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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:44 PM Apr 2013

Is this the stupidest show on TV?

not to mention the most dangerous. quasi famous people diving from the high dive platform.

"Splash," the celebrity diving competition on ABC, appears to have claimed another injury. Nicole Eggert, the former "Baywatch" actress, was injured after a bad landing from a dive during a taping of the show on Thursday.

<snip>

According to the report, Eggert was pulled from the water after her dive, which involved multiple backflips, and rushed to a nearby hospital. ABC confirmed that Eggert was consulting with a doctor.

Though the 41-year-old actress appears not to have broken any bones, there is concern she may have internal injuries. Her kidneys in particular, are being monitored. And she's still on the show.


Eggert isn't the only star to be injured on the high-diving reality show. "Chelsea Lately" sidekick Chuy Bravo had to drop out of the program before it ever began airing because of a fractured heel he sustained during practice. And Miss Alabama Katherine Webb was advised to drop out by her doctor because of a back injury.

Kendra Wilkinson also quit the show because of her fear of heights. And extreme skier Rory Bushfield ruptured an eardrum during a dive but didn't quit the show.

<snip>

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-nicole-eggert-hospitalized-after-splash-mishap-20130419,0,6437103.story

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Is this the stupidest show on TV? (Original Post) cali Apr 2013 OP
My picks for stupid: Modern Family and Tosh 2.0 nt Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #1
any and all Housewives shows BainsBane Apr 2013 #3
Hillbilly Handfishing. Whisp Apr 2013 #48
If Hillbill Handfising had been a single documentary, Jamastiene Apr 2013 #86
but at least they don't involve people being endangered for entertainment purposes cali Apr 2013 #6
except for the House- husband who killed himself because his drunk ass wife was using their bettyellen Apr 2013 #10
well, she also has proof from doctors that she had to have reconstructive Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #33
wait, she went to a plastic surgeon? OMG that is.... bettyellen Apr 2013 #73
Yes BE, you might be minimizing Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #92
Might,....because the two episodes I saw, she lied about her drinking problems and other shit. bettyellen Apr 2013 #95
Maybe, but Tree-Hugger Apr 2013 #38
and there were rumours he was deeply closeted and gay, also... very sad those shows bettyellen Apr 2013 #71
It's disgusting Tree-Hugger Apr 2013 #84
true dat, Cali Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #34
Ever seen Jackass? n/t Mopar151 Apr 2013 #56
I'd add to that the Walking Dead and liberalhistorian Apr 2013 #26
Walking Dead? MattBaggins Apr 2013 #37
BLASPHEMY!!! Jamastiene Apr 2013 #87
What? You crazy! Modern Family is hilarious! cui bono Apr 2013 #55
It's the funniest show around, isn't it? KatyMan Apr 2013 #72
Modern Family? Really? Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #75
Tosh is awesome. n/t bamacrat Apr 2013 #80
way too bigoted for me Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #93
I get that, doesn't bother me though. bamacrat Apr 2013 #94
Ooo! I'll play. unrepentant progress Apr 2013 #81
On the rare occasion I've seen Tosh reflection Apr 2013 #83
I saw the previews for that BainsBane Apr 2013 #2
Oh, I'll probably get spanked for this, but what the hell? GoneOffShore Apr 2013 #4
The only show of this type that I liked was the one with ice skating SoCalDem Apr 2013 #7
No, that award would go to Fox & Friends, without question. Initech Apr 2013 #5
But the SNL parodies are hilarious! Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #76
I'm amazed anyone would want to watch that. octothorpe Apr 2013 #8
If I was really into diving, then I might check it out. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #18
Read the same article. Had the same reaction. DirkGently Apr 2013 #9
Years ago, Steve Martin said "Battle of the Network Stars" should be fought with guns. dogknob Apr 2013 #11
Ha ha ha, I love Steve Martin. Initech Apr 2013 #30
This show sounds awesome. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #12
And if we could drain the pool? Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #54
Chasing Tail koiwoman53 Apr 2013 #13
Welcome to DU, koiwoman53! calimary Apr 2013 #60
Welcome to DU. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #90
It's hard to say. There's a lot of stiff competition out there. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2013 #14
