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Things I Learned from Watching Television
Posted by ThriftShopRomantic • 11/24/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: entertainment, humor, lessons learned, pop culture, television, TV
How do you know if you're actually a character in a television series?
Well, do you experience moments of slo-mo as you walk from your office?
Do you lead high-speed chases with the police even if you just have a broken taillight?
Do you never, ever, ever use the restroom?
My post Things I Learned from Watching Television might just help!...
cabbages-n-kings.blogspot.com/2008/11/things-i-learned-from-watching.html
And tell me, what have you all learned from watching TV over the years? 
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door bells / phones ringing are mostly the same
and ANY computer can access ANY other computer ANYWHERE-
Absolutely, they can-- and within just moments, too.
They never have to call their server guy to fix some stupid compatibility issue, do they?
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...gosh indeed! - and then never seem to run windows - they all have their own magic operating system with lots of progress bars.
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And unique pseudo-Mac logos on their laptops!
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I learned that car doors stop bullets and anytime you confront your chief suspect in the murder case you must have a quite friendly chat with them and the as you walk away you suddenly turn back and say "Ah Just one more thing..."
That's when you hit them with your killer evidence and they either,
Pull a gun and fill you in on all the details of their dastardly plot you had missed or they try to make a run for the door, which you had had the good foresight to place your partner and two uniformed extras behind.
This is the first thing they teach you in detective school it's called "The columbo"-
It's true.
And killers LOVE to spill the beans and confess their evil plans. They can't help themselves. They never just keep it to themselves when they're caught and wait to talk to legal counsel.
It's Nefarious Exposition Syndrome.
They simply cannot control it. -
I love the Columbo! It's the way all investigation ought to be conducted!
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i learned to watch less television by watching television.-
I've found myself Netflixing most of the programs I actually want to see, for that very reason.
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what i have learn from American Idol: hanstaruna.blogspot.com/2008/05/american-idol-lessons-for-stock.html -
telly scares me - it moves, inside stories... -
i've learned two things really:
1. reality shows are anything but.
2. infomercials should be renamed fibomercials-
Ah, t'is wisdom, Bob-- indeed.
And why are infomercials always so much LOUDER than regular commercials?
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I've learned that you can beat all of the odds, and the good guy always wins, because righteousness and decency will always triumph over evvviiill.
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Unless there's a sequel.
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I lol'd at your post. Poor Mr. Bauer('s bladder)!
Another thing: you can be a 15-year-old high school student and look like you're in your late 20s, and no one will ever question you about it.-
This is true, and, you can be a 15 year old high school student, and never have to interact with parents or adults, no matter what you're up to.
On the flip side, if you are a stay at home/work at home parent, you never have to see the kids! -
Absolutely. Especially in 70s/early 80s programs. Did any of us really believe Richie Cunningham and Ralph Mouth were 17 and not 35??
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I think we all know the real reason Mrs Cunningham let Arthur Fonzarelli live above the garage. You could tell something was going on because when the Fonz used to say "Looking good Mrs C heyyyyy"
She would get all flustered ( In that way menopausal women do) remembering their earlier bout of rampant lovemaking which finished seconds before Mr Cunningham arrived home from the hardware store. -
I believe that was being "frisky" in Happy Days speech.
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This is interesting topics that I just can not passed.I myself is tv holic and love to watch movies, I love strong character like the actor in 80's.When you compelled into their acting as if it was a real life thing happening. That's my thought about character's in movie.Good topic
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@ThirstShopRomantic, you like Happy Days, I like Fonz, cool
i thought Richie and Ralph was 17,-
I think they were supposed to be 17, but I believe the actors were quite a bit older.
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Well, Ron Howard (Richie) was 20 when the show started. Now, the guy who played Fonzie ... was 29 at the beginning.
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Hola I left this comment on your blog.
Um Jenn how could you possibly forget the other reason for using the bathroom which normally only happens during flight, people have the need to get it on. Personally public restrooms give me the skeevies but others seems to think they double as mattresses, go figure.-
Ya know, I should have known better. I mean, I saw previews on BBC America for their show about flight attendants who seemed to do a lot of "Coffee, tea or me."
I guess I was too worried about the lurking serial killers.
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Many years ago I worked in a factory where people actually believed Coronation St existed and thought it was really filmed like a documentary. That did concern me, that people couldn't separate fact from fiction. -
I've been convinced that I am a character in someone's movie since I was a little girl. This belief was reinforced with the release of "The Truman Show" starring Jim Carrey. I've been waiting for the right moment to role the closing credits...which would undoubtedly be followed by the sequel.-
Ah, be careful-- I just today read this WebMD article about the Truman Show delusion, where mental patients are increasingly believing that they are the central character in a reality tv show they can't escape...
www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/truman-show-delusion-real-imagined -
Gosh, this Truman Syndrome is really getting around, too!-- AP Newswire yesterday-- news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_us/truman_syndrome;_ylt=AnHoVqVGbjBNT...
Me, I'd bore the tears out of anyone if I were a reality show character. My day mostly involves me yelling at my email.
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you or your friends never have to go to the bathroom-
Yep- we were saying it's particularly noticeable in shows that they do in supposed "real time" like "24." I mean, it's relentless-- and no bathroom breaks!
Maybe their union can do something for them about that.
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I thought this is all about Discovery Channel, History Channel, and BBC stuffs and the like. Now I wonder why it is called an idiot box when in fact we learn a lot from it that we don't in real life. -
Oh, I know!-- this is life-changing stuff here. (snicker)
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I learned that in the world o television you can be a underpaid shoe salesman with an unemployed wife and live next door to two bankers...insert Married With Children.
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It does make you wonder about the real estate market there, doesn't it?
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i've learned to watch life flicker by instead of participate in it's myriad mysteries. -
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I learned from Roadrunner, Batman, and Bugs Bunny that you should not buy Acme products because they never work quite the way you expect. -
I couldn't get over how beautiful everyone looked on TV. Then I tried watching my new super-huge TV with my glasses on... now I can see the wrinkles and blotches behind the stage makeup. I feel much better now. -
Unlike television, you can't just "commercial skip" through the boring parts of your life. -
I wonder if television makes the natural pace of life look boring? -
I learned the importance of having a laugh track. Life would be teen times better if everyone have either crowd noise or a rimshot sounder on them at all times.-
I think I'd be very startled the first time that happened though.
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I think television serials/sitcoms (i don't watch much television) are based on simplified, abstract, real life situations and concepts that comes out as very unrealistic. Add drama to it, and you'll get a formula for television network content.
After watching the movie: Rachel Getting Married, the movie experience made me think about how hard real life situations can be made into films...... and appeal to the masses of movie goers. I guess that's why there is a arthouse film genre. -
Something I recently learned on television is how car thieves go about breaking into cars and stealing them, and how well police "bait cars" work when it comes to catching them. The lessons were provided by the hidden cameras that filmed the thieves, while they did their dirty work.
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