Nostalgia

“Bob [Newheart] suffered the absurdities of modern life and made the middle-class man into a dignified figure, not despite but because he was put upon. Playing his own straight man, he invented stories that would show us our own conceited ways.” - L&L

“The story explores how the series delved into spiritual themes at a time when the TV networks tended to avoid them. As for the reason, Thomas points to the show’s creator, the late Earl Hamner Jr., on whose life the fictional series is based” - GetReligion

“Such good old days are often talked about in passing, and most people agree how much better it would be if only we could return. We don’t realize the damage at stake in allowing our brains and hearts to live in this imagined land of yesteryear.” - Desiring God