View Full Version : Changing Times--TV
QuietLunatic
03-25-2007, 12:38 PM
Britjojo's movie thread got me thinking about older TV shows as well. I saw an episode of "Bewitched" not too long ago and it hit me how much they all drank. Everytime things went weird (every episode), Darren turned to a drink. When he came home from work, she got him a drink. When friends came over, the booze came out, and a fair number of them were smokers as well. It's really interesting how TV has changed. I don't know if it's reflecting society or trying to change it, but either way, it's interesting to watch the really old shows and compare with modern equivalents.
jimberan
03-25-2007, 06:33 PM
What about Alice in Wonderland. Alice took some pill to become small and get into the magical wonderland. Seems like a big LSD trip to me.
crassus
03-25-2007, 07:43 PM
What about Alice in Wonderland. Alice took some pill to become small and get into the magical wonderland. Seems like a big LSD trip to me.
If you want to call it that.
Ricardo
07-17-2007, 02:04 PM
The reference to Bewitched is interesting, considering how sex was avoided in that TV era. The Dick Van Dyke show may be a little earlier than that, but he and his wife slept in separate beds. That's sure changed from what we see now.
Speaking of alcohol and entertainment, wasn't it Jonathan Winters who had a famous drunken routine?
QuietLunatic
07-19-2007, 08:13 PM
What about Alice in Wonderland. Alice took some pill to become small and get into the magical wonderland. Seems like a big LSD trip to me.
The Alice books aren't relevant to the TV question, but it's well known that Lewis Carroll was an opium user and it's generally understood that "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice through the Looking-glass" were inspired by opium dreams.
And Ricardo is right about so many couples having single beds. I think Bewitched was one of the fist to have them sharing a double bed.
websurfpro
10-23-2007, 12:38 AM
There`s nothing much we can do about it, these are the days of our lifes, society is changing , everything is changing , lifestyle especially, some TV shows have a bad influence on many people as well as movies , they change their way of thinking , am I right?
attagirl
10-26-2007, 04:15 PM
Unfortunately back then social drinking was not what was leading to addictions and we had far less people becoming addicted to alchol. The problem with today is that the wrong people are thinking it is ok to drink on a regular bases without thinking of possible consequences.
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11-03-2007, 10:01 AM
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attagirl
11-03-2007, 04:08 PM
The reference to Bewitched is interesting, considering how sex was avoided in that TV era. The Dick Van Dyke show may be a little earlier than that, but he and his wife slept in separate beds. That's sure changed from what we see now.
Speaking of alcohol and entertainment, wasn't it Jonathan Winters who had a famous drunken routine?
Although you bring up a good point, I would like to say that I do not think it they felt it necessary to show any signs of sexual activities. So whether or not that shows influence people to drink or have sex or whatever I do not think that is the case with everyday movies and TV.
laurah
11-04-2007, 09:55 PM
With regard to Alice and Wonderland, it is a relevant point, because if someone wrote a kids book that involved magic mushrooms and a pot smoking caterpiller today, there would be national outrage.
I think changing times has played a role in today's substance abuse problems, although I don't think it has anything to do with television.
Children today are not allowed to just be children. Adults make no attempt to define childhood in a way that keeps kids of, say, ten and eleven, still children. They're faced with drugs, alcohol and sex issues and have them thrown in their face from all directions. By the time they're thirteen they're really living in a world that has robbed them of any innocence, and I don't think young kids can graciously handle all that grown-up stuff without feeling pressure, caving in, or feeling stressed out for not caving in.
attagirl
11-05-2007, 04:30 PM
With regard to Alice and Wonderland, it is a relevant point, because if someone wrote a kids book that involved magic mushrooms and a pot smoking caterpiller today, there would be national outrage.
I wholeheartedly agree with this one. People now days are not allowed to have imagination. I am surprised that more people are not trying to ban the book with their right wing religious antics.