And Then There's Maude..
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Guess that was because I had a stay at home Mom. I also remember watching soap operas with her.
I never watch them, like never. But I must admit having a fondness for the lightning and decorating style of soap operas. It made me like live theater later on.
Had a baby sitter who would watch DARK SHADOWS with me. I was terrified.
So I will blame the Mom for the whole Maude thing, and That Girl, and Mary Tyler Moore. Hell, it's a wonder I turned out straight!
I never watch them, like never. But I must admit having a fondness for the lightning and decorating style of soap operas. It made me like live theater later on.
Had a baby sitter who would watch DARK SHADOWS with me. I was terrified.
So I will blame the Mom for the whole Maude thing, and That Girl, and Mary Tyler Moore. Hell, it's a wonder I turned out straight!
Are you kidding? With Adrienne Barbeau at her pulchritudinous peak? Or twin peaks, as a matter of fact. I never missed it.
Yep, I remember that (although she never did much for me). And then we found out that she had once been in a semi-softcore porn film . . .
I've just started watching this on youtube and I love it!!! Yay for Bea Arthur!
I'm sure Bea Arthur, her family, and the families of all the other actors on that show appreciate that you watch Maude on a site where she's not earning residuals for your pleasure.
Unfortunately she's dead. But I suppose her relatives and costars could potentially benefit if you bought a Maude box set. Is there such a creature?
don't know. but i have 2 seasons. Superstore is great for cheap seasons of old series.
What I mean by this, because I've been questioned on it -- and it's not a snarky statement at all -- is that were you to find Maude on Netflix, or Hulu, on Nick at Night or TVLand, or any of the traditional broadcast forms, the agreements the people who worked on these shows would still be in place, and their hard work would continue to be rewarded.
As creators of intellectual property ourselves, being writers, would we be happy to know that our published works were available on the internet in a format where anyone could read them without any financial compensation?
I'm not talking about something you put up to get exposure, or something you want people to see for free.
What if ChaosTitan's new book were suddenly available on the web to read? That would affect her sales. That would affect her livelihood.
Now, Maude's been out for a very long time, so I hear the people willing to accept theft in the name of convenience trying to pull out their "oh, but it's so old, Arthur (and everyone else who gets residuals)'s family made enough money from this show. They don't mind.
It's still theft.
So, I'm sorry some folks have issues with me, or the particular moral stands I take. But I'm not sorry for having them, or for discussing them on the boards. If I seem snarky all the time that's just because I eat too many lemons and am a sour, bitter old man. ^_^
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There are channels that have agreements with copyright owners. As an example, sometimes my nephew uses copyrighted songs on his youtube videos, and he receives a notice from the copyright owner via YouTube that the song is copyrighted but he may still use it. Other times, copyright owners work out a deal with the youtuber. As an example, HBO allowed a youtuber to post Bill Maher if he agreed to title the videos a certain way, and not include the whole show...only the panel segment. That agreement is no longer in place, but it was for a while. There are other examples as well.
Long story short, just because a copyrighted video is on youtube doesn't mean the product is being illegally showcased.
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Loved Maude. Her first appearance as a guest character on All In The Family was one of the funniest episodes of that show. Seems inevitable in hindsight that Bea Arthur would get her own series.
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It almost seems All in the Family spawned every classic 70's T.V. series there is.
And since there are Maude fans here, perhaps you'll appreciate the joke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-GJ64tXzao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5hGUXvpHs&feature=channel I just wanted to share this clip of Bea singing on Maude. It makes me smile