I never saw an ad the same.
I STILL look at ice cubes
Posted on 09/27/2011 8:29:53 PM PDT by djf
Last night I was channel surfing and happened across about the last minute of a show called "Mike and Molly"
It was, as far as I can tell, the final closing credits.
It showed somebody holding an Ipod or some kind of hand-held and they were flicking through a bunch of pictures. Presumably, the stars. even though the two people in the pictures were clothed, it was totally obvious from the first picture *there were about 8 of them) that the two people were in sexual positions.
I was just wondering if other FReepers had caught this and what they thought. Do we really need demonstrations on TV of how obese people have to go through acrobatics to do it?
I, for one, was totally disgusted. Do they not even have censors/standards on network TV anymore?
Kill your TV set.
I never saw an ad the same.
I STILL look at ice cubes
You were obviously tuning in for Hawaii 5-0. Isn’t it great that they got rid of the nerdy chick and slipped in a way hot chick to replace her? Looks like it will be a good season.
We were only allowed to watch “Little House on the Prairie,” “The Waltons,” “The Brady Bunch”..... “Chips”... :0)
The tv shows today, however, really disgust me. The sitcoms especially are so pushing to say every vulgar and crass word, as often as possible. Not only a dumbed-down nation, but a complete lack of respect for anything. I keep wondering what is next too - bestiality, four and a half men fake-married to four goats...
I remember the book well myself. That and all the backwards masking stuff was all the rage in about the same time-frame.
I hope you haven’t been watching the Red Sox, ouch.
Didn’t see it but that’s a total steal of the only funny scene in Couples Retreat. Also obcene in the movie.
Honestly, I spend most of my time on the internet, my laptop sits on my coffee table and is always on.
But I usually have the tube on in the background. There are still a couple decent shows.
NYPD Blue showed Charlotte Ross’s @ss. ER had a character say “**it happens” around the same time.
I don’t think you could get away with either today.
No nudity allowed, but you can have fully clothed people simulate orgasms, weird standards.
I watched the season opener for Boardwalk Empire. OK! And the last Breaking Bad was terrific. Too bad that new Dinasaur show is not on demand. I have no way to record stuff.
I love the net, and nowadays, there are options. I have a roku box for streaming movies from netflix etc if I want. I am so busy that most of my available downtime is here on my laptop. When I had tv, I kept surfing for movies. Now I have movies galore, more than I have time for.
I feel like when I was a kid, I squandered a lifetime's worth of time on TV. I'm going on 44 yrs old, and I feel the movement of time more than I once did. I just don't want to waste time if I can help it.
When I lay dying, will I think to myself, "I wish I'd watched more TV?"
Lately, I got into Amazon which is great for movies. Alot of the classic movies have been re-released with all sorts of exended features on the actors, etc. I got the 2 disk version of “Dog Day Afternoon” and there was tons of stuff on it about making the movie, etc.
Lumet has always been one of my favorite directors anyhow...
No, you will think you should have read more FreeRepublic. That should get me many bonus points.
"Network" is one of my all time favorites. I can watch it again and again, as I do with all my favorite movies. I've watched "Millers Crossing" (big time Coen bros fan) more times than I can count.
I love noir--anything with Edward G Robinson. I love neo-noir--LA Confidential, Chinatown. Classic gangsters--Godfather, Goodfellas. All movies that can be watched over and over.
And I LOVE 70s dystopian sci-fi...Logan's Run, Soylent Green, THX 1138.
I question my time spent here. I think it is the fact that I like writing so much that makes me enjoy it here. But I do put it to the test. I am very wary of squandering time.
“incidental” (dead bodies) nudity is allowed
I am barely still in my 40s and understand time speeding up. From a freedom, liberty, and USA perspective, FreeRepublic is time well spent. I fully understand the quandary however. So far FreeRepublic is winning!
lol! I'm here 10 years now! Since my mid-30s! I hear ya!
You're carrying on like the sight gag of people engaged in an innocent act that resembles a sexual position is brand new. It isn't.
Next to Highlander 2, Couples retreat is the only movie i ever walked out of.
Horrible.
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