Posted on 06/19/2015 4:17:00 AM PDT by foreverfree
Doctors smoke.
Drivers get into cars on the passenger side and slides across the front seat instead of walking around. Exception: A male driver with a female passenger. They both get in on the drivers' side. She gets in first but only slides halfway across.
Cops shoot fleeing unarmed suspects. If a civilian is shot during a pursuit, the cop doesn't bother stopping to render aid or call an ambulance; they keep chasing the suspect (of course, assumed to be guilty).
To make sure everyone knows his or her place, formal and familiar modes of address (and reference) are rigidly used.
Black people are always servants and servile (except on Amos 'n' Andy).
When "stuff" happens, women scream. A guy has to handle it for them.
Busy signals.
Convertibles with the top down in apparently cold weather (people bundled up or wearing heavy coats and hats).
Western marshals don't make arrests; they have duels with bad guys and given them the chance to draw and fire first. Cops aren't much better; they approach armed suspects without drawing a weapon, allowing the suspect fire at them so they can have a dramatic shoot-out.
Despite the fact that Roman Catholics are less than a quarter of the US population, about 90 per cent of TV clergy are priests.
You seldom see a TV in the homes of TV families.
It only takes a quick kiss or peck on the lips to make teenage boys happy.
TV homes have table radios with future technology (they don't need to warm up). And when turned on, a news story or announcement relevant to the plot is heard immediately.
Doctors make house calls. Nobody worries about the cost of health care.
Wives are younger and better looking than their husbands.
Women can't walk by themselves; guys must grab an elbow and steer them.
Bathrooms don't have toilets.
People drink coffee with every meal. (You'd think they'd need those toilets.)
Any others?
Exactly. We need to stop standing by.
My crowd tends to be “old, Military Retiree Bikers who are also hunting/shooting enthusiasts.
None of us belong to the “progressive” organization known as AARP. Yes, they are “progressive,” they endorsed Obama and promoted Obamacare.
You’re not peeing in my cereal...or on my Kashi bar. We’re just having a discussion.
I know the “good old days” weren’t perfect. And I agree there are many, many things to be thankful for in our daily lives.
But overall, looking at the big picture, we’re well into cultural and moral rot. If I were to go back in time and describe this world to my grandparents, they wouldn’t believe me.
It isn’t a Disney fantasy to recognize that much. Sure, we have to move forward, but we also have to acknowledge that it’s a steep climb-—not a walk down a daisy-lined path.
And I’m sorry about your friends.
I remember that one! I think Barbara Bel Geddes was the woman.
And now that I think of it, I’m confusing “Alfred Hitchcock” with “The Twilight Zone”...that’s where I saw the big steak.
**What’s the dirtiest thing ever said on TV?**
The White Knight with a zapping lance at full gallop while a voice over sings...
“Stronger than dirt! Stronger than dirt! New AJAX Laundry detergent is stronger than dirt!”
Remember the rumor at that time about THE FUGITIVE?
The rumor was... The doctor did kill his wife, the one armed man saw it, and the doctor was looking for that witness to silence him.
***even Twiggy was fatter than most women on most TV dramas.***
I don’t think so. I remember everyone talking bout how thin she was even back then.
The only comparison was some girl advertizing a product called Skinny Dip back in the early 1970s.
I remember when Disney switched from ABC to NBC so they could broadcast in color!
Both “Hitchcock” and “Twilight Zone” were brilliant. Twilight Zone was, in some respects, way ahead of its time.
Soupy has always been my hero. (I'm 64)
FMCDH(BITS)
Complete lack of gun muzzle caution!
Watch where you point that thing for God sakes.
All shows.
I remember watching the show on which he suggested that the kids go into their parents’ wallets and send him some of those pieces of green paper.
I thought it was funny and understood the joke, but some kids actually did.
I think he was kicked off the air for a couple of weeks over that.
Yes, it was. One of my husband’s favorite Christmas presents was the complete Twilight Zone set. It was a delight to watch episodes we hadn’t seen before.
I came from a Catholic family where divorce was out of the question. My mother did move back to her parents’ home for a brief period before I was born. Dad was drinking too much and Mom had had enough. Fortunately, Dad was a sensible man who realized his wife and son were important than alcohol. He quit drinking cold turkey and my parents reconciled.
I do have a few younger cousins who are divorced. I don’t mind that because their marriages were bad, and staying together would have been more damaging to the children than divorce. Fortunately, the divorced parents are mature enough to put aside differences and acrimony for the benefit of their kids. Both parents are heavily involved in their children’s lives even though they don’t all live together. The children are actually remarkably well adjusted.
What I do object to are single mothers who are so liberated they don’t need a man to help raise a child. Or in some cases they don’t even know who the baby daddy is. Or fathers who skip out of their obligations and are nowhere to be found in their children’s lives. Or the gay “couples” raising children with two mothers or two fathers. Children should have a mother and a father. A two parent home (with parents of different genders) provides stability, nurturing and proper moral upbringing.
Trivia Question: Why was The Joey Bishop Show unique in the history of television?
Trivia Answer: It was the only series to have ever started out black-and-white, then switch to color, then revert to black-and-white for its final season.
The show debuted in black-and-white on NBC in 1961. Then it switched to color in 1962. NBC canceled the series after the 1963 season.
CBS picked it up for the ‘64 season, but ordered the episodes in black-and-white. It only lasted one season on the eyeball network.
Speculation is that CBS was still pouting over losing the color format battle to RCA (NBC’s parent company at the time)
Occasionally, I will binge watch Twilight Zone. There are a number of episodes I never saw or completely forgot about.
The RCA system was in many ways far superior to the CBS system. CBS deserved to lose the battle.
But that was in the very early 50s.
I think they were just pinching pennies in this case.
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