The ep where they have dinner with shawns family always bothered me
They made such a huge deal about going to the trailer park..it was rude. They made a huge issue of it when it should have been a laid back type of thing.
That is one of the worst episodes, I think. It makes this big deal like it's making a point, but it's actually kind of offensive. I mean, it compared a trailer park Thanksgiving to the Rwanda genocide!
-TK
"I've always admired atheists; I think it takes a lot of faith" -Dr. Joel Fleischman
I know tons of,people who live in trailers, even in trailer parks..its never been a big deal.
Corys family made it seem like they were visiting a third world country and shawns family put corys family on way too high of a pedestal..corys family didnt ever strike me as wealthy, comfortable maybe but not anything extreme
Hate that episode
I agree 100% with you!
shareI don't know, I like the episode. Honestly, my family would react the exact same way as the Matthews if forced to have Thanksgiving in a trailer park like that - in fact, they'd probably react worse. It felt true to life and true to the characters. Amy and Alan were uncomfortable, but they put on game faces and tried to make the most of it and usually were only accidentally insulting. Eric was more upfront about not wanting to be there, but, let's be honest, Eric's a spoiled brat. And it's not even just about the class differences, the Hunters and the Matthews are just... not friends. Sure, they've taken Shawn in as one of their own, but that doesn't necessarily translate to his mom and dad, neither of whom they know well. And it's uncomfortable to share a holiday with strangers.
The one part that didn't ring true was how the entire trailer park banded together to DEMAND that Chet kick them out and even seemed to imply violence if they didn't leave. I don't think anyone would have acted like that.
Yeah, the comparison to the Hutu and Tutsi tensions in Rwanda was ridiculous, especially since it wasn't really an economic thing in Rwanda. It was more about the minority Tutsi treating the Hutu like crap when the Tutsi were in power because the Dutch put them in power. When the Dutch left, the majority Hutu took over and held a grudge against the Tutsi for how they were treated and when their President died in a plane crash, they took it as a reason to try and wipe out the Tutsi.
That's not even close to what was happening here, which I said was more about the Hunters and the other trailer park people being have nots and the Matthews being the haves.
what pissed me off is when the Matthews got weary around the BOXED WINE! holy crap! that is SUCH a great buy! basically three bottles of wine or so for the price of ONE large bottle!
TO be honest, I thought it was high class of Chet to even GET WINE! I'd thought he would break out the dollar store cola. diet would have been a watered down half a cup of regular cola.
but chet was obnoxious, too... him being embarrassed by his mis-matched flatware is just annoying. but not as obnoxious as the neighbors. the emergency neighborhood association meeting regarding their guests for 6 hours of ONE day??? getalife and spend it with your families!
you gotta love the gentle giants coming in to save the day!
OH THANK YOU GOD! THANK YOU SO BLOODY MUCH!!! Basil Fawlty
I love that episode. It's probably top 15-25 of my favorite.
The Matthews made a big deal about it and so did the Hunters, but in the end... everyone learned the lesson. And they all probably up having a great time.
"Do you even remember what you came here to find?"
I thought it was funny as hell. It was very rare before the year 2000 that class was mentioned in a sitcom, because everyone in the world of sitcoms was almost always upper middle class. It was nice that they mixed the middle class with the poor and threw them into a trailer park to fight it out. I liked the Luther Unter joke too. "Don't you think I'd put the H up there if my name was Hunter?"
shareI dunno, it is kind of true to life. The moment when Morgan says she has to go to the bathroom and Amy tells her to hold it, not here! Struck me as the most true. My own mother did the same thing when I was a child. If we were visting with associates of hers who lived somewhere considered less then ideal or dirty, she would tell me before we even got there not to ask to use their bathroom and to go beforehand.
shareI agree, I know lots of families that would have acted similarly in this situation. Yes, it was slightly annoying that Alan and Amy were making rude comments about the living conditions, and that Chet and Virna was a bit overly sensitive and embarrassed (which probably fanned the flames a bit too), but they were supposed to be, it was part of the idea of the episode. And the ending was great, with Frankie and the rest opening up their table and sending the message, "Hey, learn from the kids!" And Alan and Chet's exchange, "I feel about two inches tall now," "That's two inches taller than I feel," some of the things that make me love the episode.
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"You're Cory, with Topanga's hair. You got lucky!" -Shawn Hunter
I hated that episode. I really didn't think Amy and Alan was like that, just the way they acted at Shawn house was un-called for. I thought they were good friends with Shawn folks and been to their house. Shawn and Corey acted more grown up then the parents.
shareThey were never good friends with the Hunters. A running joke would be that Chet would routinely get the first names of the various Matthews wrong because of how little interest he'd taken in his son's life. "You know, Adam--" "It's Alan."/"It's Corky, right?" "Uh... yeah."
Frankly, Alan and Amy often acted as if they couldn't stand Chet but put up with him when they had to for Shawn's sake. And Virna I think they barely knew at all.
Frankly, Alan and Amy often acted as if they couldn't stand Chet but put up with him when they had to for Shawn's sake.
I wouldn't like the guy, either. What father ups and leaves his kid in search of his wife who can't stand him, either? Take the hint, Chet!!!
i never understood why they didn't get acs involved with this family. I mean, Shawn headlined his girlfriend getting away from her dickwad father, why couldn't the same be done for him?
abuse and neglect is more than hitting. Shawn's parents neglected him all over the place. from his delinquency to his home life, he needed a better place to live.
OH THANK YOU GOD! THANK YOU SO BLOODY MUCH!!! Basil Fawlty
Maybe they should of had an episode where Shawn files for emancipation.
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Yes, it was rude. They made a huge issue of it when it should've been a laid-back type of thing.
But that was point. The show demonstrated that the adults were unable to look past class differences because of hardened ideas and prejudices. Yet the children, who were not yet hardened by those ideas and prejudices, were able to look past class differences, as demonstrated by the children's table at the end.
That's why Allan says, "I feel about 2 feet tall" when he sees the kids, and Chet responds, "That's 2 feet taller than I feel."
The episode, basically, showed that the adults learned a lesson from the kids. They were rude at first, but they changed at the end.