Posted on 08/19/2011 4:09:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
Idiot box for idiots. Even the commercials are “idoitized”.
I hope this guy never finds out about South Park on Comedy Central...
Doesn’t matter. Parents don’t “parent” anymore. They “free range.” Children now call the shots, particularly in middle class, white, suburban, divorced homes.
They don’t have a bedtime; do what they want, when they want, where they want. Are consulted on what house to buy, where to eat out, what vacations to go on, etc. etc.
My 77 year old strict, old world parents are totally shocked at how three year old Junior makes all the food shopping decisions at the grocery store.
I might have taken his point more seriously if he hadn’t gone on to trash “King of the Hill,” which is probably the most consistently conservative sitcom of the past 20 years.
Perhaps it is a sign of my age but I have cut TV viewing down to just a few hours in the evening. With access to hundreds of channels I can go days without finding anything worth watching. Fortunately I have other sources of entertainment.
Hollywood has an agenda. They could not care less what conservative think, in fact I would go as far as saying if we objected to something, then they will have considered their efforts a success.
The generation or two before us probably thought the same thing. But honestly, I just don’t see how this old world is going to continue much longer.
Mr. Bozell might be shocked to learn about time-shifting Tivos. Time of broadcast no longer equates to time of viewing. Does 'prime time' even mean much these days, especially on cable?
Ditch the cable and we don’t have these problems.
This is useful. The only time our children have cable tv available is when we go on vacation, and we’ll be at the beach next month. I’ll have my husband consult the property owner about parental controls on the televisions, or failing that, have him disconnect the cable at the house junction.
Concur, the real issue is the parenting—not the media. Adult Swim is clearly labeled “Adult” and (I believe) its on after 10PM. If parents let their kids watch it just because its animated, then its their fault—not the fault of the show’s producers. The fact is that once a kid has access to the Internet, its game over. They can look at just about anything, including unlimited amounts of porn. Given what’s out there, trashing Adult Swim is a little disingenuous.
I agree. It’s for adults. Put Parental Controls on the box.
It sounds a lot like South Park, frankly.
Living, as I do, in a cable-less insulated bubble, I’m pleased that Mr. Bozell is offering this information. I just emailed my husband to have him find out what we can do about the cable-tv in the beach house.
I don’t want to spend my vacation going from room to room all night turning televisions off and clobbering people. I don’t want televisions on even if they were watching religious programming - that’s why we have only one, and it’s in a cabinet with a padlock.
Same stream of thought that took a very conservative and patriotic bugs and road runner/coyote and drove em out. Convinced it was to allow a liberal workover before reintroducing bleh
Well, if people keep cancelling their satellite and cable service due to the economy, this may not be a problem any more. It’s up for consideration at our house.
But still... it is about parenting. My kids aren’t allowed to watch it.
It is indeed about parenting
The bit about “Randy the Molester” above is obviously satirizing a liberal attitude, and could even be construed as “conservative”. That, however, does not make it suitable for children....and usually what is not suitable for children is not healthy for adults either.
The same is true for South Park. Just because something is clever, well written, and pokes fun at liberal ideas does not make it redeeming and wholesome content, if at the same time it is wallowing in crude scatological humor and foul language. I can clean the stuff off of my shoes when I step in it, but once it gets into my brain via my eyes and ears...it stays.
Adult Swim is at least clearly labeled. It’s the shows on channels like Teen Nick and Disney that feature the next hyped up over-sexualized thirteen year old making out in the middle school hallways that you have to look out for.
You miss the whole point, my friend. I like King of the Hill too, although there is occasionally some stuff on it that I think is trashy. But he was saying that it is not appropriate for children.
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