Bachelor Father

My family is hooked on a television show called Bachelor Father.  Thing is, this show premiered in the 1950s. The basic premise is that the main character, Bentley Greg, gets custody of his teenage niece after her parents die. There's also Peter, the Chinese houseboy... something that I supposed isn't "politically correct," but that was a reality back then.

Uncle Bentley is every woman's dream man.  Tall, handsome, well-spoken, a lawyer... and oh, is he smoooth. On a recent show he was talking to a woman who mentioned one of her father's best ideas.  Bentley's response?  "I'm looking at one of your father's best ideas."  Oooooh. Nice.

It's amazing to me that such an old show still has a broad enough appeal that it has a family that ranges from age 50 to age 9, completely hooked. Subjects that have broad appeal are presented, and solved, without any cursing or innuendo that might be inappropriate for the younger members of the family.

Subject matter ranges from Bentley's dating life, Kelly's (the niece) dating life - and Uncle Bentley's not-so-happy reaction to that, to simple everyday problems that affected people back then, and affect people today. This morning's episode followed Peter's efforts to make a little more money by selling his homemade fortune cookies to local restaurants. 

My (mostly rhetorical) question is this: Why doesn't someone make a show like that in this day and age? Something clean and simple, with people who handle their problems with dignity, and a good moral connected with the entire scenario.  Feel free to comment... I'm interested to see what people think about this.