What happened to good family shows?
lola posted 12 weeks 3 days ago — I have a bone to pick about TV shows. When I was growing up, we didn't watch much TV. Probably because all we had for a while were the three basic channels and not much came out. But what did come out on those channels were shows that weren't centered around sex.
All you see now on TV shows is just that. It's sad that society has to be bought with sex in order to make a TV show or movie be 'popular'. What ever happened to wholesome fun family shows?
Maybe there was some sex in those TV shows that we watched growing up, but I hardly believe that it showed in detail what it was. Sexual innuendos that we as kids didn't get.
Last night was the premier of Knight Rider. Now, I don't know about you, but I liked that show in the 80's. It was full of drama and David Hasselhoff. Be what he may in this time era, but back then he was what girls wanted in a guy. Tall, good looking and was always the hero in the show.
What more could a girl ask for. Not to mention that he drove a pretty cool car. That talked too.
When our family went to Disney, KITT was there. I was so excited. I wanted to see if it actually talked. I was a doofus I know, but it was cool. I got in line to sit on the driver's seat and talk to KITT. I of course asked for Michael and KITT said he was working, but KITT was sweet and I was a happy kid.
Well, when I saw the previews of the NEW Knight Rider, I thought that it would be cool. WRONG. I didn't get past the first 10 minutes because what do you think they showed during that beginning? Yes, sex. AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!
What happened to shows without all that? Shows like Punky Brewster, or Happy Days, or Mork & Mindy. Yes, they were probably corny, but hey, the Fonz was cool.
We also watched shows like The Greatest American Hero, Macgyver, Magnum PI, The Incredible Hulk, The Love Boat and who can forget 'the plen, the plen'.
We also watched American Gladiator last night. Adventure Boy said he wants to try out to be a Gladiator when he grows up. He asked me why I didn't try out. HMMMM, could it possibly be because I'm not fit like them? Or maybe it's cuz I don't want to hurt them. Hee Hee.
But it was fun to watch who won. The guy that won had recently lost his mom to cancer and the girl that won was a mom with twin girls. And you know what the best part about that show was?
No sex involved.
So what other shows from the past did ya'll watch that didn't involve sex?
Great post, I couldn't agree more. Today's TV is making parenting increasingly difficult because it lifts the veil of innocence, even when it's served up as comedy. As it relates, check out my comments on this recent post: http://www.momblognetwork.com/content/marilla-cuthbert-wonderful-materna...
As moms, I'm sure we all want the same: the best for our kids.
What shows from the past? Where to begin? :)
The Brady Bunch, Different Strokes, Family Ties, Eight Is Enough, Leave It To Beaver, Andy Gibb, Bewitched, I Dream of Genie, Beverly HillBillies, so many more. And of course, The Patridge Family. Pretty much everything you'll find on TVLand.com and then some.
So true. Great post!
Magnum, Macgyver, The Love Boat!!! Yes, they're on my list too. So much fun, light-hearted entertainment. What happened to TV?
It's not like it's "smarter" or more cerebral. It's not educational. It's just crap, pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Reality shows have TV networks laughing all the way to the bank. They're cheap and easy. Sadly.
the early seasons of Wonder Years were sweet and sex-free.
Sad but true,you can 800 channels piped into your house and still say that there is nothing to watch!!
You can buy entire seasons of older T.V. shows if you go back as far as Petticoat Junction and Green Acers
you can laugh at clean humor . Along those lines are the old I Love Lucy. The Red Skelton Show,and Burns and Allen.I introduced some of these to my 17yr.old son who laughed so hard he shared them with many of his friends
Ugh, that would be Green Acres folks !