Best post of the liberalhistorian Apr 2013 #27
Try the Dutch original muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #15
No dumber than Duck Fucking Dynasty n-t Logical Apr 2013 #16
^ What he said ^ TheCowsCameHome Apr 2013 #19
Is that a real TV show? Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #36
Duck Dynasty is I Love Lucy with long beards. Mopar151 Apr 2013 #57
My family started watching that, and I could not figure out why. AngryOldDem Apr 2013 #64
I still can't believe that people watch a show about people who make duck calls and decoys. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #74
Why I cancelled cable and have no interest in satellite Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #17
This thing is on over the air on ABC so you can't escape it Raine Apr 2013 #21
I can escape it by not tuning in that channel Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #25
We hardly turn on the TV, unless it's to watch a DVD, a VHS (yeah, so what?) or something on Netflix Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #52
I don't have cable either. LuvNewcastle Apr 2013 #22
Spot on. Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #53
It's taken this long for someone to mention the Kardashians? Boomerproud Apr 2013 #20
Coming this fall on Bravo olddots Apr 2013 #23
Starring the Kardashians? Loryn Apr 2013 #28
not as stupid as the people who watch it Skittles Apr 2013 #24
The one where these has-beens talk about tv and movie stars' fashion sakabatou Apr 2013 #29
From high enough heights there is virtually no difference between water & concrete. JaneyVee Apr 2013 #31
That explains why my iced tea tastes so funny while I'm sitting on the roof Orrex Apr 2013 #47
I don't always get you, dude... Mopar151 Apr 2013 #58
That's why I never order Bourbon and water while on a flight anymore.. Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #66
Yep sakabatou Apr 2013 #88
It's filmed just down the street from me. Codeine Apr 2013 #32
Hannity is by far the stupidest show on television.... PennsylvaniaMatt Apr 2013 #35
My nomination for worst: HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #39
lol. I actually will be watching that show ecstatic Apr 2013 #42
Sometimes I think we're edging closer and closer sylvi Apr 2013 #40
couldn't get through 5 minutes, so I'm sure it'll be renewed ecstatic Apr 2013 #41
I have always had that same problem with NBC. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #91
Duck Dynasty is worse. Apophis Apr 2013 #43
Charlie Brooker takes down the UK version... caraher Apr 2013 #44
Brilliant! Paulie Apr 2013 #46
I'm pretty much addicted to Brooker caraher Apr 2013 #59
sounds like a contender treestar Apr 2013 #45
HLN After Dark is the worst duffyduff Apr 2013 #49
Pretty much all reality TV shows forme n/t TexasBushwhacker Apr 2013 #50
No. Breaking Bad is. Like Django, not one redeeming value. Malcolm is crying. graham4anything Apr 2013 #51
Breaking Bad??? Please provide me with the entire list of other shows on TV you think are "stupid" Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #61
This thread is in GD and not the lounge. Therefore, my answer is based on adult politics. graham4anything Apr 2013 #65
Sure thing. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #82
BWAAAAAAHAAAAHAAHAHA!!!!! You said adult politics..... Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2013 #97
was Andy Warhol prescient or hexing us? NuttyFluffers Apr 2013 #62
Stupidest, if not the most dangerous. AngryOldDem Apr 2013 #63
I take it none of you have seen Separation Apr 2013 #67
Lizard Lick Towing Kingofalldems Apr 2013 #68
To paraphrase Bruce Springsteen: 157 channels and nothing on. baldguy Apr 2013 #69
Honey boo-boo seems pretty horrid... pnwest Apr 2013 #70
There is a program titled "Amish Mafia". Need I say more? 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #77
remember the good old days when we talked about the best show on tv dembotoz Apr 2013 #78
There are so many choices! truebluegreen Apr 2013 #79
So many of these reality shows are so stupid that Jamastiene Apr 2013 #85
The only reality shows worth watching RebelOne Apr 2013 #89
Should've called it "Darwin's Pager." (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #96
Diving is a legitimate sport, so this seems worthy enough of TV JVS Apr 2013 #98
i dunno, it's mostly stupid shows so far as i can see. shows with lack of HiPointDem Apr 2013 #99
 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
48. Hillbilly Handfishing.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:38 AM
Apr 2013

