Sitcom Simulacrum

Why do they kill off the mother to set up so many sitcoms in the 80s? Which 80s sitcom had the creepiest premise? And why do those sitcom intros look the way they do? Could it have something to do with... the love hormone? I let myself get a little loose and weird with this one. Hope you enjoy. You can find more of my stuff on Substack: https://belowthefray.substack.com/ Here is part 1 about sitcom theme songs:    • The Rise and Fall of the Sitcom Theme Song   SOURCES: The song at the end of this video is O Superman by Laurie Anderson. Watch the whole thing, please!    • Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Official Mus...   Oxytocin and the Development of Parenting in Humans by Ilanit Gordon et al. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... TV Family Values: Gender, Domestic Labor, and 1980s Sitcoms by Alice Leppert https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvscxr68 Ideology In The Television Situation Comedy by Lawrence E. Mintz https://www.jstor.org/stable/23412949 The sitcoms I referenced include: Too Many Cooks, Free Spirit, Leave it to Beaver, Small Wonder, Full House, Family Ties, Saved by the Bell, Just the 10 of Us, 227, Gimme a Break!, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Make Room for Daddy, Bachelor Father, My Little Margie, My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Father Knows Best, The Odd Couple, Mr. Belvedere, My Two Dads, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Brady Bunch, Punky Brewster, The Gregory Hines Show, Diff'rent Strokes, The Nanny, Friends, The Cosby Show, Laverne and Shirley, Perfect Strangers, Going Places, Growing Pains, Who’s the Boss?, Valerie (The Hogan Family), Family Matters, Step by Step, All in the Family, Silver Spoons, Webster, Married with Children, On Our Own, Bosom Buddies, Three's Company, A Different World, Too Close for Comfort, Get a Life, Charles in Charge, Harry and the Hendersons, Out of This World, Alf, Blossom 0:00 intro 1:33 why is mom dead? 8:52 the creepiest sitcom premise 12:45 oops, shrug, smile 14:03 sitcom simulacrum 17:28 oxytocin & mom