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Who said you can't coin your own term? What is "Boning the Fish"? It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite TV Show, Celebrity, Movie Series or Music Group has reached its peak. That instant you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it a climax of sorts. We call it "Boning the fish". From that moment on things will simply never be the same.

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Thundarr the Barbarian - TV Shows
After seeing the premise, I must say I'm glad the world didn't end in 1994. Despite its heavy influence from Star Wars, Conan the Barbarian, Flash Gordon, etc., this one's a classic. But in response to one of the boning reasons, how is this racist or white supremacist? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 16, 2011, 2:09 pm

Sealab 2020 - TV Shows
Sigh...I can't believe Boomerang cancelled Samurai Jack for this. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 16, 2011, 1:57 pm

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - TV Shows
I never watched it except for one or two episodes. However, I recall the commercial where Cheese walks around the place babbling, and it made me think, "OK, the show he comes from must be really stupid." When I learned it was Foster's Home, I came to the conclusion it degenerated into a show full of idiots. Hence, why it's important to put your BEST foot forward when you advertise a show. You don't cry stinking fish. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 16, 2011, 1:46 pm

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - TV Shows
I don't think it boned. While characters like Goo and Cheese did get a bit annoying at times, they weren't unbearable. I say it was one of the last real good shows that Cartoon Network made. -- Submitted By: (cartooner) on June 15, 2011, 8:51 pm

South Park - TV Shows
I did see it and I thought the very same thing. I can't imagine that Matt & Trey are trying to "take the show in a new direction"- South Park is just not the kind of show you do that sort of thing with. Such a move would completely rub against the grain of the show. They are reportedly committed to the Comedy Channel until 2013, but who knows. If their show 'The Book of Mormon' continues to be the success that it has been and they launch other successful ventures, my guess is that they probably will just renegotiate or buy their contract out (again, just guessing here). Personally, I think they should quit while they are ahead. -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on June 15, 2011, 10:49 am

Ellen (TV series) - TV Shows
I remember this show had Bruce Campbell on and was teasing him as a regular. The problem was they did NOTHING with him. They had one of the best cult character actors in the last 30 years and you do nothing with him? Really? -- Submitted By: (bjohn345) on June 14, 2011, 8:47 pm

South Park - TV Shows
Yes, Travoltron, I saw it. An unusually heavy episode, with a very melancholy ending, and a pretty clear hint that this may be last season of South Park. Parker and Stone have made little effort to hide the fact that they aren't as committed to the show as they used to be, and that they are frustrated at the demands the show places on their time and energy. Now that they have an award-winning Broadway musical to their credit, they appear to want to try other things, and South Park has become a drag on their ambitions. In that sense, "You're Getting Old" would seem to have multiple meanings. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 14, 2011, 4:41 pm

Extreme Trains - TV Shows
being a rail fan I was waiting very eagerly for this show but it boned the fish the moment it started. the host is a complete idiot and its all about shacking the camera and fast editing.a comlete waste of time. -- Submitted By: (hifijohn) on June 14, 2011, 2:43 pm

X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-1997) - TV Shows
I just finished watching the series, and I got to say it was overall a very well written, mature and all-round accessible cartoon for both kids and adults. The first season had a very good pararell story to racism in the modern world which rewarded people who made the attempt to tune in every time. Though the second one was not as continuous it still was captivating. Each character major began being developed further as well as the secondary characters when they appeared, both good and evil. As for when the Phoenix saga came along, it was a pity that the episodes from then on were shown out of sequence and that it became mostly stand-alone with the exception of multi-parters (though there was one episode chronologically straight after the Phoenix saga which was not broadcast until much later on - it was cloyingly out of place). The last few episodes did not fare too well on the animation department, however around then it was seeming like high time to wrap it all up. It sort of went down as a result leaving the series not as good as the first episodes allowed it to be. However, the series finale was a touching, very mature way to depart showing how each member of the X-Men had developed some nuances and were changed people by working together for a similar cause. Great show in all for audiences of all ages. -- Submitted By: (johnnydough) on June 14, 2011, 1:14 am

South Park - TV Shows
Anyone else see the episode last week, "You're Getting Old"? I certainly could identify with it. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on June 13, 2011, 11:44 pm

American Idol - TV Shows
These days marketable=being a good looking jerk. That's all it takes. So my original point stands. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 13, 2011, 8:16 pm

Battlestar Galactica 1978 - TV Shows
For me, it boned when they went to some hidden base- and immediately happened upon a cantina bar virtually identical to the one in the original first "Star Wars" movie [and IIRC I don't think this went unnoticed by Lucas]. Couldn't they try to be a little original? Oh, and it didn't help that Lorne Greene's Adama patriarch was even duller than Adam Cartwright [Ben's eldest son] on "Bonanza". -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 13, 2011, 6:53 pm

American Idol - TV Shows
Not exactly true, DolFan. It's whether the powers who wanna invest consider the hack *marketable* that's the key. Alas, there are plenty of authentically talented folks out there whom couldn't get a first look from American Idol or any other ilk. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 13, 2011, 6:49 pm

