TV was really innocent in my youth, we watched everything that was on both channels we got, The Avengers was about the raciest thing on TV that I recall. We didn't get NBC, they might have balked at Star Trek, but I didn't see it back then.
I do recall dad saying the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" was a bit to adult for me at the time.
'Four legs good, two legs baaaad." ---------------------------------------------- "Jimmy, some of it's magic, Some of it's tragic, But I had a good life all the way." (Jimmy Buffett)
We had two channels, 4 & 9. Dad had nothing to do with determining programming, that was Mom. I was not allowed to watch boxing (neither was Dad) and Alfred Hitchcock.
Alfred Hitchcock......interesting. Our whole family loved it.
Don't know about banned but we had to be in bed by 8 on school nights. Then sept 13th Monday night football 1982 Pittsburgh Steelers vs the Dallas Cowboys.. I was a cowboys fan and brother was a Steelers fan. Anyhow parents let us stay up to watch the last few minutes of the game.. I gotten wiser and no longer root for the cowboys lol
Originally Posted by Bricktop
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.
We werent supposed to watch those videos in his sock drawer.....
Ha! Reminds me of :
Give me Your dirty love Like some tacky little pamphlet In your daddy's bottom drawer
Give me Your dirty love I don't believe you never seen His book before
Frank Zappa----------- Dirty Love
Now, on the topic of TV shows we weren't allowed to watch? I can't remember any specific ones, mostly just ones that came on after bedtime.
And for the life of me, I cannot fathom not being allowed to watch All in the Family, The Jeffersons, or Sanford and Son's. My folks thought they were hilarious.
There may have been a "scary" movie or two they didn't want us to watch for fear of nightmares and I actually had dreams of ALIENS after watching Invaders From Mars!
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
As I've written recently, Mom only banned me from watching Mister Rogers. However, we were traveling at the time and staying with Grandma in Miami Beach. Rogers was on the PBS affiliate down there. He wasn't on in Cincinnati. I was 4 1/2 at the time.
Other than that, I can't remember ever being banned from watching a show-- not by Dad or anyone. Dad had been drinking buddies with most of the local TV personalities, and my Grandfather played golf with a bunch more. The network shows were mostly benign in those days, at least before my bedtime.
Overall in the family, I didn't see many cowboy shows in the sixties. Grandpa and Grandma watched The Virginian and Bonanza, so I'd watch those when I stayed over, but mom and dad were more into the variety, crime, and doctor shows. It was more of an everything-but-westerns policy. I've had to make up for that as an adult. My dogs and I watched the whole Rawhide canon a few years ago, and my collie loved it.
Three's Company re-runs would always get the TV turned off by my mom. She said three people living in sin and pretending to be a homosexual was disgusting. Susan Sommers was worth the ass chewing's and so was the original Mr. Roper. Dude was hilarious.
When The Simpsons came out everyone thought it was an abomination. The Boomers really have/had a poor sense of good entertainment.
Channels were 2, 5, 7, 9 (WGN), 11 (PBS) and later 32 (FOX.)
Originally Posted by Geno67
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
Originally Posted by Judman
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
Originally Posted by KSMITH
My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
I don't remember being banned from watching anything, as long as it was on before bedtime. I distinctly remember Mom and Dad getting all dressed up to go see Patton when it first came out. Dates for Mom and Dad were few and far between. Money was always tight, and they just never splurged on something like that. I kind of knew this was a big deal, as Mom went out and bought a new dress and got her hair done. They came out to leave and it was the only time I ever saw my dad in his full dress uniform. The fit was a little tight, but he was very proud. He had his full set of military awards pinned on, including one of his Purple Hearts. Mom had beautiful, long hair. They made a very handsome couple. I wish we'd have gotten a picture.
Smothers Brothers and Laugh In because of their anti-war slant. Once he saw Goldie Hawn dancing in her bikini, he loosened up a bit, as long as mama wasn’t in the room to catch him.
He didn’t care for MASH either for the same reasons.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
Dad liked MASH, because he'd been vaguely a part of it. He was the real life "Sparky" back at Division HQ in Seoul.
The one show that alllllllll. . . most got turned off was the very first episode of NOVA. Mom and Dad wanted me to watch it. They'd heard really good things about it. We all sat down to watch. The first episode was all about pheromones and how smells and scents and stuff affected animals and humans. Everything was going well until they showed the lab technicians doing the artificial insemination of the sow hog and the tech had to mount the pig and dry hump her. Mom almost had us turn the channel, but she stuck it out. It was science, you know.
The only other show that almost got banned was Turn-on. It was ABC's answer to Laugh-in. We all settled in to watch and it was absolutely the worst crap we'd ever seen on network TV. Granted it was a lot of risque jokes delivered by Tim Conway and a cast of nobodies, but around our house risque was okay as long as it was done well. We were about to turn it off when the network killed it midway through the show. The writing was atrocious and Tim Conway is not the kind of guy to get to do straight-up off-color humor.
2,4,5,and 9. But going to bed before the sun went down stinks as a kid in the early sixties. DST was voted in at some point. That's when I was not allowed to watch. Not negotiable. Nothing on TV was that bad. Probably shouldn't have watched the news with the Vietnam war shown. Had a good chance of seeing it in person but wasn't drafted in '70.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
Forgot to mention I still have good memories of Laugh In.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.
