Depends on which point in my childhood. My favorite show when I was about eleven or twelve was M*A*S*H. Apparently I just generally like smartassy doctors.
Well they did do that early episode that sort of dealt with it and completely wussed out by going for the laughs of having Father Mulcahy get drunk just before giving his anti-alcohol sermon. After that it was just "hahah Hawkeye and Trapper (or Hawkeye and BJ) are always drinking.
And you KNOW how pissed I am that they spent a whole season claiming House was recovering when he was clearly drinking and abusing alcohol all the way through and NO ONE including Wilson ever called him on it.
One of the things my dark!Jeeves fic is going to deal with is the issue of Bertie's drinking, by the way.
one thing I thought was ironic as hell was Larry Linville (the guy who played Frank Burns) was a HUGE alcoholic when the character he played was notorious for not drinking and disapproving of anybody else drinking, even if they were only moderate social drinkers.
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Date: 2010-05-25 05:34 pm (UTC)From:And you KNOW how pissed I am that they spent a whole season claiming House was recovering when he was clearly drinking and abusing alcohol all the way through and NO ONE including Wilson ever called him on it.
One of the things my dark!Jeeves fic is going to deal with is the issue of Bertie's drinking, by the way.
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Date: 2010-05-25 06:05 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-05-27 08:26 am (UTC)From:I didn't know that!
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Date: 2010-05-27 03:09 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-05-28 08:15 am (UTC)From:his replacement was better anyway. Better actor, (David Ogden Stiers) more fleshed-out character.
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Date: 2010-05-28 03:11 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-05-28 09:59 pm (UTC)From:and other stuff I forget.
probably Law & Order and Matlock.