This Old House - TV Shows
I can only echo what the other posters have said, this was a very good idea in the beginning but now its a show for people with million dollar budgets. -- Submitted By: () on June 13, 2011, 2:52 pm

In the Heat of the Night (TV series) - TV Shows
I figured out that the way to watch this show and enjoy it was not to compare it to the movie -- Submitted By: (lrbloom) on June 13, 2011, 9:10 am

American Idol - TV Shows
Soggy, you could say that about the entertainment industry in general. And the sad part is, any jerk who wants to be famous is just handed it on a silver platter these days! No talent required. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 13, 2011, 3:40 am

American Idol - TV Shows
The contestants on this horrid program don't really respect music as anything more than a tool. To them it's just a means to an end - the vehicle which will bring them the fame and wealth they lust for - rather than an end in itself. They don't have the first understanding of the concept of art for art's sake. (Apparently the judges don't either.) -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 13, 2011, 1:55 am

Lucan - TV Shows
As I recall, this was nothing more than a poor man's version of 'The Hulk' which played on the popular media's brief fascination, in the late 70's, with children allegedly raised by wolves. It was such a Hulk rip-off I even think that Lucan's eyes would glow red before he went into 'wolf mode.' -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on June 12, 2011, 11:37 pm

Sons of Anarchy - TV Shows
The Chubby Rain family just started getting into the SOA- we are going to re-watch Olivier's Hamlet to get in the right mindset now we are through sesason #1- excelsior! -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on June 12, 2011, 10:11 pm

Fairly OddParents, The - TV Shows
Apparently not. As for Poof, he's useless. Sure, he doesn't steal the spotlight, but his only purpose is barf, poop, puke, and fart jokes. He's a total copy of Histeria's Big Fat Baby. Poof's even shaped like him! While I'm here, why the $#&@ did they copy one of the worst cartoon characters from one of the worst cartoons ever? Anyhow, the rest of the characters, as others said, just get more and more stupid. Some gags or quotes are repeated over and over. One example is in the episode "Talkin' Trash": Timmy wishes the garbage away, which causes weird things to happen. Cosmo and Dad suddenly had the lower halves of ostriches, laid eggs, and said "Man Egg!" like a hundred times. A joke does not suddenly become funny when repeated over and over. It seems the only ones who learn this lesson are the viewers. Now that I think about it, everyone in the cartoon business is copying the Simpsons' formula: make everyone get stupider with each new season, repeat jokes over and over, make the main characters idiots and/or selfish jerks, get too zany. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 12, 2011, 7:41 pm

Streets Of San Francisco, The - TV Shows
That's OK, Soggy. I knew as I posted that you were directing your anger to the haters, as opposed to the rest of us. Consider it my way of saying, "I agree with you". -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 12, 2011, 7:39 pm

American Idol - TV Shows
DIE AMERICAN IDOL!!! DIIIIEEEEE!!! -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 12, 2011, 6:22 pm

Smallville - TV Shows
Just like any TV show that starts in high school, after they graduate high school everything stops being the same. They get rid of the family dynamic of the show to have more "Adult" storylines. Problem is they normally stink. Once they finished high school the show went downhill. -- Submitted By: (bjohn345) on June 12, 2011, 10:42 am

American Chopper - TV Shows
There are too many crossover shows/bikes with other Discovery or TLC shows. First it was Jon and Kate Plus 8, then this season it's Big Guns and Deadliest Catch. What's next The Little Couple? -- Submitted By: (bjohn345) on June 12, 2011, 10:15 am

American Idol - TV Shows
I'm imbarassed to say i was very addicted to this show the first few seasons,but it got old very quickly.basically its the same thing every season.lots of bad singers, a few marginal ones and very good ones. its very predictable. the judges are very dull and boring, randy cant say much beyond yo dog and pitchy ,simon with his few comments and paula doesnt even know were shes at most of the times.it boned the fish for me when I found out it was staged. the worst part of the show is that the winners(and i use that term loosely) all sound the same to me. i dont care what thier age sex race or what part of the country they come from---they all sound the same. -- Submitted By: (hifijohn) on June 12, 2011, 3:08 am

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic - TV Shows
I was never a MLP fan, although I will admit that I find this show to be rather decent. -- Submitted By: (cartooner) on June 11, 2011, 4:34 pm

That Metal Show - TV Shows
So did Herman's Hermits in the '60s. Popularity doesn't automatically equal quality in my squinty eyes. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 11, 2011, 2:23 pm

Operation Repo - TV Shows
A lame show on a lame network. Not only are the incidents scripted, they probably aren't even based on actual cases. Compared to this program, the Jerry Springer Show is deeply intellectual. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 11, 2011, 2:25 am

Sportscenter - TV Shows
I remember it actually being a decent show too!!! At one point, it even made Craig Kilborn tolerable. Remember him? Leave it to Disney to ruin something... -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 10, 2011, 6:06 pm

