For the old timers

I view most media today as much more beneficial to young people.

I find lots more xenophobia, racism and bigotry being conveyed in our past than in our current, and I'm pretty satisfied w/ the content we are producing.

From the very very little entertainment I watch, I'd agree that it has done a lot to reduce xenophobia, racism and bigotry. Unfortunately, it also has done a lot to lower the perceived value of integrity, modesty, logical thought, and working toward long-term goals.

:good: Agree

> From the very very little entertainment I watch, I'd agree that it has done a lot to reduce xenophobia, racism and bigotry. Unfortunately, it also has done a lot to lower the perceived value of integrity, modesty, logical thought, and working toward long-term goals.

I saw a blog post a few weeks back that said something like (paraphrasing): "my daughters growing up today are probably more likely to have sex in high school and less likely to hate black people, and I'll take that trade off ten times out of ten"

But wouldn't it be nice if we could reduce xenophobia, racism and bigotry and enhance the value of integrity, modesty, logical thought, and working toward long-term goals?

> But wouldn't it be nice if we could reduce xenophobia, racism and bigotry and enhance the value of integrity, modesty, logical thought, and working toward long-term goals?

Well, yeah. But given the diseconomies of scale involved in a nation the size of ours, I think the best we can hope from mass popular culture is do as little harm as possible. Any good has to come from a smaller, more local, source.

On the plus side, the first few words of you post sent me to YouTube to watch this (embedding disabled):

And that has certainly raised the enjoyability level of the morning 🙂

Didn't click your link before I posted mine, great minds think alike - plus I got Brian from his pre-zombie days 🙁

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You forgot to use the sarcasm font in your post.

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[sarcasm]I didnt even know this feature existed[/sarcasm]

Couldn't figure out what the strange text was. And I had no clue there was now an official sarcasm symbol. Seems insanely useful.

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> [sarcasm]I didnt even know this feature existed[/sarcasm]
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> Couldn't figure out what the strange text was. And I had no clue there was now an official sarcasm symbol. Seems insanely useful.

yes, the sarcasm font is handy.

Oh, I just wanted to say, [sarcasm]I like your new haircut.[/sarcasm]

Holy

I do remember the Real McCoys from when I was a kid. And I specifically remember Walter Brennan, as the grampa figure. Of course, being a kid, I knew very little about the actor, and not much about old movies in general.

Years later, when I finally saw Brennan in the classic Bogart movie "To Have and Have Not" I remember my first impression was "Wow, Brennan was always old."

I didn't really intend for this thread to turn into a discussion of bigotry and hate. It was intended to stir up some fond memories from yesteryear.

We all live in our own little private worlds. Each may be entirely different than another. I think mine is "normal" while you think yours is "normal". I grew up in a world more like Timmy's on "Lassie" than Beaver's on "Leave it to Beaver". My world was closer to the scenery on "Little House" than that of Buffy and Jodie living in a rich man's apartment. Nearly all the bad guys were easy to identify because they wore black hats or the background music changed upon their appearance. Today, the bad guys are normally of some distinctive ethnic background with a few white guys and gals thrown in while the good guys are a blended group of people that do not live in my neighborhood, hence, totally unbelievable. You may live in the melting pot. I don't. I will see more specific ethnicities in one day watching TV than I will actually encounter in a month. That may suit you, or it may not. That's just the way it is here.

Now....can we return to talking about the McCoy's, the Cartwright's and the Munster's?

> Now....can we return to talking about the McCoy's, the Cartwright's and the Munster's?

Okay, which Marilyn was hotter?

Pat Priest gave me non-priest-like thoughts.

> Pat Priest gave me non-priest-like thoughts.

Bev helped me get through the adolescent years....:snarky: :woot:

Oh most divine holiness,

“Anyone remember the name of the Munster's pet?”

"SPOT"

Don’t forget about “Maynard” aka “Gilligan”, “Larry”, Eddie”, “Lumpy”, Gidget, Tammy, Polyanna, Mrs. Howell, Hazel, Rob and Laura, Timmy in the damn well again….etc

I might be 61 but I can remember all that stuff like it was yesterday, don’t know if that’s good or bad.

Y’all have a great weekend!

PS: I wish someone would finish that joke line. With the amount of talent here surely someone can!

Aw hell James,

Neither one of them can hold a candle to Mrs. Wilson or Mrs. Ziffle or Aunt Bee! :-O

Have a great weekend!

Dennis the Menace, Greenacres, and The Andy Griffith show for the young 'uns

Ask and ye shall receive......

BTW, I'm tickled that someone actually answered that question about Spot. Kitty was their other pet.

Here you go.........

Pepino (McCoy), Hop Sing (Cartwright) and Eddie (Munster) walk into an Irish bar and Hop Sing yells…… "Do you serve Crackers here?"

Pepino (McCoy), Hop Sing (Cartwright) and Eddie (Munster) walk into an Irish bar and Hop Sing yells……."Is this the place with a priest, a rabbi and an imam?"

Pepino (McCoy), Hop Sing (Cartwright) and Eddie (Munster) walk into an Irish bar and Hop Sing yells……."We're lookin' for Tonto, Pancho and Ethel Mertz."

Anyone think you can do better?