TV shows that were a no-no for some children to watch...

[nomadcowatbk]

Never cared for Family Feud, either - a stupid show, IMO. Kind of like The Match Game - though that show was just an excuse for the celebrities to tell jokes and make puns, so it was enjoyable - like Hollywood Squares.

Back to the topic - the "no-no's" in my house growing up (1960s) were not shows with violence or sexual innuendo - it was the shows my parents considered low-brow. They were actually convinced these shows would "rot my brain," so I was prohibited - Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, etc. The Munsters was a no-no, but the Addams Family was OK. And my father had a particular hate for Red Skelton, so that was off limits, too.

Were you allowed to watch All in the Family or other shows not cancelled during the rural purge?

 

[Mario500]

And my father had a particular hate for Red Skelton, so that was off limits, too.

How could anyone hate Red Skelton? I can imagine people thinking he was silly but the clown was part of his persona (much like Lewis but much better performed).

Red was at his best when he had guests on that were good punsters. They'd purposely crack each other up and try to get the other guy off his character. I used to split a gut watching his show.

"Lewis"?

 

[landtuna]

"Lewis"?

Jerry.

 

[dhett]

"Lewis"?

Jerry.

Kids these days. :

 

[Mario500]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

 

[rwells2265]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

And, going by what you've lectured others recently, the person's full given name must be followed by a complete Wikipedia-style article on any personality or program referenced in a post. After all, we cannot befuddle media geeks in the year 3062, because they might not have the ability to consult the Google of their day to look up any historical reference one cannot glean out of basic context. :

--Russell

 

[dhett]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

It's a little thing called context. The conversation was about Red Skelton and his clown persona, and a contrast was drawn with another person named Lewis. So which Lewis could that be? Many folks have the last name "Lewis".

Well, this "Lewis" was being compared with Red Skelton, a.k.a. "Red", and his clown persona, so I think I can narrow it down - this is all from context, mind you - to famous comedians with a clown persona who were contemporaries with Red Skelton. So...whom could it be? There was a "Mrs. Lewis" who was a sixth-grade teacher in my school when I was in sixth grade - could it have been her? Well, no - no one outside my little town knew about her, and then only if they were in middle school in the 1970s. We're talking about someone famous. Richard Lewis? No, not a contemporary. (Not really that funny, either, IMHO.) Sherry Lewis? While she was a contemporary, she didn't exactly have a clown persona, unless you wanted to count Lamb Chop or Charlie Horse as her persona, but we're talking about physical comedians here, not ventriloquist/puppeteers. So that really narrows it down to one person - Jerry Lewis - and it didn't take a whole lot of brain power to figure that out.

I have another theory: you knew exactly whom the poster was talking about, but chose to insert your own little pedantic rant about use of first and last names. That's really getting annoying. It's also kind of ironic, as you don't provide your own first and last name, either in your handle, or in a signature. (I'm assuming that your last name isn't "500", and I have a hunch that Mario isn't even your first name, and that you don't go by "Mr. Andretti".) Time to get the beam out of your own eye, and then maybe you can see clearly enough to pull the sliver out of someone else's.

On another note about context - the final smiley was an indication that I was being facetious - but you probably missed that, too. Just to be perfectly clear, there are no smileys in this post.

 

[Mario500]

^I truly did not know which "Lewis" was being referenced earlier. Only you knew and all we, the rest of the users, had were guesses. I would rather have a specific reference than a guess in my mind.

As for your comment about my not using first name and last name on this message, I see no irony there. Many folks have used pseudonyms on message boards for various reasons (such as protecting their personal identities) and I had been using mine on various message boards for years long before sites such as Facebook made posting messages under personal names popular (by the way, my pseudonym was inspired by my love of Mario Mario of the Super Mario Bros., not Mario Andretti the automobile racer). It is part of my Internet identity and one of the things that make the Internet a fun medium in addition to being very educational.

By the way, the name of the performer of the puppets Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse was usually spelled "Shari Lewis". It was also her pseudonym, since she was born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz.

 

[Mario500]

I intended to clarify part of my previous post in regards to the inspiration for my pseudonym, but I was no longer within the time limit for editing. If I had edited my post in time, I would changed one part to this:

(by the way, my pseudonym was inspired by my love of the video game character Mario Mario of the Super Mario Bros., not Mario Andretti the automobile racer)

 

[landtuna]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

The paragraph in question referenced comedians. What other comedian would you associate with "Lewis"?

 

[ShawnHill1]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

The paragraph in question referenced comedians. What other comedian would you associate with "Lewis"?

Richard Lewis ;D

As to Mario's point...you have get off this whole thing about mentioning "full names" or even chastitize other posters for the type of language we use around. Don't like what's being said, don't read it...plain and simple. Please, just stop!

 

[landtuna]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

The paragraph in question referenced comedians. What other comedian would you associate with "Lewis"?

