When did TV get THIS bad???

[Hardwood]

I'm afraid I know what you mean. I worked in TV for many years. Production, Technical, etc. Now I'm a woodworker. At the end of my day, I can go back and look at all the neat stuff we have made. Admire the work and imagine how it will look in the home it is going in. When I worked in TV if I wanted to admire my work, I needed to go downtown to the Mall and take note of how out of touch with reality everyone was.
I guess the awakeing came for me one Saturday morning about 11 AM. We were running a pro wrestling show. One of the side line Dollies got dragged into the ring, and some 300lbs bruiser started beating the crap out of her whilst the crowd howled their approval. Yes I know it's fake. Yet
the picture of a Roman circus came to mind. It was then that I knew I needed to find another line of work.
Don't get me wrong. I did'nt go on my own in a fit of virtue. I was being paid a ridiculus amount of money and doing very little for it. I got laid off with about 30% of the company. But once free, I never went back.

 

[Jade]

Oh really?

In that case you should really read "All Hallows Eve" by Violet... it is about a woodcarver.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

So is the New Testament, but I have to warn you, he dies in the end.

Well, sorta...

 

[crystalhunting]

T.V. has been going to crud for a while...i think it really started getting bad when shows like Inside Edition started...Tabloid T.V. so to speak...damn near all the shows cater to the lowest common denominator these days..personally all i watch is Star Trek and The History Channel..very little quality anywhere else.

 

[FlamingoBlue]

It's not tv that's "bad",it's....

the viewers taste for the subject matter of the programs that you likely find to be objectionable. TV is a business, first and formost. If the program fails to attract viewers then it's cancelled. Simple as that.

Do you think that the WWF and Jerry Springer are trash? Well, there's a lot of people out there who can't live without those types of programs. That's why they're on the air.

Fortunately, this is a free country and no one forces any of us to watch TV. My advice to you is to shut off the talking picture box and read a good book.

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[Edited by FlamingoBlue on 03-07-2001 at 10:22 AM]

 

[Jade]

So is the New Testament, but I have to warn you, he dies in the end.

Well, sorta...

OH! That was just... just... just oh!

 

[bluntforcemama]

I know what you mean about bad TV... i refuse to watch anymore, it's just sick, and boring, and bizzare.

 

[Ally C]

If books could kill ...

So is the New Testament, but I have to warn you, he dies in the end.

Well, sorta...

Did the butler sorta do it ... ?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

If you consider Judas the Butler, then, well, yeah. (Isn't that him bussing the tables in DaVinci's "Last Supper"?)

 

[Purple Haze]

Anybody else ever notice that sit-coms that started out in black and white seem to lose something when they went color? Strange coincidence.

I grew up vegetating in front of the TV set, and there has always been bad TV, it wasn't always shocking, but bad nevertheless.

Dukes of Hazzard (Do cars really squeal on dirt roads?)
Dallas (I didn't give a shit who shot JR)
Charlie's Angels (Jacking off to the Bionic Woman was better)
Welcome Back, Kotter (Studio audience given quaaludes beforehand)
What's Happening? (Just plain bad)

M*A*S*H became a drama when Frank Burns left the show. "Ohhh, pish posh!" and "Tough toenails!" have seeped into my vocabulary.

"Get outta my chair, Meathead" my kids say it, and they don't know why.

My favorite "bad" TV show is Dragnet. Ever notice Jack Webb didn't swing his arms when he walked?

 

[Hardwood]

LMAO @ Purple!! Your right, he did'nt swing his arms! Funny I never noticed until now. Of course mindless TV sit-coms did have some redeaming features. I cannot think of 60's TV with out thinking of "Mary-Ann" in those incredable tight shorts! Hmmmm,, be back later.

 

[Ally C]

If you consider Judas the Butler, then, well, yeah. (Isn't that him bussing the tables in DaVinci's "Last Supper"?)

... and there was me thinking the 30 pieces of silver was money!