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - TV Shows
Here's an idea--how about food companies stop making borderline poisonous crap? People can't die from eating it if it ceases to be made. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 10, 2011, 5:56 pm

That Metal Show - TV Shows
Hmmm...those "pussy bands" had their heyday in the 80s ;-) -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 10, 2011, 5:54 pm

Dynasty - TV Shows
I'm more of a 70s/90s guy myself when it comes to music. The early 80s were fine enough, but anything after '86--UGH!!! I never actually watched Dynasty, being a male and all, but I always got the impression it didn't take itself *too* seriously. I also thought Linda Evans was a MILF :-) -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 10, 2011, 5:53 pm

Sportscenter - TV Shows
I remember up until about 1997, around the time Disney purchased ABC, that Sportscenter was a great show. It was informative, entertaining, and somewhat edgy. You had greats like Bob Ley, Robin Roberts, Charley Steier, Keith Olbermann (regardless of your political persuasion, he was legendary on this show) and Dan Patrick. You had news on all the teams and most of the sports. It didn't come across over the top or gossipy. However, once it was "Disneyized", it lost a lot of luster. Now it's gossipy, it focuses on about four teams (Yankees, Red Sox, Patriots, Lakers), most of the anchors are bland except for Steve Levy, Hannah Storm, and John Anderson and it's over the top in presentation. In fact, besides College Gameday, PTI and Baseball Tonight, I can't stand most of what's on ESPN anymore. I go to MLB Network, NFL Network, NBA TV or the Internet to get my sports news. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on June 10, 2011, 8:59 am

F Troop - TV Shows
I'm always amazed at the detailed critiques of a series that aired briefly nearly half a century ago. I certainly could not remember any changes in the quality of the writing from the first season to the second, or the change in caliber of the fort's cannon, or whatever. (45 years is a looonnnnnggg time to retain that sort of stuff in my head.) All I recall is a show I rather liked, despite its abject silliness. (Or because of it; again, the memory just isn't too sharp here.) I appreciated that the Indians were smarter than the cavalrymen, and I liked the cast. There was no boning moment I could name. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 10, 2011, 8:02 am

Streets Of San Francisco, The - TV Shows
Robert, after I sent that last post I DID notice that the posts which aroused my ire were two years old; I was immediately sorry I responded to them. Plus a bit later I read a recent post by JohnnyRocket on a different page which suggested he had mellowed quite alot on the Dodie subject since 2009, and I regretted being so harsh toward him. ("Look before you leap" is a piece of wisdom I have a habit of forgetting at odd moments.) -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 10, 2011, 2:18 am

Streets Of San Francisco, The - TV Shows
Robert, after I sent that last post I DID notice that the posts which aroused my ire were two years old; I was immediately sorry I responded to them. Plus a bit later I read a recent post by JohnnyRocket on a different page which suggested he had mellowed quite alot on the Dodie subject since 2009, and I regretted being so harsh toward him. ("Look before you leap" is a piece of wisdom I have a habit of forgetting at odd moments.) -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 10, 2011, 2:17 am

Fairly OddParents, The - TV Shows
BTW, on topic for the live-action movie, I really don't see why Nickelodeon thought it was a good idea to make one. Didn't they learn anything from the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie? -- Submitted By: (cartooner) on June 9, 2011, 8:09 pm

Fairly OddParents, The - TV Shows
A lot of people could say that Poof is what killed the show, and I while I find him unnecessary, I feel like the show was starting to die even before then. As the show went on, it felt like every character (except for Wanda) became a complete idiot, which was getting annoying for me. I still kinda liked the series, though. -- Submitted By: (cartooner) on June 9, 2011, 8:07 pm

Fairly OddParents, The - TV Shows
It really seems like it, Robert. I actually haven't seen a cartoon movie for a long time now. I think one of last cartoon movies was The Simpson Movie and The Princess and the Frog. I'm don't mind CGI movies like Toy Story though but it seems there alot of them lately. Anyways a live-action version from a cartoon is almost never a good idea, at least they could've have done the Fairly OddParents movie fully CGI or just stick to drawn animation. -- Submitted By: (SSM) on June 9, 2011, 5:10 pm

Commish, The - TV Shows
Not a bad little show! What I liked the most here is how the title character caught clues and worked out whodunnit and HOW- and then did his best to nail the perps. I recall one episode in which he momentarily hesitated in breaking into someone's apartment sans warrant on the ground that the evidence couldn't be used to give the perp a life sentence- then realized that the kidnapped baby dependent on medicine would DIE waiting for said warrant so it was better to risk no jail time for the perp than to let a kidnapped baby die! I liked the idea of an official weighing what was ethically better for the victims/families rather than just someone who randomly dispensed stuff with no thought of that. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 9, 2011, 2:07 pm

