Shocking things in old TV shows

[tvguy]

The Tom and Jerry movie came out last week and someone pointed out just how violent a cartoon the original was. Same with the Roadrunner

 

[LuvOrlando]

Wow this question taps ALL the creepy -isms that were allowed, top of my head:
Bruce Lee was shut out of Batman.
David Carradine in Kung Fu... I was under ten and was completely confused by the whole thing.
EVERY female deferring to men and husbands and females getting an ALLOWANCE like the family children.
The fact that black actresses and actors were only showcased in all black shows like "Different World" and 'Fresh Prince" still really really bothers me. People blended together in the real world so what was that about?
The fact that there were hispanic lead characters in the 70's 80's (Chips, Fantasy Island) and then vanished, what was that?
Brooke Shields in her Calvins at 15 made me feel vulnerable... gross ewww.
TV following Vogue's definition of beauty, also too eww for words single handedly spawning anorexia as a crisis.
Charlie's Angels brand of sexist empowerment was just too creepy.

TV was so offensive

 

[RamblingMad]

I like watching old TV shows. I binged Welcome Back, Kotter over the summer.

Concerning the fat shaming, obesity rates were much lower in the 80s, so there were fewer audience members to offend.

 

[MIGrandma]

I would much rather watch old shows like All in the Family, The Jefferson’s, Golden Girls, etc. than some of the crappy shows now.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I watch I Love Lucy all the time. It's one of my favorite shows- but the smoking!! OMG. I Love Lucy was sponsored by Philip Morris, and apparently they wanted a lot of the product in the show. It's strange to see today.

 

[mrodgers]

There was a Saturday Night Live skit "The Sinatra Group", and Phil Hartman as Frank throws out a gay slur that you'll likely never see on TV today.

Ha, meanwhile today, Justin Timberlake and Andy Samburg singing "______ in a box" is perfectly acceptable (well, was not long ago and probably is now.)

 

[usnuzuloose]

I've also recently thought about what was acceptable in the past on tv and how a lot of it would not fly today.

However, on the flip side, how about the sex and language of today that IS allowed on tv? We've traded questionable for questionable.

Another one--

Yesterday, I was watching Molly Yeh (love her). She was using peppermint Schnops in a chocolate mint trifle dessert. She tasted one of the bars and said "I'm a little drunk now." Lol

I've seen Tricia Yearwood and Ree Drummond tell us how to make mixed drinks.



Dukes of Hazzard had a lot of no nos in it--the car for one.

DH and I watched a few episodes of Three's Company recently and there's a lot of sexism and harassment that we thought was funny back in the day.

I have wondered about these shows with ree and trishia and showing them going to church and serving people drinks and drinking themselves.

 

[Hillbeans]

I used to watch The Love Boat when I was about 8 or 9....that show was chock full of sexual innuendo, casual sex, etc....especially Doc, he would regularly be hooking up with 2-3 women every episode.

 

[holden]

I remember watching Benny Hill as a kid. That would never fly now.

 

[tzolkin]

I have wondered about these shows with ree and trishia and showing them going to church and serving people drinks and drinking themselves.

You can’t go to church and also enjoy an alcoholic beverage socially?

 

[mom2rtk]

I watch I Love Lucy all the time. It's one of my favorite shows- but the smoking!! OMG. I Love Lucy was sponsored by Philip Morris, and apparently they wanted a lot of the product in the show. It's strange to see today.

I'm catching up on "The Crown" this year and am wondering if Philip Morris is sponsoring that one.

 

[mom2rtk]

I have wondered about these shows with ree and trishia and showing them going to church and serving people drinks and drinking themselves.

I mean, the church I go to actually serves wine sometimes.

Not that many churches are philosophically opposed to drinking.

 

[nj disney family]

Married With Children would never be made now.

 

[Kittyblue]

A friend just posted this on facebook the other day, fits with this thread

 

[OKW8297]

I like watching old TV shows. I binged Welcome Back, Kotter over the summer.

Concerning the fat shaming, obesity rates were much lower in the 80s, so there were fewer audience members to offend.

Yeah, well as a fatkidin the 70/80’s.....it wasn’t fun and shows like this didn’t help.

 

[KayMichigan]

I watch I Love Lucy all the time. It's one of my favorite shows- but the smoking!! OMG. I Love Lucy was sponsored by Philip Morris, and apparently they wanted a lot of the product in the show. It's strange to see today.

You think THAT'S bad, check THIS out:

(The Flintstones originally ran as a show for adults and was sponsored by Winston cigarettes)

It is very noticeable watching old movies and TV shows today how everybody is smoking like a chimney. It was seen as sophisticated and elegant, and doctors even claimed it was good for you.

 

[bcla]

I have some Dutch tv shows from the early 90s on DVD, characters smoked on screen. One tv show ran for over two decades, the smoking character trying to quit became a plotline.

In the Broadway musical of Disney's Aladdin fatshaming is also a thing as in: The fat character is obsessed with food and they use that for comic relief.

That was supposed to become a plot line of Miami Vice, but I understand that they didn't air the episode where Crockett is trying to quite smoking. What I did see what one video dating plot line where Crockett is talking about himself, saying that he doesn't smoke, but that he's not bothered by women who do.

 

[bcla]

Bruce Lee was shut out of Batman.

Curious what you mean by that? He was on The Green Hornet and certainly was part of the crossover.

 

[georgina]

You can’t go to church and also enjoy an alcoholic beverage socially?

Right? Didn't someone turn water into wine?

 

[AppleDumpling]

Man, All in the Family would be totally misunderstood and taken out of context today. It was extreme and provocative, but it wasn't actually espousing the ignorant and bigoted beliefs of Archie Bunker - quite the opposite, actually.

Have only seen a few episodes (as an adult), so can’t really comment, but apparently the Archie character evolved over time for the better. As a kid in the 70’s, I wasn’t allowed to watch. My parents didn’t care for it, and deemed it inappropriate for me and my siblings.

The Tom and Jerry movie came out last week and someone pointed out just how violent a cartoon the original was. Same with the Roadrunner

Yep, Bugs Bunny and all the other original Looney Tunes had plenty of violence and some racism too. I’ve heard that the new version of Elmer Fudd no longer carries a gun.