I had a call to our internet/tv provider for a problem a while back and was just yapping with him while we were waiting for some data and talking about useless shows. He agreed. Lots of useless shows. I was surprised at that and hope he wasn't monitored and fired.

and big yah about those housewives phoney shows. So degrading to everyone.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
86. If Hillbill Handfising had been a single documentary,
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 03:30 PM
Apr 2013

it might have been interesting, but as a series, no way. The novelty wore off about halfway through the first episode.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
10. except for the House- husband who killed himself because his drunk ass wife was using their
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:58 PM
Apr 2013

relationship issues as fodder and hinted at abuse from him -while they were still together, and the cameras rolled on.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
73. wait, she went to a plastic surgeon? OMG that is....
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:20 AM
Apr 2013

something her and friends do a few times a year, no?
Not to minimize her problems, but she is a hot mess herself. Was she ever sober long enough to be credible?
The few episodes I saw led me to believe she was a serious head case herself. Sad that this is called entertaining these days.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
95. Might,....because the two episodes I saw, she lied about her drinking problems and other shit.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:21 PM
Apr 2013

that no one knows what the truth is. she was so tanked all the time, I'm not sure she knows what happened. Sad.
Perhaps if she had called the police or gone to a real doctor instead of someone she has on retainer? She made very serious accusations- on TV instead of the police. WTF way is that way to handle things- turn your abuse into a PR opportunity? Dragging out hints of it all season to make yourself more poplular? She is someone to be pitied for sure, but not for the reasons she wants to be.

Tree-Hugger

(3,364 posts)
38. Maybe, but
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:44 PM
Apr 2013

He was in a lot of legal and financial trouble and I'm sure that played a part in his suicide.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
71. and there were rumours he was deeply closeted and gay, also... very sad those shows
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:17 AM
Apr 2013

choose people who are already on edge and exploit them like that. he and his wife were a fucking mess and needed help.

Tree-Hugger

(3,364 posts)
84. It's disgusting
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:14 AM
Apr 2013

The shows thrive on the drama and encourage it. It's so easy for the cast members to spiral downward.

liberalhistorian

(20,809 posts)
26. I'd add to that the Walking Dead and
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:15 PM
Apr 2013

Mad Men, but I don't wanna get run out of here on a rail while ducking rotten tomatoes and bruised fruit, lol!

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
55. What? You crazy! Modern Family is hilarious!
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 01:27 AM
Apr 2013

One of my faves. Ty Burrell is pitch perfect every moment he's on screen.

KatyMan

(4,146 posts)
72. It's the funniest show around, isn't it?
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:19 AM
Apr 2013

I think it's a classic, right up there with any comedy one could name.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,081 posts)
75. Modern Family? Really?
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:28 AM
Apr 2013

That's actually one of the funnier shows on network TV right now.

Now if you said Two Broke Girls, I'd be in agreement with you 100%.

bamacrat

(3,867 posts)
94. I get that, doesn't bother me though.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 04:45 PM
Apr 2013

It's his shtick, to be mean and offensive. His delivery makes it great...to me.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
83. On the rare occasion I've seen Tosh
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:13 AM
Apr 2013

he has never failed to make me laugh. But then again I like irreverent comics and edgy humor. Carlin, Bruce, et al. Tosh strikes me as a guy who skewers everyone (including himself) and is just brutal in his takedowns.

To each his/her own though, and opinions are just that.

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
2. I saw the previews for that
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:47 PM
Apr 2013

and it looked completely stupid and uninteresting. Now people are being injured. What a complete waste of resources and time.

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
4. Oh, I'll probably get spanked for this, but what the hell?
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:48 PM
Apr 2013

Sounds like a great way to clean up the gene pool to me.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
7. The only show of this type that I liked was the one with ice skating
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:53 PM
Apr 2013

Lots of people see skaters and don't realize how hard it is.. This show at least chronicled the progress the non-skaters had, and some of them were amazing from start to end..