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - TV Shows
DolFan, Well, considering that it's showing how a government run school system of a large US metropolitan area is actively pushing unhealthy foods on the city's youth to the point of trying to BAN any dissenting options or voices [to say nothing about how near adult youth are being shown having been kept APPALLING ignorant of even the most elemental nutrition and food source info], I think it's actually a bit eye-opening and I hope those are concerned about the possibility of larger percentages of folks in rising generations suffering from serious diet/exercise related longterm health problems will at least consider what steps they can individually take to help those loved ones in their life to avoid such calamnities. For example, diabetes is on the rise and not only does this mean amputations but 60 percent of diabetic go BLIND. Hence, if one estimate's forecast of one-third of all children born after 2000 contracting diabetes comes true, do the math and think of what this could mean for our nation's future if this goes unchecked . The main downside to the program is Jamie's constant pity-party for himself re others' resistance. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 9, 2011, 2:00 pm

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - TV Shows
High School students don't know where butter comes from? Forget their eating habits, I'm more concerned about their education! -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 9, 2011, 12:54 pm

Streets Of San Francisco, The - TV Shows
It's not our fault, Soggy. Most of us BTFers don't really care one way or another about Dawn Lyn. It was a few people who had an axe to grind with her, as well as those who stacked votes against her, in the early days of BTF. Notice most of the people who slammed Dawn Lyn here are no longer around (their last posts are almost 2 years old). You should have seen how BAD the vote stacking was against her in the past. There were like 1,000 or more votes for Dawn Lyn on all shows that had her, even if she was only a one-time guest. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 9, 2011, 12:53 pm

Fairly OddParents, The - TV Shows
You know how it seems they always have to make a live-action movie of cartoons that are at least 20 years old? Good news: you don't have to wait that long! There's a live-action movie of the Fairly Oddparents coming to theaters. Timmy is an adult who won't grow up, and Cosmo and Wanda are CGI. Why do they make cartoon series into live-action movies? What's wrong with making CARTOON movies? Are animators really getting that lazy? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 9, 2011, 12:51 pm

That Metal Show - TV Shows
Eddie Trunk has apparently never heard of death metal or black metal or metalcore. Plus he spends too much time with pussy bands like Guns N Roses and Whitesnake and Poison and ignores most of the really dynamic artists who are shaping metal's future. They may as well call the program That Dinosaur Show. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 9, 2011, 2:23 am

That Metal Show - TV Shows
Too many surveys -- Submitted By: (lrbloom) on June 9, 2011, 1:47 am

Dynasty - TV Shows
Dol, that would hardly be an earthshaking revelation if you had kept up with my music-related posts. Many of my favorite types of music were either born in the 1980s or hit their stride in that decade, and many of my favorite bands composed their best work in the '80s. (For the record, I was 28 when the decade began, so this isn't a matter of generational loyalty.) To the admin crew: Sorry this post is off-topic.... -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 9, 2011, 1:42 am

Streets Of San Francisco, The - TV Shows
What the hell??? This whole Patron Saint business has gotten out of hand if almost every post on a particular show addresses one guest appearance by Dodie and ignores everything else about the show. Are you people all just a bunch of teenagers? And 98 votes for Day 1, just because of that one guest appearance? Forget teenagers: Are you people even out of grade school? Hey, JohnnyRocket, you have a one-track mind, and your shtick is getting really old. You brag about shows featuring a guest appearance by "that female" as racking up 10,000 bone votes, neglecting to mention that you and two or three others are responsible for most of them. Great, we get it: Dawn Lyn was/is a terrible actor. Continuing to make the point, over and over and over again, is just tedious and childish. Why don't you either grow up or go play in fucking traffic and leave this stuff to us adults, okay? As for when Streets boned, I have to agree that Douglas's departure a few episodes into season 5 was the Boning Moment. Richard Hatch was a poor substitute, but it would hardly have mattered which actor would have replaced Douglas. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 9, 2011, 1:00 am

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - TV Shows
Wait, butter comes from cows??? I thought people just made it from scratch by churning it and stuff ;-) This show just seems like more food nannyism, and food nannies annoy me. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 8, 2011, 7:12 pm

Life Goes On - TV Shows
All I remember about this show besides what others have written so far is that my friend loved it precisely because it was so depressing all the time. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 8, 2011, 7:10 pm

Dynasty - TV Shows
Wait, WHAT??? Soggy actually thinks the 80s produced lots of good music??? (Mouth drops open.) -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 8, 2011, 7:05 pm

JAG - TV Shows
As far as I know, Harm and Mac never did the deed, and after a few years that just completely shattered the basic suspension of disbelief an audience must have for any TV drama. I mean seriously, come ON. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 8, 2011, 6:58 pm

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - TV Shows
I saw the episode when high school students failed to correctly guess that butter comes from cows even with the help of a multiple choice format! How is that no parent or teacher had ever taught them that before high school?! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 8, 2011, 8:24 am

