on that? Or is
> that something that never occurred to anyone at the time?
>
> K
>
Thanks for joining and your impute. The grimness of the fourth season
is what many people liked, a hard edge that had been missing since
the first season. What might have been had the final season been
allowed to go through we will never know. It was interesting to see
so many of the villains played by people who were heroes on other
shows at that time, ie Jack Lord, Darren McGavin, etc.