Oh, but now we know that "Climate Change" is actually a plot by the Chinese to put American industry at a disadvantage. Of course, Al could be conspiring with the Chinese...a new "Manchurian Candidate," perhaps...
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
TV shows that were a no-no for some children to watch...
- Thread starter mleach
- Start date
Oh, but now we know that "Climate Change" is actually a plot by the Chinese to put American industry at a disadvantage. Of course, Al could be conspiring with the Chinese...a new "Manchurian Candidate," perhaps...
Freddy's Nightmares is one show i was *not* allowed to watch, because it was too violent. It amazes me that i was allowed to watch the so called "reality" shows like Rescue 911 and On Scene: Emergency Response, but Freddy's Nightmares was deemed too violent by my parents...
I know this wasn't a children's show, but my mother would not allow me to even be in the room when her soap operas were on. They were "The Secret Storm" and "The Edge of Night"...and this was in the late sixties and early seventies...before they started showing couples climbing into bed together (for something other than sleep). She thought these were shows "only for grown-ups" and that no teenager should see them. We had one TV then and that meant stay away during the mid-afternoon.
When i was little, i found soap operas to be stupid sometimes, like when couples were climbing into bed together or interrupted weddings.
My mother didn't watch soaps, but I'd have to tolerate them during the holidays and during the summer (off school) when my Grandma came to visit. She was also big on Peyton Place, in prime time, which ran 2 times a week.
I used to watch Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara during my early lifetime as a child, and i still kept up with DOOL and SB when not in school(being sick or during summer.) But my school let out at 1:00 so i'd watch Santa Barbara when i got home, because it was on at 3:00. That was the extent of my soap opera watching for a while.
In the late 70's and early 80's I knew a lot of parents who would not allow their kids to watch daytime soaps. What was funny about that was it wasn't what was actually on the soaps but rumors of stuff happening that wasn't true like the FCC told the stations they can do anything they want during the daytime even airing porn. When Luke and Laura were married on General Hospital in the early 80's many saw the wedding which was true but you had people "swear" they saw Laura giving Luke oral sex and the two were totally nude too. Of course a lot of these rumors were spread in the local churches.
I was thinking about the thread today. Today I was listening to KLZ ( a local Denver radio station ) and the host admitted he does NOT allow his kids to listen to KLZ or any other Denver radio or TV station. I guess this is the IN thing right now because on the rat Facebook page are a lot of kids under 17 and most of them have parents that don't allow them access to any radio or TV either actually one 16 year old just got back from a long distance road trip and his parents would call ahead and have the TV removed from their motel room. There was one 15 year old girl who has never listened to the radio !!! I think Madonna started this. In the past I knew parents who wouldn't allow their kids to listen to certain radio stations or watch certain certain TV shows but to totally ban either is another thing. Heck Madonna's own kids not only are not allowed to listen to the radio, read the paper or magazines or watch TV but they aren't allowed to listen to their own mother's recordings either, I have to wonder when her kids are of age and they are shown their mother's book on SEX what their response will be ?? I don't get the purpose if it. I feel sorry for those kids because they won't be able to handle anything !!!
Yeah, I agree that it's ridiculous. You can't shield kids from depictions of sex and violence, or supposedly objectionable talk radio. I didn't attempt to shield my 3 children, and they are all now healthy normal adults. Kids will find a way to listen, or watch. I guess these parents don't let their kids have cell phones either - at least not smart phones, because you can access everything on the internet from ISIS beheadings to hardcore porn. It's all just a click away, and "parental controls" can be defeated by smart kids.
My parents thought anyone who didn't have a tv in their house was weird, and any of my friends who didn't have one, well, they were kids my mum felt sorry for. She felt they were deprived and sheltered. We never encountered this until we moved to Iowa in the 80's. My parents didn't want me watching shows like He-Haw of The Dukes Of Hazard, because she thought they encouraged stupidity. If I watched it elsewhere, then that was fine, but not in our house. When Laugh-In was brought back, my parents made me watch it. I had to drop whatever I was doing and come downstairs every time. Mum said I needed a "history lesson." I remember one night we were staying in a hotel in Saskatchewan and Monty Python's Flying Circus came on. She made me watch that too, saying I "needed an education."
She wasn't thrilled with me watching Benny Hill, and said so in front of her mother who replied "oh let him watch it, he's old enough and besides, he needs to know about his heritage and where he came from" (She was English.) She then said to my mum "I never denied you kids watching or listening to whatever you wanted and you all turned out fine, so don't do that to him. Besides, he's going to see and hear that stuff anyway. Might as well be at home when he does."
She wasn't thrilled with me watching Benny Hill, and said so in front of her mother who replied "oh let him watch it, he's old enough and besides, he needs to know about his heritage and where he came from" (She was English.) She then said to my mum "I never denied you kids watching or listening to whatever you wanted and you all turned out fine, so don't do that to him. Besides, he's going to see and hear that stuff anyway. Might as well be at home when he does."
The cell/smart phones thing reminds me of those two guys behind the Columbine shootings. I don't know if it was Kleboid or Harris but it came out years later that the parents of at least one of those boys were over protective. Anyway one day he ( again I don't remember which one ) was seen listening to KOOL 105 ( a Denver radio station ) by his parents and he was beaten. They apparently had a NO TV and radio access thing going on in the household BUT he was allowed unlimited internet access instead, We know what happened next.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if many of those kids who aren't allowed access to radio or TV have cellphones and internet access instead because those parents refuse to believe there is bad stuff out there online. Heck I have seen it myself...NO TV NO radio but they are allowed to be on Facebook, Makes zero sense !!! At least Madonna doesn't allow her kids to have internet access either.