Perfect Strangers - TV Shows
Balki was only mildly entertaining for about two minutes then became supremely annoying to me . Looking back, I understand why: because Balki was a lite version of the late Andy Kaufman's Latka [who himself was best a funny background character for roughly five minutes at a time]. Did the producers and Bronson Pinchot seriously think they'd slack the public's thirst for Andy Kaufman with . . . that?! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 8, 2011, 8:02 am

Crime Story - TV Shows
I liked the hell out of this show. It wasn't the smartest thing on TV, but it was one of the more stylish. Good music, nice period wheels, plenty of attitude, and a pretty decent cast. And of all the programs with season-ending cliffhanger episodes featuring literal nuclear explosions, this one was the best. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 8, 2011, 4:01 am

Dynasty - TV Shows
How could a decade that produced so much good music produce so much bad television? And this was a top ten show for most of its run! Just bloody amazing. Aaron Spelling has done more to kill American brain cells than any fifty drug dealers. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 8, 2011, 3:47 am

Perfect Strangers - TV Shows
There were way too many TV catchphrases in the '80s. "Don't be ri-dickless" was to me the most annoying. And if I didn't like Mork & Mindy, I sure as hell wasn't prepared to like a ripoff of the concept. Hard to believe it was on the air for eight years. Too bad the Turks didn't invade Mypos during World War One and slaughter the inhabitants, so we could have been spared this nuisance. (I didn't like the sappy theme song either.) -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 8, 2011, 3:26 am

Life Goes On - TV Shows
Uh-oh - Troll Alert! -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 8, 2011, 3:07 am

Perry Mason (TV series) - TV Shows
For most of its run, Perry Mason aired on Saturday. Perhaps the only cases he won were those that were tried on Saturday, and Burger won all those tried on Monday through Friday. Or something. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 8, 2011, 2:31 am

Duck Factory, The - TV Shows
Not a bad premise [and interesting to see a young Jim Carrey REALLY get into cartooning with the other characters]. Yet, it just didn't wash- primarily because with everyone working together to save this floundering cartoon studio, there were no antagonists beyond the wolf a the door. Maybe folks weren't ready to get nostalgic about real cartoons at this point. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 7, 2011, 12:48 pm

Gilligan's Island - TV Shows
Oh I voted never boned for sure. Gilligan's Island can't be taken seriously. Ever. :) -- Submitted By: (Friedrich_Feuerstein) on June 7, 2011, 11:16 am

Burn Notice - TV Shows
The few episodes I've seen appear to be more style than substance. And I have developed an aversion over the years to TV characters who don't show fear under any circumstances. (Plus there are too many explosions.) However, the basic premise of the show is quite interesting, and I suspect that if I'd been following the series from its beginning I'd like it more than I do. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 6, 2011, 9:17 pm

Gilligan's Island - TV Shows
you cannot take a silly show like this seriously, sure every episode had 101 problems i mean every ones wearing long sleeve shirts on a tropical island??and if the howells were as rich as they say they were, wouldnt they be on their own private yacht?but they show never boned it was always just silly fun. -- Submitted By: (hifijohn) on June 6, 2011, 3:51 pm

Jericho - TV Shows
I completely agree with Scatcatpdx on this. What started as an intriguing what-if story focusing on a small town's reaction to a momentous, disorienting - and on its face plausible - event, quickly became just another conspiracy theorist's wet dream. It could have been much more interesting as a sort of down-to-earth "Day After" tale, with authentic characters struggling to regain their bearings and rebuild their little world. (A tale from which we might have learned something about ourselves.) But no; the producers took the easy, short-sighted route of making a soap-operatic, nothing-is-as-it-seems, plot-twist-heavy romp through a cardboard landscape of cliched apocalyptic cynicism - the very sort of tired theme to which Hollywood suits (and, sadly, writers) turn when they can't think of anything original (which is all the damn time). I watched the entire series run, but I didn't like it. (It sort of reminded me of the movie Independence Day, which also started in a promising manner and then devolved into a stupid, cliche-heavy comedy that made me feel at its end as if I had been thoroughly ripped off.) -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 6, 2011, 1:39 pm

Friends - TV Shows
And I wonder if their pro-gay propaganda really paid off on "middle America". Consider this: Ross's wife "becomes" a lesbian (something that liberals say doesn't happen, they're all born that way) and divorces Ross, destroying his life and complicating the life of their unborn child... and we're supposed to feel sympathetic to this woman? And we're supposed to feel sympathetic to the homewrecking girlfriend that ruined the marriage, too? We're supposed to feel happy about these two despicable characters getting married and getting custody of the kid? The moronic writers didn't think it through if they thought this was going to change anyone's opinion for the better on gay marriage. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on June 5, 2011, 11:19 pm

Daria - TV Shows
It's not that Daria's characters didn't develop more depth than perhaps any characters on any animated series ever, it's the direction they chose to go with it. I don't hate Tom with the same degree of vile, venomous vitriol most Daria fans do, but at the same time he just seemed *too* perfect, even as his character was portrayed as being completely aware he was that way. It's easy to drive around in a beat up, rusted out old car when you know your family's loaded and can just buy you another one at any time. Pretending not to be rich doesn't actually make you not rich. And then they had to "justify" Tom's being perfect by having Daria act totally irrational towards him when she'd never done that before with anybody. Tom's character comes dangerously close to being a Marty Stu. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MartyStu -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 5, 2011, 6:39 pm

