And what about those fancy 3D graphics that all tv computers use? Someone punches up a building layout and we're treated to a movable 3D wireframe display that looks like something Pixar designed.


My biggest gripe though is why the hell tv moms (on shows or commercials) are almost always caring, sensible and wise. While dads are always knuckle-dragging buffoons. I think I Love Lucy was the last time we ever saw the roles reversed. What's with all the man-hate?

Ever notice how nasty the bottom of people's feet are on tv? It seems like everyone that is barefoot on tv walks through a coal mine before filming.

I agree. Roseanne was a notable exception.

But the flipside is even the badass women cops on TV are svelt supermodels models. The martial arts scenes are sooooo weak. They simply don't look like they could hurt anyone, especially ........ Peter Dinklage.

Alas we have come full circle.

One notable exception to this rule is King of the Hill.

You wish

ah, like the mountains of iowa.

My biggest gripe:
Why do sitcoms have to have serious episodes? do the writers forget that they are sitcoms? It is not real life. There is no need to write a serious episode. Mash: Col. Blake dying. Roseanne: Husband has heart attack, this really bugs me, they are SITCOMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT REAL LIFE.
I know that war sucks, heart attacks are bad, breast cancer is terrible.. Well, that's it for me.

Ha! I hate that too. Even if a couple hears their baby fall out of its crib in the next room, they'll grab their robes before they rush out of the bedroom. I haven't worn a robe since I was 6, and even then only because my parents made me. I haven't worn one since, don't even own one, and I don't know anyone else who owns one.

Another thing that bothers me are TV character's professions. A HUGE percentage of TV characters work in the entertainment industry in some way. They either work behind the scenes of a TV show, or have their own show, or work in radio or the fashion industry.

I guess the first rule of writing is "write what you know," so probably the only job TV writers have ever had is working in the entertainment biz. And maybe that's what the audience wants--maybe they'drather watch someone who works on a TV show than someone who goes to a soul-crushing Walmart job every day. But it still annoys me.

and Peg Bundy, and Rosanne...

Hey, I had to ask. Force of habit.

owns a robe

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Do you also believe that nobody on a drama is ever allowed to crack a joke?

I have to say I don't get your line of thinking at all. There has to be some overlap because comedy often arises from drama, tragedy, or some other pathos.

Sonic and Knuckles?

I hate when the establishing shot of a house doesn't match the interior. King of Queens is a great example. They show a house with the door on the right side and two windows on the left. When you're inside, there's three windows, a central door (whose style doesn't match the exterior shot) and windows on the other side of the door.

It's even worse when they show the characters outside in the front.

Or even better, getting defibrillated with a bra on (cough*juliaroberts*cough). I would think there's a reason they usually rip off your shirt when your heart stops.

Or the Port of San Jose, CA. I couldn't watch Outbreak without groaning. San Jose doesn't have a port, nor is it on the coast as depicted in the movie.

robe owner here.....

Or like in the movie "Sum of All Fears" I don't think any of the producers have ever been to baltimore/dc, because there ain't no dome sporting complex and that doesn't even look anything like baltimore or DC.

this has been bothering me for years in both tv and movies. whenever someone pulls up to somebodies house or any building where someone is waiting, they always honk their horn. who actually does this in real life?

Walking into someone's home without knocking.

Famous Offenders:

Ethel and Fred...I Love Lucy
The whole cast of Will & Grace

Out of all of the weddings I've been to, not one of them has featured "The Wedding March" (Here Comes the Bride), yet EVERY wedding on TV features that song.

Could that be a Public Domain issue for the music?

I hate disclaimers on commercials when it is obviously ridiculous.

I hate that shows feel the need to end seasons on cliffhangers, It's fine every now and then, but doesn't need to happen every season.

Every single one of my neighbors, for a start.

I also wear a robe around the house quite frequently. The throngs of people who made the pilgrimage to my house to touch its hem expect that sort of thing.

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