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Sadly We Shall Never See These Type of Characters on TV In This Day and Age

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Mark Giardina

Archie Bunker

George Jefferson

Fred Sanford

Maude

Al Bundy

I mention these names because of the current PC environment,there is no way networks would allow these kind of characters on the air today.

Please add to the list.
 
Mark_Giardina said:
Archie Bunker
George Jefferson
Fred Sanford
Maude
Al Bundy

I mention these names because of the current PC environment,there is no way networks would allow these kind of characters on the air today.
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Personally I'm just as happy. Bunker got old very quickly and the rest had no redeeming value to society or sitcoms. But as long as The Simpsons and their ilk are wasting broadcast time there will always be a place for garbage on TV.
 
landtuna said:
Personally I'm just as happy. Bunker got old very quickly and the rest had no redeeming value to society or sitcoms. But as long as The Simpsons and their ilk are wasting broadcast time there will always be a place for garbage on TV.
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Within the next five years the Simpsons...I am beginning to believe will be history by 2016. Dittos with Family Guy and the Cleveland Show as well..actually some of the most vocal anti-Family Guy crowd are those in the teens and early 20's. They believe its wrong to make fun of..anything.
Same with radio too..a good many of them believe that most of todays local radio jocks are trash.
 
mleach said:
Within the next five years the Simpsons...I am beginning to believe will be history by 2016. Dittos with Family Guy and the Cleveland Show as well..actually some of the most vocal anti-Family Guy crowd are those in the teens and early 20's. They believe its wrong to make fun of..anything.
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Interesting. I have not noticed this phenomenon, as I have an 18 yr. old who is a major Simpsons and Family Guy fan
(oh if only it weren't so!). If true I suspect it is related to the whole Self Esteem Movement that has been taking over
in the schools. (if you are entitled to strong self esteem then it is wrong to puncture anyone else's, I assume?)
It certainly 180 degrees opposite with how youth were back in my day. Will not be a welcome development at all
for people in the comedy business!
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Interesting. I have not noticed this phenomenon, as I have an 18 yr. old who is a major Simpsons and Family Guy fan
(oh if only it weren't so!). If true I suspect it is related to the whole Self Esteem Movement that has been taking over
in the schools. (if you are entitled to strong self esteem then it is wrong to puncture anyone else's, I assume?)
It certainly 180 degrees opposite with how youth were back in my day. Will not be a welcome development at all
for people in the comedy business!
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Actually I only noticed this small but growing "phenomenon" only recently. A lot of it as you point out I believe is that self esteem movement in schools but also that bozo in Arkansas who had posted on his Facebook page a few months ago in reguards to the number of gay teens who had killed themselves "..why should we care? They will just catch the AIDS anyway and burn in hell". The same guy later on also had said the same thing about people with bipolar disorder as well. While most older adults took that "..oh well.. what a loser" route, his words however had really struck home to young people and since Family Guy has in the past made fun of of those with HIV/AIDS, Bipolar, Down Syndrome and everything else...no doubt there will be a backlash. Maybe not so much now but I wouldn't be surprised to see this subject be making a return a year or two from now.
 
I submit we do still (and will continue to see) see these "types" of non-PC characters. Current examples:

Shatner's character on "$&#! My Dad Says"

Dwight Shrute (The Office)

Sue Sylvester (Glee, as un-PC as characters get).

Stan Smith (American Dad), as well as Family Guy and Cleveland Show characters.

Charlie Harper (Two And A Half Men...today's equivalent of Dan Fielding).

Ed Helms character (speaking of Al Bundy...though not as over-the-top) on Modern Family.

Then there is the edgier fare found on cable/premium channels. From HBO and Showtime, to Adult Swim and Comedy Central, no shortage of un-PC characters there. (If all else fails, reality show "stars" and cable news commentators will always be there to fill the void).

These types of shows/characters do seem to come in waves, though. For every "Cosby Show", a "Married With Children" inevitably comes along. For every "Simpsons" (once considered un-PC itself), a "South Park".

One may need to go beyond the (increasingly less relevant) Big 4 networks, but the characters will always be there. And I highly doubt well be back to the days of nothing but "Full House" and "Family Matters" anytime soon.

...at least I hope not, as these characters serve an important role as "bad examples".
 
As long as creative people like Matt Groening and Seth MacFarlane are at work, there's hope for edgy characters at least in the animated realm.

As far as live action's concerned, though, it is a little thin on the ground these days...
 
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Eric Cartman, perhaps the most politically incorrect character in television history (and one of the funniest).
 
Bob1370 said:
As long as creative people like Matt Groening and Seth MacFarlane are at work, there's hope for edgy characters at least in the animated realm.

As far as live action's concerned, though, it is a little thin on the ground these days...
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..and chances are it will remain that way too. For some reason, unlike the movies..well why do so many people believe that a character one plays on TV is the same as they are in real life? Take for example the recent break-up of Courteney Cox and David Arquette..people really believe that Cox's TV show "Cougar Town" is what let to the break up. That gay couple on Modern Family? People swear that they must be gay because they are playing two gay men on TV however on the flip side, I have never heard anybody say that Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger were gay due to their roles in Brokeback Mountain.

Nah the way so many people think now-a-days a live action version of Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin, a good many right off the bat people will believe that whoever does their roles must be really like them in real life. Can't really do that with a cartoon. ;D
 
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