Has TV gone off the deep end

[Got Stripers]

Surfing last night to try to find anything decent to watched and come across dating naked......are you f'g kidding me. I just shake my head at all the crap on TV and wonder how in the hell can there possibly be a market for some of this mindless dribble. Maybe I'm old school, but I'd sit and watch One Flew Over The Cucko's Nest until I knew (not that I don't already) every line by heart, than tune into some of these shows.

[piemma]

I agree. Naked and afraid, programs about little people, not kids but midgets. More cooking shows than you can count.
I watch the news, sports and the Weather Channel. Maybe the History Channel and whatever channel Wicked Tuna is on. That's it. The rest of TV is a waste of my time. I'd rather sleep.

[ThrowingTimber]

Its summer da'phucks a tv?

[nightfighter]

The perfect example of the dumbing of America.......

[BigFish]

I could get rid of the tv's from our house....would not miss them not one bit!

[iamskippy]

Reality shows suck period.... i could do with out TV... i enjoy the history channel with good historical programs and educational stuff..

You can keep that other drama crap...
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[Raven]

what's even worse are the reality show's like BOTCHED
for example one Doctor installed a fake boob upside down.
(that's a good one for "are you F-ING kidden me") x 10

i do find naked and afraid kind of amusing and informative tho.

[MAKAI]

Honey boo boo....are you fn kidding me ?
Talk about people that should just be put down !
Back to books I went, haven't looked back.
Only time the TV is on it's football and hockey.
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[JohnR]

You are all old(er, ish) Cantankerous White Males ('cept for Vic and he acts like a Cantankerous White Male In Training). Check Your Privilege. You do not have the right to criticize what others define as enjoyable and wholesome programming.

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by JohnR

You are all old(er, ish) Cantankerous White Males ('cept for Vic and he acts like a Cantankerous White Male In Training). Check Your Privilege. You do not have the right to criticize what others define as enjoyable and wholesome programming.

You are on the cusp of that profile yourself.....

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

You are on the cusp of that profile yourself.....

Cusp. Cusp? Full Fledged in my prime Cantankerous While Male of Privilege. Ask any of my proletariat friends

[Raider Ronnie]

Is Robin Williams still dead ?
I can't be sure with the lack of TV coverage.
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[Rockport24]

I've never seen dating naked, but I've seen naked and afraid and it's awesome! C'mon guys!
Still - I must be a old white guy in training as well, because I mostly agree with you grumpy bastages!

Ok next time there is a lightening storm on Cutty - we are all watching dating naked!

[FishermanTim]

We as a society, have allowed our entertainment to dictate what we watch instead of us dictate what they will show.
I do not watch anything on tv except sports, old westerns, old "family shows", some of what the History Channel considers "history-related", some of the antique shows, a couple of comedies and of course sports.

If I watch a murder mystery, it's an old one.
If I watch a crime drama, it's old as well.
Heck, I even look for old classic movies when I have the time to watch it.

As for any of these celebriality / trainwreck /tiny people / baby's momma-daddy tramp shows / glorified medical abnormality shows / basic insult-my-intelligence shows, they can all just go to hell!

I want to be entertained, to be challenged by wisdom and knowledge, not insulted by vulgarity and violence for cash and immorality for fame's sake (ie. kardashians, linsay lohen, anyone on E and MTV).

We are truly doomed as a species if our intelligence is dictated by the lowest IQs in the world, ie... the entertainment industry!!!

[MikeD]

mmmmm Juicy Fruit

[spinncognito]

So, if they came up with a new reality show- "Naked and Fishing" where they paired you up with a random naked (hot) girl to hit the surf (or Canal), would you sign up? Would you watch?

[Fly Rod]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

Is Robin Williams still dead ?
I can't be sure with the lack of TV coverage.
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Lack of TV coverage...UUUUUUU RRRRRRR kidding....... all day now its about him having early stage of Parkinson's....Yes, he was an icon of comedy...enough is enough

[FishermanTim]

Don't get me started on what today's news stations consider news.
Heck, for that matter, what the news anchors consider lead stories and how they cover (and re-cover, and re-re-cover them over and over and over again)!!!