Initech

(99,912 posts)
5. No, that award would go to Fox & Friends, without question.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:49 PM
Apr 2013

Really just watching the clips on Jon Stewart I feel my IQ drop a few points.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,081 posts)
76. But the SNL parodies are hilarious!
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:30 AM
Apr 2013

I actually find myself freeze framing the "corrections" scroll at the end of the skit:

At no time did our military fight a war against Cobra.

The “T” in BLT does not stand for “terrorism.”

Meteors are not coming to take your guns.

Zero Dark Thirty is not a diet soda.

The Vatican is not accessible through a wardrobe.

Food stamps are not used to mail food.

Armadillo is not Spanish for “arms dealer.”

Navy Seals are not actual seals with laser beams on their heads.

“That’s not a knife, this is a knife” is not the Australian National Anthem.

At no time did the passengers on the Carnival Cruise ship become zombies.

Beyonce cannot hypnotize animals.

“Adele” is a singer. “A Dell” is a computer.

February is a month.

Marco Rubio did not bring pasta back from China.

The Staten Island Ferry will not give you money for teeth.

The real Abraham Lincoln lived longer than 3 hours.

More people died from gun violence last year than from walking into elevator shafts.

The Constitution did not “write itself.”

Bruno Mars is from Earth.

There are no Americans in the Bible.

The tie goes to the runner.

Not all amputees kill their girlfriends.

Zumba is not a secret form of Santeria.

North Korea is not a Cloud City.

A “pin code” and a “pine cone” are two different things.

The kid on Modern Family did not start out in porn.

Joe Biden’s teeth are real and do not pick up radio waves.

Polar bears are rarely “asking for it.”

Kobe beef is not meat from the flesh of Kobe Bryant.

A “period piece” is not a movie that only plays during one week of the month.

Plants are alive, but they cannot watch TV.

A transgender is not a car that can be driven by men and women.

Kate Upton is not dating a glacier.

God does not sneeze electricity.

The similar names of the North Dakota and South Dakota are not a coincidence.

Even black people love Raymond.

Mumford’s daughters are not in foster care.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
9. Read the same article. Had the same reaction.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:56 PM
Apr 2013

Sad, really. These reality shows cast using post-fame performers. It's pretty humiliating to begin with, and this one adds real physical torment and risk of serious injury. "Say, you're a former actor/actress / model approaching middle age. Why don't you jump off this high platform, try a few backflips while you're up there?"

What happened to good ole Celebrity Olympics where they just ran relays? Circus of the Stars was probably dangerous though, looking back. They did have a net, at least.

koiwoman53

(22 posts)
13. Chasing Tail
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 06:07 PM
Apr 2013

Yes, it is ridiculous but I think the winner is "Chasing Tail" where deer are killed by bow and arrow on camera in new housing developments. Just what I want to see after dinner, dead animals being dragged across the screen. Its pretty gruesome but please don't start labeling me as anti-hunter, I see the problem of deer population but I just don't want to see bloody carcasses being stuck in my face.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
60. Welcome to DU, koiwoman53!
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 02:52 AM
Apr 2013

Glad you're here. Man, I HATE that show. I will NOT watch those beautiful animals being killed and dragged around across the yard or anywhere else.

I was gonna say "Teen Mom," though. Oh my, what dazzling role models for our youth.

And ANYTHING with Larry the Cable Guy. YECCCHHH!!!!! The minute he opens his mouth, I want to run screaming into the night.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
90. Welcome to DU.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 03:49 PM
Apr 2013

I feel the same way. I'm glad you mentioned that show, because I hadn't heard of it yet. Now, I will know to avoid it. I can't stand watching that kind of stuff. If people are hunting if it is for food, fine, but I don't want to see it.

Our homecoming parades every year involved the theme of defeating the rival team, the Bucks. I quit going to those parades after the year they had an actual dead deer head on one of the floats with dried blood still visible where they cut it off. You could see it clear as day. Our fall weather is usually still 80+ degrees. I won't go into detail about the smell, but you can imagine I am sure. It was awful.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
14. It's hard to say. There's a lot of stiff competition out there.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 06:19 PM
Apr 2013

I tend to pre-program my Dish network thing to auto-tune in roughly 12-hour blocks (it gives me something to do). So I scroll past all the alien shows, all the zombie shows, all the "Real Housewives of..." shows, all the "Lizard Lick Towing" shows, all the "reality" shows, and I usually wind up saying to myself "Screw it. 'SpongeBob SquarePants' it is..."