Richard Lewis ;D

Richard Lewis is not a headliner and definitely not a clown. I had never heard of him nor, I suspect, have most people.

As to Mario's point...you have get off this whole thing about mentioning "full names" or even chastitize other posters for the type of language we use around. Don't like what's being said, don't read it...plain and simple. Please, just stop!

I'm unsure why this was addressed to me as I didn't chastise Mario for his question. I merely answered it.

 

[ShawnHill1]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

The paragraph in question referenced comedians. What other comedian would you associate with "Lewis"?

Richard Lewis ;D

Richard Lewis is not a headliner and definitely not a clown. I had never heard of him nor, I suspect, have most people.

As to Mario's point...you have get off this whole thing about mentioning "full names" or even chastitize other posters for the type of language we use around. Don't like what's being said, don't read it...plain and simple. Please, just stop!

I'm unsure why this was addressed to me as I didn't chastise Mario for his question. I merely answered it.

I should have been clear, I was addressing Mario, not you.

 

[dhett]

By the way, the name of the performer of the puppets Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse was usually spelled "Shari Lewis". It was also her pseudonym, since she was born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz.

Since you seem to be an expert in such things, which is correct, "anal retentive" or "anal-retentive"?

 

[dhett]

(by the way, my pseudonym was inspired by my love of the video game character Mario Mario of the Super Mario Bros., not Mario Andretti the automobile racer)

I would have known that had you chosen to use first and last name and not leave me guessing.

 

[ixnay]

^Many folks have the last name "Lewis". You cannot expect every message board user to know whom you referencing just by his or her last name. They need first names and last names at first reference.

The paragraph in question referenced comedians. What other comedian would you associate with "Lewis"?

Richard Lewis ;D

Richard Lewis is not a headliner and definitely not a clown. I had never heard of him nor, I suspect, have most people.

Neither had I. I have heard of Meriwether Lewis though. But AFAIK he never entertained Sacajawea's bunch with a standup routine.

Closer to the topic, I enjoyed Feud in the late '70s and never noticed the innuendos. In my senior year of HS our school's yearbook staff put on a promotional skit based on FF (hillbilly clan vs. socialite family), so apparenly nobody else there disapproved of Feud. Again, RIP Richard.

ixnay

 

[anotherguyTN]

Family Feud is considered a Match Game spinoff, because Goodson-Todman took the idea of surveying 100 people for their answers that was used in the Super Match and made it into a new game.

On the subject of Laugh-in my parents were leery of my watching it but didn't totally stop me. I really didn't get the sexual jokes until I saw the reunion specials in the 90's. It was the same for me with Match Game, Hollywood Squares, and the early years of SNL. Now when I see reruns I see what I didn't get at the time.

 

[LKellerIII]

Never cared for Family Feud, either - a stupid show, IMO. Kind of like The Match Game - though that show was just an excuse for the celebrities to tell jokes and make puns, so it was enjoyable - like Hollywood Squares.

Back to the topic - the "no-no's" in my house growing up (1960s) were not shows with violence or sexual innuendo - it was the shows my parents considered low-brow. They were actually convinced these shows would "rot my brain," so I was prohibited - Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, etc. The Munsters was a no-no, but the Addams Family was OK. And my father had a particular hate for Red Skelton, so that was off limits, too.

Were you allowed to watch All in the Family or other shows not cancelled during the rural purge?

I was grown and out of the house when Archie Bunker came along, but I'm sure they liked All in the Family. They weren't against sit-coms per se, just the ones they considered low brow. IIRC, Jeannie and Bewitched were off limits, too

 

[landtuna]

They weren't against sit-coms per se, just the ones they considered low brow. IIRC, Jeannie and Bewitched were off limits, too

You would have matured much faster had you been allowed to watch Jeannie. ;D

Bewitched was just dumb.

 

[DXnCruise]

They weren't against sit-coms per se, just the ones they considered low brow. IIRC, Jeannie and Bewitched were off limits, too

You would have matured much faster had you been allowed to watch Jeannie. ;D

Bewitched was just dumb.

In the words of Joe Pesci, "Thank you very, very much" for saying that. It's about time someone said that Bewitched "was just dumb." I was a Bewitched fanatic back in '05-'06. I didn't realize how dumb it was until early '07.

Every episode is formulaic and burnt out. I can't stand the stereotypically retarded, New York City accents either, especially with Larry's clients, co-workers, cops, and other people (except Abner, who is truly Jewish and NYC bred). It really makes wonder if old time New Yorkers needed Hooked on Phonics or similar speech pronunciation programs.

Back to the subject, at the time it came out, family-oriented shows and comedic action shows (i.e. Batman) were popular. I could almost say the same about The Munsters and The Addams Family, but at least those two shows were more enjoyable, intelligent, and charming.