Do you scream at the TV?

United States
February 6, 2008 9:03pm CST
Hubby and son are watching a basketball game and they are screaming at the television as if the referees and coaches can hear them. This really bugs me, but I haven't said anything. Do you do this?
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13 responses
@balasri (26537)
• India
10 Feb 08
Sorry I do that.I get carried away during matches and shout with my daughter too.Wele is it not natural that you shout involuntarily when you are so engrossed in it at the privacy of your home?lol
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Feb 08
my husband does this - he watches DVDs and screams at the characters.... he's right behind you - come on turn around - I said she is right behind you, sheesh.... idiot....argh look behind you already! ITS ABOUT TIME!!! should've listened to me to begin with!!! sometimes I find it humorous, most of the time it agitates me because it can be so loud.
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
7 Feb 08
I've been known to talk to the characters in shows before. Like "what are you doing!" or "Look out!" LOL. But, I don't watch sports except for figure skating and some of the summer olympics, so can't say I've screamed at a coach or referee before.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
7 Feb 08
No, I don't and it would drive me crazy if I had to put up with it too. Sometimes while watchiing Tv, my ex or I would react briefly and outloud to something on TV like a laugh or a groan or a cheer...but not 'screaming at the television'.
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
7 Feb 08
I never used to do that and thought like you, "As if they can hear you Hello." Well tonight I nearly tore out a vocal cord. We were watching Deal or no Deal and the woman had more money than she makes in three years but greedy says, "No deal" both hubby and I told her how stupid and greedy she was and in the end all she got was $ 1,000.00.
@EmTeeBee (64)
• Australia
7 Feb 08
When my husband and I were first married his footy team made the Grand Final (first time is a LONG while and they haven't done it since). He LOVES to scream and barrack for them, and it doesn't do a lot for me, so I went outside to do some gardening. He was screaming so loud, the man across the road came to the fence and asked me was I ok? Did I need him to call the police to help me? I looked into his serious face, and couldn't help laughing as I explained my husband's passion. After 13 years, I am still out in the garden on the last Sunday in September!
@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
7 Feb 08
No, I do not scream at the TV. I may talk back to it a little. Hubby does not necessarily talk to it too much either. He might yell a little once in awhile. Not often. We have a good time discussing the shows, and will give clues to people trying to solve mysteries, but, not loudly. Usually. It would really bother me, and the cats, as well.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
7 Feb 08
Now CrazyNurse, You know that EVERYONE has to scream at a ball game, even if it is on TV. LOL Yep I do it too. Go WVU! Go Mountaineers!! Go Marshall!! Go Herd!!! LOL Yep we all scream at ballgames.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
7 Feb 08
Well if the show is exciting like sports or something I do this sometimes. I think its but natural that people do this that they forget where they are. In here Boxing makes me scream like that but I usually control it because I am conscious that I am not in that place but the cheers do sometimes can infect that you also feel you are there too.
@RenaeT (681)
• United States
7 Feb 08
Oh my goodness, my husband and your husband would get along great!! In fact, as I type he is watching a game and yelling. He was a basketball coach for 12 years so he really gets involved!! It doesn't bug me, I just laugh at him. I do it sometimes if I'm into the game too, but I don't yell at the refs, I just yell things like, RUN RUN RUN RUN!! OR SHOOT NOW!! Whoo hoooooooooooooooooooooo!!
• United States
7 Feb 08
Yes I screem at the TV and I am so mad at a sells person that I ordered something over the internet I feel like screaming at my computer.
• United States
7 Feb 08
I don't scream at the TV but I do berate contestants on game shows for being idiots. LOL I guess that is just as bad.
@michelyn (717)
• United States
7 Feb 08
I do when watching football or hockey. I realize the referees can't hear me, but that doesn't stop me from yelling at them when they make a stupid call. The yelling is more a result of the adrenaline that's flowing and it's bad enough when you have to stop the action because of a foul, but then for the call to be screwed up, it just exacerbates the situation. It's the passion for the game... My son and I do it a lot. My husband isn't big on sports but he'll watch it with me. My daughter hates it!