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
36. Is that a real TV show?
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:37 PM
Apr 2013

I've been out of the loop for so long, it's hard to tell what is real and what isn't with regard to US television programs

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
57. Duck Dynasty is I Love Lucy with long beards.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 01:57 AM
Apr 2013

Watch for a carachter or 2 based on Uncle Si in the next wave of sitcoms. And I don't watch it much - I know plenty of homefolks just like 'em.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
64. My family started watching that, and I could not figure out why.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:16 AM
Apr 2013

I couldn't stand to watch any more than a few minutes.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,081 posts)
74. I still can't believe that people watch a show about people who make duck calls and decoys.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:27 AM
Apr 2013

I refuse to believe it, in fact, no matter how true it is.

That's just taking Andy Warhol's maxim to the extreme.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
17. Why I cancelled cable and have no interest in satellite
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 06:44 PM
Apr 2013

Everything I could ever want to watch is available from one of the following sources:

1. Over the air, especially PBS. It comes in in crystal-clear HD in my neighborhood.

2. Streaming over the Roku for Netflix, Hulu Plus, Acorn TV, and couple of other channels.

3. DVDs, especially the ones I have ordered from overseas branches of Amazon for use on my multi-region player.

4. For more recent cable fare that gets good word-of-mouth, I download from iTunes and watch on my iPad.

Common Sense Party

(14,139 posts)
52. We hardly turn on the TV, unless it's to watch a DVD, a VHS (yeah, so what?) or something on Netflix
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 01:12 AM
Apr 2013

It's pretty easy to avoid the crap if one truly wants to.

I'll never pay for cable or satellite. That's a monstrous waste of money.

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
22. I don't have cable either.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:22 PM
Apr 2013

I have rabbit ears on my t.v. and I pick up several channels, more than enough for me considering how much t.v. I watch. I don't live in a big city, either. People who pay for t.v. are suckers, in my opinion.

Boomerproud

(7,889 posts)
20. It's taken this long for someone to mention the Kardashians?
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:05 PM
Apr 2013

If they are the most vapid "celebrities" in the country...

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
23. Coming this fall on Bravo
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:31 PM
Apr 2013

Celebrity Circumcisions followed by Spring Break Beer Barf Rape Fest

it's gonna happen .

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
66. That's why I never order Bourbon and water while on a flight anymore..
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 07:18 AM
Apr 2013

Chipped a tooth on the water.

Straight Bourbon from then on.

PennsylvaniaMatt

(966 posts)
35. Hannity is by far the stupidest show on television....
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:28 PM
Apr 2013

Between him, and the guests he has on, I can never make it more than about 2 or 3 minutes before I have to change the channel.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
39. My nomination for worst:
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 11:26 PM
Apr 2013

"Pregnant & Dating". I lost brain cells just seeing the commercial for this abomination. While I don't care when, how or with whom someone is dating, but they are portraying that there is an innocent baby involved in this somehow. I'll never watch it; I hope no one else does either and that it will just go away quietly, never to be heard of again.

And yes, many of the other nominees in preceding posts are awful, too.

ecstatic

(32,566 posts)
41. couldn't get through 5 minutes, so I'm sure it'll be renewed
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:04 AM
Apr 2013

That tends to be my experience with ABC shows. Good shows are immediately canceled while terrible shows keep getting renewed.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
91. I have always had that same problem with NBC.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 04:16 PM
Apr 2013

They cancel any show I like and keep shows that I don't like.

caraher

(6,276 posts)
44. Charlie Brooker takes down the UK version...
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:23 AM
Apr 2013


"At times, you sense that what ITV really want to broadcast is celebrity stripping, but Ofcom said no, so they cleaned it with chlorine and put it on Saturday night."

caraher

(6,276 posts)
59. I'm pretty much addicted to Brooker
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 02:41 AM
Apr 2013

I've watched all his various "Wipe" series on YouTube... relentless comic misanthropy!

