Loyal Scaiaholics know two things about me:

1.) I am a celebrity goat milking champion.

2.) I am a connoisseur of sitcoms of the 1980s.

These two items came together in remarkable fashion this week.

I recently celebrated a birthday. And by “celebrated,” I mean, “flipped out just a li’l bit because I’ll be 40 soon.” But just a li’l bit. I recently learned when you hit 40, you can still date 21 year old women for ten more years without it being creepy [Source: the number one answer from an episode of Family Feud].

One of my associates helped me control the flip-out, though. I was visiting family back in Ohio and got a text. He and his wife had purchased a Cameo video from Bronson Pinchot as a gift.

And Bronson Pinchot did not disappoint. Not only did he record a video as Balki Bartokimous, he even included some hints in case I ever get back into the celebrity goat milking racket.

On the one hand, Bronson Pinchot has enjoyed a much fuller career than just Balki. On the other, Perfect Strangers shows that people from different backgrounds can work together to achieve success. And also hilarious mistakes to avoid if you decide to start flipping houses.

Maybe that’s what we need right now. A show that can help us start laughing at our differences. A show that can illustrate we might look different or come from different parts of the world, but we’re all still mammals. We all want to win the lottery and learn how to skate… with hilarious results.

In addition to Perfect Strangers making an appearance this week, I’ve been visiting some of the family back in Ohio. You might think it’s strange that’s led to my brother, mom and myself watching reruns of Sanford and Son together. You might be a fool.

After all, perhaps we could all learn from this Hashtag: COVID19 situation that family time is the most important time.

We can all learn from Redd Foxx.

We were watching an episode where Aunt Esther’s husband, Woodrow, was worried she’d leave him.

Fred G. Sanford helped repair that relationship. Eventually. When Woodrow said they’d been fighting, Fred G. Sanford asked, “Did you punch her in the face? You want me to?”

Woodrow would explain that he’s no romeo like Fred G. Sanford. Sanford explained, “You can say that again,” continuing that he was buying some corn at the grocery store and saw an attractive woman buying some lima beans. They bumped into each other and “Succ-o-tash!”

But in the end Fred G. Sanford brought them back together. He was a coalition builder!

Maybe what we need now is a hilarious sitcom starring a young, idealistic police officer and a hardened older officer who’s too set in his ways to adjust to a changing way of interacting with people… with hilarious results.

We could all be doing the Dance of Joy together as a nation.

Les Moonves still isn’t returning my calls. This feels like more of a Mel Brooks project, though.