u/MaggieLinzer

And have ANY of its writers ever commented of this aspect of the finale?

Given what I‘ve also seen from/ know about the show. Is it even remotely accurate for the showrunners/writers in MITM's finale to characterize his parents as being THAT purposefully cruel and THAT smart as to specifically target Malcolm for abuse for so many years out of some sort of insane, absolutely ridiculous plan to get him to become the President???

I have a feeling that they’ve probably done some retconning or weird “recontextualizing” of the finale in the reboot because you just CANNOT justify that level of child abuse that gleefully/readily on TV today. But I don’t think the writers are smart or good enough to really do anything other than just double down on it. And quite frankly, I don’t want to see a show forcing a character cutting off his brazenly, horribly abusive parents to reconnect with them and portraying that as if it’s a good thing. I get the show was always pretty cynical of course, but there’s (to say the least) such as thing as going WAY too far with WAY too little to justify going there. And trying to portray relentlessly abusing a child for several years as a good thing because it’ll “mAkE hIm A bEtTeR pOlItIcIaN” is own of the most disappointing, breathtakingly stupid thing I’ve ever seen a TV do, especially one that I WOULD’VE otherwise been happy to rewatch.

Obviously, abusing and torturing a child for years would NEVER turn them into a great President or even politician, it would actually turn them into (avoiding any recent politics anyways) Richard M. Nixon. I truly do not know what the hell anybody involved with this show was doing when they thought saying anything else regarding that made them look smart, or was actually a great point that “wAs ReAlLy ThE cOrE oF MaLcOlM iN tHe MiDdLe WhEn YoU gEt DoWn To It”. Because, quite honestly, I really don’t think that Malcolm having what it takes to become President and everybody in his family believing that was EVER something that was even REMOTELY at the core of this (in the end) monumentally disappointing, pathetically kiss-ass and sincerely stupid show.

Are there any species of parasites that have evolved OUT of being them?

If a camel's hump (or humps) COULD actually hold water, how much water would it/they be able to hypothetically hold?

Has there ever been any sort of crossover(s) between The Munsters and The Addams Family?

Has there ever been any sort of crossover(s) between The Addams Family and The Munsters? It seems like such an obvious thing that would’ve happened at least ONCE across their histories, but I haven’t been able to find anything myself.

If a camel’s hump (or humps) COULD actually hold water, how much water would it/they be able to hypothetically hold?

Back in my day, we had surreal nightmares and manmade horrors beyond our comprehension as toys, AND WE LIKED IT!!!

The Nutt House (1989) - This sitcom was created by Mel Brooks and Alan Spencer that follows the employees, owner, and guests at the Nutt House hotel and all of the great hilarity that goes on there. A very happy 100th birthday to Brooks too!

A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963) — This is an unaired documentary about Charles Schulz and how incredibly popular the Peanuts comic strip had gotten at this point in its run. I don’t know why it went unaired, it seems like a pretty good documentary to me.

How likely is it that I could be arrested and federally charged for touching the water at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C.? Is it fully against the law to do that now, or are there ways to touch the pool’s water that WON’T result in an arrest?

When did keeping deleted scenes from movies to show separately from the full, completed movie itself start happening? Was that something that pretty much started as soon as it became possible/widespread for folks to watch movies at home, or did it take a while to catch on?

Is removing the venom glands from a snake similar to declawing a cat, in that it’s a very painful/unnecessary procedure for them and highly advised against by experts/veterinarians?

Do beavers show a preference for which trees that they like using the most for building their lodges/dams, or do they pretty much just use whatever trees are around the areas that they live in?

How did immigration work in ancient societies? Would it make any sense calling somebody an “illegal immigrant” in, for example, Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome or any of the ancient dynasties of China?

What was really the beginning of the end/massive disempowering for anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws in the United States?

Okay, I don't think there's an easy way to ask this, so I'm just going to be extremely blunt about it: Does anybody else think that this show's finale is some of the most disturbing/revolting child abuse apologia to EVER be aired on television?

When did people start referring to movies doing terribly at the box office as “bombs”? What’s the first movie widely considered to BE a box office bomb?

Are there any strange/unusual parasites that were exclusive to dinosaurs that are no longer around today because of that exclusivity?

Are there any strange/unusual parasites that were exclusive to dinosaurs that are no longer around today because of that exclusivity?

[Request] How big/powerful WOULD a cannon actually need to be in order to send people from the Earth to our Moon?

What was really the beginning of the end/massive disempowering of anti-trust/monopoly laws in the United States? Did it begin with Reagan, or did it start even earlier than that?