Review of Heartland

Heartland (1989)
A vulgar Beverly Hillbillies on the Plains
26 January 2003
Well, not really, for the Beverly Hillbillies, as silly as that sitcom was, actually had some good writing, good humor, and good acting. Shallow, silly, sophomoric? Perhaps. But not vulgar.

Heartland seemed simple a vehicle for some sicko screenwriter to unload his collection of crude manure jokes and bestiality innuendoes on the public. It lends credibility to my tendency to call sitcoms by a combination word that contains a synonym for manure and rhymes with sitcom. Get the picture?

I can't find the network info on IMDb but I think this was a CBS program. CBS is considering a "reality show" in which they plan to bring some residents of Appalachia to Los Angeles. Well, if if such schlock ever makes it onto the air, and the show treats rural people and themes anything close to the way they did it in Heartland, walk, don't run from the TV.

(I had forgotten the forgettable Heartland, but thought of it when I heard of the possibility of the new CBS show.)
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