Shocking things in old TV shows

[Adelle Dazeem]

OMG, I just watced some of this on Netflix. I never watched Friends despite being an old millennial and had just finished watching Episodes and thought Matt Leblanc was hysterical in it.

Episodes was absolutely hilarious - so underrated and most people have never heard of it. The season one finale had me and my husband in hysterics. We had to pause it because we in tears.

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

Episodes was absolutely hilarious - so underrated and most people have never heard of it. The season one finale had me and my husband in hysterics. We had to pause it because we in tears.

It’s been a long time since I’ve belly laughed at a TV show. I imagine there are people who wouldn’t think it was funny as it’s a bit dry and not PG at times but I was in stitches! Very underrated show. The writing paired with the timing and personas of the cast just *chef’s kiss*

 

[Adelle Dazeem]

It’s been a long time since I’ve belly laughed at a TV show. I imagine there are people who wouldn’t think it was funny as it’s a bit dry and not PG at times but I was in stitches! Very underrated show. The writing paired with the timing and personas of the cast just *chef’s kiss*

Oh yes - definitely rated R, but just hysterical. Now I think I need to go re-watch it again. It's been a while.

 

[NotUrsula]

That was accepted then though. Does seem so odd! I had thyroid surgery in 1987 and my family had to insist that I not be put in a room after surgery with a woman who was smoking. I have allergies and probably woudl have coughed so much it would have ripped the staples right out of my throat!

I had outpatient surgery at a local hospital in St. Louis in 1999, and was asked if I wanted a smoking or nonsmoking room. I about fell off the chair in shock. (By the time I next had surgery in that hospital, in 2003, that was no longer an option, Thank God.)

 

[angelmav]

yeah old tv shows have wild concepts. Nuclear families, kids being respectful, craziness!

 

[hsmamato2]

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.

I've been watching Love Boat a lot this winter (thanks Pluto tv I love you) and I was shocked at the content too.... haha I do NOT remember those storylines from watching as a kid....

 

[RamblingMad]

I had outpatient surgery at a local hospital in St. Louis in 1999, and was asked if I wanted a smoking or nonsmoking room. I about fell off the chair in shock. (By the time I next had surgery in that hospital, in 2003, that was no longer an option, Thank God.)

Remember the smoking section on the airplane?

 

[dpswift]

I think it's more that society has shifted to such an extent that everything is deemed offensive to somebody, somewhere. I'm not saying fat-shaming wasn't wrong, but the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction to the point where you can't even express an opinion without it being a major offense.

Very true. Honestly people have become too sensitive. I actually loved the idea of American Housewife because it was a very relatable topic just badly written But

 

[RamblingMad]

Watched Love Boat this weekend. Basic premise is hooking up celebrities from other TV shows with as funny a plot as possible. I don’t think this show would work now.

 

[zoo2tycoon]

On Leave it to Beaver, June has a Mammy Cookie jar in kitchen. Only in a few episodes.

 

[bcla]

On Leave it to Beaver, June has a Mammy Cookie jar in kitchen. Only in a few episodes.

I watched tons of syndicated re-runs when I was a kid. As far as I could recall, there was only a single black character throughout the entire series, and that was a maid.

It got interesting on some shows like The Andy Griffith Show. They almost never had any black characters, which is highly unusual in the south. They had just one speaking part, which was a former professional football player who grew up in Mayberry and came back where he ran his dad's business and coached.

 

[EveDallas]

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.

Fun fact - Lucille Ball smoked a brand called Chesterfields. She had to put them in a Phillip Morris package because they were the sponsor.

 

[redrosesix]

Um...people go to church. Those same people sometimes drink. Just because one drinks...or serves drinks...doesn't mean they will burst into flames if they enter some holy place, nor does it mean they are a bad person.

Very true. I go to church and we literally drink wine in the church.

 

[bcla]

Fun fact - Lucille Ball smoked a brand called Chesterfields. She had to put them in a Phillip Morris package because they were the sponsor.

The Flintstones were sponsored by RJ Reynolds.

 

[bcla]

Remember the smoking section on the airplane?

Pilots used to smoke in the cockpit. I heard they were allowed to even after the US had passenger section smoking bans.

Restaurant smoking bans were a bit different in how they went into effect city by city until they went statewide. The latest I remember was Nevada. I went to a restaurant it somewhat surprised me when I was asked which section I wanted. They eventually went fully nonsmoking. How well it was enforced was another matter. I was at a sports bar in 2000 looking to watch a basketball game and they didn't seem to be enforcing the state's ban.

 

[Skippy918]

I had outpatient surgery at a local hospital in St. Louis in 1999, and was asked if I wanted a smoking or nonsmoking room. I about fell off the chair in shock. (By the time I next had surgery in that hospital, in 2003, that was no longer an option, Thank God.)

Hospitals allowed smoking? Isn’t that a fire hazard considering the oxygen lines going to all the rooms? It seems oxymoronic as well cause smoking makes one sick.

 

[bcla]

Hospitals allowed smoking? Isn’t that a fire hazard considering the oxygen lines going to all the rooms? It seems oxymoronic as well cause smoking makes one sick.

There were likely areas where it wasn't allowed. I'm pretty sure there was no smoking in operating rooms or anywhere there might be supplemental oxygen or flammable liquids/gases.

However, my mom worked in a hospital when I was really young and they definitely allowed smoking inside.

 

[NotUrsula]

Hospitals allowed smoking? Isn’t that a fire hazard considering the oxygen lines going to all the rooms? It seems oxymoronic as well cause smoking makes one sick.

Oh, you betcha, on all counts!

It used to get ugly sometimes because of the shared rooms, when someone in a "smoking" room ended up with a roommate who was unexpectedly put on oxygen, and then the other patient(s) in the room would be told they could not smoke while oxygen was in use. Mostly if they could walk they would trundle their IV stands out into the hall and stand leaning against it to smoke. If they couldn't walk they would usually complain pretty endlessly about it, and occasionally light up in the middle of the night when no visitors were around to snitch on them.

And yes, many hospitals still have semi-private rooms, too; though I haven't seen a 4-person "ward" room in the US in decades. When my father was being treated for lung cancer in the 1970's he was in a 4-man ward room, and 2 of the guys in the room smoked constantly: they were emphysemics. My dad actually did not smoke; his cancer was occupational. There was no smoke in our home to inhale, but he got it secondhand for the entire 2 YEARS he was in the hospital for his treatment. Sadly, he didn't survive it; pretty much no one did back then.

 

[chickapin parterre]

Golden Girls...about the only show that makes me laugh now....we have cable for one more month, our cabin renters paid for an additional month...I will be sad when they go away in their Archie Bunker ways.

 

[RamblingMad]

Golden Girls...about the only show that makes me laugh now....we have cable for one more month, our cabin renters paid for an additional month...I will be sad when they go away in their Archie Bunker ways.

Archie’s Place airs on the weekends OTA.