Series · Prime Video · 1966

The Monkees

A light variety hour. The house is a clubhouse, and the songs are the reason.

The Monkees were a made band that became a real one, and the show is the made part: running, mugging, a song in the middle. There is no moral and no rot. A child can watch the songs. An adult can hear which ones were better than the premise.

Use it as music with pictures, not as a picture of a life.

The eight

Industry
5/10
They rehearse. The fiction that they don't is the joke. The records were the work.
Household
4/10
Roommates who like each other.
Piety
2/10
No creed. A cheerful noise.
Courage
3/10
They are willing to look foolish.
Republic
3/10
No town. A beach and a set.
Temperance
6/10
Joy without cruelty.
Truth
5/10
It is play, and it looks like play.
Stewardship
5/10
The songs outlived the bits.

Live historicallyPlay one song all the way through, without the bit, and see if it earns the repeat.

Series · Prime Video · 2016

Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh

A friendship and a roof. Mild, silly, short. Fine in small measure.

Tip already saved the world in the film. The series is wiser to ignore that and watch a girl get an alien through a Tuesday. The jokes are broad. The kindness is simple enough for a young child.

One or two, with you in the room. A queue of them is only bright noise.

The eight

Industry
3/10
Oh tries human tasks and fails. The failure is the joke, not a craft.
Household
6/10
A mother, a daughter, a guest who has to learn the house.
Piety
2/10
None.
Courage
3/10
Small bravery: school, a neighbor, telling the truth about a mess.
Republic
3/10
A suburb of gags.
Temperance
7/10
Gentle. The embarrassment does not last.
Truth
5/10
The alien is ignorant, not wicked. The show usually corrects him.
Stewardship
4/10
A habit of making room for someone who does not know the rules yet.

Live historicallyLet a child explain one house rule to a guest, patiently. Then stop the episode.