Young people's awful taste in television

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:18PM #1

I've noticed a growing trend amongst young adults (say 18-25). They watch horrible, horrible tv programs. A lot of my friends in college watch stuff like Two and A Half Men, Entourage, The X-Factor, The Big Bang Theory (probably the best of this bunch), Gray's Anatomy. All these programs are terrible IMO.

I never saw Two and A Half Men before but decided to watch an episode because everybody was continuously banging on abut it. I was actually in shock when I saw it, it's like a kids program or something, the humour is pathetic.

Here's Two and A Half Men without the canned laughter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6adZU02alc

It's almost as if the crappy canned laughter is telling all the brainwashed idiots "you should find this funny" and so they laugh. Everybody seems to have the same kind of sense of humour from it as well.

Chips Lovell · 31-10-2011 01:21PM

How dare they

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:22PM

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

How date they

Quoted for fail.

hondasam · 31-10-2011 01:22PM

Two and a half men is pretty good tbh.

GarIT · 31-10-2011 01:23PM

Someone needs to make a counter thread on old peoples awful taste in television.

31-10-2011 01:24PM

bbt is very funny.
Can't stand 2.5 men at all

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 31-10-2011 01:24PM

We were once those people and our parents said the same thing and soon our kids will be looking at the generation after them with the same eyes....

soyawhatsup · 31-10-2011 01:25PM

How dare you include Entourage in that list

IHeartChemistry · 31-10-2011 01:25PM

Yea XFactor is shiiiite but TBBT, Two and a Half Men and Greys are damn good. Can't beat McDreamy and McSteamy :cool:

4leto · 31-10-2011 01:25PM

The big bang theory is the best comedy to come out of the states in years, just one word Sheldon,, need I say anything more.

To me its Moron TV or MTV I have no idea what is the appeal to them,,generation gap I suppose.

ejmaztec · 31-10-2011 01:25PM

The only funny thing about Two and a half men is the amount of money they get paid for writing and appearing in such sh1te.

biko · 31-10-2011 01:27PM

Here's another show with canned laughter letting people know when it's funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-oH-TELcLE

Fluorescence · 31-10-2011 01:27PM

What are you on about? Big Bang Theory is amazing

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:29PM

biko wrote: »

Here's another show with canned laughter letting people know when it's funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-oH-TELcLE

Except that show is actually funny and the laughter isn't forced down your throat as much.

Agricola · 31-10-2011 01:30PM

Can't comment on the Charlie Sheen thing, never saw it but The Big Bang Theory can be very funny. There are so many nods to geek culture its obvious that the scriptwriters know exactly what the characters are about, not what they think geeks should be about.

Its like its always been. Theres good writing and bad writing. Maybe nowadays the good stuff is harder to spot under an avalanche of reality tv rubbish

The King of Moo · 31-10-2011 01:30PM

I'm not sure this is such a big story: most people of all ages like crap TV.

Evidence: most TV is crap.

Turtyturd · 31-10-2011 01:31PM

Young peoples choice in TV is gone to sh*t...every time I have to watch 'In the night garden' with my 2 year old I ask myself where did I go wrong?

4zn76tysfajdxp · 31-10-2011 01:33PM

The Big Bang Theory is rubbish. Really really bad. It has no redeemable qualities. It's ****.

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:33PM

Ok, I concede on TBBT, maybe that's pretty good, but the others are still awful.

biko · 31-10-2011 01:33PM

I think this is another of those "XX was better when I was young" threads?

Fluorescence · 31-10-2011 01:34PM

Emmitt Straight Garlic wrote: »

The Big Bang Theory is rubbish. Really really bad. It has no redeemable qualities. It's ****.

Get out :eek:

recyclebin · 31-10-2011 01:36PM

back in my day ..........

SilverScreen · 31-10-2011 01:38PM

candlegrease wrote: »

I've noticed a growing trend amongst young adults (say 18-25). They watch horrible, horrible tv programs. A lot of my friends in college watch stuff like Two and A Half Men, Entourage, The X-Factor, The Big Bang Theory (probably the best of this bunch), Gray's Anatomy. All these programs are terrible IMO.

Yes because none of them can compare to the sheer quality and excellence of Fair City :rolleyes:

slimjimmc · 31-10-2011 01:38PM

candlegrease wrote: »

Except that show is actually funny and the laughter isn't forced down your throat as much.

In your opinion, after all that's what comedy is, a personal opinion, different people have difference tastes in humour.

If you dub that Fawlty Towers clip with the same intentionally down trodden dull backing music that was on that 2.5 men clip and remove the canned laughter I bet you'll feel it just as flat. How something is presented can have a huge impact.

Conall Cernach · 31-10-2011 01:39PM

biko wrote: »

Here's another show with canned laughter letting people know when it's funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-oH-TELcLE

Is that "canned" or is it in front of a studio audience which would mean that it is real laughter. Many comedy shows (even American ones) are film before an audience and so when th audience laughs that is when they have found something funny. If you don't laugh when the studio audience does then rest assured that they are probably morons.

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:40PM

slimjimmc wrote: »

In your opinion, after all that's what comedy is, a personal opinion, different people have difference tastes in humour.

If you dub that Fawlty Towers clip with the same intentionally down trodden dull backing music that was on that 2.5 men clip and remove the canned laughter I bet you'll feel it just as flat.

Yes, I know its an opinion.

I'm complaining about the facts that most people's opinions are so goddamn retarded.

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:40PM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Is that "canned" or is it in front of a studio audience which would mean that it is real laughter. Many comedy shows (even American ones) are film before an audience and so when th audience laughs that is when they have found something funny. If you don't laugh when the studio audience does then rest assured that they are probably morons.

Meant to say this, that's not canned. Its just laughter.

Kitty-kitty · 31-10-2011 01:41PM

Agricola wrote: »

There are so many nods to geek culture its obvious that the scriptwriters know exactly what the characters are about, not what they think geeks should be about.

It's not hard to spend five minutes with google to make references - but using BBT as a cross-section of the geek community is horribly, horribly wrong. Only the main character can even function socially. This is not what geeks are "about".

That said I watch the show religiously - but it's the only one out of this list I'd touch with yours.

There's a few videos out there with the laugh track / audience laughter (because it is filmed in front of an audience but of course if the audience don't find certain gags funny they're going to add in some canned laughter) removed on TBBT. It suddenly becomes slightly uncomfortable to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLQaTcViOA

Samba · 31-10-2011 01:41PM

Yawn.

Young people's awful taste in x, insert whatever you think is appropriate for x and enjoy a good auld moan.

candlegrease · 31-10-2011 01:42PM

Zero1986 wrote: »

Yes because none of them can compare to the sheer quality and excellence of Fair City :rolleyes:

Fair City is worse than all those shows combined. I never said it was good.

Nice try though.

old hippy · 31-10-2011 01:43PM

Personally, I think The Story of Cinema is the best thing on the telly at the moment.

Fawlty Towers was good in its day but the jokes at the expense of the Germans, the French and the Irish have kind of grown a bit tired now.

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