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15 TV Catchphrases From The 70’s That Would Be Considered Offensive Today
Oldest.org ^ | 7/8/25 | Damini R.

Posted on 07/27/2025 8:00:53 AM PDT by DallasBiff

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Well TV and streaming are so woke, these days, 2020's.
1 posted on 07/27/2025 8:00:53 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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Would you believe ... this is idiotic?!


2 posted on 07/27/2025 8:10:06 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: DallasBiff

TV today can be best described as … hours and hours of commercials, briefly interrupted by split seconds of program.


3 posted on 07/27/2025 8:12:16 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: DallasBiff

I’m shocked you can still watch All In The Family on tv.


4 posted on 07/27/2025 8:13:22 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: DallasBiff

Fred Sanford talking about using Aunt Esther’s face to stamp out gorilla cookies probably wouldn’t cut it today.


5 posted on 07/27/2025 8:14:25 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: CatOwner

Ridiculous article.


6 posted on 07/27/2025 8:14:54 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

I consider all catch phrases offensive. It’s just so lazy. They stop even trying to build it to a punchline. “Let’s just have him walk in and say it”.


7 posted on 07/27/2025 8:14:57 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: DallasBiff

Talk about nonsense. But if that squeamishness is actually true, it reflects that the alphabet population, empowered by DEI, has conquered our culture.


8 posted on 07/27/2025 8:15:10 AM PDT by odawg
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They missed a big one: Star Trek’s (the original series) opening: “…to boldly go where no man has gone before!”

The EU is planning to digitally change that phrase to: “…to boldly go where no-one has gone before!”

And that has Bill Shatner a bit upset.

https://thatparkplace.com/william-shatner-responds-to-eus-plans-to-change-iconic-star-trek-phrase-due-over-gendered-language/


9 posted on 07/27/2025 8:15:48 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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That article had so many triggered little snowflake sentiments that it’s almost like a Babylon Bee satire, but the whiny millennial/Gen Z writer was deadly serious with their virtue signaling.


10 posted on 07/27/2025 8:16:56 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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Ridiculous article.

You took the trouble to read it?

What does this tell you?

11 posted on 07/27/2025 8:18:15 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: DallasBiff

The descriptions below the phrases are hilarious! People need to just chill out. No wonder humor is dead!


12 posted on 07/27/2025 8:18:26 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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15. “Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?”

The phrase used stylized speech patterns for comedic effect, reducing a character to a caricature rather than celebrating authentic personality.

You mean like how Jasmine Crockett talks today?

-PJ

13 posted on 07/27/2025 8:19:35 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DallasBiff

Neither Damini R. in Bangalore or the LLM who more likely wrote the article were in the US in the 1970s. Come to think of it, they aren’t really here now, so they’re just guessing about what’s objectionable today.


14 posted on 07/27/2025 8:19:41 AM PDT by x
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To: Sirius Lee

I thought there might be some substance; but it was mindless tripe.


15 posted on 07/27/2025 8:19:55 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

All 15 are probably in “Blazing Saddles”


16 posted on 07/27/2025 8:20:14 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Leaning Right

Wherever the Enterprise is going, aliens are already there and they aren’t nobodies.


17 posted on 07/27/2025 8:21:55 AM PDT by x
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To: Jamestown1630

“Substantial” catchphrases? Astounding.


18 posted on 07/27/2025 8:22:13 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: DallasBiff

What an utter garbage article. I can see the fat, white, blue haired land whale at her keyboard pawing this article in.

You know what’s really “problematic” about Different Strokes? They’re upset Nancy Reagan got airtime!


19 posted on 07/27/2025 8:22:34 AM PDT by Skywise
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This is a dumb article. There is nothing wrong with any of this, and only a snowflake who crawled out of a safe space would find issues with these shows.

-PJ

20 posted on 07/27/2025 8:23:04 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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