The other two regulars are Donna's parents, Bob Pinciotti ( Don Stark), and his glamorous dim-witted wife Midge ( Tanya Roberts). The basement of the Forman home is the meeting place for Eric and his friends, who include next-door neighbour Donna Pinciotti ( Laura Prepon), Jackie ( Mila Kunis), Michael ( Ashton Kutcher), Steven ( Danny Masterson) and an exchange student of indeterminate accent, possibly from "south-of-the-border", Fez ( Wilmer Valderrama). The Formans have two children, high school student Eric ( Topher Grace) and the off-at-college Laurie ( Lisa Robin Kelly). Most of each episode is set in the home of Reginald "Red" Forman ( Kurtwood Smith) and his wife Kitty ( Debra Jo Rupp). The show, a no-brainer that it is set in the 70s, takes place in Point Place, a small town in the state of Wisconsin. The only difference here is that there is miniscule character and plot development from the beginning of the season through to the end. The sets are more elaborate than for, say, I Love Lucy or Happy Days, but it is still the basic sitcom formula of known characters in known locations faced with a new issue each week.
#THAT 70S SHOW SEASON 1 EPISODE 17 PLUS#
Watching this DVD set ,which contains The Pilot plus the next twenty-four episodes which made up Season One, I found to my surprise that it was actually a very old fashioned sitcom. I watched a couple of minutes, spotted the talented Topher Grace and thought it was some kind of teenage Disneyland, a mixture of sketches and Laugh-In style inserts, and promptly switched channels. I first sampled this show when I realised that Ashton Kutcher was in the cast. With all eight seasons available here on Fox DVD, we now have the opportunity to enjoy That '70s Show at our leisure. Not up to the standard of Raymond and Malcolm, but nonetheless a show with many plusses, is That '70s Show, a "half hour" genuine sitcom that follows decades old traditions and is performed with talent and zest. These two shows I have religiously pursued since finally discovering them. For me two of those initial "misses" were Malcolm in the Middle and Everybody Loves Raymond, two sometimes brilliant half hour comedies, and in Malcolm's case one show that pushed the physical boundaries of the twenty-two minute "sitcom" episode. As a result many worthwhile shows are "missed" the first time around. I find it too hard to keep up with more than two or three shows at a time, regardless of their genre. Most people have their favourite shows on television and we tend to stay with the shows we know without time to sample something fresh.
#THAT 70S SHOW SEASON 1 EPISODE 17 TV#
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