 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
49. HLN After Dark is the worst
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:43 AM
Apr 2013

It completely makes a mockery out of our criminal justice system by using what almost looks like a game show format.

It is appalling.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
61. Breaking Bad??? Please provide me with the entire list of other shows on TV you think are "stupid"
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 04:05 AM
Apr 2013

so I can be sure to check them out.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
65. This thread is in GD and not the lounge. Therefore, my answer is based on adult politics.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:49 AM
Apr 2013

Now,If Breaking Bad was 100% a situation comedy, now that would be funny like I think it is, that is one thing.

But as a drama?It's stupid. So far over the top as to render itself obsolete unless actually a full comedy.

As for Splash, it is no different than the long running show decades ago where celebs did some sort of sport each week in competition. Can't think of the name of it.
And people watch hoping someone gets hurt (but isn't that why many who watch NASCAR exists?)

TV in the 50s,60s,70s,80s,90s was better.
Gimme Maude and Sanford and Adam-12, and the original Hawaii-5-O, gimme Harry O and Columbo and Kojak and any of the Bob Newhart shows and Lucy shows and Get Smart and WKRP in Cinn. Gimme Dennis and Leave it to Beaver and the later versions like Cosby and Brady Bunch.Gimme the Honeymooners.

Gimme AntennaTV (or for those lucky enough to get it also, MeTV., which my cable don't have).

But Splash is inconsequential background roll your eyes mindless filler tv.
It don't matter so it's not either stupid or not stupid.

Breaking Bad is consequential and who knows what people might end up doing thinking they are immitating that show. It could rewrite a chapter in history, much like Django, and that I find stupid. It is dangerous and anyone can watch it.(any kid who has cable in their house).
And if it is not 100% dark comedy, they will think it is real and they can do it too.
Maybe the guy who sent letters last week did so watching this show.

Anyone can take a dive off a ledge. Well, George Bailey did so too.

Now, this thread is in GD and not the lounge. So I might be wrong, but as its in GD, I assume it is relevant to political discussion and based my answer as such.
I assume the OP (maybe wrongly) was using an analogy to something else.

If it were in the lounge a different answer might have been.
but since this is GD
The 2 hateperps were stupid.
The law enforcement that saved them was smart (or as the kids might say today Dope).

NuttyFluffers

(6,811 posts)
62. was Andy Warhol prescient or hexing us?
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:10 AM
Apr 2013

the days never seem to run out of fifteen minutes, or boobs for the glass teat.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
63. Stupidest, if not the most dangerous.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:15 AM
Apr 2013

What's next -- Celebrity Car Crash? See who can survive the biggest, baddest head-on collision EVAH??

I was busy doing other things last week and didn't bother the change the channel when this came on. Truly, truly cringe-worthy, especially with Louie Anderson.

People train for years to do this stuff, and they're taking over-the-hill, washed-up celebs and making them "divers" in just weeks.

Crazy.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
67. I take it none of you have seen
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 07:43 AM
Apr 2013

Oh Sit!

They have a live band and it is a musical chair type game mixed in with wipeout.

dembotoz

(16,737 posts)
78. remember the good old days when we talked about the best show on tv
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:44 AM
Apr 2013

have cable with all these fricken channels and I watch it less and less

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
85. So many of these reality shows are so stupid that
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 03:29 PM
Apr 2013

it is really hard to measure the degree of stupidity at that point. Splash looks like another stupid AND dangerous one. Those are the worst. I hate to see people getting hurt even if it is their own stupidity causing it.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
89. The only reality shows worth watching
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 03:46 PM
Apr 2013

are the cooking challenge shows on Food Network. Chopped is my favorite.

JVS

(61,935 posts)
98. Diving is a legitimate sport, so this seems worthy enough of TV
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:24 PM
Apr 2013

It still seems better than MTV's Real World or Bait Car

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
99. i dunno, it's mostly stupid shows so far as i can see. shows with lack of
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:44 PM
Apr 2013

stupid are few and far between. and the stupid is so mean-spirited (unlike say, the beverly hillbillies which was stupid was not vicious).

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