[Raven]

they interviewed these homesteader girls in ALASKA
they said :
What's a SELFIE?

they had no idea......... so it depends upon exposure.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by spinncognito

So, if they came up with a new reality show- "Naked and Fishing" where they paired you up with a random naked (hot) girl to hit the surf (or Canal), would you sign up? Would you watch?

You can do that now - go fishing with Clammer - well, 2 out of three things anyway.

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

Lack of TV coverage...UUUUUUU RRRRRRR kidding....... all day now its about him having early stage of Parkinson's....Yes, he was an icon of comedy...enough is enough

I think that was Sarcasm

[Mike P]

Unfortunately, the History Channel is now more reality dreck than real history, too.

History International, if your system offers it, is somewhat better.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by spinncognito

So, if they came up with a new reality show- "Naked and Fishing" where they paired you up with a random naked (hot) girl to hit the surf (or Canal), would you sign up? Would you watch?

Watch? I'd volunteer to be on it, with no fee.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

Lack of TV coverage...UUUUUUU RRRRRRR kidding....... all day now its about him having early stage of Parkinson's....Yes, he was an icon of comedy...enough is enough

With all the cap going on in the world this is what we will see 24/7 for another month.
I liked Robin Williams as much as anyone else but the guy didn't pass away like most news channels try to put it. He killed himself. His choice.
Go on fb and read all the people saying how sad they are he's dead.
Christ. How many people are going to kill themselves because they are depressed that he killed himself.
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[Nebe]

i haven't owned a TV in years. What a waste of time to sit on your ass and stare at a box with a window on it that tells youth buy stuff you don't need and provides you with imaginary friends.

[Got Stripers]

If I can't find American Pickers, then a good fallback lately is buying the beach, as with retirement around the corner its fun to see what property on or near the beach and some good fishing is going for.

Even the movies they re-run are re-runs that were on last week, last month, last year and they are all chick flics. I have a strong sensitive side, I cried the last time I saw clammer beat the crap out of a squeaky reel, but come on put something else on for crying out loud.

I don't mind a good sci-fi flic once in a while, but snakes on planes, or giant crocodiles chomping down yummy prom dates doesn't cut it. Give me Blade Runner or even the original Planet of the Apes and I'm in; sorry watching William Shatner rescue humpback whales isn't good sci-fi.

Dribble, dribble, mindless dribble.

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by Nebe

... provides you with imaginary friends.

I like my imaginary friends....

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

We as a society, have allowed our entertainment to dictate what we watch instead of us dictate what they will show.
I do not watch anything on tv except sports, old westerns, old "family shows", some of what the History Channel considers "history-related", some of the antique shows, a couple of comedies and of course sports.

If I watch a murder mystery, it's an old one.
If I watch a crime drama, it's old as well.
Heck, I even look for old classic movies when I have the time to watch it.

As for any of these celebriality / trainwreck /tiny people / baby's momma-daddy tramp shows / glorified medical abnormality shows / basic insult-my-intelligence shows, they can all just go to hell!

I want to be entertained, to be challenged by wisdom and knowledge, not insulted by vulgarity and violence for cash and immorality for fame's sake (ie. kardashians, linsay lohen, anyone on E and MTV).

We are truly doomed as a species if our intelligence is dictated by the lowest IQs in the world, ie... the entertainment industry!!!

Whatsamatter wit you? You don't like titties?

[piemma]

The first time Clammer was on my boat he dropped his shorts and Mooned me, he-who-cannot-be-mentioned and everybody at Oakland Beach.

YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT A REALITY SHOW!!

[afterhours]

[QUOTE=JohnR;1049340]You are all old(er, ish) Cantankerous White Males ('cept for Vic and he acts like a Cantankerous White Male In Training).

curmudgeons in training.

[Liv2Fish]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Unfortunately, the History Channel is now more reality dreck than real history, too.

History International, if your system offers it, is somewhat better.

If you want real history, dig into wikipedia. Got lost in it reading about the cultures of the middle east and what that whole thing's about and from there into ancient china. It's a deep rabbit hole with lots of links.