TV shows with a message.

[AndyC]

Mofo Rising Wrote:
> Personally, I hate kids shows with a message.  I
> think it reached new heights of obnoxiousness
> right around the time of CAPTAIN PLANET.

That was about when they crossed the line between messages and outright brainwashing. Captain Planet exemplified a particularly obnoxious period of the early 90s.

I used to love the little GI Joe segments. Kids old enough to know better would be blundering into the dumbest danger situations imaginable, just to set up the safety tip.

"I don't feel so good."

"Here, take some of Mom's medicine!"

Of course, the scariest thing about that one was that Doc just happened to be eavesdropping outside their bathroom window. What the heck was he doing out there? Pervert.

Almost as funny was the one where a couple of kids were planning to do something stupid next to a lake, when suddenly Deep Six comes strolling out of the knee-deep water in his full deep-sea diving suit.

[Neon Noodle]

Well, I can tell you that watching Daffy Duck get shot in the face all those years helped me realize that don't work in real life. You can hardly see my scars.

[Neville]

Oh, how I hated those messages. I wasn't a particularly bright kid, but I could notice how irrelevant and tagged on those "message" scenes were. And how hypocritical, in many cases. I mean, I learned that violence doesn't solve problems from Rambo, GI Joe and He-Man. Hey, thanks.

BTW, I've noticed many people remember shows with liberal rants, but there were a lot of shows with conservative messages as well. I remember watching "Ironside" on a rerun and being surprised how hostile it seemed to be against the hippy movement, something specially shocking for a show set in San Francisco.

[RCMerchant]

Now that I think about it, all those "hillbilly" shows,like the Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction,Andy Griffith,Dukes of Hazard,etc...had a weird city folk are cons or wise asses,and rednecks are honest and moral. Except for Mr.Haney....

[loyal1]

yeah but there is plenty of movies on how poor city folks prey victim to strange redneck hillbillies. Texas Chainsaw and Deliverance stands out in my head the most.  In defence...look what city life did to Elvis, an innocent and pure country boy to a fat drunken Vegas entertainer.