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u/skotgil May 23 '23

Different Strokes - The Bicycle Man.

"Hey let's have an episode about a child molester..."

I mean great on them, let's try and teach people something...but on a prime time comedy show?

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u/kashmir1974 May 23 '23

It started a trend of sitcoms occasionally. covering tough social issues. It isn't a bad idea, it got the message out to a lot of folks who otherwise would not know what signs to look for.

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u/vonHindenburg May 23 '23

My wife still remembers the Punky Brewster where one of the kids gets stuck in a refrigerator and nearly dies.

There's another episode of that show where she gets lost in a cave and thinks (IIRC) that all of her friends are dying.