Friends - TV Shows
CubbyRain, I think the show was popular BECAUSE it was poorly written. People just love crap. Don't ask me to explain it. BTW there's a difference between accepting gay marriage and being beaten over the head with how you should think it's the most wonderful thing ever. Maybe all the failed straight marriages have made me cynical about it in general ;-) -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 5, 2011, 6:30 pm

Daria - TV Shows
I really liked Daria getting a boyfriend. I thought that Daria eventually becomes a cliche if all she can do is criticize. And she's better than that. She's not just some bitter misfit. She's a living person who at some point has to grow up and admit that she has desires like everyone else. I don't like the way the show used Tom though. He was just really boring after a while. There were some great tom episodes though. How about the one where Daria begins to take Tom away from Jane. If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have believed it, but the writers really made it believable. Daria and Tom clicked so well (in that episode). Or how about when Tom spends the night at Daria's and Quinn over hears and tells the whole school. I actually wish that someone would make a life color Daria movie. I'd love to see Jane and Daria, and Trent playing guitar. -- Submitted By: (wilddrawfour) on June 5, 2011, 12:59 pm

Friends - TV Shows
Ironically I just saw a re-run of Friends on vacation which was their gay marriage episode - Ross's ex wife and GF want to get married. Not only had I forgotten how poorly written this show as in general (and wondered how it got so popular in the first place) but it was a very political pro gay marriage show. Gay marriage aside, the show was just really bad, poorly written and frankly not funny, was it as bad in the 90's? Hard to say, but it certainly hasnt aged well. -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on June 5, 2011, 12:46 pm

Friends - TV Shows
Glad you saw the light, Robert :-D I never even thought about the Muslim aspect, I wonder what our friend Wilddrawfour has to say about that :-) Just more liberal hypocrisy, like the women's rights groups who picket golf courses while not uttering a peep about shameful treatment of women in other nations and even domestic abuse victims in America. At least he didn't call me a homophobe. BTW if getting revenge on white males isn't the motivation of minority groups, then what is? I repeat, they already have the same rights as everyone else and then some if you consider the hate crime thing. If anyone says something bad about me I don't get any special treatment or protection. I'd rather just treat everyone the same and judge people just be behavior (the only way people should be judged) but the darn PC liberal media keeps getting in the way >:-( If anyone is keeping discrimination alive, it's them. I guess without it they'd have to view everybody as just a boring ol' regular human being like me, and they can't have that! -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 5, 2011, 2:08 am

Space Ghost Coast to Coast - TV Shows
I actually liked this show. It was crazy and weird without being stupid. And when I saw how cheesy the original cartoon series it was based on was, it made SG:C2C even funnier. Fish and cheese don't mix, do they? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 4, 2011, 10:21 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
What do you mean, a person can't be evil if they're dumb? That never stopped Bush from trying to take over the world! :) Comparing Bill Maher's treachery to Jane Fonda's is like comparing a splinter in the finger to being impaled by a wooden beam. Wait...here's a bigot who belittles people with opposing viewpoints. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 4, 2011, 10:17 pm

Friends - TV Shows
wilddrawfour, I used to be a liberal. During that time I was told and shown how conservatives are intolerant, bigoted, and more...by TV. For the longest time, this successfully turned me against them. Then, when Bush took office, I saw liberals could be just as intolerant and bigoted...even more so. But watching TV, I saw that nobody got on their case for it. That's when I realized there was a liberal bias. As for your post, I want to address some of your points. Just because I'm against liberal bias does not mean I want it replaced with conservative bias. I wrote, "People want to be entertained, not told what to think." Second, just because I post an article that proves liberal bias exists means I'm a bigot? The liberal bias isn't limited to gay rights; it covers other things, too. As for alleged homophobia, liberals don't have a monopoly on tolerance. No more than conservatives have a monopoly on morals. Using the same logic, a person who's against conservatism is against morals. Are you anti-moral, wilddrawfour? I don't think so. In fact, in another related article, one writer admitted the shows were just "One big F*** you" to conservatives. How is THAT tolerance? That sounds like belittling an opposing viewpoint...which you criticize Limbaugh and his ilk over. You're basically telling me: "Well, Fox News and Limbaugh, Hannity, and Coulter are biased to the right, so it's OK for everything else to be biased to the left." Don't liberal pundits Matthews, Olbermann, Moore, and Maher balance out Limbaugh and other conservative pundits? If you want to eliminate conservative viewpoints from your TV, you need only block out Fox (that means no more Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show. Wait, liberal shows on a conservative network??). Speaking of the gay agenda, before you criticize Conservatives for opposing gay marriage, many liberals defend a group which is even more anti-gay: radical Islam. If you come out of the closet where radical Islam rules, execution awaits you. Killing someone for being gay is certainly a lot WORSE than denying them the right to marry, right? And Dolfan makes good points. Forcing people to accept your beliefs is not "tolerance". Encouraging people to treat you with respect even though you're different from them is. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 4, 2011, 10:13 pm