Last edited:
I do remember watching Another World during the "Who shot Jake" storyline in 1990. Since the 1990 version of Tic Tac Dough(with Patrick Wayne) was on the same channel as AW, i began watching AW. To think of it, AW, On Scene: Emergency Response, TTD and there was one more show(maybe Santa Barbara?) were the only shows i watched that was on NBC or WYFF/4 Greenville. Everything else was ABC or WLOS/13 Asheville then.
Excellent point. For sure there is some destructive content for teens on radio and TV.
On the other hand there are real-live criminals prowling around on Facebook.
I think the "full frontal nudity on soaps" urban legend got started by a guest on
The 700 Club around 1980.
On the other hand there are real-live criminals prowling around on Facebook.
I think the "full frontal nudity on soaps" urban legend got started by a guest on
The 700 Club around 1980.
This sounds like the numerous 'urban legends' going around in the 70's and 80's that male star X and female star Y actually had real sex (i.e.: penetration) in some love scene, or other. These rumors often involved Jane Fonda, as she was still widely hated for protesting the Vietnam War and being "Hanoi Jane." I guess the rumor instigators believed there was some causal connection between being a war protester and wanting to have actual sex in front of a camera, despite the potential career destruction it would cause
These rumors are absurd.
My grandmom watched The Doctors and Another World, and she *never* saw anything close to that.
This is an old thread, so I apologize if I posted this earlier...
"Love, American Style", a staple of ABC Friday nights at 10 in the early 70's was considered off limits by my parents. I think they thought it was some sort of X-rated TV show, while in truth it was simply a somewhat sassy but still family friendly show. But we watched it anyway, on our Friday night sleepouts in the rec. room in the fall of '72. Brady Bunch/Partridge Family/Room 222/Odd Couple/Love American Style.
"Love, American Style", a staple of ABC Friday nights at 10 in the early 70's was considered off limits by my parents. I think they thought it was some sort of X-rated TV show, while in truth it was simply a somewhat sassy but still family friendly show. But we watched it anyway, on our Friday night sleepouts in the rec. room in the fall of '72. Brady Bunch/Partridge Family/Room 222/Odd Couple/Love American Style.
Really? Love, American Style? That was a rather tame show.
My parents left it on, and I was awfully young at the time.
I think I had indicated earlier in this thread that All in the Family was a notable no-no in our house (though later my mom began watching it herself and loved the show). Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Soap were other shows on her blacklist.
Regarding rumors of people having actual sex on camera and all, I recall one that was circulating around the Trekkie community for some time regarding a very distinct Counselor Troi wardrobe malfunction on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I always thought that was a ridiculous urban myth, until one night, shortly after buying my first HD set, I was dozing off on the couch with TNG on when...….WHOA! There it is!
I actually felt quite bad for her. By reputation she's a very nice woman in real life.
My parents left it on, and I was awfully young at the time.
I think I had indicated earlier in this thread that All in the Family was a notable no-no in our house (though later my mom began watching it herself and loved the show). Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Soap were other shows on her blacklist.
Regarding rumors of people having actual sex on camera and all, I recall one that was circulating around the Trekkie community for some time regarding a very distinct Counselor Troi wardrobe malfunction on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I always thought that was a ridiculous urban myth, until one night, shortly after buying my first HD set, I was dozing off on the couch with TNG on when...….WHOA! There it is!
I actually felt quite bad for her. By reputation she's a very nice woman in real life.
Last edited:
While it was not off limits by my parents, i despised football. When i was young, i watched my ABC affiliate(WLOS) because it didn't have the football games that became a parade of timeouts, incomplete desperation passes and time-consuming penalties. I was watching ABC in that era, so i was watching "Life Goes On" followed by "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "America's Funniest People" rather than sit through a game that becomes a parade of timeouts, incomplete desperation passes and time-consuming penalties. It didn't occur to me until "Life Goes On" was canceled and i watched a game between the Giants and Bears to realize how football *is* entertaining.
Not to bump this, but i wonder how many parents told their kids not to watch The Real Ghostbusters because it was too frightening. I remember my mom told me i shouldn't be watching it, because it scared the heck out of this 2 year old tot. But i didn't mind her, i guess i should be proud i didn't.
Growing up my parents didn't really closely monitor what we watched. My mother didn't allow me to watch soap operas as a young child if I happened to be home from school or on summer break during the day, as she thought they were trashy and didn't really watch them herself. Aside from that, I don't recall any TV shows being off limits and when we got our first VCR, a few of my siblings were older than me, and we were able to watch most anything we wanted to rent, even things like comedies that happened to include some risque scenes or double entendres (which were tame back then vs. modern standards). What most "overprotective" parents don't realize is that most of the adult-themed stuff flies past the kids without them realizing what it's even about in most cases and the kids don't even catch on...Unless the parents make a big deal about it or start calling it out and that's when they perk up and start taking notice. There were several movies I watched as a kid that I re-watched as an adult and only then did I actually understand some of the humor or get some of the true meanings.
I also think maybe it's better if kids see some TV shows that deal with more adult themes when they're with their parents, because if they don't understand some of the terminology or something that's said, at least they can ask their parents and get an understanding from them instead of maybe asking older kids at school who may fill them with BS, or look it up on the Web and get a different meaning altogether.
I also think maybe it's better if kids see some TV shows that deal with more adult themes when they're with their parents, because if they don't understand some of the terminology or something that's said, at least they can ask their parents and get an understanding from them instead of maybe asking older kids at school who may fill them with BS, or look it up on the Web and get a different meaning altogether.
Last edited:
- Status