Mostly, I think he just doesn't know other stuff exists. For them, shows just show up on a list, they don't really have the concept of watching a channel.
Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.
Willow ,'Him'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Oct 29, 2009 7:10:53 am PDT #15866 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Jessica - Oct 29, 2009 7:11:12 am PDT #15867 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Stupid calves and cows, always needing to be fed and bedded....
You should have put a TV in the barn so they'd be hooked on the show too.
Gudanov - Oct 29, 2009 7:17:15 am PDT #15868 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Doesn't this just mean he'll grow up to be a Buffista?
If he's not interested that's fine, but I feel like we really haven't given him the option to check out more things.
smonster - Oct 29, 2009 7:17:28 am PDT #15869 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
certain nights were No TV Nights
We weren't allowed to watch TV on school nights, though I believe that was relaxed for Cosby Show and Different World. I remember being left out of the many conversations involving Growing Pains, but yeah... not a big deal.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 29, 2009 7:22:14 am PDT #15870 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I watched every TV show known to man (except we did not watch Dukes of Hazzard for some reason), and I still had nothing to talk about with people! But I can understand why you are thinking of relaxing your rules a bit.
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2009 7:23:17 am PDT #15871 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Gud, I'd say give him more options. But I'm a firm believer in the social importance of sharing or at least being able to fake sharing various cultural touchstones with your peer group.
Not that this helps if, say, your kid just doesn't like TV, like mine.
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2009 7:25:34 am PDT #15872 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
except we did not watch Dukes of Hazzard for some reason
Ya freak!
OK, I can't explain whey I liked that show. Maybe it was the cars. (I liked Boss Hog's Eldorado convertible especially. But that car never got to do any cool jumps.)
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2009 7:29:52 am PDT #15873 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I watched a lot of boxing.
Boxing, hockey, All in the Family, MASH, Barney Miller, Macgyver, Magnum PI, Star Trek re-runs...
(I mean, I also watched your standard assortment of Saturday Morning TeeVee, but except for Electro-Woman and Dyna Girl, they all blur.)
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2009 7:33:29 am PDT #15874 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, this cracks me up: Minimalist nativity set
§ ita § - Oct 29, 2009 7:33:51 am PDT #15875 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had one channel, in black and white, until we moved to England when I was 12. TV didn't come on air until hours after we came home from school. There really wasn't much discussion of shows at school at all, even though I remember getting fixated on the idea of watching Man From Atlantis when we finally got it. But that was just all about me and a burgeoning crush on Duffy.