To compete with the Super Bowl this previous Sunday, a nearby television station determined to air a marathon of a sitcom that is associated with the biggest name in that particular game. Any viewer who did not care to look at Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots, could instead tune in to a fictional family who shares his final name.
Patriarch Mike and matriarch Carol are the heads of the house, where six siblings sort out each day issues that confront children. For my generation, this family will continually be the most famous with that last name, but to Millenials, The Brady Bunch may be more likely to be associated with Tom Brady and his treasure of Super Bowl appearances.
While the title of the sitcom with Marcia and Greg and their Brady siblings may become outdated in the coming years, here are nine shows with titles that have been outdated since before the start of the current century.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Darren McGavin portrayed the clumsy but persistent Chicago reporter whose title stemmed from his pursuit of monsters like vampires and werewolves, but today stalker has a much more negative connotation.
The Beverly Hillbillies
The noun in the title is not suitable in a civilized society, which now refers to that particular part of the American population as the Appalachians or people of Scottish and Irish descent.
Dennis the Menace
Jay North's young personality was a pest, certainly, above all for an old grouch like Mr. Wilson, however, the boy surely would never be described as a menace in today's world.
Mr. Peepers
He was a teacher in the series, which nowadays makes the name sound even creepier than it did back in a more innocent era.
Mayberry RFD
Rural Free Delivery was an unknown acronym to most of America when the show came out in the early Seventies, so it is certainly obsolete now when the concept of mail itself is disappearing.
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
This animated series would be considered unacceptable today, due to its implication that men, and men only, were the heads of the household.