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - TV Shows
I loved this show as a kid and considered it a highlight of Saturday morning cartoons. However; even back then I used to wonder about the laugh/applause tracks. I mean, did they REALLY think that they'd think kids at home would imagine a group of people who had nothing better to do than to attend a CARTOON SHOW during which they could instantly laugh and applaud? Yeah, I know if Fat Albert could make a radiator and a pillow sound like an electric organ. . . -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 4, 2011, 4:02 pm

Space Ghost Coast to Coast - TV Shows
Simply brilliant. That's all I can think of to say. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 4, 2011, 3:02 am

Walker, Texas Ranger - TV Shows
It's just silly fluff, like the A-Team. Hell, even series like NCIS which take themselves way more seriously are rife with factual inaccuracies and implausible situations. Norris is smart enough to know his limitations; he wasn't out to create high art here. His goal was a workmanlike series that would generate decent ratings for several years and make him alot of money. Mission accomplished. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 4, 2011, 2:40 am

Danger Mouse - TV Shows
I loved this show. I miss it. Danger Mouse never Boned. -- Submitted By: (Tkieron) on June 3, 2011, 11:26 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
I think Sean Penn is approaching Hanoi Jane territory. I wasn't around for 'Nam, so I'll have to defer to Soggy's judgment on this one. Bill Maher on the other hand is just a bitter failed stand-up comic. A good stand up comic knows timing; he would know that saying, "Terrorists: brave; Us: Cowards" a mere six days after 9-freakin'-11 is tactless. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on June 3, 2011, 8:10 pm

Friends - TV Shows
There is a gay agenda though. It's not about marriage--I don't care if gays get married or not. If they think they can do the marriage thing better than us straights than I say let 'em. Who knows, they might be right. The gay agenda is to force that orientation down everyone's throats in much the same way being straight was forced down their throats for centuries. Other than the marriage thing (which is rapidly changing) they already had the same rights as everyone else. Gays and other minority groups don't want equal rights, they want their own special set of rights in addition to that. It's all about getting revenge on the evil straight white male. Problem is, I don't personally recall oppressing or discriminating against anybody. I never tried to take anyone's rights away, so why are they trying to get more rights than mine? -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 3, 2011, 7:10 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
Calling him the Jane Fonda of the Iraq War is elevating him waaaayyyyy beyond his true propaganda-tool value. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, among today's American antiwar celeb crowd can even remotely be compared to Hanoi Jane circa 1972, either in attitude or behavior. And for the record, Hitler was not a "great" artist. At best he had modest talent which might have grown had he not taken a different path in 1914. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 3, 2011, 1:26 pm

Friends - TV Shows
Amazing article, Robert. I was saddened to see "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"'s director Nicholas Meyer making such bigoted comments. I wasn't surprised about that the morons behind Friends would be like that, though. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on June 2, 2011, 4:18 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
I understand giving the devil his due. Though Hitler was a great artist, it doesn't excuse that he was an evil man who killed millions. It's one thing if Bill Maher simply said the hijackers committing suicide wasn't cowardly...but he turns around and calls the American soldiers cowards! He has no respect at all for the very people who risk their lives so he can spew poison against them and various other people (Sarah Palin, etc.) while standing up for the people trying to take his freedoms--and his very life--away from him. It's not hard to see why he's called the "Jane Fonda of the Iraq War". -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 2, 2011, 12:48 pm

Friends - TV Shows
http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/tv-executives-admit-in-taped-interviews-that-hollywood-pushes-a-liberal-agenda--3086 ....Apparently, even Sesame Street has been doing the same thing, too. Why don't these Hollywood types get it? People want to be entertained, not told what to think. Is this 2011 or 1984? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on June 2, 2011, 12:45 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
Naww, he's too dumb to be evil. Most truly evil people have good-sized IQs; I haven't seen a whole lot of evidence that his is above average. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on June 2, 2011, 12:40 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
Bill Maher is one of the most evil people on the planet. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on June 1, 2011, 7:57 pm

Weather Channel, The - TV Shows
That Primed for Excitement block they introduced is just dumb, since with that they introduced more non-weather programming. What's ironic is that it had to be pre-empted the week it was supposed to first air because of severe winter weather. TWC also severely overhyped From the Edge with Peter Lik. I mean, it's just some Crocodile Dundee wannabe taking pictures. Did they really need to debut it in Times Square? The only good thing I can say is that they've learned from their April 2010 fiasco. They've been pre-empting their non-weather shows quite a bit for severe weather. -- Submitted By: (MacFan95) on June 1, 2011, 9:38 am

