Watched the season premiere of SNL. They are so in the tank for Hillary. Not only was she a guest but almost all of the skits made fun of either Republicans or Bernie Sanders. I guess someone needs to take over for Jon Stewart.
I’m sure we’ll see more of that. Spotted a kid on a TV drama over the weekend (which had nothing to do with politics) wearing a “Hillary 2016” T-shirt. Really?
Law & Order was notorious, as I recall, for pushing Obama and really slamming Bush when he was still in office. All the little snide cracks, written into their scripts. It gets so old.
Reminds me of how, way-way back in 1972, “All in the Family” did this whole pro-McGovern show the Saturday before the election. I can’t really remember too much about it, but am thinking it was just a discussion/funny argument between Archie & his son-in-law, “meathead,” in which Nixon looked like a warmonger & bigoted and McGovern was made to look enlightened, the clear choice for anyone with half a brain in his head.
I was in college at the time and a volunteer for the McGovern campaign. (It was just what you did when you were in college in the early 1970s 🙂 ) Everyone at the campaign headquarters was very excited about the show coming on as news of it leaked out beforehand, thinking it could turn the tide.
It didn’t, of course. And I even remember that I, a youthful & idealistic McGovern supporter who was seriously heartbroken when he lost, thought to myself at the time that it seemed kind of unfair, really, for a TV show to be doing that, pushing one candidate so obviously — giving him free advertising, basically.
But people are smarter than TV producers think. 🙂
Not that Nixon was any prize, obviously. But a TV show saying they should vote for McGovern wasn’t going to sway them; American voters, at least back then, were a pretty stubborn and independent bunch — we’ll see if that’s changed in ’16.
Donna, I remember those days. All media belonged to the left. The three networks and most of the movie producers were all liberal. Then along came cable, the internet and talk radio. The first time I heard the phrase “hate speech” it was used by Bill Clinton for Rush Limburgh and Pat Robertson, the only two people in the media world not kissing his ring. The left has a much harder time winning a argument when they don’t get to write both sides.
I stopped watching network TV as a sixteen year old in 1973 after Get Smart and F Troop had been replaced by Norman Lear’s Commie sitcoms. I also had noticed that movies had gone into the toilet as Midnight Cowboy had replaced Fort Apache and Rio Grande.
Going back to yesterday’s discussion, I would agree that morals in the movies took a slight dip in the 50s from the higher standards of the 30s and 40s. However, things went off the cliff around 1960. That is why that year is my cut-off date. I make rare exceptions (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – 1962 and A Shot in the Dark – 1964), but generally try to stick to films made between 1935 and 1959.
Jo, I generally prefer the earlier John Wayne, but that one also has Kathryn Hepburn and they are good together. I don’t remember those two making a movie together when they were young.
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Watched the season premiere of SNL. They are so in the tank for Hillary. Not only was she a guest but almost all of the skits made fun of either Republicans or Bernie Sanders. I guess someone needs to take over for Jon Stewart.
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I’m sure we’ll see more of that. Spotted a kid on a TV drama over the weekend (which had nothing to do with politics) wearing a “Hillary 2016” T-shirt. Really?
Law & Order was notorious, as I recall, for pushing Obama and really slamming Bush when he was still in office. All the little snide cracks, written into their scripts. It gets so old.
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Reminds me of how, way-way back in 1972, “All in the Family” did this whole pro-McGovern show the Saturday before the election. I can’t really remember too much about it, but am thinking it was just a discussion/funny argument between Archie & his son-in-law, “meathead,” in which Nixon looked like a warmonger & bigoted and McGovern was made to look enlightened, the clear choice for anyone with half a brain in his head.
I was in college at the time and a volunteer for the McGovern campaign. (It was just what you did when you were in college in the early 1970s 🙂 ) Everyone at the campaign headquarters was very excited about the show coming on as news of it leaked out beforehand, thinking it could turn the tide.
It didn’t, of course. And I even remember that I, a youthful & idealistic McGovern supporter who was seriously heartbroken when he lost, thought to myself at the time that it seemed kind of unfair, really, for a TV show to be doing that, pushing one candidate so obviously — giving him free advertising, basically.
But people are smarter than TV producers think. 🙂
Not that Nixon was any prize, obviously. But a TV show saying they should vote for McGovern wasn’t going to sway them; American voters, at least back then, were a pretty stubborn and independent bunch — we’ll see if that’s changed in ’16.
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Donna, I remember those days. All media belonged to the left. The three networks and most of the movie producers were all liberal. Then along came cable, the internet and talk radio. The first time I heard the phrase “hate speech” it was used by Bill Clinton for Rush Limburgh and Pat Robertson, the only two people in the media world not kissing his ring. The left has a much harder time winning a argument when they don’t get to write both sides.
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I stopped watching network TV as a sixteen year old in 1973 after Get Smart and F Troop had been replaced by Norman Lear’s Commie sitcoms. I also had noticed that movies had gone into the toilet as Midnight Cowboy had replaced Fort Apache and Rio Grande.
Going back to yesterday’s discussion, I would agree that morals in the movies took a slight dip in the 50s from the higher standards of the 30s and 40s. However, things went off the cliff around 1960. That is why that year is my cut-off date. I make rare exceptions (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – 1962 and A Shot in the Dark – 1964), but generally try to stick to films made between 1935 and 1959.
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Ricky, I have Rooster Cogburn on my shelf. It is an older John Wayne. Still worth it??
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Jo, I generally prefer the earlier John Wayne, but that one also has Kathryn Hepburn and they are good together. I don’t remember those two making a movie together when they were young.
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