Comments on: The Real Good Life

By: oz_surf

oz_surf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:35:47 +0000

I agree, the little bit I saw was very badly done. Not really a stupid idea, just they should have screen tested and ensured teh families were all willing participants. All of them were pretty much unprepared for even trying to make a flower garden.
I love the original 1970 show… can not believe it was that long ago someone actually though society had it all wrong…
Other good shows on a similar thing… Frontier House (USA families tough it out) The Colony (Families try to make a go of it in Australia, and Outback House (Sheep station in Australia). These were done a bit better but nothing like really living it.

By: goodlife

goodlife — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:54:34 +0000

I think the attitudes of the families with children was expected as the mothers found themselves in the middle. Hard watching as it seemed abusive to the children having to give up and put up with everything.
The only couple to have the correct attitude were the younger ones who from the start took the situation seriously. I loved particularly our eco friendly snail man, searching through the night to keep his precious crop safe.
A good idea I thought but the opportunity was afforded to the wrong people, (try us, it’s our dream to move away grow a smallholding of veg and keep chickens), but have a big enough place to have the sideline of B&B, or a petting farm to bring in extra income. You could call it A COUNTRY DREAM.
Please let us know the outcome, it’s not fair to keep us on a knife edge.

By: JennyB

JennyB — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:09:14 +0000

Absolutely right, stupid idea, badly done – and rather destructively off-putting to viewers wishing to become more eco-friendly. The experimental subjects were ill-prepared, ill-advised and uncommitted -the children were even press-ganged – thoroughly unsuited. No realistic information was broadcast about how to reduce your footprint and impact on the earth. As for giving up a �60,000 office job, to make an ignorant attempt to grow food… there are far more sensible and effective routes to a far better result. Still, dropping the final episode so we don’t know what happened, is possibly even more annoying! (I think we can guess, though…)

By: bobdoney

bobdoney — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:59:50 +0000

No, the original 1970s sitcom “The Good Life” was indeed about a suburban couple who gave up their jobs, and dug up their garden. Repeats are still shown regularly on the BBC’s second channel and still attract big audiences.