I endured a fair amount of forced "Happy Days" viewing at my babysitter's place, but I didn't see this episode. I can easily imagine a variant on this plotline on a sitcom today (maybe not a white sitcom), where dad and kid are _both_ worried about mom's reaction if she finds out they were there, happening today.
I think the fact that the culture no longer sees the wife as this sexless being who "understands" that her husband has needs she doesn't (poor dear) is a good thing. But it also makes it more difficult to explain a relationship where the wife is nonetheless still comfortable with the husband going into a sexually-charged situation without her present, at least in the 22-minute laugh-track-bound sitcom format.
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Date: 2003-04-05 01:55 pm (UTC)I think the fact that the culture no longer sees the wife as this sexless being who "understands" that her husband has needs she doesn't (poor dear) is a good thing. But it also makes it more difficult to explain a relationship where the wife is nonetheless still comfortable with the husband going into a sexually-charged situation without her present, at least in the 22-minute laugh-track-bound sitcom format.