The Martin Show: Why Can 'T We Be Friends'

Have you ever watched The Martin Show ? According to tv.com, "Martin is a sassy sitcom centering on a radio-and-television personality named Martin Payne". The Martin Show is one of the best sitcom because the humor was amazing and you could learn something. The Martin Show was on TV for five seasons. Some people can that The Martin Show is one of the best comedy shows of all-time. One of the many episodes that was on TV and that was good happen to be “Why Can’t We Be Friends”. This was a good episode because it shows you the importance of friendships, how you shouldn't get mad at someone over the littlest thing, and as well as respect your friends property. The episode “Why Can’t We Be Friends” is about Martin and Tommy, who are friends, …show more content…
As a example, there is another scene where Tommy was so mad at Martin and he didn't want to see him over the argument. Cole then shows up at Martin's house to collect the rest of what Tommy let him borrow. When Martin gave back Tommy’s suitcase looking messed up it makes Tommy feel that Martin doesn’t respect the things that he lends him. Winkler-Reid states that "Friendships are personal, private, and voluntary relationships..." (167). Critics can say that Winkler-Reid quote is the reason why they think Martin and Tommy doesn’t have a real friendship because Tommy brought Cole into the situation and Cole has nothing to do with their problem. But Martin and Tommy argument has nothing to do with their friendship because in all friendship there has been a big argument and not in all friendship both people are on the same page all the time. By Tommy being friends Martin so long he thought that Martin will respect his property and that why Tommy lend him the suitcase. Martin being worried about Tommy showed you that their friendship was real because if the friendship wasn't real then Martin wouldn't rush to the hospital to see