Weather Channel, The - TV Shows
That Primed for Excitement block they introduced is just dumb, since with that they introduced more non-weather programming. What's ironic is that it had to be pre-empted the week it was supposed to first air because of severe winter weather. TWC also severely overhyped From the Edge with Peter Lik. I mean, it's just some Crocodile Dundee wannabe taking pictures. Did they really need to debut it in Times Square? The only good thing I can say is that they've learned from their April 2010 fiasco. They've been pre-empting their non-weather shows quite a bit for severe weather. -- Submitted By: (MacFan95) on June 1, 2011, 9:37 am

Little Mermaid, The (TV Series) - TV Shows
The reason listed doesn't really understand the series. The series was intended as a prequel to the movie, hence why she's a mermaid again. -- Submitted By: (cartooner) on June 1, 2011, 2:47 am

Avengers, The - TV Shows
The British censors were focused on keeping violence on the show to a minimum. The American censors were focused on keeping Ms Rigg fully clothed. In other words, the British censors were worthy of our disdain, and the American censors were worthy of our white-hot hatred. -- Submitted By: () on June 1, 2011, 1:35 am

Supernatural - TV Shows
I think TV Without Pity said it best, "Remember when this show was about two attractive brothers fighting off demons from urban legends? The producers sure don't." -- Submitted By: (bjohn345) on May 31, 2011, 10:00 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
I think Maher's comment about the hijackers was a little more nuanced than it's been credited with being. "Courageous" need not equate to "good". Hitler was a courageous soldier in World War 1. Howard Unruh, who murdered 13 people in 12 minutes in New Jersey in 1949, was a courageous soldier in World War 2. Benedict Arnold had considerable personal courage during the Revolution, prior to his decision to commit treason. Maher wasn't saying the hijackers were good guys, only that it takes a certain amount of balls to do what they did. I don't happen to agree with him on that, as their belief in their impending martyrdom (with all its attendant sexual delights) amounted to a sort of self-delusion that replaced any conventional sense of courage as we recognize it - but I don't fault Maher for seeing things differently. I do agree with most of you, however, that he is an utterly obnoxious asshole. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on May 31, 2011, 8:02 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
Thank you, Replicant! I really don't understand how anyone can defend this guy. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on May 31, 2011, 2:46 pm

Firefly - TV Shows
I first found out about Firefly when the Science Channel (NOT the Sci-Fi channel) began re-running the episodes in their proper order in March 2011. This is the first time where I remember liking a pilot episode better than the rest of the series. The world that the pilot episode created seemed so authentic and alive. The rest of the episodes got away from the feeling of being emersed in another world but they were still plenty good. When i watched the pilot I didn't know it was the pilot, I turned the show on a few minutes late and I was imagining that the ship must be on hard times to have to start accepting passengers. I wondered about their life before this episode and what it would be like afterwards. I was shocked when the captain explained that the ambasador was really a whore, and that without a liscensed companion (whore) the ship would not be welcome to dock on many planets. I knew then that I was in some strange magical world gone wrong, so different and yet not so unlike my own. Good show, too bad is got an early death. Shows like this make me want to write more to the story line. -- Submitted By: (wilddrawfour) on May 31, 2011, 1:58 pm

Bionic 6 - TV Shows
I had an insanely huge crush on Rock-1 as a kid. -- Submitted By: (Replicant10k) on May 31, 2011, 12:01 pm

Real Time with Bill Maher - TV Shows
From his show getting axed when he made those comments about the terrorists after 9/11, to calling Sarah Palin a c**t and everything in between, this . . . creature, because I refuse to call him a man . . . has a long and storied tradition of bottom feeding. I hope one day he says the wrong thing to someone's face and gets his nose broken like Geraldo. -- Submitted By: (Replicant10k) on May 31, 2011, 11:46 am

Big Brother - TV Shows
I'd LOVE to see Soggy's idea get used, and the contestants' reactions to the not-so-grand prize. It just might cure this reality show disease. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on May 31, 2011, 11:10 am

Big Brother - TV Shows
I don't know which version is being talked about, but regardless I know that it sucks. -- Submitted By: (johnnydough) on May 31, 2011, 2:26 am

Big Brother - TV Shows
Lock the idiots in the house, turn the temperature down to about 40, feed them nothing but that so-called slop, don't let them smoke or watch TV or bathe, and pipe polka music into the house day and night. Renege on the million-dollar prize and give the winner twenty bucks and a small jar of mayonnaise. Then I might be induced to watch Big Brother. -- Submitted By: (Soggy9000) on May 30, 2011, 8:16 pm

Man vs. Food - TV Shows
I love this show. It introduces to new restaurants I've never thought of trying before and Adam has a positive, fun attitude while hosting the show. I'm sure the health problems he's had since hosting aren't good, but I always find myself cheering him on. Never boned. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on May 30, 2011, 12:54 pm

WIRE, The - TV Shows
I havent heard anyone talk about this show in a while- missing the daily manhunts for Omar and the crooked world of Baltimore! -- Submitted By: (Chubby Rain) on May 30, 2011, 9:28 am