the fact that they got a LOT of shit right ( the costumes, the music) is the same reason the show was a CULT hit and not a real hit.

Meaning, only sarcastic "heads" saw what was dope about it. The audience of the show didn't exist.

The Gen X'ers ( who the show might've been aimed at) were infants and/or little kids during the era when the show was set. ( early 1970's). And those people who were teens and/or adults at the time think the show was stupid, becuase the pop culture references are kinda heavy handed.

Baby Boomers who have seen the show are like:

"big deal...they smoked weed in the basement and listened to Foghat..."

"they slept with each other's girlfriends and had shitty jobs. wow..."

So basically, aside from the witticism of the actors, "that 70's Show" didn't really bring too much to the table. And speaking as someone who saw a lot of that shit first hand, I took a LOT of offense to the way they handled the Disco era.